By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent, Sun Aug 30, 2009
OSLO (Reuters) - Activists launched what they called the world's biggest campaign to combat global warming on Friday, urging governments to agree a tough U.N. climate pact at talks in Copenhagen starting in 100 days' time.
Environmental...
Fri Aug 28, 2009By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Small changes in the energy output of the sun can have a major impact on global weather patterns, such as the intensity of the Indian monsoon, that could be predicted years in advance, a team of scientists sa...
Two German ships set off on Friday on the first commercial journey from Asia to western Europe via the Arctic through the fabled Northeast Passage – a trip made possible by climate change.
August 22nd, 2009
Niels Stolberg, president and CEO of Bremen-based Beluga Shipping, said the Northern Sea Ro...
The global land surface temperature for July 2009 was 0.92 degree F (0.51 degree C) above the 20th century average of 57.8 degrees F (14.3 degree C), and tied with 2003 as the ninth-warmest July on record.
Notable Developments and Events
El Niño persisted across the equatorial Pacific Ocean duri...
So much great news to report about A Sea Change.
In June, the film received the Grand Prize, Feature Documentary, at the FICA International Environmental Film Festival in Brazil. We are honored, and delighted that this story of a Norwegian-American is meaningful around the world and across the lang...
I. Introduction
Recent times have witnessed a global concern for the environment. Protection of environment has posed not only a major challenge but also a social and moral responsibility in the present society. In point of fact, the subject of environment has interested the general public and caug...
1. WHAT IS THE MILLION TREES L.A. INITIATIVE?Mayor Villaraigosa is committed to making Los Angeles the largest, cleanest, and greenest city in the United States. The Million Trees L.A. (MTLA) Initiative will accomplish this through public-private partnerships that will plant one million trees throug...
Are your children asking you about global climate change and wondering what they can do to help the polar bears? Are they feeling sad and scared? How can you comfort them, answer their questions and assure them that their world is not spinning out of control?
The key is empowerment and ...
As the markets have gone down, long-held assumptions have been thrown up and into the air. Economic theories, and not just the value of our homes and our retirement accounts, are coming undone. In some cases, that may just be a good thing.
Consider the argument that climate change solutions, no mat...
A judge overseeing endangered salmon on the Columbia and Snake Rivers is raising the possibility of dam removal. If politics trumps science this time, how can we hope to deal with climate change?By Paul VanDevelderJuly 6, 2009
If ever there were a story that foreshadowed the political and legal Wat...
This April, the roots of leadership were laid in the Climate movement. From Powershift to the FTN Town Hall Campaign, young people across the country moved into positions of leadership, and engaged their community and policy makers on our vital clean energy future. A sea change in the quality ...
Celebrate the World Environment day with the Earth Charter!
We are living in challenging times. As members of the community of life on Earth, we have jeopardized our own existence and the right to life of many other living beings through extensive environmental alteration. Our individual andshared ...
Statements on Passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act out of House Energy and Commerce
Washington, DC – Former Vice President and Alliance for Climate Protection Chairman Al Gore today issued the following statement on the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act out of t...
Have you thought about buying carbon offsets but weren't sure how?Do you know your carbon footprint?Would you like to know how energy-efficiency measures can reduce carbon dioxide emissions?Would you like to support new clean energy projects here in Colorado?
The new Colorado Carbon Fund is helping...
THE WHITE HOUSE - Office of the Press Secretary April 22, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON CLEAN ENERGY
Trinity Structural Towers Manufacturing Plant, Newton, Iowa
I just had a terrific tour of the facility led by several of the workers and managers who operate this plant. It wasn't too long ago,...
By Brad Crouch SPECIAL REPORT: The first nation likely to be overwhelmed by climate change wants Australia to accept its entire population if sea levels continue to rise. Tuvalu, in the South Pacific, is one of the world's lowest-lying nations and faces inundation within a generation by rising tides...
Exclusive By Dallas Kachan, Cleantech Group
Bill Ritter wants Colorado to become a greentech hub.
Not to be outdone by Arnold Schwarzenegger, newly elected Democratic Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado is following closely in California’s footsteps, outlining a bold renewable energy focus in his fir...
Today we live in a time of great crisis, confronted by the gravest challenge that humanity has ever faced: the ecological consequences of our own collective karma. The scientific consensus is overwhelming: human activity is triggering environmental breakdown on a planetary scale.
Global warming, in...
by Jonathan Harrington
With each passing day, and despite or current economic problems, the warming of our one and only planet continues unabated. Everyone is talking about it: major news organizations, Hollywood elites, congressmen and members of parliament, presidents and prime ministers have fin...
Unless we act soon, the Great Disaster of 2050 will occur.
From 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-disaster-of-2050.html
Currently, we are experiencing the "Perfect Storm" trifecta disasters of the meltdown of the housing, stock, and financial markets. All of these bubbles that burst in 2008 w...
