Monday, August 24, 2009

American Airlines begins wine cork recycling program
"Natural cork wine closures are ideal for recycling because they are a truly sustainable resource, and one of the few forms of product packaging that is 100 percent recyclable, biodegradable and completely environmentally friendly," said Roger Archey, Spokesperson - ReCORK America. "Cork is also a natural retainer of CO2 and helps fight global warming."
CBOT Soybeans Soar On Midwest Frost Concern
1230 EDT [Dow Jones] - CBOT soybean futures were sharply higher near midday on speculation an early frost in the U.S. Midwest may cut yields for late-developing crops.
Mississippi: Record breaking low temperatures experienced statewide
The capital city, Jackson tied a record low temperature of 57 set back in 1931. A record that has stood for more than 70 years!!
More Lies by Climate Denialists | Gather
Because the tactics of the denialists are to saturate the comments until the page won't load in a reasonable time (thereby depriving others of the right to read the article), I posted one article without allowing comments as an experiment.
Climate change apathy: History will teach us nothing : The Island of Doubt
Furthermore, some of the coming changes won't exhibit even the relatively mild characteristics of exponential growth, but be more akin to the instantaneous phase change of ice into water. It could be that democracy, which relies on reasoned debate, patience and tolerance, is not a suitable environment to engage in the social, and physical, engineering this sort of change demands.

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