Archive for November, 2005

Humanity is Responsible For Climate Change

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

As seen on Slashdot this morning: Humanity Responsible For Current Climate Change. The Slashdot article cross-references 3 other articles, one from The LA Times headlined “Core Evidence That Humans Affect Climate Change”, one from the Guardian headlined “Sea level rise doubles in 150 years”, and a quote from The Times in an article headlined […]

Factor in climate change dangers, insurers told.

Monday, November 14th, 2005

From The Age in Melbourne, Australia come this piece: Factor in climate change dangers, insurers told.
Climate change is to blame for the increasing number and severity of natural disasters and should be included in risk modelling for insurance companies, a conference of insurers has heard.

Technorati Tags: Australia, climate change, global warming, Insurance, modelling

Global warming is the biggest threat

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

From NewsAdvance: Global warming is the biggest threat
The single greatest problem facing mankind in 5,000 years of civilization is not terrorism, but global warming.
That’s the message Mark Hertsgaard just brought back from Europe, where he spent two months interviewing government officials, scientists and business leaders.
“Here in the U.S. our public discussion of global warming is […]

Czech Republic starts trading in carbon credits - Prague Daily Monitor

Friday, November 11th, 2005

Just a quick one from the Prague Monitor:
Czech Republic starts trading in carbon credits
The Czech Republic yesterday started trading in carbon credits and companies that pollute air with sulphur dioxide may therefore apply for the credits through the internet, Environment Ministry spokesman Karolina Sulova said.
Only companies that have a valid permission for greenhouse gases can […]

Carbon Planet Newsletter Issue 1 Now Available

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Issue one of Carbon Planet’s Newsletter is now available for download in PDF form at the Carbon Planet Newsletter web page. The newsletter provides the latest information on Carbon Planet, the greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change.
The web page also allows you to subscribe to receive an email notification whenever a new issue is […]