Protesters Condemn ALEC's Push to Privatize Public Education

Demonstrators crash the ALEC convention in Chicago, a city heavily impacted by the privatization of public schools.

Chemistry class sponsored by Monsanto.

Climate Change. Around the Earth, scenes like this are happening in someone's neighborhood.

 In Nashville Climate change: This was yesterday, who's neighborhood today?

In California Climate change: This was yesterday, who's neighborhood today?

In Madison Climate change: This was yesterday, who's neighborhood today?

Remember our Founders. Remember who we are. Remember what we do.

The Founders and Climate Change

Looking for work? You should know about climate change.

Government Inaction Is Turning Off Investors Who Want To Back Green Energy

Companies want workers who think realistically about the future.

Would the opposition please look at the other side? Just look. There is no bad intent.

The White House Blog

Climate change is occurring 10 to 100 times faster than in the past and ecosystems will find it hard to adjust

Today's Climate Change Proves Much Faster Than Changes in Past 65 Million Years

Local = Global, Global = Local

Solar Electric Light Fund

Another perspective of climate change and the Chicago training

Mommy Blog SNO

Climate change remains a material risk for a majority of investors

Investors See Climate Change as Risk That Influences Decisions: Report

About 81 percent of asset owners and 68 percent of asset managers said they view climate change as a material risk across their entire investment portfolio in the third annual Global Investor Survey on Climate Change. Most of the remaining respondents identified climate risks only for certain asset classes, such as real estate and infrastructure.

Seafood is a staple of many diets. Estuaries are important to seafood.

Climate Change Threatens U.S. Estuaries

Estuaries are places where rivers meet the sea, providing nursery habitat for fish and shellfish while buffering many coastal communities from the impacts of coastal storms and sea level rise.

Warmer climate strongly affects human conflict and violence worldwide, says study

Climate Change And Violence Linked, Breakthrough Study Finds

"The biggest culprit: higher temperatures. Out of 27 modern societies studied, all 27 showed a positive relationship between higher temperatures and violence."

"“Our results shed new light on how the future climate will shape human societies,” said Burke.  The findings of the study suggest that a global temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius could increase the rate of intergroup conflicts, such as civil wars, by over 50 percent in many parts of the world."

NOAA State of the Climate in 2012

State of the Climate in 2012 - NOAA

Supporting the Rights of People Living with Disabilities

At least 57.8 million Americans live with one or more disabilities. Despite that, the U.S. Senate has so far refused to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This international treaty would strengthen and protect the rights — including the human right to water, which UUSC promotes worldwide — of people too often ignored. Last year, U.S. ratification of the treaty failed by just five votes.

Republicans Threaten Networks Over Projects on Hillary Clinton

"The chairman of the Republican National Committee threatened on Monday to refuse to partner with CNN or NBC on any presidential primary debates if the two networks move ahead with plans for television projects on Hillary Rodham Clinton."

APS Wants to Tax the Sun?

Solar Flame War in Arizona, Coming Your Way Soon..

Why do we play down the horror of climate change?

Jonathon Porritt wonders why we moderate the 'scary' impacts of global warming to avoid alienating people

"Don't let the prospect of impending disaster crush your spirits. Don't let the prospect of a suboptimal long-term future kill your hope. Hope for the unlikely! Work for the unlikely!" 

A website for crowd-funding climate projects.

I have been talking to people who could not raise the money for their trip to Chicago and a person from Nepal trying to start a paper book library on climate change. This is the best site I have found to do this. indiegogo. Does anyone have any input?

The Virtues of Government Secrecy

The false choice between “secrecy” and “transparency” in the Manning and Snowden debate.

"It’s Sunday evening, and my head is still spinning after spending three amazing days at Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in Chicago last week."

Hashtag Reality | Main Street Climate

NASA data and graphs here:

NASA climate data