Climate Change

Melting glaciers threaten floods in Himalayas, Andes

"Residents of the Himalayas and other mountain areas face a 'tough andunpredictable future' as global warming melts glaciers and threatensworse floods and water loss, officials said during U.N. climate talkson Tuesday." Chris Buckley reports for Reuters December 8, 2010.

Climate Change

Europe counts carbon saving of 63,000 grounded flights

Ben Webster – Environment Editor, The Times Online April 19, 2010

The grounding of 63,000 flights over the past four days has saved 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than the annual emissions of many developing countries.

Aviation is responsible for about 2 per cent of global emissions of CO2, but accounts for a much higher proportion of emissions in European nations, which have many frequent flyers. Aircraft are responsible for more than 6 per cent of Britain’s CO2 emissions.

On a normal day, the 28,000 flights in European airspace emit about 560,000 tonnes of CO2, or a third of the world’s aviation emissions.

Climate Change

Not evil just wrong

April 1, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Quoting the documentary's producer/directors, Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer: "Not Evil Just Wrong is the film Al Gore and Hollywood don't want you to see. It's the first film to expose the True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria."

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Organic Underground

255 Front Street, Belleville,

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44° 9' 51.0012" N, 77° 23' 3.0336" W

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Climate Change

The age of stupid

April 1, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

A wave-making feature film from the UK directed by Franny Armstrong. Oscar- nominee Peter Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archival newsreel footage from 2008 and asking why we didn't slow down or stop climate change when we had the chance.

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Organic Underground,

255 Front Street, Belleville

Canada

44° 9' 51.0264" N, 77° 23' 3.5556" W

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Climate Change

Ottawa firm fuels Ferrari F1 Victory (using straw)

An Ottawa high-tech company and an Ottawa-area wheat farmer are celebrating their part in Italy's Ferrari team victory in Sunday's Grand Prix race in the middle eastern Kingdom of Bahrain.

Iogen Corporation produces a type of ethanol in Ottawa, using straw from a farm in Mountain, Ont., just 60 kilometres south of Ottawa. It's that ethanol that was used in the Ferrari cars.

Climate Change

California garbage trucks fueled by ... garbage

By Jason Dearen The Associated Press / January 7, 2010 Methane gas produced in California landfills fuels garbage and recycling trucks, reducing the state's carbon emissions.

Controversial new climate change results

9 November 2009

New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of carbon dioxide has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of carbon dioxide having risen from about 2 billion tons a year in 1850 to 35 billion tons a year now. This suggests that terrestrial ecosystems and the oceans have a much greater capacity to absorb CO2 than had been previously expected.

Climate Change

The carbon the world forgot

November 13, 2009 by Louise Livingstone

Boreal Forests Store More Carbon than Tropical Forests

Ottawa, Ontario—When the world thinks of forests and their value to offset global warming, tropical forests come to mind. A report released today shows that the global impact of Canada’s boreal forest, which stores nearly twice as much carbon per hectare as tropical forests, has been vastly underestimated.

Climate Change

Group Urges Protection of Northern Forests

November 12, 2009, By John Lorinc

Climate Change

Life, Money and Illusion book launch

October 19, 2009 by Louise Livingstone

There is a book launch for Canadian author Mike Nickerson's book Life, Money and Illusion, Living on Earth as if we want to stay.

Is it true that unchecked growth has brought us to the brink of economic and environmental collapse? Mike Nickerson has been studying the issue for almost 40 years and New Society Publishers has published the second edition of his latest book, Life, Money and Illusion; Living on Earth as if we want to stay, to help answer the question.

Come join us for the book launch and discussion. It’s 7 p.m. on November 10 at The Old Church Theatre, 940 Bonisteel Road, Trenton (Quinte West) Ontario. There is no charge for the evening. Hope you can join us.

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The Old Church Theatre

940 Bonisteel Road Trenton

Canada

44° 9' 25.4232" N, 77° 33' 16.5708" W

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Sustainability

Climate Change

April 1, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

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