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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....

air canada offers carbon-offset ticket

submitted by lesley on mon, 2007-05-28 18:50.

Excerpt from an article in the Globe's Report on Business....

I don't think flying for business or pleasure is going to go away any time soon. So in the meantime, this is one way to help balance things out!

Canadian Press

May 28, 2007 at 4:03 PM EDT

MONTREAL — — Air Canada [AC.A-T]is offering passengers a way to allay guilt about the environmental impact of air travel by paying for a carbon offset against their plane's emissions.