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Climate, health and food
How to tackle the climate, health and food crises, all at the same time. Reducing the soot pumped out by cars and cooking fires and the methane from coal mines and oil wells would rapidly curb global warming, prevent air … Continue reading
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Tagged airpollution, blackcarbon, Climate change, Drew Shindell, Environment, Fahrenheit, Global warming, Soot
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Natural-gas plans threaten greenhouse-gas targets
In a comment made 7:09 PM on January 5, 2012 to an article titled “Natural-gas plans threaten greenhouse-gas targets” http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/natural-gas-plans-threaten-greenhouse-gas-targets/article2291990/comments/ “GlynnMhor of Skywall” claimed “All four of the major global temperature datasets show how temperature increases have stalled over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Climate change, Environment, Fossil fuel, Global warming, Greenhouse gas, Natural gas
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Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years
Rising sea levels in the coming centuries is perhaps one of the most catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures. Massive economic costs, social consequences and forced migrations could result from global warming. But how frightening of times are we facing? Researchers … Continue reading
Paying the Price – NRTEE National News Release
NRT RELEASES CANADA’S FIRST ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Change Could be Expensive for Canada Ottawa – September 29, 2011 – Unless global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are brought down and Canada invests in adaptation, the economic impacts … Continue reading
World’s largest firms ‘acting on climate change’
Climate is central to business strategy of 68% of the world’s 500 largest companies, compared with 48% last year A majority of the world’s largest firms are taking action on climate change as part of their business strategy for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Carbon Cycle, Carbon Disclosure Project, Climate change, Environment, Greenhouse gas, Organizations, PwC
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Globe and Mail Personal Attack by “Eyes Wide Open”
In commentary at the Globe and Mail to the article “Cheap and dirty: Where provinces diverge on energy crossroads“, user “Eyes Wide Open” states at 8:23 PM on September 12, 2011 You’ve gotta laugh! Here we have Alan Burke talking … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Climate change, Earth, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Environment, globalwarming, Globe & Mail, Greenland
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Thorium advocates launch pressure group
Huge optimism for thorium nuclear energy at the launch of the Weinberg Foundation From the guardian.co.uk environment blog, Duncan Clark Friday 9 September 2011: Parliamentary events are often dull affairs, but Thursday night’s launch of the Weinberg Foundation – a … Continue reading
Hurricanes, floods and wildfires – but Washington won’t talk global warming
America is seeing record-breaking extreme weather, yet the US political class is paralysed in climate change negligence From Jules Boykoff, guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 September 2011 Record-breaking “meteorological misery” from coast to coast is making it clear that severe weather may … Continue reading
Fracking the Future
Unconventional gas drilling is emerging as one of the most controversial energy & environmental issues in the United States and around the world today. Advancements in extraction technologies, particularly horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking), have enabled drillers … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Hydraulic fracturing, Natural gas, Public health, Unconventional oil, United States
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The Energy Report
Two years in preparation, The Energy Report presents a provocative scenario, set in 2050, of a world run entirely on renewable energy. By 2050, we could get all the energy we need from renewable sources. This will solve most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, Energy, Energy conservation, Environment, Fossil fuel, Renewable energy, Technology, Wind power
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To hit climate target, Ottawa would have to work 10 times harder
The Harper government will have to start trying 10 times harder to cut Canada‘s greenhouse gas emissions if it wants to meet the target it’s committed to in international climate negotiations. This is revealed by two new reports that Environment … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Emissions trading, Environment, Environment Canada, Greenhouse gas, Pembina Institute, Policy, United States
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Canada’s Emissions Trends
This report presents projections of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada to the year 2020. The future path of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada will depend on a number of factors including: government actions, technological change, the growth in the economy, … Continue reading
China to cap energy use in national low-carbon plan
Limit is expected to form cornerstone of five-year plan to curb surging greenhouse gas emissions A cap on energy consumption is expected to be at the heart of a Chinese low-carbon plan to be issued this year, experts believe, amid … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Cycle, China, Climate change, Emissions trading, Environment, Greenhouse gas, Low-carbon economy, Wen Jiabao
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Heart of the matter
The Heartland Institute‘s climate conference reveals the motives of global-warming sceptics. Nature 475, 423–424 (28 July 2011) doi:10.1038/475423b Published online 27 July 2011 It would be easy for scientists to ignore the Heartland Institute’s climate conferences. They are curious affairs … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Chicago, Climate change, Environment, Global warming, Heartland Institute, United States, Washington DC
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Stratospheric Pollution Helps Slow Global Warming
Scientific American: Particles of sulfuric acid–injected by volcanoes or humans–have slowed the pace of climate change in the past decade Despite significant pyrotechnics and air travel disruption last year, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull simply didn’t put that many aerosols into … Continue reading
Merchant of Doubt S. Fred Singer
Last year I bought a copy of Merchants of Doubt by science historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. It describes how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming. I was very … Continue reading
Heartland Institute launches a ‘closed’ climate change wiki
A climate change wiki is a good idea – but not if its climate sceptic organisers block alternative views Wikis are one of the wonders of the web. They are a powerful expression of the collaborative, collective power of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Climate, Climate change, Environment, Global warming, Organizations, Wiki, Wikipedia
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Economists Find Flaws in Federal Estimate of Climate Damage
A report concludes that each ton of CO2 emitted inflicts almost 45 times more “social cost” than the federal government estimates By Douglas Fischer, Daily Climate and The Daily Climate Uncle Sam‘s estimate of the damage caused by each ton … Continue reading
European research effort improves understanding of impacts of aerosols on climate
Pan-European research effort improves the understanding of the impacts of aerosols and trace gases on climate and air quality Atmospheric aerosol particles (otherwise known as Particulate Matter) have been masking the true rate of greenhouse gas induced global warming during … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Aerosol, Celsius, Climate change, Environment, Global warming, Particulate, University of Helsinki
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Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
Microscopic plant disappeared from North Atlantic 800,000 years ago; unwanted return 1 of several climate change symptoms already apparent throughout European oceans Some 800,000 years ago – about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire – a … Continue reading
Carbon release and global warming now and in the ancient past
The present rate of greenhouse carbon dioxide emissions through fossil fuel burning is higher than that associated with an ancient episode of severe global warming, according to new research. The findings are published online this week by the journal Nature … Continue reading
Former EPA water admin Grumbles discusses impact of fracking on resources
How will hydraulic fracturing and other energy recovery methods affect the nation’s diminishing water supply? During today’s OnPoint, Ben Grumbles, the former assistant administrator for water at U.S. EPA and current president of the Clean Water America Alliance, discusses water … Continue reading
Peter Kent’s 178 million-ton challenge
Writing in the Globe and Mail Economy Lab Blog on Thursday may 19, Andrew Leach discussed Emissions: Peter Kent’s 178 millon-ton challenge. It may be his most important task, and setting Canada’s GHG policy course for the next four years … Continue reading
U.S. weather extremes show ‘new normal’ climate
Heavy rains, deep snowfalls,monster floods and killing droughts are signs of a “new normal”of extreme U.S. WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) – Heavy rains, deep snowfalls, monster floods and killing droughts are signs of a “new normal” of extreme U.S. weather … Continue reading
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