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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Fracking emissions much worse than predicted

jeudi 17 avril 2014 à 14:00

Fracking wells' methane emissions are up to 1000 times higher than claimed, and that's even before the fracking starts.

This means it is stupid and self-defeating to try to reduce global heating by switching from coal to fracked gas.

In any case, calling it "switching" is misleading because just as much coal continues to be extracted and burned. Fracking is in addition to coal.

Hear no evil

jeudi 17 avril 2014 à 14:00

Pennsylvania Teen Convicted Of A Crime For Recording Bullies At School.

I think that schools should have a policy of authorizing students who are being bullied to make recordings of the bullies, so as to show the school what the bullies are doing, but these should not be distributed outside the school. (In particular, they should not be placed on servers outside the school.)

Global warming in California

jeudi 17 avril 2014 à 14:00

Bombshell: Study Ties Epic California Drought, Frigid East To Manmade Climate Change.

Corporate welfare in action

jeudi 17 avril 2014 à 14:00

The Tax Breaks (for oil) That Are Killing the Planet

Top ten carbon emitters

jeudi 17 avril 2014 à 14:00

The IPCC has laid out clearly what the world needs to do to avoid global heating disaster. Since most of the emissions come from ten countries (including China and the US), these countries above all must reduce emissions.

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