sciam.com - 3/25/2009
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Global Warming News posted 3/17/09 | 8 comments Connecting Science and Policy to Combat Climate Change Tricky diagnoses abound, whether the field is medicine, auto repair or high finance. For climate change the problem is magnified: Those who have spent decades diagnosing the problem have no ...
desmogblog.com - 3/19/2009
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desmogblog.com —
A new research report out today details the
fact that, despite the global economic meltdown, over 90...
percent of Americans agree that the U.S. should act rapidly to combat global warming, including 34 percent who feel the U.S. should make a ...
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Climate Change is on America's Mind
environmentalleader.com - 3/23/2009
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environmentalleader.com —
A new survey by EnviroMedia Social Marketing shows
that more than half of Americans think global warming...
is caused by humans. Other recent research has shown contradictory opinions. More than 41 percent of Americans think global warming is ...
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New Survey Shows Most Americans Believe Global Warming ...
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Obama cites North Dakota floods in call for climate change action
Ecoearth.info Blog —
[image] President Obama says potentially historic flood levels in North Dakota are a clear example of why steps need to be taken to stop global warming . Heavy rain and blizzards have caused eight rivers in the state to swell to flood levels and emergency management officials are warily watching the Red River, which could surpass record levels late this week."If you look at the flooding that's going on right now in North Dakota and you say to yourself, 'If you see an increase of two degrees, what does that do, in terms of the situation there?'" ...
Is “Washington” Winning?
It's Getting Hot In Here —
... It was encouraging to see Obama, just a few days ago, making the connections between the Red River floods and global warming, doing something I’ve seen few in the mass media doing. According to the Scientific American website, President Obama says [on March 23rd] potentially historic flood levels in North Dakota are a clear example of why steps need to be taken to stop global warming. If you look at the flooding that’s going on right now in North Dakota and you say to yourself, If you see an increase of two degrees, what does that do, in terms of the ...
Green Diamonds: Baseball Stadiums Take a Swing at Energy Efficiency
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... (NRDC), an environmental advocacy group based in New York City, to spearhead the Team Greening Program. The initiative helps teams figure out ways to do their part in protecting the environment and staving off climate change ."This effort is really changing baseball for the better," says Allen Hershkowitz, senior scientist and coordinator of the sports greening project at the NRDC. "Baseball isn't green yet, but it's in the process of greening." The process has unfolded in much the way the game is played, with the MLB's franchises trying to best one another in scoring ...
Wilkins Ice Bridge and What to Worry About
FUTURISM NOW —
... OSLO (Reuters) - An ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered on Saturday and could herald a wider collapse linked to global warming, a leading scientist said. ...
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sciam.com 3/17/2009 — Tricky diagnoses abound, whether the field is medicine, auto repair or high finance. For climate change the problem is magnified: Those who have spent decades diagnosing the problem have no power to write the prescription. [More]
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A troubling trend in Global Warming Denial on the internet
desmogblog.com 1/16/2009 — Our 2008 analysis of global warming misinformation finds that there was a very significant upswing in online activity.
This trend should be troubling to US policymakers and campaigners wanting to implement new greenhouse gas reduction strategies. ...