Dangerous global warming? More like costly hot air
The costs to the public of the Government's \"green\" policies are becoming clearer. The TaxPayers' Alliance's latest report, The Burdens of Green Taxes, is a thorough piece of research and a terrific read. Do read it.
Wind farms may ultimately add to
Source: The Telegraph
GOP Platform Draft: Global Warming is Man-Made
(CNSNews.com) – A final draft of the Republican Party platform includes a first-ever plank on global warming that says human activity has contributed to climate change.
\"The same human activity that has brought freedom and opportunity to billions has
Source: CNSNews.com
Industry Groups Sue Over Polar Bear Rule
Groups representing the oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing industries asked a federal judge to ensure that laws protecting polar bears were not used to block projects in Alaska.
Source: CBS News
Palin Not Convinced on Global Warming
Some scientists believe Alaska will be among the first to feel the impact of global warming, but Sarah Palin told voters there she wasn't sure climate change wasn't simply part of a natural warming cycle.
\"I will not pretend to have all the answers,\"
Source: The Washington Post
What if global warming is non-linear
I think a lot of people believe in global warming and think that the problems are going to occur many decades into the future. The sea level is rising slowly. At the current rate, the sea level will rise about 1 foot in the next 60 to 100 years. That
Source: EcoEarth News
McCain Injects Global Warming Into GOP Platform
Despite liberal propaganda to the contrary, the jury is still very much out on whether or not the current warming trend our planet seems to be in is being caused by human activity or even whether or not it can be curbed by changes in human activity.
Source: Say Anything
Xcel to Disclose Global Warming Risks
ALBANY The New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, announced an agreement on Wednesday with one of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants that would require the company to disclose to investors the financial risks of global
Source: EcoEarth News
What If Global Warming is Non-Linear
The interesting and potentially life-defining question of \"\" [ark] is worthy of consideration. That is, if we continue to increase carbon emissions, global warming may increase exponentially -- ever resulting in more change per unit of pollution -- and
Source: EcoEarth.info
CongressNow: Dingell to Take On Global Warming
On Valentines Day of next year, Michigan Rep. John Dingell (D) will be poised to add another accomplishment to his legislative career when he surpasses the late Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-Miss.) to become the longest-serving Member in House history.
While
Source: Roll Call
A difficult breakup
MERCILESSPart of a class of compounds called Lewis acids, this catalyst breaks up sturdy carbon-fluorine bonds in hydrofluorocarbons and could be used to disable certain planet-warming greenhouse gases, a new study shows.Ozerov By identifying a new way
Source: ScienceNews.org
Coral reefs need new protection to survive global warming
Coral reefs need to be protected and managed on a global scale if they are to have any chance of surviving global warming, a new study warns.
Current conservation zones - \"no take areas\" - are too small, vulnerable to climate change and are in the
Source: The Telegraph
Developing Nations Discuss Ways to Fight Climate Change
The delegates at the U.N. conference on climate change in Ghana say they are pleased with the progress made after a week of negotiations. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, the parties hope to shape a new global environmental
Source: EcoEarth News
Carbon clues to when Greenland was a green land
PARIS (AFP) — Climatologists poring over Greenland's ancient past say global cooling, unleashed by a fall in atmospheric greenhouse gases, caused the vast island to ice over around three million years ago.
In a study released Wednesday, the British
Source: EcoEarth News
Developing Nations Discuss Ways to Fight Climate Change
The delegates at the U.N. conference on climate change in Ghana say they are pleased with the progress made after a week of negotiations. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, the parties hope to shape a new global environmental
Source: Voice of America
Orissa wakes up to check global warming damage
The Orissa government has woken up to take damage control measures against the global warming-related sea erosions at Satabhaya and Kanhupur villages in Kendrapara district as well as Puri and Konark beaches.
For Puri and Konark, the government has
Source: Asian Age
News: Forward Step in Forecasting Global Warming
Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming activity, say Peter
Source: NASA
Pakistan: 'Clock ticking on global warming'
Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the UNs top climate change official warned as a new round of UN talks got underway here Thursday.
There is little time left to get a solid negotiating text on the table. Clearly the clock is
Source: EcoEarth News
Kenya: Govt Takes First Step in Tackling Climate Change
28 August 2008
Posted to the web 29 August 2008
A planned climate change office will address the impact of global warming.
The move indicates the Government's seriousness in tackling the effects of climate change, Environment and Mineral Resources
Source: AllAfrica.com
African civil groups demand massive climate change compensation
A number of key African civil society organisations have come together with church development campaigners, to demand billions in compensation from rich countries for the impacts of global warming.
The demand comes at the close of the United Nations
Source: EcoEarth News
Arctic ice melt seen as 'tipping point' in global warming
WASHINGTON — More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global-warming \"tipping point\" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second-lowest level in about 30 years.
The National
Source: AZ starnet.com
Mayor Boris Johnson's global warming plan aims to cool London
Urban greening, flood risk management and and cooler buildings are part of the Mayor's strategy to cope with climate
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Global Warming and Polar Ice
The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo., reported that the extent of sea ice in the Arctic is down to 2.03 million square miles. The lowest point since 1979 is 1.65 million square miles set last September.
With about three weeks left in
Source: Lean Left
350 India Flag
My body is beginning to re-adjust to the appropriate time zone after returning to our 350.org office here in Burlington, Vermont, USA from India just 2 days ago. It is overwhelming to reflect on all that I did and learned in India for August while
Source: It's Getting Hot In Here
Jenny Jones: The mayor must act on global warming
Jenny Jones: I welcome today's strategy on coping with climate change, but it's time Boris Johnson backed up his amusing words with
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Cuomo says Xcel will disclose global warming risks
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says Xcel Energy has agreed to disclose risks to investors from its stake in coal-burning power plants and any related liability from global warming, lawsuits and new regulations or laws.
Cuomo
Source: WCAX
