Carbon Footprints

Think Progress is reminding us that the lunatic fringe is still alive and kicking, and in power, reporting

In today’s Australian UK Environmental Secretary David Milliband is saying Denial won’t halt global warming.
THE debate is over. For many years, sceptics of the Kyoto protocol used to base their objections on the science of climate change. But when the scientific evidence became overwhelming, many shifted their ground to economic criteria. They argued that action [...]

In Australia the Melbourne Age is saying Costello calls for carbon trading talks.
AUSTRALIA should be part of a global carbon trading system to tackle climate change, Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday.
“We ought to be in there negotiating what this system would look like so that we protect our own interests obviously but also, we ensure [...]

In New Scientist the are saying Geothermal power plants could also consume CO2.
Pumping carbon dioxide through hot rocks could simultaneously generate power and mop up the greenhouse gases produced by fossil fuel power stations, according to a new study.
Harnessing geothermal power involves extracting heat from beneath the surface of the Earth. Normally, this means pumping [...]

Australian activis group GetUp have blogged A Walk Against Warming.
Last Saturday, more than 100,000 people hit the streets in cities and towns nationwide in a Walk Against Warming. Mums and dads, teenagers and grandparents, celebrities and everyday folk united for climate action.
The walk was coordinated by a coalition of groups including the Nature Conservation Council [...]

Up to 25,000 people, many of them on bikes, took to the streets to raise awareness for a variety of global warming campaigns. — DS

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In Australia The Herald Sun is reporting PM defies supporters over Kyoto.
A Newspoll published today found 79 per cent of Australians want the Government to sign the Kyoto Protocol and commit to targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Seventy-one per cent of Coalition voters believe the same thing.
A massive 91 per cent want a shift from [...]

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The Guardian is saying global warming is Beyond all reasonable doubt.
I wonder why it is so rare these days to hear people on the TV and radio saying that smoking is good for you or that the Holocaust is a fiction? Perhaps it is because these ideas are dangerous and socially unacceptable. Perhaps it is [...]

I’m here in Sheffield at the 2006 Sheffield Doc/Fest, and its a frenzy of pitches, parties and performances as some of the world’s most interesting documentary film makers vie for funding and show off their latest projects. This year the Doc/Fest chose to take climate change seriously and selected Carbon Planet to audit the [...]