Apr 02 2014
Latest IPCC Report Remains Strong on Climate Warnings, While Optimistic About Adaptation
Nearly 400 climate scientists and experts reviewed more than 12,000 studies to conclude that climate change is real, it’s here, and it’s a threat to humanity. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report on Monday.
The report’s periodic release has often provided fodder for climate denialists who have taken …
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Earthquakes of the kind we experienced in Southern California over the past few weeks are not at all unusual. But, environmental groups, and even the Los Angeles City Council want to know if the controversial practice of “fracking” may have been responsible for our recent seismic activity. 
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author, and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
Los Angeles is a city plagued by potholes, overflowing sewers, a perpetually underfunded school system and a projected 2014 budget deficit of $243 million. The Fix LA Coalition, a group of labor and civic groups, has found that in 2013, despite its crippling financial problems, the city paid a startling $204 million in …
The Fix LA Coalition has found that in 2013, despite its crippling financial problems, the city of Los Angeles paid a startling $204 million in fees to Wall Street banks – more than it did to repair streets. The disturbing report is entitled No Small Fees: LA Spends More on Wall Street than Our Streets. 
Growing up most of us were taught that there were 9 planets in our solar system, orbiting the sun. Then, some years ago, the 9th and furthest planet Pluto, was downgraded and suddenly there were 8, maybe. 
A powerful new play which is traveling the country on a six city tour is arriving in Los Angeles this weekend. Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo written by Paul S. Flores, stars Ric Salinas, one of the founding members of the critically acclaimed performance group Culture Clash. 
