Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:46
Tito Herrera for The New York Times
NEW GROWTH Marta Ortega de Wing once raised pigs in Chilibre, Panama, on land now reverting to nature, a trend dimming the view of primeval forests as sacred.
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Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:34
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/theres-a-lot-you-havent-told-us/story-fn6bmfwf-1226013112283
DEAR Prime Minister Gillard, Thank you for making the weather nicer by forcing us to pay more for everything. Who knew that fixing the global climate was so simple? Still, one or two questions remain about your new plan and a few related matters.
Yours in climate justice,
Tim
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* BY how much will your carbon dioxide tax reduce Australia's temperature?
* IF after five years there has been no recorded decline in temperature, will the tax be abandoned?
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:29
CANBERRA - Death threats and electoral backlash against independent MPs crucial to Prime Minister Julia Gillard have underlined the dangerously fragile path that lies ahead of the minority Labor Government.
Pressure on two pivotal New South Wales independents - Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott - has mounted since they supported Gillard after last year's election, and has accelerated with plans for a carbon tax.
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:23
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:17
WorldNetDaily- Roger Hedgecock-28 February 2011
The frigid winds of recession continue to blow for too many Americans trapped between lower income and rising prices. Too many Americans owe more on their house than it is worth; health-care reform promises have turned to ash as many more are hit with health insurance premium increases or lose their coverage.
The rosy "recovery" rhetoric in the Obama media is a Potemkin village. For increasing numbers of Americans, from pensioners to college grads, the American dream is a sad memory.
Two wars grind on. Yearly trillion-dollar federal deficits stretch far into the future, piling up an Everest of debt – and that's the optimistic projection. Neither political party seems grounded in the reality that our standard of living cannot be maintained for much longer by borrowing to pay for it.
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:15
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com on February 21, 2011
While the federal Environmental Protection Administration is about to impose regulations and taxes on carbon emissions by executive fiat - in the name of stopping global climate change - the United States has already dramatically cut its emissions and probably has already complied with the Kyoto/Copenhagen goals for reduced emissions. And this has been done without taxes, without regulations, and without government intervention.
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:14
The Arctic Ocean is warming, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulafft, at Bergen, Norway.
Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unhead-of temperatures in the Arctic zone.
Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes.
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:12
Pastural Farming Climate Research- Members' newsletter
21 February 2011
Dr James Hansen, who is described as a top climatologist from the Goddard Institute has called for a reduction in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
“We have to actually reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere; It’s already increased to about 385 parts per million. If we want to stop the warming and stop the melting of more ice, we are going to have to reduce the CO2 at least back to 350 ppm, and perhaps even somewhat lower.”
This is what he is asking people to do to achieve this;
“There are many things that people can do to reduce their carbon emissions, but changing your light bulb and many of the things are much less effective than changing your diet, because if you eat further down on the food chain rather than animals, which have produced many greenhouse gases, and used much energy in the process of growing that meat, you can actually make a bigger contribution in that way than just about anything. So, that, in terms of individual action, is perhaps the best thing you can do.”
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 18/04/2011 - 21:10
The US president's chief science adviser says the nation's current efforts to tackle climate change are insufficient in the long-term.
Speaking to BBC News at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Washington DC, Professor John Holdren said the current US Congress was unlikely to pass new legislation to put a price on CO2 emissions.
President Obama's administration's efforts, he said, would instead have to focus on developing cleaner technologies, expanding the use of nuclear power and improving energy efficiency.
But he admits that in the long term, these initiatives on their own will not be enough.
Professor John Holdren: "We didn't get as much done as the President had hoped for"
Submitted by climaterealists on Fri, 08/04/2011 - 22:15
5 April 2011
by Professor Chris Rhodes
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