From Throbgoblins International: Cantankerous Frank Neither Frank nor Ernest were invited to Poland this week. Greenhouse gases will probably linger forever, but we are planning massive new coal burning power stations long before the technology (to make them anything but catastrophic) is either available or even proven feasable. Slow learners ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts this week, about Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins A few thoughts for alternatives to the Black Friday shopping frenzy: National Day of Listening: StoryCorps is declaring today a national day of listening. Ask friends, neighbors or family members to tell you about their lives. Volunteer: Make today a family volunteer ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Consumerism (1 comment)
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The coastal town in Somalia's breakaway region of Puntland is at the epicentre of an explosion of piracy: attacks have increased dramatically, with more than 60 vessels hijacked so far this year. They include the MS Vaina, a Ukrainian tanker with a ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about War
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins You have to hand it to the folks at R&R Partners. They’re the clever advertising agency that made its name luring legions of suckers to Las Vegas with an ad campaign built on the slogan “What happens here, stays here.” But ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Computing
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins So what do you do if you are the newly elected president of a small, relatively impoverished country whose greatest claim to fame, besides arguably the finest beaches in the world, is the fact that it is slowly sinking into the sea? You ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Politics, Travel
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins We are crazy about our cars - and always have been. "The American," William Faulkner lamented in 1948, "really loves nothing but his automobile." His sardonic observation retains its force over a half-century later. There are now more than 200 million cars in the ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Philosophy & Religion, Transport
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The French nuclear giant Areva yesterday confirmed there was a radioactive leak from a broken pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in south-eastern France, a week after a uranium spill at another of its plants polluted the local water supply. The latest incident ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts in October, about Environmental Disasters, Nuclear
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Concerns have been raised by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust centre at Slimbridge where hundreds of the swans would normally have arrived and be settling for the winter months after a summer in Siberia. None has been sighted, leading conservationists to suggest that climate ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts in October, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife
Any arachnophobes should look away now. It has emerged that numerous species of non-indigenous spider, some venomous, are spreading across England at an alarming rate thanks to rising temperatures. keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts in October, about Environment & Wildlife
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The numbers speak for themselves. Why people think belief in science is optional is still a mystery... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts in October, about Philosophy & Religion
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