Global warming, climate change, activism
Posted in Canada, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Politics, UK, USA on Mar 16th, 2009
We have to change the terminology; according to scientists who attended the International Climate Change Congress in Copenhagen, the phrases “climate change” and “global warming” need to be retooled to better represent the stark reality that we are now facing. A climate catastrophe — or climate breakdown — would seem to be better choices for [...]
Posted in Activism, Ain't Easy Being Green, Climate Change Science, Global Warming Myths on Mar 6th, 2009
When I was studying science at Dalhousie, one of my professors was Gordon Ogden who was publishing regularly in scientific journals to warn about the dangers of acid rain. At one lecture, he explained that the pristine lakes and rivers in Nova Scotia — we had a multimillion dollar sport fishery at the time — [...]
Posted in Climate Change Science on Mar 3rd, 2009
Rain Forests destined to become carbon sources Researchers from Australia’s CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship and Sustainable Ecosystems and CSIRO’s Global Carbon Project have found that higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is killing trees in the rain forest, and the consequences could be devastating. The data comes from 116 tropical rain forest plots, and mirrors [...]
Posted in Climate Change Science, Politics, USA on Mar 1st, 2009
At his January inauguration, President Barack Obama promised to “restore science to its rightful place” and his budgetary plans propose to do exactly that. In particular, climate-change research would receive a large funding increase and several departments and agencies will be required to refocus their efforts to better understand global warming and what it means [...]
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science on Feb 25th, 2009
Scientists throughout the world have spent the last year research the Arctic and Antarctica in what has been dubbed the International Polar Year (IPY), and their aggregated results are stunning. Both regions are warming far faster than expected and that makes drastic climate change — and dramatically rising sea levels — far more likely. Researchers [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Climate Change Science, Climate Change Solutions, Politics, Red Letter Campaign on Feb 18th, 2009
Let Environment Canada’s Scientists Speak! We’re calling on the Liberals, NDP, Green Party, and Bloc Quebecois to work together to overturn a preposterous and dangerous situation: Environment Canada’s top climate scientists have been muzzled so they can no longer speak to the media without approval from their Conservative overlords. Since when has it been against [...]
Posted in Canada, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Politics, USA on Feb 16th, 2009
It’s only two years since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report was published, but it’s already out-of-date, according to Dr. Christopher Field, one of the IPCC lead authors. Field says that the pace of global warming has accelerated beyond recent predictions because industrial greenhouse gas emissions have increased faster than expected [...]
Posted in Canada, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Politics, UK, USA on Feb 9th, 2009
Politicians aren’t listening, so climate scientists are convening an emergency meeting in Copenhagen in March to collate the latest scientific findings so they can exert pressure on the international negotiating teams that will meet in Copenhagen next December. The International Scientific Congress on Climate Change will run from March 10-12, and will feature keynotes by [...]
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Old King Coal on Feb 6th, 2009
Plans for controversial Coal-to-Liquid plant dropped The Air Force has scrapped a plan to build a coal-to-liquids plant at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Air Force spokesman Gary Strasburg cited environmental concerns as one of the factors that led to the plan’s withdrawal, though the official statement did not mention such concerns. Finally, some [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Clean Technology, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Energy Efficiency, Old King Coal, Politics, Progressive Coalition, Red Letter Campaign on Feb 3rd, 2009
We need to reach Michael Ignatieff and the Liberal Party of Canada. We think he’s biding his time, and preparing to bring down the Conservatives later this year. That’s all well and good. But even if the Conservatives are defeated in a general election, and the Liberals gain a majority, we still believe that our [...]