Al Gore in The New York Times: The Climate for Change

Environmentalist Al Gore has written an inspring piece in The New York Times that highlights the immediate necessity that humans begin a resuce of civilization from the rapid threat posed by the climate crisis. He...

Possibility of "climatic czar" in Obama team

Global warming and global financial crisis is Obama's top priority , in this scenario a centralised team with effective power to take a policy decision in time bounded manner is a prerequisite.This will greatly...

No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part

"No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By PETER BAKER Published: November 4, 2008 ...

Climate change affects Thoreau's woods

Henry David Thoreau spent so much of his career working on his book Walden, which was his thoughts on his natural surroundings - in this case a pond in Massachusetts. He started his experiment in Simple Living on...

British law to force companies to reveal pollution levels

A new law being proposed in the UK would identify the companies which pollute the most, and which companies are the cleanest. The goal is to allow consumers to make well-informed decisions about where they shop and purchase products, as well as to allow the government to...

Emissions from planes included for first time in climate change plans for UK

The UK has strengthened its emissions targets in a new amendment, agreeing to make international aviation part of the carbon emissions target for the first time, after the failure to include it initially had drawn criticism."Ed Miliband, the new secretary of state for energy...

2 Greenhouse Gases on the rise worry scientists

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases - one from ancient plants, the other from flat-panel screen technology - are on the rise, too. And that's got scientists concerned...

UN..Rebuild global Economy Through Green Investment

The Guardian guardian.co.ukOct 23 2008The United Nations today called for a refocusing of the world's economy towards investments in clean technologies and natural infrastructures such as...

Metro eyes sky-rise farming

"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...

Harper unveils $100M for poor nations fighting climate change

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a plan to help developing countries deal with global warming.  The $100 million dollar plan was announced yesterday, and would be distributed over the next year to...

Climate change 'more extreme' than feared

The WWF warns that climate change is happening faster and is more extreme than feared. The relatively recent 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is said by the agency to be already out...

Celine Cousteau: Natural Woman

Pretty neat to see someone from such a famous family strike out on her own. It can't be easy living underneath such a giant shadow."The granddaughter of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau is making her own...

EU leaders thrash out $2.7 trillion bailout plan

OCT-15:  Europe to pledge $ 2 700 billion = $ 2.7 trillion New world financial system         video-g.brown The numbers shown go towards a reduction of currencies to...

RP scientist named ‘hero of environment’

" ILOILO CITY - “It’s not for me. It’s for the mangroves.” As always, Jurgenne Primavera thought about her advocacy first before her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured...

VOTE SMART - GIVE CANADA A CLIMATE FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT

" VOTE SMART - GIVE CANADA A CLIMATE FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT Submitted by joseph on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 13:34 VoteForEnvironment.ca offers strategic advice on how todefeat Stephen HarperOTTAWA - Canadians have a powerful new online tool to help them cast a vote for the...

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