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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNaomi Klein: Geoengineering: Testing the Waters
from the NYT:
By NAOMI KLEIN
Published: October 27, 2012
FOR almost 20 years, Ive been spending time on a craggy stretch of British Columbias shoreline called the Sunshine Coast. This summer, I had an experience that reminded me why I love this place, and why I chose to have a child in this sparsely populated part of the world.
It was 5 a.m. and my husband and I were up with our 3-week-old son. Looking out at the ocean, we spotted two towering, black dorsal fins: orcas, or killer whales. Then two more. We had never seen an orca on the coast, and never heard of their coming so close to shore. In our sleep-deprived state, it felt like a miracle, as if the baby had wakened us to make sure we didnt miss this rare visit.
The possibility that the sighting may have resulted from something less serendipitous did not occur to me until two weeks ago, when I read reports of a bizarre ocean experiment off the islands of Haida Gwaii, several hundred miles from where we spotted the orcas swimming.
There, an American entrepreneur named Russ George dumped 120 tons of iron dust off the hull of a rented fishing boat; the plan was to create an algae bloom that would sequester carbon and thereby combat climate change. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/geoengineering-testing-the-waters.html
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Naomi Klein: Geoengineering: Testing the Waters (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2012
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. Humans will come up with any sort of Frankenstein solution, rather than tackle the actual problem
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)2. Well, that'd be bad for IRA's. nt
upi402
(16,854 posts)3. We'll attack the symptoms and not the cause
as long as corporate governance is the only option.
Which candidate talked about CLIMATE CHANGE?
:crickets:
I reality, Gore had the Presidency stolen by rightwingnuts.
MrYikes
(720 posts)4. what I got out of this
is that Naomi, her husband and her child are happy. That makes me happy.