Al Gore:Global Environmental Ambassador
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Support Al Gore in Bali!!! :)
In Bali, Indonesia thousands of delegates from nearly 190 countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Climate Change. In ten days, I will address the conference to urge the adoption of a visionary new treaty to address global warming and I want to bring your voices with me.
Click here to sign my petition today and I will bring your signatures on stage with me as a clear demonstration of our resolve:
http://climateprotect.org/standwithal
Together, we will call on the US government to assume a new leadership role in solving the climate crisis.
World leaders including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd have all agreed to aggressively battle the climate crisis - yet our country still lags behind.
Over the next ten days, I would like you to help me get people from across the country to sign our message to the global community. We can demonstrate that the American people understand the immediacy of the climate crisis and want to work with the nations of the world to solve it. Time is short - we need to mobilize everyone to bring this message to Bali: http://climateprotect.org/standwithal
The American people want a visionary treaty to address climate change and for the US government to play a positive leadership role in its development.
Thank you,
Al Gore In Bali, Indonesia thousands of delegates from nearly 190 countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Climate Change. In ten days,... more -
Al Gore Keynote Speaker At Turks and Caicos Environmental Conference
The conference took place from the 18th to 20th. This conference was very important in regards to discussing our oceans and coral reefs which sustain many species including our own. The conference took place from the 18th to 20th. This conference was very important in regards to discussing our oceans and coral reef... more
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Strange Bedfellows
Schwarzenegger and Gore partnering for something...maybe they should just run the country.
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US gives a hoot, poor nations tremble: Coal usage and another environment panel!
Expectedly, the Americans on the team are the most smug. And why should they not be? A few months ago some US scientists complained in international conferences about the complicity of the US in increasing global warning. Bushs environmental cronies got furious. They drafted guidelines about what may and may not be said by US scientists to their foreign counterparts. So it is understandable that the onus of cleaning up the environment lies with poorer nations while the US carries on polluting the environment. Expectedly, the Americans on the team are the most smug. And why should they not be? A few months ago some US scientists complained in... more
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Forest fires emit CO2 in millions-of-tons each year
I almost feel ashamed in making that last statement and it reminds of that little moment in the flick Independence Day as the scientists tell the president of US that the last few days, since the alien attack have been exciting. I almost feel ashamed in making that last statement and it reminds of that little moment in the flick Independence Day as the scient... more
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Fossil fuel: To burn or not to burn, that is the question
According to Lovelock even the grimmest predictions of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which bagged the Nobel Peace Prize for this year, are an understatement of the fact. Reality, has says, is far more grave. His theory is that burning of fossil fuel produces a global haze in the Earths atmosphere which actually reduces the temperature of the earth by a couple of degrees by shielding it. A sudden absence of such shield would prove disastrous for the planet.
He says,
Were damned if we continue to burn fuel, and damned if we stop too suddenly. According to Lovelock even the grimmest predictions of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which bagged the Nobel Peace ... more -
Floods cause havoc in Mexico's Gulf Coast
President Vicente Calderon described the calamity as one of the worst catastrophes that ever hit the country. He has even cancelled an overseas tour to look after the grim situation. Despite being oil-rich the Gulf-coast region is one of the poorest in the country and the homeless people are in immediate need of fresh drinking water, food and shelter. The historic capital city of Villa Hermosa is inhabited by half a million residents and is overflowed by floods. Although Mexico has not asked for international help, yet the grim situation might demand an international aid flow. President Vicente Calderon described the calamity as one of the worst catastrophes that ever hit the country. He has even cancelled an... more
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Climate change to hit world tourism hard!
Here are the predictions as stated on the report. The UN predicts that there will be fewer tourists traveling internationally from now on. The tourists in the Americas wont settle for long flights anymore. So the international flights will probably be the worst sufferers. Here are the predictions as stated on the report. The UN predicts that there will be fewer tourists traveling internationally from now... more
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Insurers! Take climate change seriously or you may be swept away
Better start getting global warming insurance for your homes and cars.
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79 million eucalyptus and teak trees to be planted in Indonesia
I believe we can to!
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Inner Mongolia grasslands turning to sand
Biologists have acknowledged that we may survive climate change, but we will not survive biological collapse or mass species extinction. The answer to our survival doesn't just lie in technology, but also family planning (at least a zero population growth) and massive cuts in resource consumption. A revolution in modern economies, modern living, and modern consciousness is needed if we are to survive this Frankenstein we call American modernization. Biologists have acknowledged that we may survive climate change, but we will not survive biological collapse or mass species extinctio... more
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Al Gore To Give Keynote In Bali
I am so hopeful with Mr. Gore giving the keynote in Bali next month at the UN summit on climate change! I have been hoping and asking that he do this. And it will be just days after his Nobel acceptance. I really do have a good feeling about this, and that this will be the catalyst for a global change taking place. And I agree with Mr. Gore that calling it 'Kyoto" may give a negative connotation to it so it should be named something totally different. And I am also hoping that any treaty forged there takes into account that those nations that are polluting the most and that have caused the effects of this should contribute more than others in footing the bill to mitigate what they have done and continue to do, and that includes China. While I believe this must be a global effort, I do not believe that Africa and other parts of the world that have not contributed to the effects of this crisis should be penalized, especially since they are feeling the worst effects of it due to our behavior. I hope to see a fair treaty and one that truly looks to the scientific facts rather than trying to appease certain political interests. I am so hopeful with Mr. Gore giving the keynote in Bali next month at the UN summit on climate change! I have been hoping and asking ... more
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