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Global Warming: Worst Case Scenario Best We Can Hope For

The Global Carbon Project announced earlier this week that a six degree Celsius temperature increase by the end of the century is virtually inevitable. This was the worst case scenario proposed by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007.
Nov 18, 2009 by  Bob Gordon in Environment - 2 comments

NASA, Purdue research shows global warming's molecular mechanics

After examining more than a dozen human-generated chemicals, NASA and Purdue University researchers found that carbon dioxide and methane, cited most often as causes of climate change, have less greenhouse warming potential than fluorinated compounds.

'Yes we can' becomes 'No we can't' for Obama on Copenhagen Talks

Attending the APEC summit in Singapore, Barack Obama has backed a plan to put off the tough decisions on climate change until next year at the earliest. These decisions should have been made at the upcoming Copenhagen climate change talks in Denmark.
Nov 15, 2009 by  Julian Worker in Environment

With deficits soaring, cap-and-trade bill likeliest to be dropped

In his first State of the Union address, President Obama is planning to outline a more pragmatic approach to spending and deficit reduction - a move that could very well finish any hard-charging approach to cap and trade legislation.
Nov 13, 2009 by  Michael Krebs in Politics - 11 comments

Scientist says carbon emissions do not cause global warming

Ian Plimer says that carbon dioxide is not the cause of global warming, bucking mainstream scientific views ahead of key legislative decisions on carbon caps.
Nov 12, 2009 by  Michael Krebs in Science - 6 comments

British Prime Minister Proposes Global Tax on Banks

At a meeting of G20 finance ministers being held in St Andrews, Scotland, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has spoken of how a global levy on their transactions could help make banks more accountable to the taxpayers who have bailed many of them out.
Nov 7, 2009 by  Chris Dade in World - 6 comments

UN: $100 Billion for global warming is not enough Special

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently stated that the $100 billion suggested by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to combat global warming is not enough and needs to be "scaled up."
Nov 5, 2009 by  Andrew Moran in Environment

Johnson & Johnson Cutting up to 7 Percent of Global Workforce

The world's largest health-care company, New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson (J&J), has announced plans to cut up to seven percent of its global workforce, a figure which represents more than 7,000 people, as it attempts to reduce costs.
Nov 3, 2009 by  Chris Dade in Business

Opinion: Global Goans convention in Oman a waste of public money Special

Former Federal minister of state for foreign affairs Eduardo Faleiro’s entourage will dock in Oman for two days for the Global Goans convention in the first week of next month.
Oct 27, 2009 by  Armstrong Vaz in Lifestyle

U2 Makes History with First Global Concert Webcast on YouTube

Popular Irish rock band U2 partnered with video-sharing website YouTube and social networking website Twitter to stage the world's first ever global concert webcast from their 360˚ Tour's penultimate show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Oct 27, 2009 by  Ariel A. Avenasa in Entertainment

Climate Change Expert: Go Vegetarian to Save Planet

One of the world's leading experts on climate change has said that people becoming vegetarians would help the fight against global warming.
Oct 27, 2009 by  Chris Dade in Environment - 1 comment

Obama rejects global warming critics as 'marginalized'

President Barack Obama warned of increased skepticism on global warming and related legislative initiatives - as more Americans question the threat.
Oct 24, 2009 by  Michael Krebs in Environment - 5 comments

UK's only polar bear moved due to global warming

Britain's only polar bear is now settling into her new home after being moved north from the Edinburgh Zoo so that she might escape the effects of climate change.
Oct 23, 2009 by  Kevin Jess in Entertainment - 1 comment

Opinion: Pew Center Global warming poll- Media climate changing as well

This isn’t about the standard theory that ice caps melt for no reason and glaciers are just shy. A Pew Research Center poll has produced evidence of a nuanced spin and a cultural paradigm shift in media news handling of global warming.
Oct 22, 2009 by  Paul Wallis in Science - 3 comments

Leader of Kyoto Negotiations Casts Doubt on Climate Conference

The leader of the negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol has expressed doubt concerning the Danish environment minister's ability to handle the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen.
Oct 22, 2009 by  Christoffer Olling Back in Politics

Poll: America's Belief in Global Warming Declining

According to a national survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, the number of Americans who believe in global warming is at its lowest point in three years.
Oct 22, 2009 by  Joe Gullo in Environment - 2 comments

Arctic Cause & Effect - Shell will drill as Baffin Island warms

As the news breaks that Shell has been given the go ahead to drill in the Beaufort Sea, albeit with restrictions, a study has found how much effect global warming is having on the other side of the Arctic in Baffin Island.
Oct 21, 2009 by  Julian Worker in Environment

Limbaugh to Environmentalist: Kill Yourself

Controversial conservative talker Rush Limbaugh, a longtime critic of the global warming concept, told New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin to kill himself on his show Tuesday.

Arctic Ice Cap to Become an Open Sea in 10 years

Some scientists and climate change explorers predict the Arctic ice cover will be gone during warmer months in 10 years due to the effects of global warming.
Oct 14, 2009 by  Leo Reyes in Environment - 4 comments

Jaccard and Bruce at New Westminster Public Library Special

Dr Mark Jaccard of Simon Fraser University and Ian Bruce of the David Suzuki Foundation each gave a lecture at New Westminster Public Library on Tuesday, October 13th on the importance of combating Climate Change.
Oct 14, 2009 by  Julian Worker in Environment - 1 comment
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