Rio’s Anti-Democracy Summit « NoFrakkingConsensus

In a world brimming with creativity, diversity, and ingenuity the head of the United Nations is telling us that choices don’t exist. He’s telling us that there’s only one answer.

This is not leadership by the people, for the people. There’s nothing remotely democratic about what’s going on here.

The Great Fire Of 1910 Places The Current 2012 Fire Season In Perspective | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

Colorado has already experienced a fire of 52,068 acres as of June 15 west of Fort Collins (see also).

However, it is useful to place fire in the western forests in perspective. In 1910 there was a truly massive fire [h/t Bill Neff]. As written at Wikipedia

The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn) was a wildfire which burned about three million acres