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admin /28 October, 2009
Climate change is a feminist issue
Granting women control over their own reproduction would combat overpopulation and reduce carbon emissions
When it emerged earlier this year that Obama’s science tsar John Holdren had once, back in 1977, co-authored a textbook discussing possible methods of population control, among them sterilisation, America’s rightwing fury machine triumphantly seized upon it, dubbing him Obama’s “science fiction tsar”.
admin /28 October, 2009
Europe puts figure on green aid to push climate change deal
- David Adam, environment correspondent
- guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 October 2009 20.34 GMT
- Article history
Delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference walk past human-shaped lifesize ice sculptures, featuring slogans calling to stop harming and start helping world’s climate. Photograph: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images
Europe is to breathe life into the faltering search for a new global deal on climate change by pledging billions of pounds in financial support for poor countries, the Guardian can reveal.
admin /28 October, 2009
Fossil Fuel Subsidies More Than Double Those for Renewables
Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). The study, which reviewed fossil fuel and energy subsidies for Fiscal Years 2002-2008, revealed that the lion’s share of energy subsidies supported energy sources that emit high levels of greenhouse gases.
The research demonstrates that the federal government provided substantially larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewables. Fossil fuels benefited from approximately US $72 billion over the seven-year period, while subsidies for renewable fuels totaled only $29 billion.
More than half the subsidies for renewables—$16.8 billion—are attributable to corn-based ethanol. Of the fossil fuel subsidies, $70.2 billion went to traditional sources—such as coal and oil—and $2.3 billion went to carbon capture and storage.
admin /27 October, 2009
Mountains look best with their tops on (Source grist)
Coal River Mountain, a symbol of hope, is slated for destruction
Coal River Mountain may be flashing the world topless without your help.Reports are coming in from residents of West Virginia’s Coal River Valley that Massey Energy has begun mountaintop removal mining operations on Coal River Mountain. Sprawling across thousands of acres of diverse and pristine hardwood forests, this mountain is home to the tallest peaks ever permitted for destruction in the state of West Virginia. The mountain also became a powerful symbol of hope for a better future in the Appalachian coalfields after a study showed those peaks and ridges have wind resources as high as “Class 7,” which is the highest rating on the scale.
admin /27 October, 2009
Methane leakage runs up a $50bn bill
Methane is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, so when it’s leaking by the ton, it’s a $50bn problem. From Grist, part of the Guardian Environment Network
Methane is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, so when it’s leaking by the ton, it’s a $50 billion problem. The New York Times described the phenomenon of methane leakage in a recent article which raised questions about the true costs of this waste.
admin /27 October, 2009
Science Museum unveils climate change map showing impact of 4C rise
A new map of the world that details the likely effects of a failure to cut carbons emissions has been developed by Met Office scientists
Details from a map showing the impact of a global temperature rise of 4C. Photograph: Met Office
The British government today raised the political stakes on climate change when it published a new map of the world that details the likely effects of a failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
