While the environmentalists and climate change cultists were freezing their butts off worrying about saving the planet because of global warming and atmospheric pollution caused by carbon dioxide, the planet itself didn't seem to want to be saved. Or maybe the planet has to destroy itself to save itself. Or something. Anyway, off in the Philippines, Mount Mayon volcano has had a total of 248 volcanic quakes and tremors since Monday.In a statement, Phivolcs director Renato Solidum explained that 50 of these events were explosion-type, wherein minor explosions produced volcanic earthquakes and tremors."However, only seven were observed during times of good visibility. These explosions produced dark gray to dark brown ash columns that reached a maximum height of up to 1,000 meters above the summit before drifting southwest," Solidum said. And what is in that ash? According to Rio Rose Ribaya of the Manila Bulletin Experts said volcanoes emit hazardous gases such as carbon...(Read Full Post)