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Canada climate-change stand spurs election talk (Reuters.uk) Canada's minority Conservative government could face a confidence motion over its climate change policy this week but political strategists said it was unlikely the country would be thrown into a quick election over the issue. MIT survey: Climate change tops Americans' environmental concerns (EurekAlert ) According to a recent MIT survey, Americans now rank climate change as the country's most pressing environmental problem-a dramatic shift from three years ago, when they ranked climate change sixth out of 10 environmental concerns. Britain warns China, US on perils of global warming (Eagle Tribune) Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a British government report said yesterday, as the country launched a bid to convince doubters that environmentalism and economic growth can coincide. The day that changed the climate (Vive Le Canada) Climate change has been made the world's biggest priority, with the publication of a stark report showing that the planet faces catastrophe unless urgent measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. World seeks way to fight warming (Daily Telegraph) UN climate talks in Kenya next week will hunt for new ways to fight global warming, stung by a warning that long-term inaction may trigger a cataclysmic economic downturn.

On greenhouse gas intensity (Grist Magazine) A recent news article about the Stern Report contained the following gem from a Bush administration spokeswoman: The statement from spokeswoman Kristen Hellmer said the United States is "well on track to meet the president's goal to reduce greenhouse gas intensity of our economy 18 percent by 2012." This statement makes it sound like the Bush administration is taking on the problem of climate change head-on, with an aggressive program to reduce emissions. But it ain't so. One record year is not global warming (Grist Magazine) So 2005 was a record year. Records are set all the time. One really warm year is not global warming. Answer: This is actually not an unreasonable point - single years taken by themselves can not establish or refute a trend. A Review of World Glacier Trends (CO2 Science Magazine) "Mountain glaciers and ice caps provide the most readily visible evidence of the effects of climate change, and are, therefore, key variables for early-detection strategies in global climate-related observations." Why is Global Warming Such a "Hot" Issue? (John Birch Society) The British government hopes that a soon-to-be released report on global warming will put pressure on the Bush administration to join in the global warming fight. They have even employed former-Vice President Al Gore as an advisor on the issue. Click here for previous news Click for this page's permanent location This site's RSS feed

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