Earthworms: Do They Help or Hurt in Terms of Climate Change? : Sustainablog

So if you find earthworms out in your garden or compost pile, don’t hurt them. They are probably still good on the whole.

Climate change confusion | Community | Health Service Journal

Civil servants are notorious sticklers for detail, but one glaring blooper somehow made it past Whitehall quality control.

A policy document produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change appeared to impose a whopping 90 per cent reduction target on Department of Health carbon emissions between 2012 and 2018. Sure to cause a stir, one might have thought.

But the problem seemed to slip under the DH’s radar - understandable really, as climate change gets little attention from the public, media or politicians.

Can National Parks be saved from global warming? | Greenspace | Los Angeles Times

The federal government must take decisive action to avoid "a potentially catastrophic loss of animal and plant life," in the National Parks, according to a new report which details the impact of global warming on the nation's most treasured public lands.

The 53-page report from the National Parks and Conservation Association, a Washington-based advocacy group, details a litany of concerns related to climate change in the parks...

RealClearPolitics - Video - Pelosi: Town Hall Protesters Are "Carrying Swastikas"

Nancy Pelosi claims protesters are "carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."