Archive for November, 2008

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Climate change action demanded at Cottesloe Beach
WA today, Australia - Nov 14, 2008
Protesters walked along Marine Parade and the beach to highlight the impact of climate change in WA. The protest was part of the global Walk Against Warming
Frozen Assets
New York Times, United States - Nov 14, 2008
The urgency of preventing and mitigating the effects of climate change in an official way has only recently hit home with Greenlanders.
Governor Schwarzenegger: Plan for Sea Level Rise and Climate Impacts
Imperial Valley News, CA - Nov 14, 2008
“We have to adapt the way we work and plan in order to manage the impacts and challenges that California and our entire planet face from climate change,”
Thousands march to stop climate warming
The Age, Australia - Nov 14, 2008
were more focused on the global financial crisis, which he described as a short-term problem, compared to the long-term problem of climate change.
Clinton as madame secretary of state?
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 14, 2008
Obama’s aides say he would like to have the Arizona senator partner with him on legislation they both have advocated, such as climate change,
Droughts and desalination in Australia — another amplifying feedback
Grist Magazine, WA - Nov 14, 2008
Opponents say that producing the large amount of electricity required to run a desalination plant hastens climate change, which may be the culprit behind
Johns Hopkins’ Dr. Bruce Marsh to Lecture on Antarctic Exploration
Hamilton College News, NY - Nov 14, 2008
It remains Earth’s last frontier; a jumping off point to Mars, a Rosetta Stone to understanding Earth volcanism, and a laboratory of climate change.
Governor Schwarzenegger Welcomes Groundbreaking Green Flight to
Imperial Valley News, CA - Nov 14, 2008
that it is landing here in the great state of California, where we have led the nation in fighting climate change,” said Governor Schwarzenegger.
SAMP feared as threat to fishing
Providence Business News, RI - Nov 14, 2008
“I was … very encouraged that there was widespread agreement at the first meeting that we must act on climate change and that we in Rhode Island need to
Climate change to affect Florida’s drinking water
TCPalm, FL - Nov 14, 2008
BY ASJYLYN LODER St. Petersburg Times If climatologists are right, Florida’s future could be a thirsty one: Climate change, blamed for eating away at

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING AND TV: FRIDAY, 14/11/2008 (MaximsNews
MaximsNews Network, NY - Nov 14, 2008
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched its first-ever North American Youth Network to help combat climate change. Twenty youth representatives
Record number of whizz-kids in honours courses
Irish Independent, Ireland - Nov 14, 2008
“The increase may also spring from the interest that young people have in global issues such as climate change or from the impact of online social
Cow flatulence could be key
Irish Independent, Ireland - Nov 14, 2008
Chairman of the IFA’s Climate Change Working Group Sean O’Leary said another diet, which would see cows ingesting more fibre in their diet,
Mankind ‘will regret’ not taking action to tackle global warming
Irish Independent, Ireland - Nov 14, 2008
Dr Rajendra K Pachauri, head of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), told a conference in Cork that mankind would “regret” not taking
Funding to help freshies survive
Northern Territory, Australia - Nov 14, 2008
Professor Keith Christian is leading a team of researchers investigating the effects of cane toads, climate change and demands for water resources on the
Obama is said to be considering former Democratic rivals for
Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 14, 2008
But Obama’s aides say he would like to have McCain as a partner on legislation both have advocated, such as climate change, government reform,
Corralling the carbon cycle
Hindu, India - Nov 14, 2008
Understanding this photosynthesis-climate feedback riddle is key to understanding how climate change may affect the natural processes that are a sink for
Environmentalists say future of three proposed Nevada coal plants
Las Vegas Sun, NV - Nov 14, 2008
gas emissions — and every new coal plant will emit millions of tons of the climate-change-causing carbon dioxide each year for 50 to 75 years.
Belize Barrier Reef in Major Distress
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - Nov 14, 2008
Some of these problems with the reef have, regarding climate change and hurricanes and storms, they are not necessarily our doing but we’re doing a lot of
Nokia wins Green Awards Grand Prix
Brand Republic, UK - Nov 14, 2008
The awards evening took place last night at the Brewery, London with speeches from the climate change co-ordinator from the United Nations Environment AMS:NOKA - NOK