Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”. There is a debate if winning the [...]
Posted by Moderator on October 12th, 2007 filed in Activism, Al Gore, Global Warming, IPCC, News, Nobel Prize, politics
Reality Check: Carbon Calculator and Eco Footprint
I was speaking to a colleague who is into bio-diesel and he mentioned about a tool that calculate your net “personal carbon emissions”. So I dug into it this weekend and came up with the three sites that offer interesting (and of course useful) insight into how each one of us impact our planet, so [...]
Posted by Moderator on May 20th, 2007 filed in Activism, Al Gore, Alternative Fuel, Carbon, Conserve, EPA, Energy, Sustainability, Tips/Tools, greenhouse
China to become the World’s Biggest Polluter
A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that discusses climate economics is objected by the Chinese delegation fearing repercussions that could possible derail their drive to increase manufacturing and jobs creation. The draft, suggests various solutions to mitigate climate change, such as capturing and burying emissions from coal-fired power plants, shifting to [...]
Posted by Moderator on May 1st, 2007 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Al Gore, Alternative Fuel, Bush, Carbon, China, Economics, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, IPCC, Kyoto, News, Nuclear, Renewable, Sustainability, weather
Is Global Warming Contributing to Stronger Hurricanes?
Yes! According to National Environmental Trust (NET) a D.C. based non-profit, the scientific evidence paints a compelling picture of how global warming is already making storms more powerful. A 2004 NASA study found that over an eighty year period, global warming would cause the average hurricane to increase by half a category on the Category [...]
Posted by Moderator on September 15th, 2006 filed in Al Gore, Bush, Global Warming, NET, NOAA, News, politics, weather
Gore praised Wal-Mart!
And this goes to all you tree huggers, if Gore thinks Wal-Mart is good, I see no reason why you should oppose the mammoth of all-things-made-in-China! Go Wal-Mart. Speaking in an auditorium of more than 800 Wal-Mart employees, former Vice President Al Gore said, “I believe that this kind of commitment is so important that [...]
Posted by Moderator on July 13th, 2006 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Al Gore, Carbon, Conserve, Global Warming, News, Ozone, Sustainability, Wal-Mart, greenhouse