Climate study confirms: global warming is real

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44996377/ns/us_news-christian_science_monitor/ A new climate study shows that since the mid-1950s, global average temperatures over land have risen by 0.9 degrees Celsius (1.6 ...

Analysis: Extreme steps needed to meet target

(Reuters) - New research, to be published in the journal Climatic Change in November, suggests humankind may have to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere on a vast scale if emissions keep rising after 2020.The series of articles provide scenarios which will form...

Deniers of global warming harm us

AS THE WORLD'S scientists near consensus on human causes of climate change, even Exxon is cutting contributions and distancing itself from the global warming denial industry. The deniers haven't conceded defeat, and lately have found a substitute for the "sound science"...

Oil Addiction and Drug Addiction

Much has been written about the dangers of drug addiction and what it does to the brain. But there is another substance that does worse things to the brain of the addict. That substance is oil.   The oil addict, like the drug addict, likes to deny reality. Except...

How to talk to a global warming denier

Having dealt with deniers of global warming, who have in many cases been highly aggressive and unprincipled, I have come up with a quick checklist of what one needs to say if faced with a denier of global warming. The following are responses to some of the claims I have...

EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans

"By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use.  How can this be?  Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage...

Video Offers Global Warming Education Basics

If you’re feeling guilty about your so-called “carbon footprint,” you shouldn’t be.  As explained by Elisa Pardo in a post at ClimateRealists.com and in this video*, a close examination of the numbers often tossed around by global warming alarmists reveals...

Winemaking Fumes Kill Three In Portugal

Three amateur winemakers died in Portugal after inhaling toxic carbon dioxide released in the fermenting process.The three winemakers were found dead inside a 1.5 meter (5ft) deep wine tank in Coimbra, Portugal. Officials think the couple who lived in the house inhaled the...

Green Information on the rise?

It seems like in the last few years, the awareness of climate change and our personal affects on the environment have increased 10 fold. Is this where we are heading???Is a 'greener' world really what is in store for the future?If it is...how do people adjust and get their...

Cow Farts Hot Topic of ABC News Programs

Asked by the host to explain his party's plan to deal with carbon emissions, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to...

API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: "“The...

Empire State Building to get a green makeover

The iconic Empire State Building in New York is set to get a $20 million green makeover, to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the building puts out by 105,000 metric tons over the next 15 years. This is...

Earth Hour 2009: March 28 8:30-9:30pm: What can you do?

Earth Hour 2009 is fast approaching; it happens this Saturday March 28 from 8:30 to 9:30pm and cities around the globe are gearing up to go dark for that hour. But what can you do? Well, at least for that one...

China Says Consumers Should Pay for Greenhouse Gases

China's top negotiator for the upcoming conference in Copenhagen this December has stated that the consuming nations should shoulder responsibility for carbon dioxide emissions.  China is currently the top...

Alberta bishop questions the morality of oilsands

Weighing the environmental cost of developing the Alberta oilsands the head of the Catholic Church in the Province has some concerns. "The Roman Catholic bishop for the region around Alberta's massive oilsands...

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