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The Big Issue | Sceptics fiddle while the planet burns

Robin McKie’s article “Glaciergate was a blunder, but it’s the sceptics who dissemble” (Comment, last week) brings clarity and balance to the debate about climate change science. Yes, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Himalayan glacier projection was wrong, but that doesn’t undermine the rigorous seven-year IPCC process that led to the last assessment report [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

ABOVE magazine: ‘Beauty Will Save the World’

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Dedicated to raising awareness of the planet’s endangered beauty and resources, the new issue of ABOVE magazine goes on shelf next week in the United States.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100130/NY4679…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

Advisory Board “2015: Women and Expo”: an Initiative to Promote Women’s Development in the World, Davos, 29 January 2010

MILAN and DAVOS, Switzerland, January 29 /PRNewswire/ — The Advisory
Board “2015: Women and Expo” met this morning in Davos to launch a five year
plan to promote women’s entrepreneurial creativity in the world, particularly
in relation to the them…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Obama eager to help advance climate bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants to advance a climate bill that has been stalled in the U.S. Senate, but he did not say it had to include a cap-and-trade market for emissions blamed for warming the planet.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

Oh happy days

It may look grim out there, but unemployment is down, days are getting longer – and Tony Blair is set to provide us with the best daytime TV ever. Tim Dowling brings us 25 reasons to be cheerfulThe skies are dark, the weather is ­terrible, your job isn’t safe, the economy is in a [...]

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

World’s glaciers continue to melt at historic rates

Latest figures show the world’s glaciers are continuing to melt so fast that many will disappear by the middle of this centuryGlaciers across the globe are continuing to melt so fast that many will disappear by the middle of this century, the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) said today.The announcement of the latest annual results [...]

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

A Care Tag for Our Planet: Levi’s(R) Care Tags Promote Donating to Goodwill

First Levi’s(R) Jeans with Care Tags Now on Store Shelves
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Goodwill and Levi’s® are launching a new initiative this month, “Care Tag for Our Planet,” designed at diverting billions of pounds of unw…

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

World economic growth at odds with climate targets

As the UK is expected to emerge from recession, the New Economics Foundation says endless growth is pushing the planet’s biosphere ‘beyond its safe limits’Economic growth is not compatible with climate change targets for rich countries, according to a new report out today.The New Economics Foundation (NEF) warns that global economic expansion is not possible [...]

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Honeybee Population Decline and Its Devastating Effects Are Topic of ‘Vanishing of the Bees’

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Bee Native, The Honeybee Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council announce the creation of a February 4th fundraiser for “Vanishing of the Bees,” a new documentary that comprehensively demystifies the coll…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |