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Poznan Climate Talks Kick Off This Week

International climate talks kick off this week in Poznan, Poland.  Around 192 delegates representing countries from around the world and over 9000 attendees will join in the 12 day conference.  The aim is to find ways forward following the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.  Poznan will lay the ... keep reading

Written by Chris Tobias yesterday, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Politics

Diversity and Disagreement Within the Environmental Community

Will Rogers once famously said "I belong to no organized party. I'm a Democrat." The same might be said of the environmental movement which has so much diversity of thought within its ranks and organizations, that it can hardly be called a single movement at all. And I am ... keep reading

Written by Leslie Berliant yesterday, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions, Politics, Pollution

No carbon disclosure here, thanks.

Contributed by Nick Rosen, Off-Grid.org.  Nick is currently writing Off-Grid America and looking for amazing off-grid people - including people who are successful in  their own  field of expertise other than environment. Contact him via nick@off-grid.netDickinson: must fly - planet to saveThe Carbon Disclosure Project is a ... keep reading

Written by Nick Rosen, Off-Grid.org yesterday, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions, Pollution, Travel

Long-game

From Throbgoblins International: Cantankerous Frank       Neither Frank nor Ernest were invited to Poland this week. Greenhouse gases will probably linger forever, but we are planning massive new coal burning power stations long before the technology (to make them anything but catastrophic) is either available or even proven feasable. Slow learners ... keep reading

Written by Marc Roberts this week, about Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions

Anticipating Change: Building a Sanctuary for the Future

Located on a historic rise the southern coast of Singapore, the Po Ern Shi Temple (or Temple of Thanksgiving) is a shining example of what can be achieved with a group dedicated to social and environmental objectives.  Back in 2000, the directors at this forward focused Buddhist temple identified key ... keep reading

Written by Chris Tobias this week, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Design, Energy Saving, Green energy, Philosophy & Religion, Population, Solar, Water, Weather

Final Wilkins Ice-Sheet Breakup Looms

By Johnny Rook, editor of Climaticide ChroniclesThe European Space Agency (ESA) announced today that new Envisat Asar photos show new rifts have formed in Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf. The ice shelf, which is connected to two islands, Charcot and Latady, is the anchor for the ice sheet behind ... keep reading

Written by Johnny R. this week, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Weather

Time to Lead

On the 11th of December 2008, European political leaders will decide what their response to global warming is going to be. Last year, they agreed to a 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Now, with the downturn in the economy, that deal is under threat with only a ... keep reading

Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Climate Change, Emissions, Politics, Protest (1 comment)

One Shot Left

The latest science suggests that preventing runaway climate change means total decarbonisation. By George Monbiot. George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors off their hinges, he is determined that there will be nothing worth owning by ... keep reading

Written by George Monbiot this week, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Politics, Pollution

Fixing the Climate: “On the Scale of WWII but Longer”

By Johnny Rook, editor of Climaticide Chronicles James Hansen and Joe Romm A few days ago, Dr. James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and perhaps the world’s leading climate scientist, released a draft of a paper entitled Tell Barack Obama the Truth–The Whole Truth ... keep reading

Written by Johnny R. this week, about Climate Change, Politics (2 comments)

Making the Environment Real

Having just come through an election in Canada in which I was a Green Party candidate, and in which the anti-science, anti-environment Conservative government was re-elected, gave me cause to wonder what happened to my pro-environment Canadians. "The environment" was the #1 concern of Canadians not so long ago - before ... keep reading

Written by Brian Gordon last month, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Politics (2 comments)

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