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| The Impact of Climate Change | | 2008-08-09 00:00:00 | | The planet was once protected with ancient forests; it has been a shelter to almost 50% of all the animals and plants confined in lands. Also, the worldwide population depends on them for survival.
The most diverse ecological units exist in these forests, and they serve essential help to our planet especially in matters regulating [...]... | | By: Resources Zone | | |
| | Wow Words For Al Gore's Climate Agenda | | 2008-07-24 06:15:36 | | There is little argument against Al Gore’s call for a shift from fossil-fuel based energy sources to environmentally friendly fuel alternatives to preserve the planet. His ambitious target date for...
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| | China now leading emitter of Climate Change ... | | 2008-06-22 19:22:00 | | "With bated breath we wait for Gore and DiCaprio’s upcoming films critical of China."
Here’s a quick one. If it hasn’t gained official status yet, it will soon. Yet another source reports that China has now “officially” and “clearly” surpassed the United States as the world’s leading emitter of purported climate warming gases.
“Worse, China's emissions are likely to continue growing substantially for years to come because they are tied to the country's strong economic growth and its particular mix of industry and power sources, the researchers said.” Read the rest here
It is now estimated that China's CO2 emissions are about 14% higher than those of the U.S. putting it at the top of the list of CO2 emitting countries with about a quarter (24%) share in total global CO2 emissions. Imagine of you will, the likely Chinese figure in say, 2025?
Can I be bold enough to suggest that apart from the warm and fuzzy emotions it elicits amongst greenies, Kyoto is now – o... | | By: American Interests | | |
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| 26 climate-change myths | | 2008-06-21 19:00:17 | | Here is a great article from the New Scientist which lists details on the twenty-six most common climate myths and misconceptions link. These are:
Human CO2 emissions are too tiny to matter
We can’t do anything about climate change
The ‘hockey stick’ graph has been proven wrong
Chaotic systems are not predictable
We can’t trust computer models of climate
They predicted [...]... | | By: learn about lean & six-sigma | | |
| | | Great Energy and Climate Change Site | | 2008-06-10 22:07:49 | | I've mentioned before that I am a member of the local planning board. At tonight's meeting I was reading a planning board publication that listed some top websites that deal with planning for local government. One of the sites that I read about was Post Carbon Cities. The website focuses on topics such as green building and transportation oriented development. It's amazing to me how far reaching the green building movement and carbon footprint "idea" has become. If you're at all interested in how these new environmental approaches are being utilized in local planning and government then I think you'll find this site a nice resource.Tags: home improvement, home improvement blog, post carbon cities... | | By: Helpful Advice for Home Construction Improvement | | |
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| GOP Blocks Climate Bill | | 2008-06-07 12:45:26 | | They want to live on the planet Earth, but they don’t want to protect it. Republicans need to be recycled.
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| | | G8 Environment Ministers Agree on 2050 Climate Goal | | 2008-06-01 05:37:00 | | Environment ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations concluded a three-day meeting in Kobe Monday with an agreement on the long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050.But the ministers failed to support specific emissions reduction targets for 2020, as recommended last year by an international body of climate scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.Still, the G8 environment ministers said there is "strong political will" to reduce the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change during the G8 leaders annual summit set for July 7 to 9 on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
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| | | Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Ozone Layer, Solar Power | | 2008-05-29 14:31:55 | | In last months, I've been noticing more and more articles, how the increased solar activity is the cause of global warming and climate changes. By their words, we should blame the solar power. What an utter nonsense! Luckily, it had been defeated by many very extensive scientific studies, including NASA. Climate changes and global warming in this very moment are entirely caused by human activity on earth.In this very short video Vermont state climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux explains one of the major planetary components of climate change: greenhouse gases. The ozone layer protects us from UV radiation, but with increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the 'greenhouse effect' is largely increased, warming and deflecting more solar radiation back to the earth.Her experiment shows, how even on a very dark or snowing day the earth is still receiving UV radiation.We simply have no other choice, than to switch to free solar power and other renewable energy sources, if we want to... | | By: Solar Shingles | | |
| | McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change | | 2008-05-12 23:13:38 | | By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JOHN M. BRODER
PORTLAND, Ore. — Senator John McCain sought to distance himself from President Bush on Monday as he called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to combat climate change.
Mr. McCain, in a speech at a wind power company, also pledged to work with the [...]... | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | NZ tourism may survive climate change, but travel costs a risk | | 2008-05-09 19:24:00 | | Climate change due to global warming will help determine a new crop of winners and losers - in tourism.And a report from Deutsche Bank Research says some of the biggest polluters will be among the biggest winners - with New Zealand among the countries which will initially be better off.The Deutsche Bank report said that the countries responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions will be least influenced by the predicted storms, droughts or rising seas.
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| | In a New Climate Model, Short-Term Cooling in a Warmer World | | 2008-05-01 09:04:41 | | By ANDREW C. REVKIN : After decades of research that sought, and found, evidence of a human influence on the earth’s climate, climatologists are beginning to shift to a new and similarly daunting enterprise: creating decade-long forecasts for climate, just as meteorologists routinely generate weeklong forecasts for weather.
One of the first attempts to look ahead [...]... | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | The Connection between Climate and Metabolic Syndrome | | 2008-04-27 03:00:00 | | RSS CrossRef Search and visit Healthlines: Climate Change. As some populations migrated out of Africa to much cooler climates, there would have been pressure to adapt to their new settings by boosting the processes that produce and retain Heat! Join the Health Community! Translate The Connection between Climate and Metabollic Syndrome Arabic Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Dutch French German Greek Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish Leptin, Bears and H. pyloriOur earliest human ancestors lived in a hot humid climate that placed a premium on dispersing heat. As some populations migrated out of Africa to much cooler climates, there would have been pressure to adapt to their new settings by boosting the processes that produce and retain heat. Thousands of years later - in an era that combines widespread central heating with an overabundant food supply - those genetic alterations have taken on a different sort of si... | | By: The Health Archive | | |
| | Climate Change, Human Destruction and Bikinis | | 2008-04-25 11:57:38 | | NORTH-WEST-CENTRAL IDAHO- A report, recently published in the American Journal of Human Genetics shows that early human life on the Earth was nearly wiped out as a result of an extreme period of Global Warming that occurred between 135,000 and 90,000 years ago.The study, which made use of mitchondrial DNA,(Or midi-chlorians, depending on your movie taste.) showed that the human population of the planet was nearly destroyed during the early stone age, with perhaps as few as 2000 members of the species left alive in Africa: before Global Cooling returned and allowed the expansion of the human race to its present-day numbers.Paleontologist Meave Leakey, commented: "Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction."The American Society of Scientists, in a new and very close alliance with the Holistic Organization of Liberal Environmentalists was quick to announce th... | | By: It\'s a Funny Thing... | | |
| | Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms on Climate | | 2008-04-23 01:41:18 | | By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy — At a time when the world’s top climate experts agree that carbon emissions must be rapidly reduced to hold down global warming, Italy’s major electricity producer, Enel, is converting its massive power plant here from oil to coal, generally the dirtiest fuel on earth. Over the next five years, Italy [...]... | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | | PhD Scholarship in Modeling for Climate in University of Copenhagen, Denmark | | 2008-04-18 08:39:00 | | University of Copenhagen, Denmark PhD Scholarship Announcement Coupling of Meteorological and Hydrological Modeling for Climate Modeling Danish Meteorological Institute University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Applications are invited for a funded PhD scholarship in coupling of meteorological and hydrological modelling for climate modelling. The funding provided by the Danish Research Council is... | | By: International Scholarships | | |
| | Bush Climate Plan Too Little Too Late, No Specifics | | 2008-04-16 19:44:20 | | BackgroundPresident Bush, several months after the Bali climate conference, has announced the United States of America’s new climate policy: he wants our emissions to stop growing by the year 2025. That’s right, he wants them to stop growing. Not to go down, but to stop growing. Make sure you understand that part.Also note, the president announced little (if any) plans that would actually stop emissions from growing.AnalysisNow, there are principally three reasons for this:1. To pressure China, India and other developing countries to start thinking about climate change2. To speed up talks on a new international emissions treatyAlso, the initiative builds on the Administration’s new willingness to take a chance with an international treaty.More needs to be doneThis proposal obviously lacks any substance. First of all, only stopping emissions from growing by 2025 is too little, too late. The other problem, of course, is that Bush didn’t actually give any ideas on how to actually ... | | By: Thoughts on the World | | |
| | If We Are Wrong About Climate Change,They Starve | | 2008-04-15 08:52:44 | | I have been screaming at the top of my lungs about this for months now. I explained very clearly that Global Warming Insanity is going to starve people to death. In fact, that was my common response to people like John McCain who state: "What if we are wrong about Climate Change?" Starving people: That is what will happen if we are wrong.
John McCain, and other pragmatists, assume that the...
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| | Climate-change lets malaria reach Kenya’s highlands | | 2008-04-11 14:10:55 | | photo credit: PQz
Rising temperatures allow Africa’s biggest killer to spread to the highlands, where it once was rare.
In the central mountain regions of Africa once too cool for the carrier mosquitoes, millions are suddenly at risk. In Kenya’s western highlands, maximum annual temperatures over the last 20 years are up about 1.8 degrees. Since [...]... | | By: learn about lean & six-sigma | | |
| | New Video, New Facts, Critical Climate Changes, Al Gore, Solar Power | | 2008-04-10 22:09:00 | | Al Gore created brand new presentation about devastating effects of Global Warming and Climate Changes, based on the recent scientific facts from all over the world.He told the audience, that global warming and climate changes are coming to our life much faster, than it had been predicted. Only brand new, wide and global Generational Activities could make a difference. And of course, the American President.My constant preaching:Solar Power is endless and is absolutely free of charge.The combined surface of all our roofs is Gigantic and we could make them to produce free, renewable electricity by use of solar roof shingles, solar panels, and other, new solar power devices, which are constantly coming to the market.We simply have no other choice than to use Renewable Energy, if we wanted to survive as human race.... | | By: Solar Shingles | | |
| | Protecting health from climate change | | 2008-04-08 17:50:10 | | Ainda a propósito do Dia Mundial da Saúde e dos efeitos que as alterações climáticas têm na saúde, deixo-vos o artigo de Riffat Hossain Lucy publicado, no dia 4 de Abril de 2008, no The Daily...
Saúde Ambiental. Salud Ambiental. Environmental Health. Santé Environnementale.
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| | World Health Day 2008: protecting health from climate change | | 2008-04-07 01:17:00 | | photo from here Today, 7 April, is World Health Day. It marks the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) and is an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. In 2008, World Health Day focuses on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change.Read here a transcript of video message from Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General.
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| | Amazon’s ‘Forest Peoples’ Seek a Role in Striking Global Climate Agreements | | 2008-04-06 03:16:45 | | By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
MANAUS, Brazil — Some wore traditional headdresses, and some traveled by riverboat or canoe. But the dozens of “forest peoples” who descended on this capital of Amazonas State last week had a common goal of becoming bigger players in global climate talks.
A conference here that ended last Friday drew leaders of hundreds of [...]... | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | Australian wine industry feels heat from climate change | | 2008-03-26 06:53:00 | | MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian grape growers reckon they are the canary in the coalmine of global warming, as a long drought forces winemakers to rethink the styles of wine they can produce and the regions they can grow in. The three largest grape-growing regions in Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth, all depend on irrigation to survive. The high cost of water has made life tough for growers. Some say they probably won't survive this year's harvest, because of the cost of keeping vines alive. Water prices surged above A$1,000 a megaliter last year from around A$300.
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| | “Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” | | 2008-03-22 11:54:19 | | To begin with, thank you all for 1000 visits!I have also added some videos of my garden to the sidebar.March 17: Some sky watching .. and some rather hot spring weather.March 18: Today 'just' some snow and 20°C less than the day beforeMarch 19: the night brought some bad frost so we spent it powering up heaters, setting up bonfires and 'flying' among the apricot trees on our gossamer wings like some giant white moths (my favourite type of frost protection). The thing is that for a while now, it seemed like winter was long gone, and it encouraged all the foolish enough apricot trees ( I never did understand what's all the rush with their bloom time, they are among the first fruit trees to bloom in the spring and because of this they are susceptible to spring frost damage) to put on their magnificent bloom show, but all of a sudden after a week of atypical summery weather the winter was back and Mr Frost delivered some bad news. Later on the day turned out to be quite war... | | By: Lady Greenthumb's garden | | |
| | Climate Change Crusader Al Gore (CCC) and his flock | | 2008-03-17 05:25:00 | | Al Gore (Albert Arnold Gore,Jr.) is one of the World's TOP Celebrities. Such as Madonna, Rolling Stones, Elton John, Tiger Wood, Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, David Beckham, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolly, Tom Cruise, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Tony Blair, Angela Merkel...But, there is a huge difference among these TOP class. Al Gore is an environment CRUSADER. He is a former US Vice-President (who served from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton) and one could say: 'Thank goodness, he didn't become an American president, after Bill Clinton.'Just because, he didn't become American President, he became a unique Climate Change Crusader (new badge: CCC). After he was defeated by George W. Bush, he became a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate!How many world leaders won an Oscar for his documentary film? Al Gore won an Oscar on global warming film "An Inconvenient Truth."He also earned first hundred $million on the way, as a CCC (Climate Change Crusad... | | By: Solar Shingles | | |
| | Climate change hits cashew, rubber growers | | 2008-03-14 05:09:00 | | Unseasonal rains last weekend have led to great losses in the cashew nut and rubber industries in several southern and Central Highlands provinces, with other sectors reporting losses caused by global climate change.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc tops the country in cashew and rubber growing, with 170,000 ha and 120,000 ha, respectively.
Rains and strong winds last weekend destroyed part... | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | Climate change/Integrity Reform - two summer courses at CEU Budapest | | 2008-02-28 09:05:00 | | CLIMATE CHANGE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY
The Center for Policy Studies at CEU is offering a summer university course on 'Climate change: an interdisciplinary inquiry' in Budapest between June 30-July 6, 2008 directed by Thomas C. Heller, Stanford University Professor with resource persons Bert Metz, Nebojsa Nakicenovic and Diana Urge-Vorsatz. All faculty members have made significant... | | By: 10 Academic Resources Daily | | |
| | UN environment group sets up climate neutral forum | | 2008-02-22 15:39:00 | | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a new online network on Thursday to help countries, cities and firms aiming to be "climate neutral" exchange ideas on ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions.The Climate Neutral Network will connect people around the world who have committed to become climate neutral by reducing and offsetting their emissions of the gases blamed for heating the planet, said Achim Steiner, head of UNEP.
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| | Cool climate wine research in Australia | | 2008-02-07 16:40:00 | | Tasmania's wine industry is celebrating a $1.8 million grant, the largest amount ever dedicated to cool climate wine research in Australia. The money, from federal and state grants, will be used to study cool climate sparkling and pinot noir wine from the grape to the glass.
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| | | The Presidential Candidates on the Environment and Climate Change | | 2007-12-16 17:31:00 | | There have been several televised debates as well as YouTube debates featuring the Democratic and Republican candidates. I try my best to watch them, or TIVO them, but it's difficult finding the time. Luckily, I found a great site that I would like to share with you.The Election Guide 2008, by the New York Times in their Politics section summarizes each candidate's stance on climate change, what they would do if elected, and what their past actions have been on the issue, including Bill sponsorship and voting records. I found this tremendously helpful in determining who cares and who just pretends to care. Based on my light analysis, it seems that the Democrats care more about this issue, which isn't much of a surprise. You be the judge.Copy and paste this text in your browser and it will take you directly to this page:http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/issues/climate/index.htmlClimate change and the environment is on my "Top 3" list of issues. It is absolutely critical that we vote someone in office that cares about this monumentally important issue. Unite greenies!... | | By: I Dream of Greenie | | |
| | Fix environment without U.S., Gore tells climate change summit | | 2007-12-15 00:51:00 | | NUSA DUA, Indonesia -The Bush administration is the main obstacle to progress in international efforts to fight global warming, but the rest of the world should move on without it, former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said Thursday night during a special appearance at the United Nations climate change summit."I am not an official of the United States and I am not bound by the diplomatic niceties," said Gore in an emotional speech to delegates that lasted close to an hour. "So I am going to speak an inconvenient truth: My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali. We all know that."
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| | | CLIMATE CHANGE: United Nations May Change Emission Rules to Lure U.S. | | 2007-11-26 17:42:50 | | The United Nations, manager of the world's second-biggest emissions-trading system, may change its rules from 2013 to encourage the U.S. to join an effort to stem climate change, an official who...
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| | A Climate Grab Bag | | 2007-11-19 12:25:13 | | I was asked by my girlfriend to put together a kind of list of global warming resources so that she can email it to some skeptical friends and associates. I might as well make that list do double duty.
The best single source on the web for global warming information is Realclimate. You can search the [...]... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | Tourism hit by climate change fears | | 2007-11-16 03:38:00 | | THE tourism industry wants to conquer the fears of Europeans that air travel - and therefore a flight to Australia - is a primary cause of global warming.The Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources is commissioning a study into how Germans and Britons feel about climate change. The study will gauge their worries on the travel plans of two of the largest visitor groups to Australia.A tender document describing the study notes concern that Britons have an "exaggerated understanding" of the greenhouse emissions contributed by aircraft.
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| | Climate Panel Debates Warming Document | | 2007-11-15 02:26:00 | | VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — A U.N. climate change conference argued over words and phrases Wednesday in drafting a scientific report that will guide governments for years to come on their global warming policies.One dispute involving the U.S. delegation centered on whether human activity could lead to "abrupt or irreversible" effects on the Earth's climate, said participants in the meeting.
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| | | Georgia Ranked #2 Business Climate | | 2007-11-03 08:38:00 | | According to THIS article in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Georgia moved up 2 spaces from last year to end up in the number 2 position for the nation's best business environment. This ranking was made by Site Selection Magazine..According to the magazine editor, Mark Arend, the trend seems to be that businesses are moving into southern areas that are less dominated by unions - the "right to work" states..Wonder how they all shook out? Here is the final list:.THE TOP 201. North Carolina2. Georgia3. Texas4. Virginia5. Alabama6. Tennessee7. Ohio8. Kentucky9. Florida10. South Carolina11. Indiana12. Michigan13. Illinois14. Pennsylvania15. Oklahoma16. Iowa17. Mississippi18. Missouri19. Nevada (tie)19. New York (tie)• Source: Site Selection Magazine's 2007 Top 20 Business Climate Rankings... | | By: Cherokee County GA Real Estate | | |
| | UN climate chief urges action on global warming | | 2007-10-19 12:38:00 | | TOKYO (AFP) — The head of the UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week said Thursday there was still time for the world to turn around the global warming trend as he visited Japan for talks.Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told a press conference the Nobel prize committee's decision showed it believed climate change was a threat to world peace."This clearly indicates that they are aware of the fact that if we don't do something about the problem, peace and stability can be threatened," said the Indian scientist.
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| | Conservatives Coming to a Climate Consensus? | | 2007-10-18 20:42:05 | | No. But they are realizing that achieving energy independence and fighting climate change both have common solutions. Over at Townhall conservative columnist Cal Thompson comes around to a point I made over a year ago about the debate on climate change (although he first does some Gore bashing and accuses those that believe in global warming of being a cult first)"Republicans and Democrats repeatedly tell us we rely too much on foreign oil, especially that which comes from a current trouble spot, the Middle East, and that which comes from a potential trouble spot, Venezuela. Might it be possible for the CGW crowd and the Church of Free Enterprise (CFE) to come together for the common purpose of reducing our reliance on foreign oil? CGW fundamentalists would get what they want — a reduced carbon footprint and supposedly lower global temperatures (go ahead and let them believe it) — while CFE parishioners would rejoice that Saudi Arabia’s hold on us (not to mention its use of our money to underwrite terrorism) could be broken. If we would launch an energy independence program with the intensity of a Marshall Plan for Europe, or a man-on-the-moon project, to liberate ourselves from the petroleum despots by developing synthetic fuels and finding new energy sources closer to home — especially nuclear power — we could strike a blow against the Islamofascists more damaging than bombs and bullets."I'm glad he's finally gotten past his partisan myopia on this topic and started to see the forest rather than the trees. However Mr. Thompson's call for "an energy independence program with the intensity of a ... man-on-the-moon project" went out years ago and was in part answered by Republicans for Environmental Protection (and other groups) when The Apollo Alliance was formed. Unfortunately he missed it because at the time as he (and many others) were too busy painting anyone concerned about global warming as a liberal flake. The result being that we are years behind where we could and should be in regards to energy independence and the Dems picked up the hybrid energy independence/global warming ball and ran with it which contributed to their ability to oust the GOP majority.My point is that too many pundits, commentators, columnists, and bloggers are discounting the message due to the political affiliations of its messenger to the detriment of the greater good (and their political party). If the drivers of public opinion spent half as much time considering the possible merits of their opponents ideas as they do attacking the messenger we'd be in much better shape as a nation and much farther down the path to energy independence than we are. And maybe if Mr. Thompson can realize different problems sometimes have the exact same solutions and that a concerted bipartisan effort is needed for the greater good others can too.H/T to Terra Rosa
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| | Al Gore Wins the Nobel Peace Prize Along with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Is This a Joke? | | 2007-10-15 01:57:42 | | The Nobel Peace Prize has officially become meaningless. It was pretty ridiculous when Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin were nominated for the Prize, and Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carter won. But now, apparently, the award is being given to the biggest failure in the History of the World: Al Gore.Al Gore, who rode the short bus to school, lost a Presidential election, and created a propaganda film that needs a warning label to protect students in Britain, has just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Pathetically, Al Gore gets to share this award with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organization where real scientists had to sue to get their names removed from the list of contributors because of its baseless conclusions. The “World’s Greatest Grandpa” has officially become a more prestigious award.The justification for giving the Prize to Al Gore was, "His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change." Furthermore, "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted." What!? Al Gore created propaganda films with objective falsehoods, demonstrates abject hypocrisy with everything he does, and should be awarded for it!?Thankfully, John Edwards had to provide his specious input: "The Nobel Committee's recognition of Vice President Gore shines a bright light on the most inconvenient truth of all — the selection of George Bush as president has endangered the peace and prosperity of the entire planet. Two terms later, Americans are ready for bold change," Edwards said. How did George Bush get into this conversation?Moreover, Al Gore continued to chant his obnoxious mantra. "The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level," Gore said. This is obviously why Al Gore travels on private jets and emits more CO2 than most Americans. But, remember, he has convinced the world to invest in carbon credits so he can take a cut of the profits.Al Gore better run for President; I want to see him cry again when he loses.(source)Related EditorialsBritish Students Saved From Al Gore Indoctrination Global Warming Movie, “Inconvenient Truth.”Betty Williams: Militant Nobel Peace Prize WinnerJudge Martin Jenkins Temporarily Saves the World: Dismisses Dangerous Global Warming LawsuitThe Most Dangerous Class-Action Lawsuit of Our Time: Suing For Causing Global Warming and HurricanesHannity’s America: Sean Hannity Exposes Al Gore and Liberals with Their Global Warming HypocrisyLiberals Learn that Carbon Offsets are a Swindle, Proceed to Eat their OwnGlobal Warming: The New ReligionAl Gore and "Live Earth" Drown 10 Polar BearsAl Gore: More of an Environmental Disaster than a Compact Florescent Light BulbGlobal Warming InsanityLatest Liberal Guilt Trip: Humans Are Using Too Much Solar EnergyWalking Causes Climate Change / Global Warming: Had Enough Yet?Environmentalism and the Global Warming Religion: An Agent of the Catholic ChurchJohn Edwards Tells American Middle-Class to Sacrifice their SUVsJohn Stossel Debates Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Al Gore and John Kerry Rode the Short Bus to SchoolLiberal Media Perpetuates Ignorance about the Seattle School District's Supreme Court CaseSupreme Court Strikes Down Seattle School District's Racial BalancingOur Worst JudgeLiberal Media Reports Another Worthless Poll Claiming that Americans Say the Supreme Court has become Too ConservativeLiberal Associated Press “Journalist” Fails to Read Flawed Global Warming Study He Reported... | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | The climate is right for Al Gore's Nobel Prize | | 2007-10-14 17:34:00 | | Compared to the U.S. presidency, it might feel like a consolation prize.But take a bow, Al Gore. You have every right to bust your buttons over this shiny new Nobel.I know a thing or two about prizes. Like almost anyone who's worked in the news business for 15 minutes or more, I've won an armload of them. Hardly any are worth the brass, glass, crystal or wood they're made of.
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| | Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum (Bogor and Bali , 3-10 December 2007) | | 2007-10-05 21:27:00 | | Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum
Bogor and Bali , 3-10 December 2007
British Council and WWF-Indonesia invites Asian young leaders' aged 18 – 30 yrs, committed to aspects of the climate change debate (ie. Mitigation, adaptation and communicating behavior change) and able to communicate effectively and convincingly in English to join Asian Young Leaders' Climate forum (AYLCF), at 4 – 7 December... | | By: 109 HIGH - JAKARTA | | |
| | Climate change disaster is upon us, warns UN | | 2007-10-05 19:47:00 | | A record number of floods, droughts and storms around the world this year amount to a climate change "mega disaster", the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator, Sir John Holmes, has warned. Sir John, a British diplomat who is also known as the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said dire predictions about the impact of global warming on humanity were already coming true. "We are seeing the effects of climate change. Any year can be a freak but the pattern looks pretty clear to be honest. That's why we're trying ... to say, of course you've got to deal with mitigation of emissions, but this is here and now, this is with us already," he said.
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| | New global warning on climate change | | 2007-10-02 11:09:00 | | Average temperatures will rise 1C by 2030 and could increase as much as 5C in Australia by 2070 if global greenhouse emissions are not cut drastically. A major report by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, released yesterday, warns marine ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef, could be damaged beyond repair if temperatures rise more than 3C and alpine ecosystems are at risk from increasing temperatures. The Climate Change in Australia report concedes a 1C temperature rise is inevitable but human activity will dictate increases beyond 2030. Under a low emissions scenario, in which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are stabilised, temperatures may increase 2.5C by 2070.
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| | | Country UN climate talks | | 2007-09-25 16:07:00 | | The United Nations billed Monday's meeting as the largest ever gathering of world leaders on the topic of global warming. In that respect, it was indeed symbolic. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon sought to create a sense of mission by saying that the world's response to climate change will "define us, our era and ultimately the global legacy we leave for future generations". At the same time, nobody expected anything concrete in the way of treaty negotiations. Although the event included four simultaneous sessions on adaptation, mitigation, technology and financing, its primary purpose was to engage world leaders and increase political support for action on global warming. Did the United States play a role?
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| | Global Climate Change | | 2007-09-20 08:33:56 | | This video has an interesting approach to global climate change. It really is worth the nine minutes to watch it… Thoughts?
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| | Germany beats the UK on climate change | | 2007-09-19 23:08:31 | | The £3bn widening of a stretch of the M6 tells you a lot about Government spending priorities. It is 40 times what is being spent on the low-carbon buildings programme aimed at boosting take-up of renewable energies: £3bn spent on railways, solar panels, wind turbines or insulation might have been more sensible. But like [...]... | | By: Robs Place | | |
| | SEO Is A Must In Today's Internet Climate | | 2007-09-13 02:48:00 | | Well, there’s a smart SEO company out their looking at my SEO skills. Smart move on there part, I’ll be a true asset to their team. Bring me on board; get satisfied clients. Search engine optimization is a science - Google has made it so. It's no longer easy to figure out exactly what search engines are using to establish their SERPs anymore. This opens the field for anyone willing to study and master the search engine algorithms. It’s a grueling task but it must be done in the present state of the internet. Website onwers can no longer just get a site designed, throw in a few keywords; then sit back and wait for a throve of visitors to come to their site. Those days, my friends, are long gone. The spammers and blackhat webmasters - along with the tremendous increase in websites on the wotld-wide web, has provoked the search engines to drastically change their ways of determining a website's value. SEO is a needed component in today’s internet marketing strategy. To have a su... | | By: Glendell's Art And Music | | |
| | Climate change | | 2007-09-12 23:30:16 | | Featured post by Lara Valentine from Green Habits
This week, Suncor Energy Inc. released its 2007 Progress Report on Climate Change. In addition to focusing on the company’s seven-point climate change action plan; the report also describes Suncor’s efforts to develop new technologies to improve environmental performance and provides Suncor’s answers to 10 questions about the [...]... | | By: CEOConsultant.com | | |
| | Climate change information | | 2007-09-04 22:39:56 | | Climate change is one of the biggest issues of our times but because it’s not really “news” it’s not always easy to find a source of information on the various aspects of this important topic.
That’s where Energy Policy’s climate change channel comes in. There you’ll find a collection of videos featuring speakers from all sides [...]... | | By: Foreign Perspectives | | |
| | China names negotiator for climate talks | | 2007-09-04 17:22:00 | | Beijing - China named a senior envoy on Tuesday to handle tough climate change negotiations it fears will cramp economic growth as the country faces pressure to slow rising greenhouse gas emissions. Former ambassador to Tanzania Yu Qingtai will represent his country in complex negotiations over how the world will address global warming caused by carbon dioxide and other gases from farms, factories and vehicles.Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said "special representative" Yu's experience in Africa, the United Nations and international talks would help him present the nation's case.
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| | Ray Evans’ ‘Nine facts about climate change’ | | 2007-09-03 18:54:47 | | I came across “Nine Facts About Climate Change (PDF)”, by Ray Evans, while working on my series about Bob Carter’s “The Myth of Dangerous Human-Caused Climate Change (PDF)”.
Evans begins with the brilliant observation that “1. Climate change is a constant.”
Wow! Profound. This is the stuff of paradigm shattering legend. I mean, it is almost [...]... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | Stopping climate disaster from becoming reality | | 2007-08-30 00:02:00 | | Reflections on the film The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow takes us to one of the many possible future scenarios that faces our planet, the very real possibility of catastrophic man-made disaster. And although the scenes portrayed in the film were somewhat exaggerated, altogether, the film raises a point that is very relevant to [...]... | | By: Postcard Headlines | | |
| | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bali this December | | 2007-08-20 01:58:00 | | As an energy exporter and a carbon-intensive economy, Australia can play a decisive role in the international response to climate change. The Government's pillars might at first look superficially impressive. But when we examine the substance, it becomes clear that the five pillars don't actually hold up much weight. The first pillar, support for progress towards a new global framework, is the Government's most abject failure. This failure began with a negative approach to the original Kyoto Protocol negotiations, which saw it achieve the dubious honour of being one of only three industrialised countries to negotiate an increased target of emissions from the 1990 baseline level.
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| | Climate change protest at Heathrow | | 2007-08-14 01:01:00 | | Hundreds of climate demonstrators set up a tent camp next to London's Heathrow airport on Monday and threatened "direct action" at the world's busiest air hub to protest against global warming. Police with batons were on alert at the field where the camp is based, within one kilometer of the airport complex. The campaigners plan a week of activities they say will culminate on Sunday in 24 hours of "direct action" in a bid to force the government to halt the planned expansion of the airport, which they argue will exacerbate climate change.
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| | Walking Causes Climate Change / Global Warming: Had Enough Yet? | | 2007-08-08 02:58:27 | | I have had it with these global warming nutcases. They need to be stopped soon or they will be the death of us. I thought these lunatics had hit a new low when they said that humans are using too much solar energy, but this new story may be worse. This new story is so much worse in fact, that I think rational people are beginning to realize that global warming is a multi-billion dollar industry perpetuated by guilt.Let us first examine what we have been told by these liberals so far: 1) We destroy the planet by driving to work; 2) providing for our families; 3) using electricity; 4) eating meat; 5) using too much solar energy; and 6) wiping our rear ends. Now, however, we should also be ashamed for simply walking. Do not walk anymore, it is worse than driving!If this were a joke, I would be laughing. But, they are serious. What is worse is that they are also brainwashing our next generation into believing this nonsense.Repent!! According to new “research” we are going to dro... | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Climate Change in Photography | | 2007-07-21 21:16:59 | |
Repeat photography has become a valuable tool for communicating effects of Global warming. USGS has a catalog of dozens of photos of glacier melt over the past century.
A picture of a man who collects dead fish in Donghu lake, where officials say an estimated 30,000kg of fish have been killed by a combination of pollution and hot weather.
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| | UK Thinktank Advocates 'Two-Child Policy" To Combat Climate Change | | 2007-07-12 11:36:18 | | According to the report, published by the Optimum Population Trust, Britain's high birth rate is a major factor in the current level of climate change, which can only be combatted if families voluntarily limit the number of children they have.The report calls for a 'two-child' policy in the UK that would reduce the nation's population from 60 million, as it currently stands, to no more than 55 milllion by 2050.
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| | Live Earth Johannesburg Officials Blame Climate Change For Poor Turn-out | | 2007-07-08 19:36:06 | | You Are Here: > Home > News > Ub40 > Officials at Live Earth Johannesburg have blamed the effects of climate change for poor audience attendance at Saturday's (07Jul07) South African event.
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| | Climate of Change - Powered by Toyota Prius | | 2007-06-17 14:46:00 | | Toyota's hybrid technology combined with a carbon-offsetting programme is set to make Climatecars, London’s new eco-friendly taxi service, one of the greenest around. As its name indicates, Climatecars is taking a no-compromise stance on the environment. The company's operations are totally Carbon Neutral from the outset.FiveToyota Prius petrol-electric cars were delivered to Climatecars at the start of June, with three more due in July and further cars to be added in line with demand. The vehicles, a combination of T3 and T4 grade models, are finished in metallic grey and fitted with black leather seats.“We're aiming to serve the corporate market in central London who care about their carbon footprints, and by operating a superior service we're looking to grow quickly,†says Climatecars’ founder Nicko Williamson. The service was set to start in mid-June, following driver training on the new cars.For Nicko Williamson, a Bristol University history graduate, Climatecars is hi... | | By: Autos Space | | |
| | | A UN Report Suggests Steps to Reduce Gases Linked to Climate Change | | 2007-06-04 04:15:00 | | DownloadVOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, we will tell about the new United Nations report on climate change. We will also tell about an ancient burial place and a possible method to reduce blood shortages in hospitals.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Leaders of eight industrial nations meet this week in the German town of Heiligendamm. The leaders are to discuss many issues, including the warming of the Earth. One subject is expected to be a new United Nations report. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the report last month at a conference in Thailand.The report says the world has the technology necessary to reduce gases that trap heat from the Sun. But it warns that action by governments and individuals must begin immediately.Groups of experts from around the world produced the report. The groups examined scientific information needed to understand climate change.... | | By: Giang Day Truc Tuyen - Teaching Online | | |
| | | Climate chaos? Don’t believe it | | 2007-05-20 21:30:55 | | Why? The 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley– known, rumor among his fellow ’skeptics’ has it, “to his wider family as ‘Mr Knowledge’”– says so, of course, and he’s made up the science to prove it. Isn’t that enough?
Not really. Monckton’s article is junk. He relies heavily upon the “medieval warm period”, which didn’t happen, he blames the sun, and he more or less attributes all of the science in favor of man made global warming to a kind of vast conspiracy. I especially love this last tactic.
Monckton does, rather ironically, report that “Dick Lindzen emailed me last week to say that constant repetition of wrong numbers doesn’t make them right.” Indeed.
There is nothing really new or surprising to Monckton’s article. He’s printed a string of pretty common, and well debunked, claims. My posts on the subject at tagged Global Warming, but don’t just take my word for it... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | DiCaprio Follows Gore on Climate Change | | 2007-05-20 02:02:19 | | By ANGELA DOLAND Film Festival DiCaprio Follows Gore on Climate Change CANNES, France (AP) — About a decade ago, when Leonardo DiCaprio was on the cusp of megastardom and Al Gore was the U.S. vice president, the two talked together about global
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| | U.S., China seek to water down climate report | | 2007-04-30 11:12:32 | | BANGKOK, Thailand - The United States and China want to water down a key climate change report, arguing that quick action to reduce greenhouse gases will be more costly and less effective than the scientists who wrote the report claim, according to documents reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.
The comments, submitted by the two governments [...]... | | By: Organic & Earth Friendly Blog | | |
| | Officials: Climate change harms security | | 2007-04-28 12:52:19 | | By MATT CRENSON, AP National Writer
NEW YORK - Growing concern surrounds a new national security threat, an insidious trend that could foster terrorism worldwide and draw our armed forces into messy regional conflicts in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
No, it isn’t nuclear proliferation. Nor is it a new brand of religious fundamentalism.
It’s global warming.
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