This episode NBL discusses rising sea levels, idealism and off grid homesteading with guests Ted and Maggie Silk from Tournesol Farms in Mule Creek, New Mexico. Download this episode (right click and save)
In Florida, officials ban term ‘climate change’
The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the state’s beaches over the next 85 years. But you would not know that by talking to officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency on the front lines …
Poll: Majority of Americans Agree Fighting Climate Change a ‘Moral Obligation’
A majority of Americans believe they are “morally obligated” to fight climate change, a new poll byReuters/IPSOS has found. Of the 2,827 people surveyed in the poll, 66 percent said world leaders are ethically bound to reduce carbon emissions, while 72 percent believed that responsibility lay with themselves as well. In addition, 64 percent believe that rising greenhouse gases, which drive climate …