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Air Pollutants From Abroad A Growing Concern, Says New Report

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 05 October 2009 in Climate Change

ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2009) — Plumes of harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents -- from Asia to the United States and from the United States to Europe -- and have a negative impact on air quality far from their original sources, says a new report by the National Resea...

Sweden calls for carbon taxes

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 03 October 2009 in Climate Change

Sweden urged other European nations on Friday to follow its lead in linking new taxes to greenhouse gas emissions as governments seek additional sources of income in the wake of the financial crisis. Denmark, Finland and Slovenia already have taxes on household carbon emissions that can add costs t...

China's President Hu speaks to UN on the enviroment

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 25 September 2009 in Climate Change

President Hu Jintao is making an unprecedented string of visits to United Nations summits as he leads a high-ranking Chinese delegation to the United States this week. The president will be in New York for the UN Summit on Climate Change, the 64th annual UN General Assembly debate and a nuclear non...

President Obama delivered speech to United Nations on climate change

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 21 September 2009 in Climate Change

President Obama delivered a speech to the United Nations today as 100 world leaders gathered for the highest-level summit yet on climate change. Obama said the United States is "determined to act" as the "threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing." Here is the text of O...

Global Warming Is Irreversible, Study Says

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 30 August 2009 in Climate Change

Climate change is essentially irreversible, according to a sobering new scientific study. As carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, the world will experience more and more long-term environmental disruption. The damage will persist even when, and if, emissions are brought under control, says st...

Activists seek tough U.N. climate pact in 100 days

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 30 August 2009 in Climate Change

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...

Study says shines light on sun spot-climate link

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 30 August 2009 in Climate Change

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...

Climate change opens Arctic’s Northeast passage

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 30 August 2009 in Climate Change

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...

NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 23 August 2009 in Climate Change

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...

How to Teach Your Children About Climate Change -- Without Scaring Them

Posted by joeycello on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 in Climate Change

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 ...

A Bad Economy Makes For A Bad Environment

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 in Climate Change

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...

From Coal to Copenhagen: An Opportunity for Leadership

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 in Climate Change

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 ...

Statement from Former Vice President and Alliance for Climate Protection Chairman Al Gore

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 28 May 2009 in Climate Change

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...

The Island Of Tuvalu Sinking?

Posted by davebishop on Wednesday, 13 May 2009 in Climate Change

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...

The Time to Act is Now, A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 in Climate Change

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...

Somebody has got to do something about global warming--why not you?!

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 30 April 2009 in Climate Change

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...

Surveyed scientists agree global warming is real

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 30 March 2009 in Climate Change

April 2009 (CNN) -- Human-induced global warming is real, according to a recent U.S. survey based on the opinions of 3,146 scientists. However there remains divisions between climatologists and scientists from other areas of earth sciences as to the extent of human responsibility. Against a backdro...

Al Gore Refuses To Dignify Debate "It's Not a Matter Of Theory"

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 30 March 2009 in Climate Change

Former Vice President Al Gore must not have been too surprised when it happened, but a well-known climate skeptic confronted him at the Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics forum in Santa Monica. The skeptic, Bjorn Lomborg, is a favorite of conservatives who would rather not spend on the environment. D...

Sweden sets climate goals example for EU

Posted by plantitfilm on Saturday, 14 March 2009 in Climate Change

From: WWFPublished March 12, 2009 The new climate and clean energy package proposed by Sweden should serve as an example for all EU countries ahead of crucial global warming negotiations, WWF says. If followed by other industrialised nations the deal could lead towards a low carbon future and help ...

China Climate Change Profile Part 3

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 27 February 2009 in Climate Change

China must already grapple with some of the worst environmental effects of climate change, including severe air pollution, desertification, water scarcity, and flooding. Is there more to come? Air Pollution and Public HealthChina's reliance on its abundant but dirty coal has produced a number of ne...