Interesting Articles on Climate Change and Planet Health Issues

• Fukushima’s Radioactive Ocean Water Reaches Waters Off The West Coast Of Canada – 2.25.14

• Smog in China worsens China Looks For Blue-Sky Solutions As Smog Worsens – 2.25.14

• CNN Opinion article by Carol Costello Why are we still debating climate change? – 2.24.14

• Freedom Industries cause a 2nd chemical spill in West Virginia West Virginia’s Freedom Industries Suffers Another Chemical Spill – 2.1.14

• More water pollution issues. This time in West Virginia caused by leaking chemicals at a coal processing plant Look How Gross The Water Is After The Chemical Spill In West Virginia – 1.15.14

• Having enough fresh water will be an issue if climate change continues, and obviously this diminished supply of water needs to be clean and unpolluted. 4 American states have confirmed that water pollution has happened and that it’s because of drilling and yet still nothing is being done. 4 States Confirm Water Pollution From Drilling – 1.5.14

• Interesting world map created by NOAA showing Selected Significant Climate Anomalies and Events in January 2014 – Jan 2014

• San Francisco may be the first city to ban bottled water Bottled Water Ban In San Francisco Would Be One Of Nation’s Strictest – 12.17.13

• Imagine if climate change continues and temperatures continue to rise as a consequence … did you know that planes can’t fly in extremely high temperatures? High temps hurt economy, outside of Death Valley  – 7.1.13

• Even Whole Foods Markets is selling out to Monsanto 🙁 USDA Forces Whole Foods to Accept Monsanto – 6.25.13

• Article from CNN.com Massive Tar Mat Dug Up Off Louisiana Coast  – 6.26.13

• Los Angeles Bans Free Plastic Bags in Grocery Stores  – 6.25.13

• What’s In Obama’s Climate Plan? – Yahoo News 6.25.13

• Obama Climate Change Plan Pounds Coal Stocks  – USA Today 6.25.13

• Fact Sheet: President Obama’s Climate Action Plan  – The Whitehouse 6.25.13

• Bees Billboard Hits David Cameron’s Backyard  – Friends of The Earth UK 6.22.13

• Interesting information on the Consequences of Climate Change on the Oceans from The Climate Institute.

• Finally some good news on climate change Climate change is slowing but drastic action is still required – 5.17.13

• Florida faces toughest water restrictions ever which is damaging the economy – 2.11.09

• Watch the movie, “Inconvenient Truth.” To purchase this movie, click on this link: Inconvenient Truth

• Watch this short documentary titled Message in the Waves that inspired a town in England to be plastic bag free

• The LA Times online presents a 5-part series by Ken Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling detailing their research into the state of our oceans. This research has some disturbing results about the worrying state of our oceans.

• An NPR Interview with Ken Weiss who wrote the above mentioned 5 part series for the LA Times. He discusses how the oceans of the world are becoming increasingly acidic and how primordial algae is blooming, sometimes growing at the rate of a football field per hour.

• This is a link to Climatehotmap.org. It shows a map of the world and the current experiences at various locations around the world. This is showing current issues and not future projections, as such it shows quite a worrying picture.

• Visit StopGlobalWarming.org and join their Virtual March.

• Visit the site for the Union of Concerned Scientists for more information on global warming and things that you can do.

• This is a great site. It shows an artistic representation of U.S. consumption.

• Great article about a zero-pollution car with very low running costs

• Go to Yahoo’s Green site for a lot of information on how to help reduce carbon emissions

• Go to treehugger.com for some great information on helping the environment.

• Meltdown: A global warming travelogue – 10.8.08

• The battle over Coal River Mountain – 10.7.08

• Polar Bears resort to cannibalism as Arctic ice shrinks – 9.23.08

• Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk – 7.30.08

• NOAA researchers confirm predictions of dramatic sea ice loss – 9.6.07

• Drenched by Hurricane Felix, Honduras fears floods, mudslides – 9.5.07

• 5 ways to Go Green from Al Gore – 8.24.07

• The Age of Warming – CBS’s 60 Minutes goes to the bottom of the world and to the top of a glacier to see the fastest warming place on earth – 8.19.07

• Flooding caused by storms worsens situations in North Korea – 8.15.07

• See how pollution closed a record number of beaches in the U.S. in 2006 – 8.7.07

• San Francisco bans bottled water for city staff – this is great news in our attempt to minimize the use of plastic. – 6.26.07

• GM takes step toward fuel-cell car – article written 6.15.07

• National Geographic Fast Facts – updated 6.14.07

• The actual rise in CO2 emissions is outpacing the worst-case scenario put forward by scientists – 5.22.07

• Global Warming could threaten U.S. security – 4.16.07