Posts from ‘October, 2009’

via guardian.co.uk Deep in the Himalayas, the disappearance of glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhutan. Anjali Nayar trekked through the mountains to see how the country is adapting to a warming world. From Climate Feedback part of Guardian Environment Network. Posted via web from Global Warming News

via globalwarming.change.org Indonesia has accelerated ahead of India, Brazil, Japan, Germany and the UK to take bronze medal in the race to become the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. What? It’s not a race? Well Indonesia are treating it like one. Illegal logging of 10 million hectares and subsequent burning has propelled Indonesia into [...]

via globalwarming.change.org Indonesia has accelerated ahead of India, Brazil, Japan, Germany and the UK to take bronze medal in the race to become the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. What? It’s not a race? Well Indonesia are treating it like one. Illegal logging of 10 million hectares and subsequent burning has propelled Indonesia into [...]

AMSTERDAM — The U.N. climate change chief says reaching a final global warming treaty will be impossible this year, but that the principles of that accord must be determined at a conference in December. Yvo de Boer says the treaty’s details can be filled in over the next year, but the political deal must be [...]

via universetoday.com The idea that the world is now cooling has been repeated in opinion columns, talk radio, pundit television and more. After a poll was released last week indicating that only 57 percent of Americans now believe there is strong scientific evidence for global warming, which is down from 77 percent in 2006, Seth [...]

SYDNEY (AP) — A new report into the effects of climate change on Australia‘s vast coastline is forcing Aussies to consider the unthinkable: life away from the surf. Beach culture is key to the nation’s identity. Some 80 percent of people live along the coast, so oceanside living is often seen as a virtual birthright. [...]

via digitaljournal.com President Barack Obama warned of increased skepticism on global warming and related legislative initiatives – as more Americans question the threat. Citing “overwhelming scientific evidence,” U.S. President Barack Obama sought to paint a picture of a “marginalized” population of global warming critics ahead of a key congressional push on cap and trade legislation. [...]

By Jeff Mason CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw consensus building in the U.S. Congress on climate change and energy legislation that is considered critical to international talks on a new global warming pact. Obama, who supports a bill to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, promoted the legislation during [...]

via examiner.com In a new poll released by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, public belief in the global warming theory and the theoretical dangers it presents continues to wane. The poll results show public opinion continues to shift as global temperatures cool and skeptics find their voice in the public [...]

In response to pressure from environmental groups, Toyota issued a statement on Friday distancing the automaker from the Chamber’s opposition to climate change legislation. “Toyota is a member of a wide array of groups, but none has our full proxy,” wrote Toyota executive Josephine Cooper. “Our association with any one of them does not signify [...]