Archive for November, 2008

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
IEA: World’s energy use is “patently unsustainable”
Cnet Asia, CA - Nov 14, 2008
Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress bode well for policies that promote clean technologies to address economic development and climate change.
Climate Change Comes With Big Pricetag
Fox40, CA - Nov 14, 2008
The researchers estimate that if nothing is done, climate change could end up costing California $300 million to $3.9 billion annually, depending on how
Scientists Mimic Essence of Plants’ Energy Storage System
HappyNews.com, TX - Nov 14, 2008
for developing new technologies for energy production thus reducing our dependence for fossil fuels and addressing the global climate change problem.
EU launches development appeal to G20 summit
People’s Daily Online, China - Nov 14, 2008
system must be integrated into the full range of challenges facing the world, such as combating poverty and climate change and promoting free trade.
OPEN FORUM The measure of environmental leadership
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Nov 14, 2008
The gGovernor, having helped lead the fight against climate change during his administration, came to see that there is a void in global climate change
Biofuel Startup Strives to Meet Obama’s Green Ambitions
Wired News - Nov 14, 2008
And to make an impact on climate change or the world’s liquid fuels ledger, there would need to be thousands of similar plants. Still, the pilot plant is a
US Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Flawed New Wilderness Policy
NewsBlaze, CA - Nov 14, 2008
Major deficiencies of the new policy, issued yesterday, are that it fails to take into account the issue of climate change in managing the 21 million acres
Fear over glaciers Fear … glaciers
The Sun, UK - Nov 14, 2008
GLACIERS in the Himalayas are at risk of disappearing by 2035 due to climate change, experts warned yesterday. Studies show the “nose” of the Kolhai glacier
Future could be rocky for pikas
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Nov 14, 2008
But suddenly, due to climate change, global warming or whatever you choose to call it, pikas are important. At least, more people are paying attention to
Crist stays as close to center as he can
Tampabay.com, FL - Nov 14, 2008
Crist won a three-way race for governor with 52 percent of the vote, and for two years has glided toward the middle on issues like climate change and civil

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Medvedev to Visit Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba in November
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - Nov 14, 2008
“Special significance is given in this context to a search for optimal solutions to such key problems as growth in food and energy prices and climate change
End of the block party?
Irish Times, Ireland - Nov 14, 2008
Lego eco-warriors scaled the replica Kingsnorth Power Station in Legoland Windsor this summer to unveil a mini-banner that read “Stop Climate Change“.
West has to accept power shift to east
Irish Times, Ireland - Nov 14, 2008
It will be reflected in development and climate-change strategy and it seems certain increasingly to influence western foreign and security policy.
The Cost and Futility of Trading Hot Air
Hawaii Reporter, HI - Nov 14, 2008
Further delay will greatly increase the costs of making necessary emissions cuts and will risk locking in irreversible climate change.
Kenny refuses to discuss personal ratings fall
IrishExaminer.com, Ireland - Nov 14, 2008
to swallow their pride, and abandon some of their key policies, if it means they get to implement their principle agenda: tackling climate change.
Brown clouds spell disaster
The West Australian, Australia - Nov 14, 2008
The phenomenon complicated the climate change scenario globally because the brown clouds also helped cool the Earth’s surface and masked the impact of
Learn About NOAA, Meet Wyland and Troll at Aquarium of the Pacific
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News, OH - Nov 14, 2008
view award winning NOAA films, enjoy a puppet show on ocean conservation, learn how NOAA protects ocean life, and get the facts on climate change.
Dirty Brown Clouds Impact Glaciers, Agriculture And The Monsoon
Science Daily (press release) - Nov 14, 2008
Globally however brown clouds may be countering or ‘masking’ the warming impacts of climate change by between 20 and up to 80 per cent the researchers
Greenhouse gas cuts ‘can be achieved’
The Herald, UK - Nov 14, 2008
The findings came in one of three newly published reports on aspects of climate change commissioned by the Scottish Government.
Eigg begins community bid to cut carbon footprints
The Herald, UK - Nov 14, 2008
An island community yesterday began the start of a year-long bid to tackle climate change and win a £1m competition in the process.