Global warming puts 12 of the most famous U.S. national parks at risk, environmentalists said on Tuesday, conjuring up visions of Glacier National Park without glaciers and Yellowstone Park without grizzly bears.
All 12 parks are located in the American West, where temperatures have risen twice as fast as in the rest of the United States over the last 50 years, said Theo Spencer of the Natural Resources Defense Council. …He said all glaciers in Glacier National Park could be gone within 25 years.
Which parks are they?
The report said the parks at greatest risk are:
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico;
Death Valley National Park, California;
Glacier National Park, Montana;
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona;
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California;
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming;
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado;
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington state;
North Cascades National Park, Washington state;
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado;
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho;
Yosemite National Park, California.
But hey, Bush has shown us his plan for the environment: Click your heels 3 times and say “There’s no global warming, there’s no global warming…”
my power outage last week was bad…Queens has been out even longer, apparently: NYT
Company documents show that the Long Island City network — a series of 22 high-voltage feeder cables that supply power to 115,000 customers, or nearly a half-million people, in western Queens — has been problematic for years. It had some kind of breakdown 71 times in 2005 and 60 times in 2004, more than any other Con Ed underground network in both years.
About 25,000 customers in Astoria, Woodside, Sunnyside and Long Island City — 22 percent of the residents and businesses served by the network — were affected by the blackout that began on the night of July 17. Con Ed said it had at least partly restored power to most of its customers in the blackout area as of late last night, with only slightly more than 100 without power.
The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes surrounding Titan’s north pole.
Climate Change Rant du Jour: The folks at Grist have a wonderful rant about Peggy Noonan’s inane babblings in the WSJ about the fallacy of climate change and how scientist are all in a conspiracy together to abrogate truth for personal gain. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to follow this link and enjoy the dissection. There are reader comments at the bottom, too, in case you want to pile on the love.
The first hearing on Specter’s bill is happened this morning. Christy from FDL is live blogged it here and here. I was pleased with her opening paragraph:
Arlen Specter starts the hearing with a rant at people who are criticizing his bill. Apparently, there have been many people talking with their Senators who aren’t happy with the Specter bill, and Specter’s not happy about that.
When I called Specter’s office to complain on Monday, the staffer spent 10 minutes arguing with me. The frustration and anger they were feeling over being questioned/opposed on the bill were pretty evident.
I don’t think he expected that anybody would care about it, or that anybody would notice that his complete copitulation doesn’t really qualify as a compromise. This morning, the Editors wrote“But, you know, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. So if anyone has a good recipe for WorthlessFuckingHacksRuiningTheWorldAde, please let me know,” and I’m thinking it might be fun to get a tattoo of that phrase on top of a picture of Snarlin’ Arlen. Or maybe not.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Bass, band member of ‘N Sync, says he’s gay and in a “very stable” relationship with a reality show star.
Bass, who formed ‘N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn’t earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn’t want to affect the group’s popularity.
“I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys’ careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything,” he tells the magazine.
I’m looking forward to the day when sexual orientation is backpage news…
… and other “Big Box” retailers to pay a minimum of $10 an hour plus $3 an hour in benefits (LINK). To be classified as “Big Box,” a store must be 90,000 square feet and part of a company grossing more than $1 billion annually.
Wal-Mart is, of course, bitching, saying it will prevent them from operating in the city. Now if we can just get every city and county council to pass similar ordinances, maybe Wal-Mart wont be able to compete unfairly with mom and pop stores.
From ABC
Which parks are they?
But hey, Bush has shown us his plan for the environment: Click your heels 3 times and say “There’s no global warming, there’s no global warming…”
my power outage last week was bad…Queens has been out even longer, apparently: NYT
Unbelievable.
The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes surrounding Titan’s north pole.
One would think even the MSM could connect the dots: The celebrated Iguacu Falls, a hugely popular tourist destination (considered one of the natural wonders of the world) on Brazil’s border with Argentina, has slowed to a trickle after the worst drought in 70 years hit the region… Kenyan tea production fell by 19 percent in the first half of 2006 to 295.4 million pounds due to a drought in the first quarter of this year, marketers said on Tuesday… Americans are sweating out a searing heat wave that has caused major power outages from coast to coast and briefly knocked out the most popular US website, MySpace… A searing heatwave claimed more lives in Europe on Tuesday and high temperatures were forecast to continue… and last but not least: In the Siberian taiga and Canadian Rockies, in southern California and Australia, researchers find growing evidence tying an upsurge in wildfires to climate change, an impact long predicted by global-warming forecasters…
But if all the above gets you down, maybe all you really need is a stent in your carotid artery: Inserting a stent to open a narrowed carotid artery has been found to reduce symptoms of depression that may be associated with blockage in the carotid artery, according to a recent study.
The Sydney Tar Ponds in Nova Scotia, the largest contaminated site in Canada, moved moved one step closer to the start of cleanup operations last week with the submission of a Joint Review Panel assessment of the proposed remediation plan.
Climate Change Rant du Jour: The folks at Grist have a wonderful rant about Peggy Noonan’s inane babblings in the WSJ about the fallacy of climate change and how scientist are all in a conspiracy together to abrogate truth for personal gain. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to follow this link and enjoy the dissection. There are reader comments at the bottom, too, in case you want to pile on the love.
If all this bad news makes you turn to religion for solace, keep in mind research shows incense may be bad for your health (regardless of your denomination, although the study was done in a Catholic church). But that’s OK, the Wall Street Journal will soon reassuringly point out that scientists themselves admit to the uncertainties in human health biomonitoring studies.
Condoleeza Rice meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, to inform him of how deeply the United States feels the pain of his people.
The first hearing on Specter’s bill is happened this morning. Christy from FDL is live blogged it here and here. I was pleased with her opening paragraph:
When I called Specter’s office to complain on Monday, the staffer spent 10 minutes arguing with me. The frustration and anger they were feeling over being questioned/opposed on the bill were pretty evident.
I don’t think he expected that anybody would care about it, or that anybody would notice that his complete copitulation doesn’t really qualify as a compromise. This morning, the Editors wrote “But, you know, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. So if anyone has a good recipe for WorthlessFuckingHacksRuiningTheWorldAde, please let me know,” and I’m thinking it might be fun to get a tattoo of that phrase on top of a picture of Snarlin’ Arlen. Or maybe not.
Guess who’s out of the closet?
NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Bass, band member of ‘N Sync, says he’s gay and in a “very stable” relationship with a reality show star.
Bass, who formed ‘N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn’t earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn’t want to affect the group’s popularity.
“I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys’ careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything,” he tells the magazine.
I’m looking forward to the day when sexual orientation is backpage news…
… and other “Big Box” retailers to pay a minimum of $10 an hour plus $3 an hour in benefits (LINK). To be classified as “Big Box,” a store must be 90,000 square feet and part of a company grossing more than $1 billion annually.
Wal-Mart is, of course, bitching, saying it will prevent them from operating in the city. Now if we can just get every city and county council to pass similar ordinances, maybe Wal-Mart wont be able to compete unfairly with mom and pop stores.