Posted by in Environment on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Should Obama Send His Science Team on a National Campaign to Explain Climate Science?
Should Obama Send His Science Team on a National Campaign to Explain Climate Science?
Photo via LimJunYing It’s been a couple months of seriously bad PR for climate science , both due to unfortunate errors made by scientists and (okay, mostly) a well-funded noise machine intent on preserving the status quo at any cost. So how can climate scientists dig themselves out of the negative...
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Posted by admin in Business, Environment, Green on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Roundup: Avatar, Fuel Cells, Republican Governors
Roundup: Avatar, Fuel Cells, Republican Governors
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear SSM Exemption Case Environmental Protection Political ads: new weapon in U.S. climate change war? Reuters California Utility Regulators Not Quite Ready for Fuel Cells NY Times CAA 2010 Targets Mercury, SO2, and NOx Environmental Protection EPA Chief: Avatar’s Success...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
A Roadmap For Taking On Coal Plant by Plant
A Roadmap For Taking On Coal Plant by Plant
photo via flickr Coal activist Ted Nace today published a must-read post in Grist on the importance of taking on coal via a variety of strategies, effectively coming at the country’s Number 1 contributor to climate change from every angle possible. Nace, the man behind the indispensable Coalswarm...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
IMF suggests how to raise climate change funds
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday proposed a plan for the world’s governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change, a rare step for an organization that normally does not develop environmental policies. Read the original here: IMF suggests how to...
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 03 6th, 2010 | No Comments
The Nation Magazine Rips US eNGOs. Are They Right?
The Nation Magazine Rips US eNGOs. Are They Right?
There’s a rift among some of the environmental groups almost as wide as the cracks in melting Arctic sea ice caused by climate change. Some groups, in the name of progress, are advocating compromises with some of the world’s worst polluters and for policies they know to be deeply flawed....
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 03 5th, 2010 | No Comments
The Impact of Food Waste on Climate Change (And Just About Everything Else)
The Impact of Food Waste on Climate Change (And Just About Everything Else)
It is estimated that 40% of the food produced in America is wasted; it amounts to 1400 calories per person every day. According to the EPA, 31 million tons is thrown into landfills. Much of that produces methane as it rots; the gas is 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. The UK...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Global Warming Hits World’s Women the Hardest — Especially When They Don’t Have Equal Rights
Global Warming Hits World’s Women the Hardest — Especially When They Don’t Have Equal Rights
Filipina beauty queen Miriam Quiambao speaks at a Bangkok, Thailand, rally for gender and climate justice. Photo by ~MVI~ via Flickr. It’s already well known that climate change is not an equal-opportunity threat, with its impacts on food production , severe storms, and drought, among others,...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Jargon Watch: SMIDSY
Jargon Watch: SMIDSY
It is an English acronym, short for “Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You!”, a common excuse used when pedestrians get hit, doors get opened, and “accidents” happen. In the UK there is a campaign to change attitudes of the public, police practices and prosecution in the courts,...
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Posted by admin in Earth, Eco, Environment, Green on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Donald Trump Sets the World Straight
Donald Trump Sets the World Straight
Climate change is nonsense. If I’m ever lucky enough to bump into millionaire Donald Trump (say at a real estate sale or divorce court), I will rush up to the man and shake his hand. He’s opened my eyes to this global warming hoax once and for all. Addressing an audience of 500 admirers...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
BC Premier Blames "Spring Olympics" on Global Warming
BC Premier Blames "Spring Olympics" on Global Warming
Daily Mail A lot of us winced whenever anyone conflated the lack of snow on Cypress Mountain in Vancouver with climate change; Vancouver is often springlike in February and this is about weather, not climate. People were questioning Cypress as a venue years ago, noting that it is often raining there...
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