warming

5 ideas for a small planet

submitted by robertkamper on fri, 2009-05-29 12:28.

Frances Moore Lappe has 5 challenging ideas on how to solve the problems the world faces today. She asserts (and I obviously agree) that it is how people view their world that prevents them from seeing the solutions to their problems.tags: warming global solutions

climate change info...from climate scientists!

submitted by lesley on tue, 2007-06-19 15:00.

Climate change is a hot topic these days, and it seems that everyone has an opinion. The problem is that with all the opinions out there, it's hard to tell if anyone really knows what they're talking about!

Dr. Gavin Schmidt is a leading climate scientist at NASA Goddard’s Institute for Space Studies, and is one of the founders of RealClimate.org, which attempts to make some sense out of the madness surrounding global warming. To listen to him being interviewed....

scientists slam exxonmobil's global warming "disinformation"

submitted by susanjillian on thu, 2007-01-04 13:09.

Scientists Slam ExxonMobil's Global Warming "Disinformation"
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a nonprofit independent scientific organization formed in 1969, has slammed what it calls ExxonMobil's disinformation tactics in regard to climate change. The UCS has just released a report that details how ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics (as well as some of the same organizations and personnel), to cloud the scientific understanding of climate change and delay action on the issue. The report claims that in the last seven years, ExxonMobil has funneled nearly $16 million to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science.

oil giant accused of funding global warming 'disinformation'

submitted by susanjillian on thu, 2007-01-04 13:04.

Oil Giant Accused of Funding Global Warming 'Disinformation'
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 04, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - Accusing ExxonMobil of funding a "disinformation campaign" against global warming, an environmental activist group said Wednesday the oil giant has been paying advocacy groups to create confusion about climate change.
The complete story can be found here

fresh alarm over global warming - doesn't help that pres bush thinks michael crichton - is a good reference point !

submitted by susanjillian on mon, 2007-01-01 19:06.

Most disturbing thing I've read about global warming - Doesn't he - Bush - know that Crichton is a science fiction writer? That he - Crichton - got into trouble with NASA for the false data in his book that is represented as true? I'm sorry but this is really crazy! Does he think the scientific community knows less than a hack writer that claims that second hand smoke is safe - and whose best buddy is Rush Limbaugh?????