Archive for October 1st, 2009
The Unpackaged Shop – service without waste.
The Unpackaged Shop – service without waste Unpackaged turned One on 7th November 2008 and, to celebrate, we commissioned an environmental report showing why it’s good to do things Unpackaged: Reuters came to our party and made a very nice video, click here to watch it. Welcome to Unpackaged- the better way for you to [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Foundation News, General, Green Living.
Tags: green living, waste packaging
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Blog Action Day October 15th WRITE TO UNITE.
Blog Action Day October 15th. We can unite to write, we can unite to change course on Climate Change, the biggest threat to humanity today. On October 15th write about climate change and change the tide of the future. Together united we can alert the world Blog Action Day October 15th WRITE TO UNITE. You [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Climate Change, Foundation News, General, Green Living, Nature, Negotiations.
Tags: 350ppm, activist, arctic, catastrophic climate change, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, global warming, greenland, icesheet loss, International negotiations, protests, species extinction, stop climate change
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Two meter sea level rise unstoppable-experts
OXFORD, England (Reuters) – A rise of at least two meters in the world’s sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday. “The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically unstoppable,” said Stefan Rahmstorf, [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Negotiations, Tipping Points.
Tags: 350ppm, catastrophic climate change, CO2 levels, Copenhagen, glacial melt, global warming, greenland, icesheet loss, International negotiations, sea level rise
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Global warming may bring tsunami and quakes-scientists
From Canada.com – Full article here LONDON — Quakes, volcanic eruptions, giant landslides and tsunamis may become more frequent as global warming changes the earth’s crust, scientists said on Wednesday. Climate-linked geological changes may also trigger “methane burps,” the release of a potent greenhouse gas, currently stored in solid form under melting permafrost and the [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Negotiations, Tipping Points.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate change costs, climate negotiations, CO2 Emissions, Copenhagen, global warming, icesheet loss, methane, natural systems, sea level rise
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E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions
WASHINGTON — Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities. President Obama has said that he prefers a comprehensive legislative approach to regulating emissions and stemming global warming, [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Climate Change, CO2 Emissions, coal, Copenhagen, EPA, global warming, greenhouse emissions, industrial emissions, industry, International negotiations, Kyoto, Obama administration, stop climate change
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