Archive for February, 2009

• The world’s glaciers continues to melt, will raise sea levels and threat 2bn people

  Photo credit: longhorndave According to new research by the University of Zurich’s World Glacier Monitoring Service the global warming trend continues and as a result the glaciers around the world are melting for the 18th year in a row. According …

• Green Quote of the Week: James Hansen on Coal River Mountain

  Photo credit: World Development Movement Top US climate scientist Dr James Hansen shares his thoughts about Coal River Mountain and Barack Obama’s coal policy in general in a letter titled: “Tell President Obama About Coal River Mountain“. “Coal River Mountain …

• New Will.I.Am Video: “Take Our Planet Back”

  Will.i.am has together with DipDive just released a new video titled “Take Our Planet Back” which focuses on energy, climate and environmental issues and topics. The video calls for citizens and their leaders to deal with the serious environmental problems …

• Soccer, good energy PR, Representing the Stars and Bars and PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad

  Soccer in Spain is kind of a big deal. Rivalries here are pretty huge, Real Madrid vs. Barcelona is like Yankees vs. Red Sox but with more Catalunyan separatist pride, so it’s a much more political statement here. As I’ve …

• Letter to ALL Australian Federal MPs over Climate Emergency and LYING

  Southern Australia has been suffering an unprecedented heatwave over the last week. In Melbourne we have experienced successive daily maxima of 43.4, 44.3 and 45.1 degrees Centigrade (corresponding to 110.1, 111.7 and 113.2 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively). The temperature finally reached …