sciam.com - 1/15/2009
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It's a topic that is likely to come up more and more after President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House next week. Obama has said that preventing and reversing global warming will be a top priority in his administration a change from the previous administration's stance that ...
sciam.com - 1/13/2009
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Rare is the forest untouched by man. Whether
logging or clearing land for agriculture , the bulk...
of the world's forests have fallen to crops, cattle or younger trees. According to some estimates, less than 10 percent of forests worldwide can be ...
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Old-Growth Forests Help Combat Climate Change: ...
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A Green 2009 Inauguration Party
Greenopia Environmental News —
... , how about offering up tidbits of information about the major green issues facing the new government? You can even make a Pictionary game out of it just add concepts like climate change , ...
DrumBeat: January 17, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... Norway - Norwegian communities and conservationists today launched a campaign to ban oil exploration and development from parts of their Arctic coast, linking up with WWF-supported campaigns already underway in Alaska and Russia to protect vulnerable fisheries and communities.
The campaigns are supported by studies showing oil returns would be less than those provided in the long term through the protection and sustainable exploitation of resources.
Is combating climate change worth the cost?
So is preventing climate change worth that ...
Are Major Carbon Emission Cuts Worth The Cost?
Environmental Leader —
January 19, 2009 Are Major Carbon Emission Cuts Worth The Cost? cost.jpg Environmentalists and those who reject climate change are in disagreement about the value of major carbon emission cuts, Scientific American reports . Bjorn Lomborg, economist and founder of Copenhagen Consensus; Peter Huber, a senior fellow at Manhattan Institute are among the experts who claim the cuts are not worth the costs they incur. Carbon cutting efforts are too expensive for too little good, Lomborg noted. There are better ways to use those financial resources, he said. Those who said climate ...
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