The chemical sprayed on the 2010 BP oil spill may not have helped crucial petroleum-munching microbes get rid of the slick, a new study suggests.

Source: Study: Dispersants did not help oil degrade in BP spill

The global environment collapses as in the pursuit of short-term growth, humanity overruns natural ecosystems including the atmosphere that make Earth

Source: Biosphere Collapse: The Biggest Economic Bubble Ever | EcoInternet – Earth Blog

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The Global Wave Conference – The Global Enviro-Surf Community Converges on Cornwall & London

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WASHINGTON (AP) — You can’t say we haven’t been warned. The upcoming climate summit in Paris is just the latest chapter in the surprisingly long history of grappling with global warming, a history that began with the discovery…

Source: Upcoming climate talks just latest chapter in a long history

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Throughout the 1980s, Exxon earned a public reputation as a pioneer in climate change research. But by 1990, the company had begun an about-face.

Source: How Exxon went from leader to skeptic on climate change research – Los Angeles Times

Millions of people around the world live in “energy poverty,” including 15-year-old Hannah Herbst’s pen pal in Ethiopia.

Source: This Ninth Grader Invented A Device That Harvests Power From Ocean Waves

In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his story

Source: Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months

…an area roughly the size of Maryland—drifted into the Caribbean. So much of this floating brown algae has been washing ashore that beaches are positively blanketed in stinky, rotting piles that are more than a few feet deep.

Source: Formerly pristine Caribbean beaches are blanketed in stinky, rotting piles of seaweed

George Orwell thought they were ‘sex maniacs’. They thought they were spiritual samurai, rebuilding Britain after the Great War. With their magical rituals, outdoor living and utopian vision, they are the most fascinating of forgotten youth movements – and their ideas still resonate

Source: The other KKK: how the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift tried to craft a new world | Art and design | The Guardian

German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides a speed run display on a massive wave at Praia do Norté in Portugal on Tuesday

Source: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides huge wave in Portugal – video | Sport | The Guardian

Source: Giant sculptures made entirely of beach waste to make you rethink plastic use

Thousands of the fires raging through the forests of Indonesia were deliberately started to clear land for industrial use. The results have been deadly

Source: Setting a country alight: Indonesia’s devastating forest fires are manmade | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian

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It’s our time to act. Boldly and bravely. It starts with 24 Hours of Reality: The World Is Watching. 24hoursofreality.org #WhyImWatching

Source: 24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: The World Is Watching | Climate Reality

The findings follow a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study two weeks ago that said the world is in the midst of a third global coral bleaching event.

Source: How we are all contributing to the destruction of coral reefs: Sunscreen – The Washington Post

I wonder what their fossil fuel overlords make of this:

Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Hollingsworth Hound infiltrates a meeting of climatologists, and learns the TRUTH!

Source: Hollingsworth Hound Learns the Truth About Climate Scientists!

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The best Goldfinger (1964) The gold standard1 for themes. Sweeping, sultry and backed by urgent jazz orchestra horns and quotes from the iconic Bond theme. This John Barry song is not just a Bond theme it is the Bond theme. It defines an entire genre. Its close association with the film and Dame Shirley Bassey’s iconic performance has kept it from becoming a standard, but it’s among the great movie songs of all time. It also casts a long enough shadow that attempts to match it have led to a string of dreary copies and retreads. Dr. No (1962) It’s borderline cheating to rank this one. In a literal sense this is just the Bond theme everyone knows and has heard dozens of times. Duh duh duh-duh, da da duh – the seven notes that denote Bond told with blaring horns and guitar jangle. Is this song venerable because it’s great or great because it’s venerable?

Source: David Putney | Bond title songs, ranked

Source: In 1959, a white journalist traveled the Deep South posing as a black man. The conditions horrified him. / Boing Boing

[BreakingNews.ie] WHO are to warn about the cancer threat caused by eating processed meats.

Source: Processed meats ‘on same carcinogenic level as cigarettes’ in Headline says what? curated by Louisiana World Network #LWN

Source: Prepare to have your head ripped off by the buzzsaw guitar of Love Sculpture’s ‘Sabre Dance’ | Dangerous Minds

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Source: SurfGuitar101.com | Forums: South East Asia Surf Music Movement

Source: El Niño w/Mark Sponsler | Swell Lines

Move allowing state to build shelter for families more quickly comes after officials clear one of largest homeless encampments in US

Source: Hawaii governor declares state of emergency amid homelessness crisis

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Three’s usually a crowd.

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Today, nearly 20 food, farming, public health and environmental organizations submitted a letter in support of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA’s) determination to list glyphosate as a substance known to the State of California to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (aka Proposition 65).

Source: Public Interest Groups Support California Intent to Label Glyphosate Carcinogenic | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

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Built-up areas around the UK coast have increased by more than 40%, but conservationists have saved the ‘most pristine’ areas, Patrick Barkham reports

Source: Coastal construction: how Britain’s shoreline changed in 50 years | Environment | The Guardian

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source A Funky Trip – Detroit Funk From The Dave Hamilton Archive by Various Artists (Dave Hamilton) on BGP

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A Few Of The Things We Love – The Chattahoochee Recordings And More by The Murmaids on Ace Records

Source: The Murmaids – A Few Of The Things We Love – The Chattahoochee Recordings And More – Ace Records

The Broad Beach community is well placed to be a leader on this issue; unfortunately they have yet to demonstrate leadership. It’s time for homeowners to do what is right and codify public access by entering into a legal agreement.

Source: Public Beach Poached for Private Privilege? | Stefanie Sekich

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A new study by the Risky Business Project paints a grim picture of Florida’s economy if industries fail to take seriously the risks from climate change.

Source: Florida leads nation in property at risk from climate change | Miami Herald

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A novel analysis of temperature records shows that economies perform worse in high heat.

Source: Climate Change Slams Global Economy in a New Study From Stanford and Berkeley – Bloomberg Business

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Cyanide poisoning has killed 22 elephants in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said on Monday. This brings to 62 the number of elephants…

Source: Zimbabwe: 22 more elephants killed in Hwange Park by cyanide

Link retires to his chicken coop, sings, invents Americana

Source: Link Wray – 3-Track Shack – Uncut

Rescue workers in smoke-choked Indonesia are considering a mass evacuation of orangutans

Source: Rescue workers in smoke-choked Indonesia are considering a mass evacuation of orangutans