The British novelist Ian McEwan, inspired by the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, changed the finished manuscript of his new book about a scientist working on a technology to address global warming.
The end of the book is set in summer 2009, and McEwan introduced a new scene, in the last few pages, in which [...]
Victims of Hurricane Katrina are moving to sue carbon gas-emitting multinationals for helping fuel global warming and boosting the tragic 2005 storm.
The class action suit brought by residents from southern Mississippi, which was ravaged by hurricane-force winds and driving rains during the storm, was first filed just weeks after Katrina hit in August of 2005.
The [...]
The European Union is probably the most progressive bloc of countries in the world when it comes to green policies, trumping the United States in many areas like climate legislation and restrictions on toxic chemicals.
So why is an American attorney seeking to bring lawsuits against the bloc and its member states for environmental shortcomings?
James Thornton, [...]
February 23, 2010 – 2:33 pm
Top researchers are in agreement that the world is likely to see stronger in intensity yet fewer in frequency hurricanes in the future – and this is because of global warming.
Since right before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005, dueling scientists have sparred over whether global warming is worsening hurricanes. A new study [...]
February 17, 2010 – 6:30 am
Donald Trump is in the green news today. The billionaire wants the Nobel Committee to strip former Vice President Al Gore of his Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump reportedly told a country club crowd of 500 that the recent snow storms on the east coast prove that Gore is wrong about global warming:
“With the coldest winter ever [...]
February 15, 2010 – 7:46 am
With a snowstorm blanketing the Northeast and much of the country this winter, deniers of global warming jumped at the opportunity to disprove Al Gore. A large number of these deniers were over at Fox News. And those deniers found themselves the butt of jokes by Stephen Colbert, on his show over the weekend. [...]
February 14, 2010 – 8:01 am
Oh the irony when art and reality collide…
The plants which Henry David Thoreau catalogued around Walden Pond in Massachusetts more than 150 years ago, and the information which he gathered, is helping to illustrate the effects of invasive species and global warming on the area today.
Climate change has given invasive and nonnative species a leg [...]
January 24, 2010 – 1:17 pm
Business mastermind and software revolutionary turned full-time philanthropist, Bill Gates gave his two cents on a very hot button issue when he posted on his sort-of-blog “Gates Notes”, about cutting green house emissions. The name of the article is “We Need Productivity and Sustainability.”
He opined that cutting emissions by 30% by 2025 is unrealistic, [...]
January 19, 2010 – 1:41 pm
Anthony Watts runs a Web site that has become the most popular portal for climate news and opinions of interest to people aiming to rebut insistent claims that humans are poised to disrupt the climate. James E. Hansen of
NASA has long been the most prominent scientist advocating sharp and prompt cuts in emissions of [...]
January 11, 2010 – 9:52 am
Ocean Fertilization
The idea of Ocean Fertilization is based on the ability of ocean plankton to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere. If you feed plankton with nutrients and minerals, like iron, they’ll grow, meaning they can take up more carbon dioxide.
Manmade Volcanoes
Massive volcano eruptions can serve to cool down the Earth; [...]
