World's worst die-off was hell on Earth - [Global warming hoax promoter Seth Borenstein]

During the world's biggest mass extinction, Earth seemed pretty close to a description of hell - fiery, smoky and explosive - created by massive volcanic eruptions, according to research dug up in China.

In geologic terms, it was surprisingly quick, and it may provide a scary lesson about climate change for our future, authors of the new study say.

...Shen theorised that environmental stress was building and then hit a tipping point and "collapsed in a very rapid way".

"This is also a lesson for the modern times," Shen said. "We don't know what will happen or when it will happen."

This climate change "happened naturally, and it killed everything," Erwin said. But he said that if critics of global warming science think it shows that climate change is nothing to worry about because it has happened naturally in the past, that's the wrong conclusion.

"I think the lesson you take away from this is that you don't want to get anywhere close to a mass extinction," Erwin said. "It took 5 million years before life got better again."

Twitter / @Revkin: As an agnostic, I'll be as ...

As an agnostic, I'll be asking questions when I speak on climate at NYC Atheists meeting tonight: nyc-atheists.org/drupal5/?q=nod… What would you ask?

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 17th Annual Heinz Foundation Awards - YouTube

Always reminding us that environmental issues are personal, Dr. Steingraber has just published Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis, which explores how chemical trespass and climate change prevent parents from carrying out their two most fundamental duties: to protect children from harm and to provide for their future.

Gingrich Defends Shifting Statements on Climate Change - ABC News

In a 2007 on PBS’s “Frontline,” Gingrich said the cap-and-trade program was something he “would strongly support.”