Higher costs for city water, rising home-insurance rates as sea levels rise, and programs to encourage people to leave their fossil-fuel-burning cars at home were cited Tuesday as ways that climate change is, or soon will be, hitting home for B.C. residents.
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10.19.2011
The U.S. Could Get 120+% of Power From Solar Transmission Line and Highway land thinkprogress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346974/solar-transmission-lines/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
by John Farrell What if the U.S. could get 20 percent of its power from solar near transmission lines without covering virgin desert? It could. Transmission right-of-way corridors, vast swaths of vegetation-free landscape to protect high-voltage power lines, could provide enough space for over 600,0...
Major investors seek new carbon emissions treaty www.google.com
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1mQb4r-v6t3epq3-JphpBB0hfwA?docId=6f13aa5704514dbfb4928ef5401c0707
Irish firms start to see fiscal benefits of carbon reporting
Irish business leaders are starting to put sustainability and carbon reporting at the core of their business-planning strategies, recognising both the challenges and the opportunities arising from climate change and emissions reduction strategies. Thats according to the latest Carbon Disclosure Pro...
10.18.2011
Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts thinkprogress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/ 2011/10/18/346333/evidence-bui lds-that-scientists-underplay- climate-impacts/?utm_source=fe edburner&utm_medium=email&utm_ campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogre ss%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress% 29
Far from being “alarmist,” predictions from climate scientists in many cases are proving to be more conservative than observed climate-induced impacts. The observed rate of Arctic ice loss exceeds the projections of all IPCC climate models — by NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve updated through 2011 (...
Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ dr-joel-hoffman/five-ways-your -bible-tran_b_1007058.html
Group says Tibetan set herself on fire in protest www.google.com
http://www.google.com/hostedne ws/ap/article/ALeqM5htN_oXW7iF Q-QpNUMFfS2kyOYVvA?docId=025b0 c27481a49baa3c05fea6c6e816e
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press – 49 minutes ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-d iv', { "size" : "small", "count" : "...
10.17.2011
Norman Morrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N orman_Morrison
Climate 'grave' security threat www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie nce-environment-15342682
US military says clean energy, dealing with climate change is a matter of national security redgreenandblue.org
http://redgreenandblue.org/201 1/10/17/us-military-says-clean -energy-dealing-with-climate-c hange-is-a-matter-of-national- security/
Media Ignore Study On Real Price Of Coal-Fired Power | Media Matters for America www.mediamatters.org
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2 01110120006
A study published in the prestigious journal American Economic Review estimates that the costs imposed on society by air pollution from coal-fired power plants are greater than the value added to the economy by the industry. The study concluded that coal may be "underregulated" since the price we pa...
Another Tibetan Sets Fire to Self Over China Rule www.post-gazette.com
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg /11290/1182802-82.stm
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10.16.2011
Alaska woman joins protests with Occupy the Tundra banner www.reuters.com
DON'T MISS: Herman Cain’s deep ties to FASCIST Koch brothers key to campaign www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/long-ties-to-koch-brothers-key-to-cains-campaign/2011/10/16/gIQAKTLPoL_story.html
Sean Penn: Tea party wants to ‘lynch’ Obama - CLICK www.politico.com
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/1011/Sean_Penn_Tea_party_wants_to_lynch_Obama.html
(Photo Credit: AP) Sean Penn – actor, activist and outspoken liberal – unloaded on the tea party during an appearance on CNN’s “Piers Morgan” on Friday. Looking particularly scruffy, Penn echoed comments made by his Hollywood colleague Morgan Freeman last month, explaining why he thinks the tea pa...
Obama GOP appointee says GOP lawmakers are do-nothings - CBS News www.cbsnews.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/14/ap/cabstatepent/main20120536.shtml
10.15.2011
Fighting world hunger with hunger [strike] at home - Roanoke.com www.roanoke.com
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/299738
A Roanoke County accountant is calling attention to the issue by not eating.
10.14.2011
Parliamentarian’s hunger strike highlights Afghan political crisis www.globalpost.com
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/afghanistan/111013/parliamentarian%E2%80%99s-hunger-strike-highlights-afg
Starbucks concerned world coffee supply is threatened by climate change www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/13/starbucks-coffee-climate-change-threat?newsfeed=true
10.13.2011
N.H. Retail Politics Seen as Boon to Climate Change Issue www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/10/11/11greenwire-nh-retail-politics-seen-as-boon-to-climate-cha-15441.html
Perry Officials Censored Climate Change Report, Mother Jones Says www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/perry-officials-climate-change-report_n_1007339.html
Engineering the climate is last and scariest option, says US scientist www.guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/12/engineering-planets-climate-scientist?newsfeed=true
Global CO2 emissions at record high; extreme steps needed says new research uk.ibtimes.com
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20111013/global-co2-emissions-record-high-extreme-steps-needed-says-research.htm
10.12.2011
Canadian firms warming to climate-change measures www.theglobeandmail.com
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadian-firms-warming-to-climate-change-measures/article2197896/
EU Considered 30 Euro Floor for CO2 Starting in 2013, Lobby Says - Businessweek www.businessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-11/eu-considered-30-euro-floor-for-co2-starting-in-2013-lobby-says.html
10.11.2011
Growing Himalayan lake a sign of climate change disaster to come www.smh.com.au
http://www.smh.com.au/world/growing-himalayan-lake-a-sign-of-climate-change-disaster-to-come-20111011-1lj1j.html
Growing Himalayan lake a sign of climate change disaster to come
Palestine ready to negotiate with Israel: Abbas news.xinhuanet.com
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/11/c_131184358.htm
BOGOTA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he was ready to start negotiations with Israel to reach peace in the Middle East.
Global warning: climate sceptics are winning the battle www.independent.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/global-warning-climate-sceptics-are-winning-the-battle-2368617.html
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