Climate Change
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Lifestyle Medicine Australia : Health Information : Patient Information
lifestylemedicine.net.au via @lifestylemed &bull 19 Minutes AgoAt the National Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Sydney, Dr Garry Egger read out an open letter to politicians about the need for action on the interrelated threat of obesity and climate change. The letter is co-signed by 2003 Australian of… Full Story »
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RI.gov : Rhode Island Government : CAPRIO SIGNS ON TO CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN AT THE UNITED NATIONS
www.ri.gov via @stardog235 &bull 33 Minutes AgoThe plan will also require tougher scrutiny of carbon-intensive investments that may pose long-term financial risks. Caprio was a convener of the Investor Summit on Climate Risk, hosted by the United Nations Foundation and CERES, a coalition of investors, environmental and public interest groups. More than 450 investors, financial and corporate leaders from around the world attended the event. Signatories to the… Full Story »
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Climate change could increase the risk of hurricanes in the Caribbean
www.ilstv.com via @ilstv &bull 34 Minutes AgoClimate change could significantly increase the risk of hurricanes and storms in the Caribbean and threaten future development in the region, concludes a new study released by the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). Damage from wind, storm surge and… Full Story »
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Free Flight New Media: Climate Change Is Worse Than We Thought
freeflightnewmedia.typepad.com via @curtislwalker &bull 50 Minutes AgoBalanced Political and Economic News, Opinion, Advocacy, Grassroots, Constituent Organizing and Centrist Information for National, State and Local Issues without the SPIN of Corporate Media. The challenge of climate change and its warrior activists have asked many things of us… Full Story »
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Climate Change, Scientific Evidence Media Sensationalism
politicsworldwide.com via @sensationalism &bull 1 Hour AgoClimate change is an incredibly difficult thing to discuss, especially since none of us are scientists. I would point out that there is no such thing as BBC weather - the Met Office provides the service to the BBC so the forecasters there are all Met Office rather than BBC as such. The difference between this climate change and that of ages past is that firstly we don't have things… Full Story »
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Nigeria: Minister Warns On Climate Change-Induced Disasters
www.waterconserve.info via @DisastersHappen &bull 1 Hour AgoDaily Trust: Nigeria is susceptible to climate change-induced disasters, Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey has warned. Odey said yesterday in Minna that climate induced disasters may soon affect the country as he maintained that research had revealed that Nigeria would succumb to the adverse effects… Full Story »
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'Tides of Resilience' | Friends of the Earth Melbourne
www.melbourne.foe.org.au via @FoEAustralia &bull 1 Hour AgoClimate change is impacting communities around the world, particularly in developing countries. Witness these impacts on rural villages in Bangladesh through a mix of prints, a photographic book and a multimedia production at the exhibition 'Tides of Resilience' by photojournalist… Full Story »
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Financing said vital for world climate change deal - Climate Change - GREEN NEWS - ECOSEED Global Green News Portal
ecoseed.org via @carbonexpo_oz &bull 1 Hour AgoGENEVA, September 1 (Reuters) - A global fund to help poorer countries switch to green industrial technology is vital in any new international pact to battle global warming, Switzerland's top climate change negotiator said on Wednesday. The official, Franz Perrez, was speaking at a news conference on the eve… Full Story »
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I am happy that truth has come out: Pachauri - Times of India - Story Analysis by BuzzBox
www.buzzbox.com via @cedricBuzzBox &bull 1 Hour AgoGoogle News: Sci/Tech - TopNews New Zealand I am happy that truth has come out: Pachauri ~ Times of India ~ Cleared of financial wrongdoing, RK Pachauri, who heads the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, is weighing reforms put forth by a UN-ordered probe. You have emerged unscathed out of the accusations about your role as chairman of the IPCC. ...… Full Story »
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Metz!, The danger is that global warming may become...
metz77.tumblr.com via @Metz77 &bull 2 Hours AgoThe danger is that global warming may become self-sustaining, if it has not done so already. The melting of the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps reduces the fraction of solar energy reflected back into space, and so increases the temperature… Full Story »
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Updated standard provides new guidance for using forests to address climate change - Climate Action Reserve
www.climateactionreserve.org via @EI_EcoNewsfeed &bull 2 Hours AgoLos Angeles, CA - The newest version of the Forest Project Protocol from the Climate Action Reserve, North America's largest carbon offset registry, has been officially released for use in the carbon market. Updates in version 3.2 of the protocol create stronger… Full Story »
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Michigan, Wisconsin to cooperate on climate change issues
winonadailynews.com via @WinonaDailyNews &bull 2 Hours AgoLANSING, Mich. - Michigan and Wisconsin plan to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine the best strategies to adapt to climate change as part of an effort to protect the Great Lakes region. Michigan DNRE Director Rebecca… Full Story »
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Climate change could cost Kansas billion
www.sunpublications.com via @GreenIsTweet &bull 2 Hours AgoThose of you bored with talk of the persistent heat and the even-more-persistent recession reacted appropriately. You call that a hot spell? You ain't seen nothin' yet. And as for the Great Recession? Hah. Someday these will seem like the good old days. Just wait until we feel the full impact… Full Story »
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American Spectator: Wind Power Could Result in Higher Workplace Fatalities, Heritage Study Shows
katypundit.com via @elemonader &bull 2 Hours AgoBut a new study from the Heritage Foundation also shows that wind power could be more dangerous to worker safety than traditional energy sources. The tragic explosions in Massey's Upper Big Branch coal mine and the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig… Full Story »
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Climate change picked to hit health
www.stuff.co.nz via @DUU_NZ &bull 3 Hours AgoTwo GPs are warning that doctors need to be prepared for a wave of new ailments this century caused by climate change, including more accidents, gastroenteritis, skin cancer, depression and dengue fever. Speaking at the Royal NZ College of GPs… Full Story »
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Green Aviation Urgently Needed To Fight and Adapt To Climate Change Says AIAA Report
beforeitsnews.com via @nanopatents &bull 3 Hours AgoThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released a report stressing the urgency of developing more energy-efficient "green" aviation, and the critical need to use aerospace technology in monitoring, mitigating, and adapting to climate change. The report is… Full Story »
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Coal seam gas is no solution to climate change
www.sixdegrees.org.au via @sixde6rees &bull 3 Hours AgoThe coal seam gas industry is fond of positioning itself as a solution to climate change. They have managed to convince the Queensland Government of this - Queensland has set a target of 18% of domestic energy to be provided by gas by 2020. But much like the earlier claims of the fossil fuel industry that so-called 'clean coal' would solve the climate crisis, the arguments about the climate… Full Story »
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Tom Nelson: Breaking: CO2 will allegedly cause food poisoning and increasing rates of depression
tomnelson.blogspot.com via @tan123 &bull 3 Hours AgoTwo GPs are warning that doctors need to be prepared for a wave of new ailments this century caused by climate change, including more accidents, gastroenteritis, skin cancer, depression and dengue fever. Speaking at the Royal NZ College of GPs… Full Story »
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Climate Change Fraud - Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up: Sep. 2, 2010
www.climatechangefraud.com via @Greengamma &bull 3 Hours AgoSockeye salmon sock it to Suzuki, greenwashing corporations boycott their own boycott when faced with a counter-boycott and Greenpeace gets whacked by Greenland and unfriended by Facebook. Despite outspending the Koch brothers by a factor of 3 to 1, Gore's… Full Story »
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Software developers urged to help out with climate models
www.cwwa2009.com via @kathypalmersea &bull 3 Hours AgoComputer scientist urges software developers to help climate scientists produce better modelling tools. A study by a computer scientist at the University of Toronto suggests that the computer models used to predict climate change may be undermined due to a… Full Story »
