Posts Tagged ‘California’

• Severe droughts and heatwaves in Argentina, Australia and California

  Photo credit: suburbanbloke As a top German scientist warns that climate change is accelerating, while 2008 ends up being the tenth warmest year ever recorded and a NOAA study shows climate change is “largely irreversible for 1000 years” we hear …

• Big 3 will continue to sue the Government to prevent stricter fuel-efficiency standards

  Photo credit: Ateo Fiel After getting bailed out by the American public the “big three” in USA still show that they can’t be trusted. For years these failed auto companies have resisted and done everything in their powers to stop …

• Obama: I look forward to working with all nations to meet the climate challenge

  Yesterday, during the Governors Global Climate Summit in California, Obama promised that USA would “engage vigorously” in the climate negotiations and “help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change”. Unfortunately Obama yesterday turned down …

• Obama promises actions on climate change, not going to attend UN climate conference

  During a climate summit in California today Barack Obama said, in a taped video, that his “presidency will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change”. Obama spoke about his support for a cap-and-trade system and that he …

• “There is no need to spend a penny of public money on greening the motor industry”

  photo credit: Nrbelex George Monbiot says that the motor industry has long sabotaged eco-innovations and that they are now demanding billions to cut its carbon emissions. The green subsidy for car makers, Monbiot says, is just a disguised corporate bail-out. …

• Science Programme Launched by Bush Himself Says Humans Cause Climate Change

  The US Climate Change Science Program was created by the climate change denying Bush administration back in late 2002 “to review the validity of climate-change science before making policy decisions.” The science program was criticized by environmentalists for being used …

• “We would like the rest of the world to follow you”

  Nidhi Jamwa from the Centre for Science and Environment India asks in the organisations journal Down to Earth “why green projects in India are hot favourite of international NGOs?” Nidhi Jamwa focuses on a recently started green Sierra Club initiative …

• Green WebHost

  Green WebHost is an UK company that started providing environmental guided hosting in 2003. They were, according to them, the first ISP in UK that took this issue seriously. Their datacenter is located in California, east of Los Angeles, and …

• Schwarzenegger’s State of the State Address

  Here is a short summary of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s State of the State Address, which he made in January 8, 2008. You can read the whole speech over at knbc.com. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his speech, pushes for more dams …