Watch this :59 video from 350.org for a little bit of “why.”

Continue reading …and why we need a Global Work Party...

By Heather Gates

Rebutting recent comments made in the Herald-Independent about climate change provides an opportunity to share news about our 350.org Global Work Party — an upcoming event in which everyone can take positive actions.

Continue reading Climate change isn’t an engineering problem, it requires immediate action...

[ October 10, 2010; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Want to express your concerns about climate change to our leaders? Come to the library on 10/10/10 and we’ll help you with whatever obstacle is in your way – whether you need help putting ideas into words, a list of bullet points about climate change, a computer to type on, or someone to type for you – and you can be part of making letter-writing a fun, community activity.

Continue reading The Natural Step Monona’s Letter-Writing Campaign: Pressing Our Leaders for Action, Now...

Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming
By Bill McKibben (Cross Posted from TomDispatch.com)

Try to fit these facts together:

- According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 months, the warmest six months, and the warmest April, May, and June on record.

- A “staggering” new study from Canadian researchers has shown that warmer seawater has reduced phytoplankton, the base of the marine food chain, by 40% since 1950.

- Nine nations have so far set their all-time temperature records in 2010, including Russia (111 degrees), Niger (118), Sudan (121), Saudi Arabia and Iraq (126 apiece), and Pakistan, which also set the new all-time Asia record in May: a hair under 130 degrees. I can turn my oven to 130 degrees.

- And then, in late July, the U.S. Senate decided to do exactly nothing about climate change. They didn’t do less than they could have — they did nothing, preserving a perfect two-decade bipartisan record of no action. Senate majority leader Harry Reid decided not even to schedule a vote on legislation that would have capped carbon emissions.

Continue reading We’re Hot as Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More...