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[The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE] Catastrophes Book “Equivocal” About Climate Change « The ...: He acknowledges the potentially far-reaching consequences of global warming, and warns that “continued large-scale combustion of fossil fuels could increase atmospheric CO2 to levels unseen since large herds of horses and camels grazed on grassy plains of America.” He also writes that “no country will be immune to global climate change, and no military capability, economic productivity, or orthodox religiosity can provide protection against its varied consequences.”

[Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion] New Film on Ocean Acidification Reveals Unseen Face of CO2 ...: It is thanks to the oceans that there is 30% less CO2 in the atmosphere, and that global temperatures are cooler, but scientists have collected disturbing evidence that the oceans are paying a high price for the ecosystem services they are being forced to provide. They are starting to succumb to ocean acidification -- an advancing global climate catastrophe that is already upon us.

[CFR.org - Must Reads] India's Climate Change Forecast - Council on Foreign Relations: What we are saying is, "Look, the starting point of a fair and equitable agreement is for the developed countries, which have caused the global warming in the first place, to take on their assigned responsibilities which were assigned to them as part of the Rio Convention, Kyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan." And now there is a determined effort to undercut the entire United Nations process through G8 and G-20 and all these various permutations and combinations of Gs. We don't have to be defensive.

[Barbados Underground] Barbados At The Crossroads: Are We Winning The Battle Against ...: scientists Jorge Sarmiento, Steve Wofsy and their colleagues in the 1999 report “A U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan.” The debate over the science of climate change and its impacts on the planet will continue to rage. The raw facts exist however, that without human impacts on the planet, we would have more forests, cleaner oceans, healthier marine and terrestrial life, and, if we are to place ourselves at the top of the food chain with all the knowledge of the planet and seemingly disregard for the knowledge of nature, healthier humans.

[Ocean acidification] New film on ocean acidification reveals unseen face of CO2 ...: It is thanks to the oceans that there is 30% less CO2 in the atmosphere, and that global temperatures are cooler, but scientists have collected disturbing evidence that the oceans are paying a high price for the ecosystem services they are being forced to provide. They are starting to succumb to ocean acidification —

[Envirogy] Cloudy Coverup for Climate Change « Envirogy: The more interesting theories around this southern migration include the aforementioned Methane oxidization, and the proposal that since more heat is being reflected back in the lower atmosphere (by various Greenhouse effects) then the Mesosphere receives less radiated heat and is cooled even further, and thus rendering it more prone to ice crystal formation further south. Of course, where the traces of water vapor are even coming from also remains a compelling subject for further study.

[Climate Progress] “The era of procrastination, of half measures, of soothing and ...: The average person can go through life in blissful ignorance of or with outright hostility toward actions to address climate change threats and be safely within the mainstream. Although America’s response to potential and actual threats before and after Pearl Harbor included many misguided policies, FDR’s auto industry takeover was politically possible because cultural unification around the threat posed by an attack on American forces was relatively easy.

[On the Level: Car Free Blog] The Not-so-Shiny Jewel: An Investigation into the Environmental ...: According to the Dutch guy who spoke confidentially with several of the staff, the junior stewards make only about $500/ month (less than $6000/ year) including tips, work at least ten hours per day, and have to share a small cabin with 3 others.   Most are from the Philippines.   Once they finish 10 months with NCL, they have to go to a different company.   This is a fairly obvious way to avoid their employees unionising and demanding better pay and working conditions.   Most cruise ships, including the Jewel, are based in the Bahamas because of the country’s lax labor and environmental standards.

[News] Climate fear promoter Jo Abbess has a science degree. Well done ...: keiranmac and before you give New Orleans as an example of AGW, the real issue is one of interference with the rivers natural ability to deposit silt and mud downstream of the city and because of this the buffer of sand and mud banks that normally absorb the brunt of the tidal surge were no longer there because they had sunk naturally due to compaction of the underlying sediment and it not being replaced with new material from above.

[Breaking News] Cities trap more CO2 than rain forests: WASHINGTON - A new report has warned that climate change may make forests release huge quantities of carbon and create a situation in which they do more to accelerate warming than to slow it down. The report, titled "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change - A Global Assessment", will be formally presented at the next session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) taking place 20 April-1 May 2009 at the UN Headquarters in New York City.

[BBC Blog Network] BBC - Stephanomics: The environment and the economy: I think you should point out that many hold the view that the linkage between emissions and global warming is unproven, and that attempts to quantify the effect, if there is one, are highly speculative. That instead so many represent these speculations as proven science is due to(1) that global warming hyperbole is just being used as a pretext to the goal of reversing the path of increasing human consumption and (2) that some see a golden opportunity to make money out of providing "services" to the anti-emissions industry.

[Johnnie Byrd's Political Blog] Johnnie Byrd's Political Blog » Blog Archive » Climate Change Bill ...: The National Federation of Independent Business and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors announced they have started a public scorecard on how lawmakers vote on priority legislation for business owners — and are keeping a close eye on all the congressmen who have supported cap-and-trade.  The NFIB says escalating fuel costs are the second-biggest problem small business owners face, and argued that the legislation is putting a premium on alternative energy sources without considering the needs of entrepreneurs.  “At a time when our nation faces near 10 percent unemployment and stalled economic growth, now is not the time to impose an $846 billion energy tax on small business,”

[street lighting] street lighting » Blog Archive » Middlesbrough Council runs LED ...: These systems look at energy use, impacts of climate change and regularly only noticed when there should be more government funding vacant for the town. Street lighting is one field where large savings can be made; however, it is operation ... and advice from the necessary to dim or thrash off during the night. solar street lights is chiefly unseen when it is the home sanction's responsibility to guarantee that a seamless benefit continues while implementing these issues, ...

[Open Mind] Urgent « Open Mind: At the moment the political and social "climate" makes total elimination of carbon emissions (which is what we need) downright impossible -- I'll take any reduction I can get (with emphasis on the can get), and you can be damn sure that after Obama get's me that 1st inch, we'll keep taking more and more until we're way past the mile marker, to get what we need in the long run. Insisting on everything right now only gets you branded an extremist -- and gets you nothing in the long run.]

[Climate Thinkers Blog] Building Climate Awareness at the Grassroots Level - COP15 United ...: From the foregoing, it will be obvious that climate awareness as well as conservation action at the Grassroots level can help local communities to manage better the adverse impact of climate change. Local level Climate Risk Managers can spread both climate and genetic literacy and create awareness of the fact that Climate Change Saviour Crops and varieties can help to save lives and livelihoods.

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