A step in the right direction. But a long way to go. That’s about as much as Exxon’s revenues over 2 years. Washington, DC – December 4, 2009 – Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and The Climate Prosperity Alliance today launched their Global Climate Prosperity Scoreboard® which tracks private investment in companies growing the …
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Climategate – what’s the point
Climategate Proves Sunlight Best Reply to Skeptics: Eric Pooley comment via Bloomberg … Climate skeptics pretend the e-mails are proof that man- made global warming is a hoax, the scientific consensus rigged. That’s preposterous. The hacked scientists and their defenders argue that the e- mails amount to a tempest in a teacup, just another trumped-up …
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Why cars are greener than buses (maybe)
A nice story about when and why cars are not as bad as you think, but you should still take public transport, or bike, or foot, especially if you live in town. And for quick reference here are the basic stats: The average car emits something like 180g per passenger kilometre. You may be surprised …
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The problem with carbon trading
While I appreciate the positive aspect of carbon trading – that it draws attention to the problem of overconsumption of energy, in particular fossil fuels – it is a distraction from focussing on the real problem of changing the way we do things. A new report of carbon trading articulates the increasing risks of focussing …
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Extinction threat to humans growing.
The headline might be more dramatic than the original: “Species’ extinction threat grows”. But it’s more to the point. If they are dying faster, nature is changing faster. Humans can not adapt to an environment much different from the one we inhabit, especially in terms of temperature, moisture, oxygen. But mostly, we’ll just run out …
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No Plan “B”
The world faces a “catastrophe” of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change. Negotiators have 50 days to save the world from global warming and break the “impasse”. There is no plan B. This is the message of Gordon Brown at the Major Economies Forum in …
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Maldives cabinet meets under water to highlight climate change.
See the video: BBC: Maldives cabinet makes a splash
Species extinction accelerating.
Statistics demonstrate that the extinction rates of animal species are much higher than had been predicted only a few years ago. Scientists are warning of an alarming increase in the extinction rates because of threats to biodiversity and ecosystems posed by pollution, climate change and urban spread. Freshwater species are most affected, becoming extinct six …
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The recession has not slowed humanity’s consumption of the planet.
You would have thought that an economic recession, which has slowed spending, raised unemployment and impacted trade, would have had a beneficial effect on humanity’s ecological footprint. But it has not. The Consumption Explosion continues. Humanity’s footprint is still as large as ever. Today is “ecological debt day”, the day that humanity has used the …
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