Category Archives: 2008

>Surviving……

>Survival InstinctsBy Barry Didcock BBC’s post-apocalypse classic is back – and the timing is spot-on. IF 1970S sitcom The Good Life had an evil twin it was Survivors, a post-apocalyptic tale from Dalek creator Terry Nation that ran for three … Continue reading

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>An Appeal to Reason

>An Appeal To Reason John Tamny, 11.17.08, 12:00 AM EST Has Al Gore read Nigel Lawson’s book? Nigel Lawson, chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher, and author of three books–including his essential account of the Thatcher years, The View … Continue reading

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>Brown Haze…….

>Mysterious brown haze covering world A massive mile-thick brown pollution haze has settled over vast areas of the planet, changing weather patterns and threatening health and crops, according to the UN. Vast areas of Asia, the Middle East, southern Africa … Continue reading

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>Blimey ~ The Irish do weather!

>Freak weather is becoming the norm Ireland as a whole is likely to warm by 3-4 degrees by the end of this century, writes John Gibbons FIRST, SOME good news: despite the atrocious weather of the last week or so, … Continue reading

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>Oil & our survival

>Reducing oil use ‘our survival challenge’ Expert on oil supply tells receptive Sebastopol audience quick, decisive action needed By MIKE McCOYTHE PRESS DEMOCRAT Published: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 6:03 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. … Continue reading

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>Economic disasters with us NOW!!

>The economic disaster will get worseBy Edmund Conway It had to happen sooner or later. We have an economic disaster that cannot be blamed on Gordon Brown. No, not the collapse of Northern Rock, which the Prime Minister wrongly tried … Continue reading

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>Here comes the Sun………

>Sun Blamed for Warming of Earth and Other Worlds By Ker Than, LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 12 March 2007 07:27 am ET Earth is heating up lately, but so are Mars, Pluto and other worlds in our solar system, leading … Continue reading

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>Al Gore is " a gross alarmist"

>A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore “a gross alarmist” Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming. “He’s one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things. I think he’s doing a great … Continue reading

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>Flooding in Italy

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>Flooding in Italy……

>Robin Pomeroy in Turin June 1, 2008 ITALY has declared a state of emergency in the country’s north after flooding and mudslides left at least four people, including an infant, dead in heavy rains that have also hit Belgium, Britain, … Continue reading

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