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AUDIO CLIPS ON GLOBAL WARMING / CLIMATE CHANGE
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Free Speech Radio News

Rapid Melting of Ice Sheet in Andes Threatens Regional Water Supplies — 22 Apr 2013 — More evidence is showing that the world's changing temperatures are prompting record ice melt, putting at risk large ice sheets. Though much of the current focus has been on the massive ice reserves in Greenland and the Arctic, scientists are finding that glaciers high in the mountains, such as in the Himalayas and the Andes, are also receding. A study published in Science documents the rapid changes in an ice cap high in the Andes in Peru, where ice that took 1,600 years to form has melted in just the past 25 years, putting at risk vital water sources for the region.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... NPR

Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels Damage Coral Reefs — 17 Apr 2013 — Scientists have been worried about coral reefs for years, since realizing that rising temperatures and rising ocean acidity are hard on organisms that build their skeletons from calcium carbonate. Researchers on Australia's Great Barrier Reef are conducting an experiment that demonstrates just how much corals could suffer in the coming decades. ~~ In the second clip, a climate scientist from California has been conducting an experiment to see whether antacid can boost coral growth.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

Carbon-Neutral Copenhagen — 19 Apr 2013 — In fall 2012, Copenhagen laid out an ambitious plan to become the world's first carbon-neutral capital by 2025. There's still a long way to go, but as reporter Justin Gerdes tells us, the Danish city has made great progress, with an ocean-water cooling system up and running, plus a bike super-highway and, of course, many windmills.
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The Lifeboat Hour, 21 Apr 2013
Guy McPherson:  Possible Ice-Free Arctic as Early as September 2013
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Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! C-Realm Podcast

Climate Change—Rapid, Unpredictable, and Non-Linear Responses — 20 Mar 2013 — Guy McPherson joins KMO to discuss the prospect of runaway climate feedback loops. McPherson reviews ten major feedback loops and explains why nine of them are already set to enter runaway mode, regardless of any future reductions in manmade greenhouse gases. The sum of these effects will cause a massive climate shift and lead him to believe that human extinction is a real possibility in the not-so-distant future.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Living on Earth

As More Polar Ice Melts, More Polar Bears Starve — 15 Feb 2013 — Polar Bears have long been the poster species for the problem of climate change. As the polar ices becomes less and less each year, the habitat for polar bears and their seal prey shrinks. A new paper in Conservation Letters argues that supplemental feeding may be necessary to prevent polar bear populations from going extinct. Polar bear expert Andrew Derocher explains.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Lifeboat Hour

Ruppert:  Attention People—We Are Screwed — 24 Feb 2013 — Mike Ruppert reviews some of the climate data documented by Guy McPherson which strongly suggests that natural tipping points have already moved the climate change process to a runaway feedback-loop state. The only thing that can stop catastrophic climate change now is an instant collapse of industrial civilization. Either way, civilization as we know it is over.
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Radio EcoShock, 12 Mar 2013
Philip Cafaro:  Confronting Population and Climate Change
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NPR, 25 Feb 2013
Increased Heat and Humidity from Climate Change Will Reduce Human Capacity for Outdoor Work in Summer
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Living on Earth, 22 Feb 2013
Secretive Funds Sponsoring Climate Denial and Dirty Tricks
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Quirks & Quarks, 23 Feb 2013
Thinning Arctic Ice Spurs Algal Growth
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Uprising / Thom Hartmann, 15 Feb 2013
New Climate Protection Act Would Tax Carbon Emissions, Rebate to Taxpayers, and Invest in Green Energy
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Thomas Lovejoy on Climate-Driven Biodiversity Loss — 13 Feb 2013 — Dr. Thomas Lovejoy has great creds when it comes to biological diversity---he coined the term. Here he discusses endangered ecosystems in the context of climate change. Lovejoy includes this warning: Two degrees of warming is NOT safe. Even then, we lose the coral reefs, and all kinds of species around the world.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Living on Earth

US Carbon Emissions At A New Low — 08 Feb 2013— US carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by 13% in the last five years to the lowest levels in nearly a decade. A new study finds that cheap natural gas, increased use of renewable energy, and increased building and vehicle efficiency explain the majority of the reduced emissions.
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(GP comment:  This report underplays the importance of the economic recession to the emissions reduction—the two curves are highly correlated. More to the point, unless the infinite-growth paradigm is abandoned, all gains—on any environmental front—will be temporary.)

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Radio EcoShock, 30 Jan 2013
Steven Davis:  Existing Technology is Now Not Enough to Stem the Climate Tide
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

In Second Inaugural, Obama Makes Climate A Priority — 22 Jan 2013 — President Obama pulled out a surprise in the inaugural address for his second term: After barely mentioning climate change in his campaign, he put it on his short list of priorities for his second term. Climate activists and the electric-power industry seem to agree on one thing—that this means the fight over coal is on.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

More Floods—Climate-Driven? — 10 Jan 2013— Is climate change causing increases in serious flood events? The evidence does not suggest that, says hydrologist Robert M. Hirsch. But it does clearly show that land-use issues like suburban sprawl, flood plain loss, and agricultural drainage exacerbate floods.
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Living on Earth, 11 Jan 2013
Why Some Corals Have Adapted to Temperature Changes
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Feedback Between Economic Activity and Climate Change—A Lose-Lose Proposition — 05 Dec 2012 — Guy McPherson gives a speech on climate change feedback loops—rapid, unpredictable, and non-linear responses—which, at this point, almost guarantee a massive climate shift that will result in an economic collapse. Unless, of course, the economy collapses first. He also explains why the goals proposed by 350.org are ridiculous. ~~ Other segments include Daphne Wysham on the coal addiction of the World Bank.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Total Polar Ice-Melt = Uncontrollable Warming in Northern Hemisphere — 19 Dec 2012 — As 2012 closes out a year of record heat and emissions, scientists say the Arctic heat sink, which serves as thermostat for the world, is broken. Processes are reaching runaway-feedback-loop tipping points. Four speakers from Arctic Methane Emergency group discuss the situation and its implications for the future of the planet's climate.
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Post Carbon Institute / Radio National–Sunday Extra, 09 Dec 2012
Paul Gilding:  The World is Not Ready to Solve the Climate Problem
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Making Contact, 05 Dec 2012
Climate Change and REDD—Selling Off Indigenous Lands to the Polluters?
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FSRN, 02 Jan 2013
Scientists Find Rapid Warming in West Antarctica, Warn of Sea Level Rise
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Democracy Now

Doha Climate Talks—More About Profits Than Solutions — 07 Dec 2012 — Claudia Salerno, Venezuelan climate negotiator, says her main concern at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha is that new commitments to the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding international climate agreement, will be meaningless because economic preferences are trumping environmental dictates. ~~ Speaking on behalf of youth organizations, Munira Sibai gives a fiery speech on the utter failure of world leaders—not only their complete absence of vision, but also an active effort by some to move backwards.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Sea Change Radio

Coping With the Rising Seas — 04 Dec 2012 — The idea that our planet's oceans are rising is no longer the purview of pessimistic doomsayers—higher sea levels (and worse storm surges) are the new reality. Oceanographer John Englander provides a roadmap for readjusting our fiscal, social, and political expectations in a world with significant sea level change. ~~ Then David Hedman describes a new heat-based, non-toxic mold remediation technology.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Climate Change—Official Plans and Lies — 14 Nov 2012 — Well, it turns out the leading speechifiers on climate change—at least the political ones—have been lying. Um, no, not lying in ways that would confirm climate skeptics' assertions that climate change is a hoax; rather, lying in ways that underestimate the coming impact and lock us into climate "solutions" that are too weak to work. The math says that climate mitigation at this point is unachievable, and worse still, that climate adaptation is also unachievable. So says climate guru Kevin Anderson. Urk! Why are our leaders sweeping the bad news under the rug? And what can we do?
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Quirks & Quarks

Rogue "Ocean Iron" Activity Disturbs Scientists — 20 Oct 2012 — Many scientists were alarmed to hear that a team led by US businessman Russ George performed a kind of wildcat experiment recently, dumping 100 tons of iron-enriched material into the Pacific Ocean. The apparent point of this was to stimulate plankton growth, which would, in turn, lead to increased food for salmon and, possibly, to an increase in carbon uptake into the ocean ecosystem. But according to Dr. Kenneth Coale, scientific understanding of what "iron fertilization" like this can accomplish—or the damage it may do—is lacking.
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Exploration, 09 Nov 2012
Peter Ward:  Flooded Earth—The Climate-Changed Future
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Living on Earth, 16 Nov 2012
The Climate Debate Finally Gets Around to Tax Shifting
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Living On Earth, 09 Nov 2012
Adapting Cities to Climate Disruption
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living on Earth

Superstorms and Climate Change — 02 Nov 2012 — Sandy combined with a western storm to become a superstorm, which hit the Eastern US with a powerful punch. In part 1, Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research discusses how climate change contributed to the storm's power. In part 2, former insurance mogul Steve Dishart explains why insurance companies are paying attention to climate change, why rates will rise, and why some properties will be uninsurable in the future.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good If You Love This Planet

Wayne Getz on Global Warming Tipping Points — 02 Nov 2012— Wayne Getz, an ecologist and population biologist, explains why global warming tipping points may mean that we're approaching a state shift in Earth's biosphere.
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On the Media, 02 Nov 2012
Hurricane Hoaxes and Confused Reporting
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

Storms in the Emergency Room — 31 Oct 2012 — Daphne Wysham reports on whether Sandy can be tied to climate change. ~~ Georgina Woods discusses the huge coal expansion going on in Australia. ~~ Canada is planning to dump nuclear waste right next to Lake Huron.
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Unrated Radio EcoShock

Ravaging Tide or Renewable World? — 07 Nov 2012 — Can big cities like New York or Washington protect against storm surge and rising seas? Alex Smith discusses the topic with Mike Tidwell, author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities. Then J. Court Stevenson of the University of Maryland discusses city surge defenses around the world. Finally, Daphne Wysham interviews German Green Parliamentarian Hermann Ott on leading the way to renewables before climate collapse.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

Why Is Antarctic Ice Surging While Arctic Sea-Ice Levels Hit Record Lows? — 08 Oct 2012 — The ice covering the Arctic Ocean hit a record low this summer, in keeping with a sharp warming trend in the far north. At the same time, the amount of the ocean around Antarctica covered by sea ice hit a record high. Sure, it's winter in Antarctica when it's summer in the Arctic, but why in a warming world is wintertime ice growing anywhere?
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

The Climate Change Threat to "Plankton Services" — 30 Sep 2012 — Plankton—tiny ocean organisms—are vital to life on Earth, generating enough oxygen to account for every other breath you take. As climate change alters the temperature and acidity of our waters, these mysterious ocean creatures may be in jeopardy.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

Heading to Air Conditioned Hell — 19 Sep 2012 — As the world warms due to greenhouse gas increases, people will crank up the air conditioning. But greater use of energy and refrigerants will release more greenhouse gases—a classic feedback loop. Discussion from Stan Cox, author of Losing Our Cool, Guus Velders, an expert on ozone and climate, and Michael Sivak of the Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

Arctic Meltdown—Scientists Speak Out — 12 Sep 2012 — In 2012, the Arctic sea ice hit a stunning new record low. Rutgers scientist Jennifer Francis explains how this will change the weather for billions of people in the Northern Hemisphere. ~~ Then Mark Serreze, director of the Snow and Ice Data Center, discusses the record melting and what it means. ~~ Finally, polar scientist Jennifer Bitz offers analysis.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

As Temps Rise, Cities Combat Heat Island Effect — 04 Sep 2012 — Because of cities' high ratio of concrete, blacktop, and roofs to plant matter, cities suffer higher temperatures relative to rural area. As global warming proceeds, cities are expected to heat twice as fast. Adding more green space, trees, and green roofs can help reduce the effect, cutting summertime power consumption, improving residents' comfort levels, and rebalancing urban carbon input-output ratios.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

Looking for an End — 05 Sep 2012 — Gareth Renowden "The Climate Show" reviews the big climate stories. ~~ From Beijing, Li Yan of Greenpeace East Asia discusses China's emissions and coal dependence. ~~ Plus "Tip of the Iceberg News" points you to important blog posts and audio you may have missed.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Science Friday

Forget About the Climate Change Debate—Just Do the Resource-Smart Things — 24 Aug 2012 — Peter Blyck of the film Carbon Nation explains how we can tackle climate change by ignoring it. That is, forget about the hopelessly deadlocked, politically driven climate debate. The right things to do for climate change are also the right things to do to run economically smart businesses and households.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Fresh Air

Climate Skeptics and Science Answers — 14 Aug 2012 — Michael Lemonick responds to most of the common "buts" offered by those who question whether global warming is a legitimate problem, including Climategate, the Hockey Stick, weird weather, and more.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Sea Change Radio

Climate Science, Policy, and Regional Progress — 07 Aug 2012— Richard Phillips discusses his recently published study on how much trees actually do (or don't) mitigate carbon emissions. His findings will help ensure more accurate calculations for CO2 emissions from countries like the United States that rely on forests to offset their high rates of pollution. ~~ Seth Berry discusses the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as ReGGIe, a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions from power plants with nine participating US states and some parts of eastern Canada.
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(GP comment:  Any anti-CO2 scheme that gives the money to statehouses or Washington instead of the people is just another tax and is doomed—i.e. tax SHIFTING is the only approach that has any chance of working.)

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

Greenland Ice Sheet Melting At Abnormally High Rate — 25 Jul 2012 — Each summer, historically, about half of the surface of the Greenland ice sheet melts. This summer, an estimated 97 percent of the ice sheet's surface was in melt mode. NASA scientist Tom Wagner discusses the unusually fast rate of melting.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Democracy Now

Major Climate Skeptic Admits Global Warming Real, Human-Caused — 02 Aug 2012 — In the 2000s, physicist Richard Muller offered a loud litany of complaints about climate data and methodologies. He subsequently undertook his own review of the data and, surprise!, he now thinks that the planet is indeed warming, that it is a problem, and that it is largely human-caused. He discusses his conversion from climate skepticism. ~~ Then Bill McKibben comments, congratulating Muller on catching up to what was known 20 years ago and stating that the science is now so indisputable that even industry-funded climate change deniers can't refute that the planet is warming.
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(GP comment:  Beware—Muller promotes the idiotic "run everything on natural gas" approach as the solution. Anyone want to bet on whether he'll support nuclear too?)

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

Heat and Drought—This is Your Future on Climate Change — 20 Jul 2012 — While Texas and some other drought-plagued areas of the US have received rain recently, a devastating drought has taken over areas of the Rocky Mountains and Midwest. William DeBuys discusses the number of new high temperature records in the context of climate change.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen On The Green Front

Will the Record Heat Finally Burst the Dam of Denial? — 11 Jul 2012 — The odds that so many consecutive (and widespread) temperature records could be just random chance over the historical weather spectrum have been calculated at over a million to one. This is what global warming looks like. Scientist Amanda Staudt discusses. ~~ Then filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh talks about his new film Greedy, Lying Bastards, which explores the consequences of a fossil fuel industry with too much power.
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Between The Lines, 11 Jul 2012
Parents' Group Steps Up to Confront Generational Consequences of Climate Change
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Climate—Burn Down the House or Go All-Out for the Techno-Fix? — 01 Jul 2012 — Alex Smith summarizes the latest news on climate change, including rampant forest fires and the failure of the mainstream media to report on the relationship between global warming, changing rainfall patterns, and worsening wildfires. ~~ Daniel Rirdan explains how we might avert a global collapse through intelligent use of alternative energy technologies and economic incentives. ~~ Brita Belli talks about her E Magazine article "This Is Your Ocean on Acid"—about the largely unreported acidification of the oceans, a major climate-related problem.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

Climate Change—A Planetary Shift with No Return? — 27 Jun 2012 — Twenty one scientists say Earth may be approaching a "state shift"—the ecosphere may change rapidly, never to return. Are we heading for a dramatic climate shift that cannot be undone? ~~ Australian green home builder John Morgan discusses the technologies in his low-footprint, low-cost home.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

American Coastal Regions Where Sea Levels Are Rising Fastest — 29 Jun 2012 — A new survey of American coastal regions shows the hot spots where sea levels are rising fastest. Ben Strauss, director of the program on Sea Level Rise at Climate Central, explains how much of the Eastern seaboard will see future coastal flooding.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen On Point

Bill McKibben on the Climate Battle — 15 Jun 2012 — Environmental champion Bill McKibben wrote nearly a quarter century ago about what he called "the end of nature"—the end of the untouched wild. He didn't think he was writing about the end of the world. But climate change trends since then have made this a possibility. McKibben discusses 350.org, on-the-streets activism, climate politics, the Keystone XL pipeline, and more.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

Study Models How Climate Change Stokes Wildfires — 15 Jun 2012 — According to a new modeling study, within a generation, climate change will increase the frequency of wild fires across most of the globe. Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains how hotter temperatures, drought, and changing rain patterns will increase wildfires on 80% of the planet.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Free Speech Radio News

As Rio+20 Ends, People's Summit Calls for Bold Action on Sustainable Development — 22 Jun 2012 — In Brazil, delegates wrapped up the UN's Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro by endorsing a resolution that seeks to spur economic growth and launch a new green economy. But text of the final declaration was roundly criticized by civil society groups, environmentalists, indigenous leaders and others for failing to address poverty and environmental concerns, calling it a failure of ambition and a failure of vision.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Sea Change Radio

The Geopolitics of Energy and Environment in the Melting Arctic — 05 Jun 2012 — In part 1, David Fairhall talks about the environmental, economic, and political ramifications of a new, thawed Arctic, and discusses whether the last best hope for ecological preservation in the Arctic lies in the hands of the scientific community. ~~ In part 2, Bob Reiss discusses the complex balancing act between native communities' economic and environmental needs as they are affected by oil drilling in northern Alaska.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

What If All of the Permafrost Thaws? — 30 May 2012— There is more carbon frozen in far north of the planet than in all living things and the atmosphere. It has begun to thaw. What is the long-term impact to the climate? In the shorter term, permafrost thaw is already wreaking havoc. Gas pipelines in Siberia are rising out of the ground, while in Alaska oil pipelines sag. Houses and factories built on permafrost are tipping and roads reroute themselves or crumble. Evergreens are slanting in so-called "drunken forests". Under the whole north, land is becoming unstable as the climate warms.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Sea Change Radio

Low-Carbon Living—Sweating The Right Stuff — 15 May 2012 — Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists discusses a new guide that makes it easier to reduce your carbon footprint by 20%. The idea is to focus on things that truly matter and not get trapped in side channels that don't amount to much energy savings or CO2 reduction.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Making Contact

Farming Underwater—Steve Mello's Story — 15 May 2012 — Northeast of the San Francisco Bay is "The Delta," a patchwork of islands and rivers. Farmer Steve Mello farms in this area, but climate-change-driven sea level rise is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms. Can we defend our coastal farms from the impacts of climate change?
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Living On Earth, 11 May 2012
US EPA Says Far-East Palm Oil Doesn't Meet Climate Standard as a Renewable Fuel
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Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Radio EcoShock

It's Wrong to Wreck the World — 02 May 2012 — Kathleen Dean Moore delivers an excellent talk about the side effects of our boneheaded approach to living on the planet---that we are wrecking nature, particularly the stable climate. She argues that we adults have a moral obligation to the future to do something about it. She offers insights into the contradictions most of us find in our heads and gives a few suggestions on how we might tackle the climate problem before it's too late.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Science Friday

Poll Shows Broad Consensus on Climate Action — 04 May 2012 — A majority of Americans---including Republicans---say that global warming and clean energy should be among the nation's priorities. Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication discusses the survey's findings.
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(GP comment:  The survey yields some surprising and promising insights---perhaps most importantly that Americans support a revenue-neutral tax shift from income to fossil fuels as a way to address climate change.)

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NPR, 03 May 2012
Sea Level Rise from Greenland Ice Melt: About a Meter This Century
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Is It Too Late for Climate Action? — 09 May 2012 — Robert Rapier explains that the economic and political trends in the world strongly suggest that energy needs and demands for economic growth will continue to trump effective climate action. More broadly, Michael M'Gonigle explains his "Exit Environmentalism" concept, saying that we must recognize the environmental approaches that saw successes in the 1970s and 1980s have been stalled for two decades, and they will remain stalled until we address how money and power work.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Electric Politics

Ocean Acidification—Current State of Science — 13 Apr 2012 — Barbel Honisch is co-author of the scientific paper "The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification," published in Science. The paper shows that the rate of change of ocean acidification is greater today, by at least an order of magnitude, than it has ever been during any period over the past 300,000,000 years. Rate of change, not absolute pH level, is what matters for species and ecosystem health.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Lifeboat Hour

Guy McPherson:  Walking Away From the Climate-Wrecking Juggernaut — 15 Apr 2012 — Guy McPherson left his tenured college teaching position. Once he realized the enormity of the climate challenge, he felt that he could not in good conscience keep teaching students how to be good gears in the machine that is destroying the planet. McPherson explains why industrial civilization and infinite growth must end immediately for humans to survive.
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Referenced books   (on Amazon.com)
-- Walking Away From Empire

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Quirks & Quarks

Hot Coral—Making the Best of a Bad Situation — 14 Apr 2012 — In recent years, there have been increased reports of coral reefs, exposed to unusually warm water temperatures, suffering episodes of "bleaching." Dr. Simon Donner explains the bleaching process, why it's ultimately fatal for coral, and what the demise of the a coral reef can mean for a local ecosystem. He also discusses strategies for maximizing the amount of coral retained in a warmer world.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Science Friday

Climate Denier Jokes and the Science of the Improbably Funny — 13 Apr 2012 — Host Ira Flato and funny science guy Marc Abrahams relay some jokes based on the following premise: "A climatologist and a climate change denier walk into a bar..." (See GP's climate denier joke). ~~ Abrahams also discusses some actual scientific discoveries and observations that make you both laugh and think—a favorite construct here at Grinning Planet!
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Radio EcoShock, 18 Apr 2012
Global Warming, Fires, and Human Health
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Living on Earth, 27 Apr 2012
Scotland's Wind Farms—Not Always Good on Carbon Footprint
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NPR

Pollution Playing A Major Role In Sea Temperatures — 04 Apr 2012 — Tiny particles from power plants and fires—that is, air pollution—reflect sun energy back into space, resulting in less incident energy on the earth's surface. A recent study details the effect on sea-surface temperatures and regional weather.
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(GP comment:  Kind of old news, but perhaps part of new memering, a la the need for geoengineering to solve climate change.)

Radio EcoShock

Summer in March — 28 Mar 2012 — North America seems to be having not only an early spring, but almost summer without spring at all. Can this one-year event be tied to global warming? Isn't that conflating weather with climate? Yes and no...
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Free Speech Radio News

Rising Sea Level Threatens Millions Along US Coastlines — 28 Mar 2012 — Global climate change is already causing extreme weather, such as heat waves and flooding, according to a scientific study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change. The evidence strongly indicates that droughts, heavy rainfall, and storm surges will increase in the next decades, leaving low-lying areas like Florida particularly vulnerable.
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NPR

EPA Plan Targets New Coal-Fired Plants — 27 Mar 2012 — New standard-design coal-fired power plants cannot meet new EPA emissions targets for carbon dioxide (and this will not be built). Many electric companies have already moved on anyway, jumping on the natural gas trend in the US.
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(GP comment:  The story should have mentioned that there's lots more wrong with coal other than just CO2, and that not everyone is convinced the natural gas boom in the US has legs.)

TreeHugger Radio

The IPCC and Climate Deniers — 01 Mar 2012 — For all the scientists and researchers studying how humans sway the climate, there is one group whose job it is to compile, aggregate, and synthesize these thousands of findings into a consensus view—the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Rajendra Pachauri, the current head of this group, discusses how the IPCC functions. He specifically comments on the continuing problem of climate deniers, when 97% of working climate scientists agree with human-caused warming.
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Green Music to Your Ears — There are a lot of great, classic environmental songs out there. And there a lot of great new ones being produced too! Here is nice little hip-hop song/video from Brick Casey called "Danger! (Global Warming)" and two good modern-folk songs from Mike Quick, "Rain" and "The Oak."
Brick Casey:
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Mike Quick:
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Science Friday

The Street Fight Over Climate Science — 02 Mar 2012 — Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick And The Climate Wars, talks about how climate deniers attack climate science with unscientific methods. "Climate scientists have to stop bringing a knife to a gun fight."
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Reducing Short-Lived Air Pollutants—A Win-Win — 24 Feb 2012 — New measures to reduce methane, soot, and other short-lived air pollutants could sharply limit global temperature increase—and improve overall air quality.
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Radio EcoShock

Hot Earth—Science and Anti-Science — 22 Feb 2012 — James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, warns it isn't enough to reduce our emissions. We must actually take carbon dioxide back out of the air to avoid entering a new and dangerous age of greenhouse living. ~~ Chris Mooney says scientists fail to communicate the danger of climate change, because they wrongly believe mere facts will convince the public.
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Arctic Emergency—A Global Threat — 15 Feb 2012 — New science shows seven of thirteen major feed-back mechanisms—the forces that create climate tipping points—are found in the Arctic. Scientist Carlos Duarte discusses whether the rapid rise in Arctic temperatures and the disappearance of summer sea ice may trigger a runaway climate change and drive a global mass extinction event.
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What Caused the Little Ice Age? — 04 Feb 2012 — The Little Ice Age put Europe in a deep freeze for hundreds of years, up until the early 19th century. However, researchers have never agreed on the cause or the starting time. Geologist Gifford Miller explains new evidence from frozen plants that may explain the mystery.
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The Brutal Logic of Climate Change — 18 Jan 2012 — "The future is impossible," says Dr. Kevin Anderson, former Director of UK's top climate research institute, the Tyndall Centre. His speech in London lays out our awful tilt toward an unlivable climate.
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Sudden and Violent Change — 05 Oct 2011 — Both the economic system and the ecosphere are at risk of massive and abrupt change. "Ilargi" of the popular finance blog The Automatic Earth discusses the European banking mess and blowback to America. On climate, Dianne Dumanoski reads from "The End of the Long Summer". Then Alder Stone Fuller talks about the risk of abrupt and violent climate change. Time to shock-proof our basic system and your life.
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The Profit Motive in Global Warming Skepticism(The Keiser Report, Russia Today) — 15 Feb 2011 — Max and Stacy review the latest quest for bonuses by taxpayer-supported bankers ~~ Barry Ritholtz discusses how free-market exchanges have become a cabal of insider corruption, and also talks about the profit motive in global warming skepticism
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Guardian Daily

'Climategate' Scientists Cleared of Dishonesty — 07 Jun 2010 — Climate scientists at University of East Anglia—whose emails were leaked by hackers—have been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent review. They'd been accused of falsifying data and trying to silence their critics in an effort to falsely promote the case for man-made global warming.
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Quirks And Quarks

Greenland Rising — 22 May 2010 — What is causing the acceleration in the rise of Greenland relative to sea level, and what does it portend for future global sea levels?
Download/Listen   8:14

Fresh Air

picture of red hot planet earth Can We Cool The Planet Through Geoengineering? — 15 Apr 2010 — Geoengineering is envisioned by some as the only practical way we will ever truly get control of the earth's climate. A sample approach would be to launch tiny particles into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight, thus reducing warming. Jeff Goodell examines the science, pros, and cons behind tinkering with the biosphere.
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Jeff Goodell book:
How to Cool the Planet

Living On Earth

Comic Relief for Climate Change — 09 Apr 2010 — Satire, slapstick, and global warming? British author Ian McEwan has set his new comedic novel in the realm of climate science.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   10:38

Living On Earth

Getting to the Bottom of Methane — 12 Mar 2010 — Vast stores of methane frozen at the bottom of the ocean represent a potentially disastrous feedback loop of warming.
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Radio EcoShock

Climate in the Sixth Extinction
29 Jan 2010 — Physician Jonathan Patz discusses the health impacts of climate change—they're already deadly, and not just in the developing world ~~ Excerpts from Dr. Thomas Lovejoy's opening speech at UNESCO's 2010 Year of Biodiversity
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