These are the news articles of the day that I felt were of importance.
James Hansen - and on Plans to Address Climate Change
This is the greatest expert on global warming and climate change, and anything he states must be taken with complete seriousness.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100111/hansen
http://www.stormsofmygrandchildren.com/
http://www.columbia.edu/~mhs119/
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Significant Major Long Droughts Loom
Most of the American West is already undergoing serious changes due to climate change and global warming, but the most serious and deadly ramifications have yet to come; when they do, a major change in lifestyles and quality of life will be felt for decades ahead and beyond.
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/long_drought_ahead_from_global_warming_study_says/C8/L8/
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Fascinating Places to See and Experience
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-offbeattraveler18-pg,0,6637721.photogallery
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New Tougher EPA Regulations in the Works
I do not know how these most strict air pollution oversights will able to be implimented with the current transportation and energy systems in the places where problems will be greatest - perhaps a ban or restrictions on lawn mowing, and closing freeways between 10 and 3pm.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-epa-smog-rules8-2010jan08,0,7163115.story
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Now Arriving: Full Internet Access in One's Motor Vehicle !
I expect this to become widespread in the next few years, but safety measures need to be increased to prevent viewing while driving. Audio option webpages ?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/technology/07distracted.html
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More on Very Warm Arctic Temperatures this Winter and Beyond
The wrath of climate change is already well under way to the far north and will only become greatly worse in the coming years as these reports and models indicate.
http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=2767
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The End of the Myth of Clean Coal
It sounded so good and so hopeful, but any illusion of this kind of circumstance has now been clearly disproved. Sadly, we will be mining coal and burning it for energy for many decades to come, regardless of all the consequences, almost entirely negative and catastrophic.
http://climateprogress.org/2010/01/07/science-clean-coal-mountaintop-mining-removal/
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America Just Does Not Work Anymore
Is there anything one can be optimistic about when it comes to the United States ? Beyond one's family and offspring, the answer is no.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175187/tomgram%3A_orville_schell%2C_what_doesn%27t_work_in_america/
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