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Thom Yorke Lends His Voice to 350.org’s EARTH Art Project

photo via AK Streeter Beginning this weekend, in advance of the upcoming climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, 350.org is helping to promote an unprecedented global art project, EARTH . In 12 locations, artists and activists will “create massive public art installations to show how climate change is already impacting our world as well as offer visions of how we can solve the crisis.” Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has announced that he has added his voice to the 350 E ART H project, posting a link to the pro… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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LCV Launches ‘Flat Earth TV’ Featuring Sarah Palin

image via flickr With the rise of Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, it’s become clear that every Republican candidate for the “World’s Greatest Deliberating Body” is a global warming denier. The League of Conservation Voters is rightly concerned, and they’ve launched an online campaign to poke fun at the candidate and educate voters on the candidates’ positions. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Another Crack: Petermann Glacier, Giant Ice Island, Breaks Off Into The Sea

A NASA image shows the large chunk of ice breaking away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. Credit: NASA While the Senate, the White House, and delegates in Bonn at the international climate negotiations dither, Mother Nature keeps the hits coming. Russia is of course baking in record heat and now the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland has lost an iceberg of 87 square kilometers in size. For scale, the ice sheet is said to be 4 times the size of Manhattan. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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TAKE ACTION: Join With 350.org And Ask Obama to "Put Solar On It"

photo via 350.org By now, most people have heard this story. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House, but when the Reagan Revolution swept into power a few years later, Reagan famously had the panels taken down. Well, it’s a new day, and it’s high time for those panels to go back up. Solar power in the U.S. is rapidly growing, with 91 MW coming on line la… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Irreversible Changes in Oceans Leading to Global Mass Extinction

Photo by coolmikeol It feels like reading a tabloid headline when we see reports about irreversible damage to ocean systems and the worldwide mass extinctions that could result. Unfortunately, it’s an all too real possibility. Renowned marine scientists Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director of The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute, and Dr John F. Bruno, an Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina, have completed a comprehensive study pulling together information from the most recent oceanographic research. Their … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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