Archive - Dec 26, 2008

The climate blogs were filled this week with reports on the widespread damage in Tennessee when a dike broke releasing a catastrophic surge of coal ash into the surrounding waterways. Although this news failed to steal most of the mainstream media headlines, it's actually turning out to be a bigger mess than the authorities initially predicted. Dave Roberts from Grist notes:

This week, a new survey published by the U.S. Geological Survey indicates that climate change is occurring much fasterthan earlier reports predicted.