Survey: NZ cooler on global warming - National - NZ Herald News

Asked how quickly New Zealand should respond compared to other countries, 42 per cent of those surveyed wanted to lead global efforts, down from 63 per cent in June 2007. The number who wanted to move at the same pace as other countries was up from 27 per cent in 2007 to 39 per cent.

Sustainable Business Council chief executive Peter Neilson said a slowing economy tended to make people more selfish, and climate change was an issue for which a solution would mainly benefit people's grandchildren and children.

Earth Hour: Power down for 60 minutes on March 28 | Seattle Times Newspaper

Some cities and travel businesses are turning the statement into a celebration.

In Seattle, the Fairmont Olympic hotel will host a candlelit dinner in its luxury Georgian restaurant. In Melbourne, the Australian city will host a people-pedal-powered concert. In Athens, a conductor will lead a percussion circle as the Acropolis dims its lights.

Want to join in on the road? Kill the hotel-room lights and TV. Switch from plug to battery at the Internet cafe.

Could global warming turn R.I. into the under-Ocean State? | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Buildings have been lost, roads displaced, parks submerged. Wells have gone bad, polluted by encroaching salt water. Septic systems have failed. Beaches and valuable coastal wetlands have disappeared. Even moderate storms now cause unprecedented damage as waves and surges at least 3 feet higher than nine decades before pack an unprecedented punch.

This is no science-fiction scenario.

This is the most optimistic real-life projection that scientists today make for the year 2100 –– a year in which some people born in 2009 will still walk the earth. A less optimistic scenario calls for the sea to rise 19 feet from today. If that happens, fish would swim where this article was written, in downtown Providence.