Energy wars heating up, Russia uses the "N" word.

Russian PM Says Action on Syria, Iran May Lead To  Nuclear War   : Information Clearing House: ""At some point such actions which undermine state sovereignty may lead to a full-scale regional war, even, although I do not want to frighten anyone, with the use of nuclear weapons," Medvedev said. "Everyone should bear this in mind." "

'via Blog this'

Humans are destroying the biosphere

Humans Stripping Earth of Its Resources : Discovery News: "The world's biodiversity is down 30 percent since the 1970s, according to a new report, with tropical species taking the biggest hit. And if humanity continues as it has been, the picture could get bleaker.

Humanity is outstripping the Earth's resources by 50 percent — essentially using the resources of one and a half Earths every year"

'via Blog this'

When something is running out, use it faster?

ND Becomes Nation's Second-Leading Oil Producer - ABC News: "Hicks said. "We need to get domestic production up so we can wean ourselves from foreign oil.""

Please take a minute and think about that. If it makes sense to you, you need to do some reading.

New technology and high prices are fueling an oil boom in North Dakota. The increased supply will ease price pressure and reduce the urgency to conserve. The additional oil will quickly go up in smoke in traffic jams. This is literally throwing gasoline on a fire.

Drilling more domestic oil to reduce imports is like pretending to be rich by spending all your savings.

Instead we should have gasoline taxes should reflect the actual costs of the auto. We should take that money and make public transit fare-free. Use the remaining oil to get off oil.

Percent of GDP invested in infrastructure: China 9, USA 1.

Opinion: Too little is spent on transportation - Rep. Peter DeFazio - POLITICO.com: "Our transit systems have a $70 billion backlog of critical infrastructure investment needed for light rail, subways and buses. This means work for high-tech engineering companies and investment in American manufacturing industries that have been decimated by outsourcing."

'via Blog this'

West Antarctic Ice Shelves Tearing Apart at the Seams

Rifts along the northern shear margin of Pine Island Glacier (upper right of image). Credit: Michael Studinger, NASA’s Operation IceBridge.

West Antarctic Ice Shelves Tearing Apart at the Seams: "A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially amplifying an already accelerating loss of ice to the sea."

If you want to hang with the cool people, get on #publictransit

Beirut plans to buy 250 buses

Minister, lawmakers take the bus - chicagotribune.com: "Rather than traveling in their luxury sedans with tinted-windows, several lawmakers chose Wednesday to tour the capital aboard a public bus, in a rare move to express support for public transportation in the country.

Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi, who joined the MPs on their tour, took the opportunity to announce that his ministry would soon launch tenders to buy 250 buses as part of a comprehensive plan aimed at organizing the country's public transport sector.

The initiative comes amid high gasoline prices and worsening traffic congestion, particularly in the capital."

Oil trolls in congress sacrificing the economy to boost oil profits

11,000 transit, ground passenger transportation jobs lost in April - Amalgamated Transit Union: “The crisis gets worse by the day. From Pittsburgh, PA, to Everett, WA, to Detroit, MI, to Charleston, SC, more and more transit-dependent Americans are being stranded at bus stops and rail stations as cities implement some of the most severe service cuts and fare increases in history.”
...These job losses come at a time when Americans took over 10.4 billion transit trips last year – the highest in decades. At the same time recession-reduced local tax revenues have forced more than 80 percent of transit agencies to cut service, increase fares and lay off workers. The effects of this crisis are being felt all over the country:

Imagine there's no cars...

Oviedo: One Perfect Place from J.H. Crawford on Vimeo.

Massive May Day March shows that Americans are not sheep for corporate media.

https://twitter.com/#!/Timcast/status/197454096633036800/photo/1