Archive for January 21st, 2010
One of the Most Common Chemicals Used in Modern Life Is Now Being Seen as a Health Threat
Damning new evidence has even the FDA worried about the impacts of BPA in consumer products, especially those for infants and children.
On Friday, in a substantial shift in policy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has “some concern” about the health effects of bishphenol A (BPA), particularly on infants and children. While [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under General, Green Living.
Tags: Bishphenol A (BPA), FDA, Heath risk, plastics, toxic chemicals
Comments: 2
U.N. Official Says Climate Deal Is at Risk
WASHINGTON — Just a month after world leaders fashioned a tentative and nonbinding agreement at the climate change summit meeting in Copenhagen, the deal already appears at risk of coming undone, the top United Nations climate official warned on Wednesday.
Facing a Jan. 31 deadline, major countries have yet to submit their plans for reducing emissions [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Negotiations, World News.
Tags: China, Climate Change, climate change emissions reductions, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, global warming, India, International negotiations, Kyoto, Obama administration
Comments: 2
World’s glaciers melting at accelerated pace, leading scientists say
From the Alps to the Andes, the world’s glaciers are retreating at an accelerated pace – despite the recent controversy over claims by the United Nations’ body of experts, leading climate scientists said today.
Lonnie Thompson, a glaciologist at Ohio State University, said there is strong evidence from a variety of sources of significant melting of [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, science
Comments: 1
Compelling vision of why we need to protect the Amazon Rainforest at all costs!
We face many pressing challenges from Climate Change – Global Warming – Over consumption of finite resources. Other events are not beyond our control such as this and they are a stark reminder how fragile our planet and our place on it is.
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Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature.
Tags: Amazon Rainforest, Climate Change, global warming, natural systems, species extinction
Comments: 2
Your action needed to help protect our vulnerable sharks
Built for speed, mako sharks are highly migratory open ocean animals. Sometimes called the ‘cheetah of the seas’, these sleek, silver sharks can reach speeds of up to 72 km/h, making them the fastest shark on Earth.
But even this might not be enough to save them from the relentless decline of sharks throughout our oceans. [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Nature.
Tags: conservation groups
Comments: 2
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink!
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By Bob Williamson – Founder & Chair of the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation.
Strange saying from the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner; well I have a [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2010 under Foundation News, General, Nature.
Tags: consumerism, consumption, reducing waste, water shortages, water wars
Comments: 5
GOP Claims Senate seat CNN Report
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Posted: January 21st, 2010 under General.
Tags: Obama administration, United States, US Senate
Comments: none
Obama’s first year in review
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Posted: January 21st, 2010 under General.
Tags: Obama, Obama administration
Comments: 1
