Archive for 'Climate Politics'
U.C. Irvine Study Finds Marked Increase In Flow of Fresh Water From Melting Glaciers
November 2, 2010 – From Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media. Another sign from the research community that Earth’s temperature is rising: The volume of fresh water flowing down the world’s rivers has increased markedly since 1994, new satellite data confirms. The study (also see here) led by the University of California, Irvine, [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Nature, Tipping Points, World News.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, glacial melt, global warming, icesheet loss, natural systems, World News
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One of the ‘Last Generation’ – Morgan Bevan Slattery.
On October 14th at 10:35am my eldest daughter gave birth to one of the ‘Last Generation’. The last of the world’s children to live on a habitable planet, Morgan Bevan Slattery was born a healthy 8.2 pounds to happy parents Lisa & Dave. A year or so earlier I was talking on Skype to a [...]
Posted: October 18th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General.
Tags: 350ppm, activism, activist, activists, Climate Change, finite resources, global warming, stop climate change
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Let’s get active on those who are inactive!
‘As an activist for change this is the sort of campaign that might just work! NO PRESSURE!’ Bob Williamson Greenhouse Neutral Foundation Chair var showHover=false;
Posted: October 4th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General.
Tags: 350ppm, activism, Climate Change, global warming, World News
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Atheist Song – First hymnal for Atheists by Steve Martin
I watched this and laughed and it struck me that maybe we environmentalists need to recruit Steve to make fun of us too! Enjoy as I did – Thanks Steve and the Steep Canyon Rangers. var showHover=false;
Posted: September 26th, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Green Living.
Tags: activism, Climate Change, global warming, stop climate change
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Arctic Ice in Death Spiral
Greenhouse Neutral Foundation comment – This report foreshadows a very grim future for all. We have no further time to waste in de-carbonizing our global activities. We must gather together as a single voice and demand our political masters’ act now! UXBRIDGE, Sep 20 (IPS) – The carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Negotiations, World News.
Tags: activism, arctic, catastrophic climate change, climate negotiations, global warming, Ice free Arctic, science, Tipping Points, World News
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Nikola Tesla – The Forgotten Wizard. Do YOU know who he was?
Today we know that our past road has led us to the consumption of non renewable energy sources. What would the World now look like had our visions been for the benefit of humanity as a whole rather than the pursuit of profit at all costs for a few? Nikola Tesla – The Forgotten Wizard [...]
Posted: September 14th, 2010 under Climate Politics, Foundation News, General.
Tags: Coal Fired Power Stations, global warming
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World Leaders agree on the official banner for Cancun Mexico Climate Change Conference.
On November 29th 2010 through to December 10th world leaders will once more meet to discuss the future of all of us. They will have the opportunity once more to make historic decisions for the reduction of emissions that are leading us down the road to runaway catastrophic climate change in the coming decades. Following [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Cancun Mexico, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate negotiations, Copenhagen, global warming, greenhouse emissions, International negotiations, Obama administration, World News
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Am I an activist for caring about my grandchildren’s future? I guess I am
Greenhouse Neutral Foundation comment – I have long admired James Hansen as a person who cares for the future of all that we share our fragile planet with. The answers to all of the significant challenges we face in the imminent future is in OUR hands. We need to accept this moral responsibility. The following [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Tipping Points.
Tags: activism, activist, activists, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, climate negotiations, CO2 levels, coal, glacial melt, global warming, International negotiations, Obama administration, Oil Industry, Tipping Points, United States
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Have you heard the one about the two frogs chatting?
From Yale Forum on Climate Change & Media comes the following story – How true! You may also be interested in the feature The Caribou and us. August 24, 2010 No doubt that some who take the ongoing global climate change challenges seriously have from time to time had visions of others fiddling while Rome [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General.
Tags: Climate Change, global warming, United States
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The Caribou and us.
Sometimes the most important news is what is not happening. That comment in a recent article along with the following adaptation (from the French) of a story sent to me by a colleague in Quebec Canada made me reflect on why the global community is not focused and active on pushing for immediate reductions in [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, Ice free Arctic, methane, permafrost
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