Watered-down US Climate Bill Will Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Only 4%
Climate pressure ‘building on US’ By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst, BBC News May 29, 2009 Climate negotiations are to begin in Bonn with pressure building for the US to deliver deeper emissions cuts. Delegates are dealing with the reality that although they are wrangling with the Obama administration, US Congress will help determine the final [...]
NOW is the time for ALL parties to take Action for a Low Carbon and Equitable Future
The St James’s Palace Memorandum calls for a global deal on climate change that matches the scale and urgency of the human, ecological and economic crises facing the world today. It urges governments at all levels, as well as the scientific community, to join with business and civil society to seize hold of this historic opportunity to transform our carbon-intensive economies into sustainable and equitable systems. We must recognize the fierce urgency of now.
Global Humanitarian Forum Report on Climate Change Effects
A controversial study by the Global Humanitarian Forum claims that global warming already is causing 300,000 deaths and $125 billion in economic losses annually.
Inspirational Whimsy: The Great Flower Pot in the Sky
Here we are, after all this time of evolution in danger of “losing it,” of allowing the disruptive forces of runaway climate change to devastate our species and most of the living organisms that share our “pot.”
Let’s not let this happen. We’re becoming beautiful, and with all our faults, we’re worth saving. Let’s fight, let’s shout, let’s shake things to ensure our survival.
Why We Humans Don’t “Get” Dangerous Climate Change
Some of the resistance to aggressive action on climate seems to spring from mental attitudes that may have helped us survive as a species in the past. Perhaps politicians intuitively recognise the existence of these barriers. So they continue to say that climate change is the most important problem facing humanity at the same time as adding new runways to the local airport or sanctioning the development of new coal-fired power stations.
Obama Insists on Cap and Trade Legislation
Under pressure from the Obama administration, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has put forward its proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US. The plan calls for the creation of a cap and trade market, as the mechanism to begin reduing the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions. But James Handley from the Carbon Tax Center believes that cap and trade is the wrong way to go in general.
Very Best Strategies Crucial For Generating Enough Green Energy
Our Energy Needs: Getting From Here To There by Ray Grigg May 24, 2009 Our options for solving the growing energy dilemma confronting modern civilization seem to fall into two basic categories: we already have the clean technology to meet our energy needs if we just had the political will to utilize them; and we [...]
To Treat Climate Change Ills, Carbon Removal and GHG Emissions Reduction Must Be Big and Quick
Not only must carbon removal be big enough but it and emissions reduction must together be fast enough to remove us from the danger zones for abrupt climate shifts before something big happens. A serious jolt would cause catastrophic crop failures and food riots within a year, creating global waves of climate refugees with the attendant famine, pestilence, war, and genocide.
I’d say that we must clean up CO2 by 2030. Acquiescing in a slower approach is like playing Russian roulette with the climate gun. Our climate fix must be big and quick.
Gambling With Climate Change
In an attempt to better convey the uncertainty in climate change prediction, and thus the implied risk that the world faces, in 2001 the MIT Joint Program developed The Greenhouse Gamble
Exciting News On Large Scale Solar Power Development
The Australian government plans to build the world’s largest solar power station a 1,000-megawatt plant that would generate three times as much electricity as the world’s largest solar electric plant, now located in California.
