Homeless hit hard by freezing weather - 20-01-2009 15:47 UTC - Radio Prague

Temperatures in the Czech Republic have risen above 0 for the first time in weeks, and while that’s good news for most of us, for the homeless slightly warmer weather could mean the difference between life and death. So far this winter, over 20 people – most of them homeless – have died as a consequence of freezing weather. Although there is no official data available, the numbers are definitely higher than in the last couple of years. Are the authorities doing enough to deal with the problem?

Snowfall so far: 10 feet and counting - Muskegon

With 119 inches of snow so far this season, Muskegon is on pace for its snowiest winter since the government began keeping records in 1896.

Nouse.co.uk » Obama’s alternative agenda: ‘maybe we can’t’

The policies that made headlines in America – namely healthcare reform and beginning to tackle climate change – will be moved from the in-tray quietly into the ‘holding’ draw, and quickly forgotten.

Berkeley to kick off bid to fight global warming - San Jose Mercury News

With a voter-approved measure that set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions citywide 80 percent by 2050, the city is urging its 100,000 residents to reduce their "carbon footprints."

The city is set to begin a program that encourages residents to meet four times a month to set goals and take steps in reducing carbon emissions.

S.O.S Planet Earth | Bill Clinton writes about climate change

CLIMATE change may well be the most profound challenge facing young people in the 21st Century.

Already, rising temperatures have begun to impact our food and water supplies, raise sea levels, melt ice sheets and increase the number and intensity of severe weather events.

In the last few years I’ve worked to help people who have lost their homes, jobs and loved ones in natural disasters all over the world. These problems will only get worse if we don’t do something today to stop our planet from getting warmer.

The good news is that we already know what causes global warming and what we have to do to stop it.