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Hottest* July in RSS satellite record, record floods swamp Pakistan, U.S. set 1480 temperature records in past two months, and 2010 breaks 2007 record for most nations setting all-time temperature records - Hell and High Water hits hard as Time asks: Will

"What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate."

That's Dmitri Medvedev, President of a country that has been mired in even more disinformation about global warming than ours, as Time notes.  On Friday, Medvedev said that in 14 regions of Russia, "practically everything is burning":

And so we...

Hottest* July in RSS satellite record, record floods swamp Pakistan, U.S. set 1480 temperature records in past two months, and 2010 breaks 2007 record for most nations setting all-time temperature records - Hell and High Water hits hard as Time asks: Will

"What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate."

That's Dmitri Medvedev, President of a country that has been mired in even more disinformation about global warming than ours, as Time notes.  On Friday, Medvedev said that in 14 regions of Russia, "practically everything is burning":

And so we...

Hottest* July in RSS satellite record, record floods swamp Pakistan, U.S. set 1480 temperature records in past two months, and 2010 breaks 2007 record for most nations setting all-time temperature records - Hell and High Water hits hard as Time asks: Will

"What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate."

That's Dmitri Medvedev, President of a country that has been mired in even more disinformation about global warming than ours, as Time notes.  On Friday, Medvedev said that in 14 regions of Russia, "practically everything is burning":

And so we...

Hottest* July in RSS satellite record, record floods swamp Pakistan, U.S. set 1480 temperature records in past two months, and 2010 breaks 2007 record for most nations setting all-time temperature records - Hell and High Water hits hard as Time asks: Will

"What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate."

That's Dmitri Medvedev, President of a country that has been mired in even more disinformation about global warming than ours, as Time notes.  On Friday, Medvedev said that in 14 regions of Russia, "practically everything is burning":

And so we...

Hottest* July in RSS satellite record, record floods swamp Pakistan, U.S. set 1480 temperature records in past two months, and 2010 breaks 2007 record for most nations setting all-time temperature records - Hell and High Water hits hard as Time asks: Will

"What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate."

That's Dmitri Medvedev, President of a country that has been mired in even more disinformation about global warming than ours, as Time notes.  On Friday, Medvedev said that in 14 regions of Russia, "practically everything is burning":

And so we...

Hottest* July in RSS satellite record, record floods swamp Pakistan, U.S. set 1480 temperature records in past two months, and 2010 breaks 2007 record for most nations setting all-time temperature records - Hell and High Water hits hard as Time asks: Will

"What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate."

That's Dmitri Medvedev, President of a country that has been mired in even more disinformation about global warming than ours, as Time notes.  On Friday, Medvedev said that in 14 regions of Russia, "practically everything is burning":

And so we...

Defeat Proposition 23 to improve the lives of low income and minority Californians

Some have said [California's climate and clean energy:] law will have a negative impact on minorities and low-income families, who have already been hit hard by the recession. As two female business leaders of color, we know better. And so do two out of three Californians who support the law, according to a just-released Public Policy Institute of California poll.

That's from a terrific opinion piece in the San Jose Mercury News, by Teresa Alvarado and Shellye Archambeau.  Alvarado, a...

Media reports of Chevy Volt's death have been greatly exaggerated

President Obama has averted the Bush-Cheney depression, and given the US auto industry a fighting chance.  Needless to say, that isn't the narrative either conservatives or the status quo media want to push right now.

But it's hard to attack the auto industry directly, especially since it is doing much better than anyone could have expected given overall economic conditions.  And so we have that bastion of the status quo media, the Politico, giving Rush Limbaugh a whole story on his "Obama...

Energy and Global Warming News for August 3rd: Fossil fuel subsidies are 12 times that of renewables; Chamber goes after climate dissenters in its ranks; Ten fights on global warming now that Senate cops out

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are 12 Times Support for Renewables, Study Shows

Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.

Governments last year gave $43 billion to $46 billion of support to renewable energy through tax credits, guaranteed electricity prices known as feed-in tariffs and alternative energy credits, the London-based research group said today in a statement. That compares...

Rand Paul: Mine safety regulations aren't needed since "no one will apply" for jobs at dangerous mines

Kentucky's extremist GOP Senate candidate, Rand Paul, has said, "I believe business should be left alone from government." That even extends to his state's own accident prone mines, as TP reports:

In April, two miners were killed at the Dotiki Mine in Western Kentucky after the mine's roof collapsed. The non-union mine had been cited for 840 safety violations by federal inspectors since 2009, and the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing issued 31 orders to close sections of the...