Archive for November 24th, 2009
Is Global Warming Now Unstoppable?
ScienceDaily (Nov. 24, 2009) — In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions — the major cause of global warming — cannot be stabilized unless the world’s economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day.
“It looks unlikely that there will [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, Technologies, Tipping Points.
Tags: Climate Change, climate negotiations, CO2 Emissions, CO2 levels, Coal Fired Power Stations, emissions reductions, Energy generation, global warming, Nuclear Power, renewable energy, science
Comments: 1
Australian Coal Association ad 2009 – You Can TRUST Us!
Yes we can really trust these guys!
They tell us in their Environmental Statement – as I expose in the book, that it’s not COAL that’s the problem it’s the way coal is used” Yep and I guess it’s not cigarettes that are the problem it’s the way people SMOKE them!
Australia is the proud exporter of [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, General.
Tags: Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, coal, Coal Fired Power Stations, coal lobby, global warming, major polluters, Stop Coal, subsidies
Comments: none
Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official
SYDNEY (AFP) – More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.
An Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist said the ice chunks, spotted by satellite photography, had passed the Auckland Islands and were heading towards the main South [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, icesheet loss, sea level rise
Comments: 2
U.S. to Set Emissions Target Before Climate Talks
WASHINGTON — The United States will propose a near-term target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before the United Nations climate change meeting in Copenhagen next month, a senior administration official said Monday. President Obama, the official said, will announce the specific target “in coming days.”
The announcement of a target will take the current legislative stalemate [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, climate negotiations, CO2 levels, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations, Obama, Obama administration, United States, US Senate
Comments: 1
The Face and Voice of Humanity
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Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, Foundation News, General, Tipping Points.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations, Obama administration, stop climate change, Tipping Points
Comments: 2
Imagine What Our World Could Look Like
There can be few on the Planet that would not want to take action and imagine how our world could be and how John Lennon saw it possible.
john lennon: Imagine
by MONALIZA007
These are personal choices that we can all make to bring about change. As I say in the book:
Feel no guilt for being part of the problem, [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, Foundation News, General, Green Living.
Tags: 350ppm, activists, Climate Change, emissions reductions, living greener, pollution, reduce waste, stop climate change
Comments: 2
The opportunity to ask is NOW!
In a very short time as world leaders meet to determine how far we have come; and just how far we have to go before we reach a level of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse emissions that are TOO MUCH, now is the time to ask how far we want to let them go?
how far weve [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations, Tipping Points.
Tags: activists, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations, Obama administration, stop climate change, Tipping Points
Comments: 1
Stand up against Tar Sands
We can all do something to STAND UP against this type of greed and destruction.
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Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Climate Change, General.
Tags: Canada, CO2 Emissions, global warming, major polluters, Oil Industry, Oil Sands, pollution, stop climate change, subsidies
Comments: 2
