A new study done by the newly created International Panel on Tectonic Implosion (IPTI) reports that there could be a correlation between oil pumped out of the earth and the increased number of earthquakes we are currently seeing around the world.

Have you ever heard the phrase "Nature Hates a Void"? Well, it's true and that's exactly what's being created all over the world when Oil Companies suck billions of barrels of oil out of the ground everyday. It's like sucking the insides out of an egg and all you're left with is the shell.

As you can see by the graph above there is an obvious correlation between the increased amount of oil being pumped and seismic activity. In fact the latest large earthquake that took place in Peru caused so much "tectonic Implosion" that it caused th earth to speed up in its rotation, making our days 1.26 microseconds shorter.

Another negative effect is reducing oil's natural lubrication of shallow earthquake faults. When the oil was in the crust, it helped fault lines slowly slide along, now tectonic pressure builds until it snaps. This results in less frequent but larger quakes. This is a real danger in places like California where seismic activity is normal but the recent rise in oil prices have resulted in increased oil extraction. And also in places where they do a lot offshore drilling like Peru.

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MAN-MADE carbon emissions are staving off a new ice age, says a leading environmental scientist.

Climate-change expert Dr James Lovelock says the greenhouse gases that have warmed the planet are likely to prevent a big freeze that could last millions of years.

In a talk at London's Science Museum Dr Lovelock said the balance of nature was in charge of the environment.

He said: "We're just fiddling around. It is worth thinking that what we are doing in creating all these carbon emissions, far from being something frightful, is stopping the onset of a new ice age.

"If we hadn't appeared on the earth, it would be due to go through another ice age and we can look at our part as holding that up.

"I hate all this business about feeling guilty about what we're doing.

"We're not guilty, we never intended to pump CO2 into the atmosphere, it's just something we did."

The 90-year-old British scientist, who has worked for Nasa and paved the way for the detection of man-made aerosol and refrigerant gases in the atmosphere, called for greater caution in climate research.

He compared the recent controversy to the "wildly inaccurate" early work on aerosol gases and their alleged role in depletion of the ozone layer.

He said: "Quite often, observations done by hand are accurate but all the theoretical stuff in between tends to be very dodgy and I think they are seeing this with climate change. We haven't learned the lessons of the ozone-hole debate. It's important to know just how much you have got to be careful."

According to Dr Lovelock's Gaia theory, the earth is capable of curing itself. "A planet that is effectively alive can regulate itself and its composition and climate," he said.

Thomas Crowley, professor of geoscience at Edinburgh University, responded: "People have thought about the possibility of an ice age but it wouldn't be for many thousands of years.

"Dr Lovelock might be right in the abstract but this does not necessarily mean that CO2 is good now."

We got some good snapshots of the event on Tuesday Evening. M4GW Warmed the house up. While there was 1 candidates seeking endorsement for 1 position there was much debate and much interested parties showing up.

We got a lot of you taking your picture with Chicken Little. Since we like to share them with each of you.

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Multiple indicators show less concern, more feelings that global warming is exaggerated

PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's annual update on Americans' attitudes toward the environment shows a public that over the last two years has become less worried about the threat of global warming, less convinced that its effects are already happening, and more likely to believe that scientists themselves are uncertain about its occurrence. In response to one key question, 48% of Americans now believe that the seriousness of global warming is generally exaggerated, up from 41% in 2009 and 31% in 1997, when Gallup first asked the question.

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PARIS -- An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.

While British designer Vivienne Westwood regularly rails against global warming, fashion king Karl Lagerfeld trumped her with a rival theory at the Chanel show on Monday: the globe is in fact cooling, and he has an iceberg to prove it.

"Have you felt any warming this winter?" Lagerfeld, with trademark black sunglasses and white ponytail, told reporters after showing his autumn collection, referring to freezing cold weather outside. "Maybe that's all nonsense, who knows."

Lagerfeld had erected a huge iceberg in the middle of the glass-domed Grand Palais to mark his chilly theme, dressing models in fake fur trousers and yeti boots to prepare them for the coming ice age.

Chanel's classic tweed suit was reinforced with fur-trimmed sleeves and hems. The tweed itself was lightened up as Lagerfeld used wool-embroidered organza instead of classic heavy tweed.

Animal fur has been making a comeback on catwalks in recent years, despite fierce protests from animal rights activists, but Lagerfeld said he had opted for a compromise.

"There wasn't any real fur, it's all fake. The word 'synthetic' is horrible, fake fur used to be hideous but there's been enormous progress," he said.

In a celebration of Lagerfeld's northern German roots, a deep male voice sang "Ich moechte ein Eisbaer sein" ("I want to be a polar bear") over techno beats as models trotted around the iceberg in swinging long coats and snug white dresses.

It was not the first time Lagerfeld has dabbled in green politics. At the spring collection last year, he staged a country fete around a barn and declared that environmental activists had a point but should learn to dress better.

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It shows him in his birthday suit with 2 Polar Bears laughing and pointing at him. I can't help but think of the story of the "The Emperor's New Clothes" which I often refer to on this blog and is the inspiration for the name of our band "The Frozen Emperors"

The Weekly Standard's cover story is called "In Denial, The meltdown of the climate campaign" here is an excerpt:

It is increasingly clear that the leak of the internal emails and documents of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in November has done for the climate change debate what the Pentagon Papers did for the Vietnam war debate 40 years ago--changed the narrative decisively. Additional revelations of unethical behavior, errors, and serial exaggeration in climate science are rolling out on an almost daily basis, and there is good reason to expect more.

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STOCKHOLM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Swedish Maritime Administration said on Thursday that about 50 vessels are stuck in the thick ice in the Baltic sea off Sweden's east coast.

Among the vessels, there are six large passenger ferries which are in total carrying more than 2,000 passengers, the administration said in a statement.

Two of the ferries, including the large Isabella passenger ferry carrying 1,322 passengers and crew, have been freed.

Four other vessels, including the Amorella, another passenger ferry with 753 passengers and 190 crew members aboard, are still stuck.

The administration has sent all the ice breakers in the area to free the ferries, but gale-force winds are hampering the effort.

No one is hurt and there are no immediate plans to bring people off the ferries, but helicopters and military hovercraft are on standby in case evacuations become necessary, the administration added.

Sweden has suffered an unusually harsh winter this year, with temperatures across the country almost continuously lying well below freezing since December.

Eco suicide pact: Miraculous survival of seven month old baby

A seven month old baby has miraculously survived being shot after the parents killed themselves and their two year old son, citing fears over a lack of government action on global warming.

Francisco Lotero, 56, and Miriam Coletti, 23, are said to have shot their young son in the back, killing the toddler instantly.

Neighbors called the police, after complaining of a stench coming from the house.

Police broke into the property and discovered the horrific scene three days after the shooting, the Latin American Herald reported Saturday.

Still alive, but covered in blood, the baby was rushed to the hospital where it was revealed that the bullet from her father's handgun had somehow missed all the child's vital organs, lodging itself in her chest.

In a suicide note, reportedly discovered by police, the couple cited their extreme fears over the effects of global warming.

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Just when we thought that--finally--we wouldn't have Al Gore to kick around any more, he resurfaces with a characteristically apocalyptic, know-it-all New York Times op-ed about global warming, "an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it."

How awful a calamity? "The displacement of hundreds of millions of climate refugees, civil unrest, chaos and the collapse of governance in many developing countries, large-scale crop failures and the spread of deadly diseases." Sounds almost as bad as a Gore presidency.

Leaving aside the school-marmish, patronizing attitude that makes him such a magnet for parody (recall the Saturday Night Live send-ups before the 2000 general election), how believable is Gore?

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