Archive for December 15th, 2009
Paradise Lost – Chesapeake Bay
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Climate Change, species extinction, United States
Comments: 1
Near ‘historic moment’ in Copenhagen says UN chief.
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, climate negotiations, COP15, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations, United Nations
Comments: 1
Santa Claus is Chinese.
Santa Claus is Chinese by Lester R. Brown First Published on Monday, December 18, 2006 by Earth Policy Institute I know Santa Claus is Chinese because each Christmas morning after all the gifts are unwrapped and things settle down I systematically go through the presents to see where they are made. The results are almost [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under General, Green Living.
Tags: China, United States
Comments: 3
Highlights of COP 15 press briefing today
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Climate Change, COP15, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations, United Nations
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STOPlasticBags – A GLOBAL PETITION TO BAN THE BAG
Give a dollar or two to the FIGHTING FUND to BAN THE BAG. Let’s do it NOW! Sign here ……… Petition for an International Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags Introduced just over 30 years ago in 1977, the ugly truth about our plastic bag addiction is that society’s consumption rate is now estimated at well [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Foundation News, General.
Tags: plastic, plastic bags, StoplasticBags
Comments: 15
Giant iceberg off Australia breaking up
SYDNEY (AP) – A massive iceberg edging slowly toward Australia’s southwestern coast is breaking up into hundreds of smaller icebergs as it drifts into warmer waters, creating potentially hazardous conditions for ships trying to navigate the region, a scientist said Tuesday. The iceberg, known as B17B, was spotted last week on satellite imaging about 1,100 [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, icesheet loss, sea level rise, West Antarctic
Comments: 3
Feeling Sceptical About Copenhagen? Read This Satire By Ben Pobjie
We know you still have lots of questions about the climate talks. We’ve tried to help. But there are some questions that can only be answered by Ben Pobjie It’s quite unnerving, knowing that somewhere on the other side of the world, a small group of complete strangers is gathering to decide the very future [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations, Tipping Points
Comments: 2
Copenhagen Climate Negotiation News Update: Today @ COP15 — Day 07
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Climate Change, COP15, Copenhagen, global warming, International negotiations
Comments: 1
MSNBC Reports Peru’s future depends on mountains – make that Glaciers!
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, water shortages
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MSNBC Reports on the Perfect Storm – As temperatures rise. Mosquito borne disease spreads
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Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: climate change emissions reductions, disease, global warming, Third World, Tipping Points
Comments: 1