Despite emails and cold winter, 83% of Brits view climate change as a current or imminent threat - 68% agree humanity is causing climate change, while skeptics "represent a fringe position"
Updated: 2011-01-31 17:35:12
The public’s belief in global warming as a man-made danger has weathered the storm of climate controversies and cold weather intact, according to a Guardian/ICM opinion poll published today.
Asked if climate change was a current or imminent threat, 83% of Britons agreed, with just 14% saying global warming poses no threat. Compared with August [...]
–Our guest blogger is Prof. Scott Mandia, in a repost.
“Rigorous scientific studies have not identified links between autism and either thimerosal-containing vaccine or the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine” (Miller and Reynolds, 2009). The scientific community also tells us that the world is round, that smoking is strongly linked to lung cancer, and that humans are [...]
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An atlas of pollution: the world in carbon dioxide emissions
The deepest recession since the 1930s has failed to reverse rising global carbon emissions, as plummeting industrial output in the west was offset by the continuing rapid expansion of China and a handful of other emerging economies, new statistics for 2009 show.
While US emissions fell substantially [...]
As gas prices spiral out of control again, threatening our economic recovery, President Barack Obama laid out a bold plan to address the threats of our dependence on oil. Brad Johnson has the story.
Only by making our transportation system oil-free will Americans be free from skyrocketing gas prices, free from [...]
Political unrest has broken out in Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and other Arab countries. Social media and governmental policies are getting most of the credit for spurring the turmoil, but there’s another factor at play.
Many of the people protesting are also angry about dramatic price hikes for basic foodstuffs, such as rice, [...]
Our guest blogger is Pete Altman, in an NRDC Switchboard repost.
Let’s get straight to the point. When members of Congress choose to support bills that would prevent the EPA from updating Clean Air Act standards, they are making a choice to support polluters over the health of children and adults in America. Some of these bills [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce dug further into denial of the reality of global warming pollution Friday, attacking the Obama administration’s clean energy goals as “wholly unrealistic.” Brad Johnson has the story.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for the end to billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the oil [...]
I liked this. Another quick and entertaining look at why bees are important, why they’re crashing, and what people can do about it (at least, on a very fine scale). And it’s all done in Scottish. Filed under: conservation, ecosystem function, ecosystem services, environmental policy, pollination
We are facing issues of near-overwhelming complexity and unprecedented urgency. Can we think systemically and fashion policies accordingly? Can we change direction before we go over the edge? Here are a few of the many facts from the book to consider: There will be 219,000 people at the dinner table tonight who were not there [...]
Want to learn about winter salads, how to kill a squirrel and eat it, cranberry jam, making sheep’s milk cheese, or maple syrup? All these food topics and more about sustainable and socially responsible eating are covered in this unique online documentary series based in Minnesota over the span of a year, The Perennial Plate. [...]
Do you want to learn how to live more sustainably? Interested in getting some hands-on experience with organic gardening, building with natural materials, and living in an off-the-grid community? Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage of northeastern Missouri has several work exchange (or internship) opportunities for folks looking to learn some valuable skills growing food and building homes! [...]
Topping off the warmest decade in history, 2010 experienced a global average temperature of 14.63 degrees Celsius (58.3 degrees Fahrenheit), tying 2005 as the hottest year in 131 years of recordkeeping. This news will come as no surprise to residents of the 19 countries that experienced record heat in 2010. Belarus set a record of [...]
“Holy Shit!” is damned right. Here’s a book about just that — manure. Precious, plentiful, misunderstood manure. Cow manure, horse poop, human feces, dog shit, you name it, Gene Logsdon writes about it. In this recent book (affiliate link) from good ol’ contrary farmer Gene Logsdon, the wonder and mystery and amazing fertilizing power of [...]
Global Issues Social , Political , Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All Main : menu Home About Issues World News Site Updates Support Contact You are : here Home Issues Articles Coral Reefs Coral Reefs Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Last Updated Sunday , January 16, 2011 This page : http : www.globalissues.org article 173 coral-reefs To print all information e.g . expanded side notes , shows alternative links , use the print : version http : www.globalissues.org print article 173 This web page has the following : sub-sections Coral Reefs : Ecosystems of Environmental and Human Value Coral Reefs Are Dying Around the World Global Threats to Coral Reefs Climate change causing global mass coral bleaching Legacy of Nuclear Tests The political will to address
Last week I sent a fairly random Tweet about deforestation in south-eastern Queensland being partially responsible for the record floods there. It went more or less unnoticed, but I thought the comment deserved a proper explanation. As many of you might know, my colleagues and I wrote an article a few years ago about the [...]
I’ve been more or less underground for the last 3 weeks. It has been a wonderful break (mostly) from the normally hectic pace of academic life. Thanks for all those who remain despite the recent silence. – But I’m back now with a post about a paper we’ve just had accepted in Frontiers in Ecology [...]
Global Issues Social , Political , Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All Main : menu Home About Issues World News Site Updates Support Contact You are : here Home Issues Articles COP16—Cancún Climate Conference COP16—Cancún Climate Conference Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Created Tuesday , January 04, 2011 This page : http : www.globalissues.org article 791 cop16-cancun-climate-conference To print all information e.g . expanded side notes , shows alternative links , use the print : version http : www.globalissues.org print article 791 November 29 December 10, 2010, Cancún , Mexico was the venue for the 16th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference , also known as the 15th Conference of the Parties or COP 16. This conference came a year after the