Serbian blogger Jasmina Tesanovic has written a compelling piece this week that I really have to share. Serbia and the Flames. It begins:
Today was the hottest day in Serbia ever since the temperature has been measured, 45°C.
Tesanovic, dismayed by her government’s inaction on climate change, asks:
When will we overcome our local obsessions […]
News aggregator Forbes is reporting Business Group Calls for Climate Action.
The Business Roundtable, which represents 160 chief executives of leading U.S. companies, said that “collective actions” should be taken now to begin reducing heat-trapping “greenhouse” gases that scientists believe are warming the earth.
“The consequences of global warming for society and ecosystems are potentially serious and […]
In canada the Toronto Star is reporting Ice sheets tell a scary new story.
[A] team led by James Hansen, head of NASA’s climate agency, has published a study that identifies what’s going on at the poles, and confirms the vulnerability of the ice sheets. Its findings throw into question all the conclusions reached by the […]
We are very excited to announce that last Saturday in Adelaide, Vivienne, our amazing marketing strategist, successfully gave birth to a healthy young chap called Emmanuel.
Our best wishes and congratulations to our newest mum, dad and baby. — DS
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There’s a nice story in Toronto’s The Star, Using carbon credits to make a difference.
Cybele Young is taking global warming into her own hands.
She’s doing whatever she can to reduce her ecological footprint. She buys organic produce and locally raised meat. If she needs to travel somewhere out of bicycle range, she borrows her parents’ […]
The New York Times is reporting In London’s Financial World, Carbon Trading Is the New Big Thing.
“Carbon will be the world’s biggest commodity market, and it could become the world’s biggest market over all,” said Mr. Redshaw, the head of environmental markets at Barclays Capital.
If greed is suddenly good for the environment, then the seedbed […]
Ellesmere Island in Canada as seen in Google Earth
News agency Bloomberg is reporting Arctic Ponds Disappear Due to Global Warming, Scientists Say.
Arctic ponds that date back thousands of years are disappearing as global warming increases evaporation rates, a development that may alter the ecological balance in the frozen north, scientists said.
The researchers at Canada’s Queen’s […]