Prince Charles warns world leaders of climate change 'misery' - Telegraph

Opening the meeting, the Prince said: "As important and concerning as the global financial crisis is, its challenges and consequences will pale into insignificance when compared with the scale and extent of human misery and suffering, social and economic if our actions to tackle climate change are too little or too late or both."
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The Prince explained: "Listening to the advice of scientists and other experts I like many of us around this table have come to the conclusion that the first and essential step in the battle against climate change is to help rainforest nations curb tropical rainforest destruction.

"Stopping de-forestation is the most readily achievable and cost-effective action we can take in the short-term. It is the low-hanging fruit which we must grasp as soon as possible."

Again, from the New York Times, Jan '09

By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster.

“There is far more forest here than there was 30 years ago,” said Ms. Ortega de Wing, 64, who remembers fields of mango trees and banana plants.

Morano v. Romm! Rare Global warming debate on Roll Call TV | Climate Realists

Note: Joe Romm, of Climate Progress (and former Clinton Admin. Official) resorted to name calling. [Marc Morano] stuck with peer-reviewed studies and facts. Enjoy!

Heated debate between Marc Morano of about to launch ClimateDepot.com and Joe Romm on Roll Call TV.

The program aired on Sunday March 29, 2009.

Part 1: Debate starts about 5 min. in

Part 2: Starts immediately.

The “Green” Hypocrisy: America’s Corporate Environment Champions "Pollute" The World - 24/7 Wall Street

The truth is that both ethanol and biodiesel emit less global warming pollution than burning petroleum-based gasoline. Unfortunately, producing biofuels creates enormous amounts of global warming pollution, so much so that many argue that they offset the benefits gained when the fuel is used to power engines. This is the sin of the hidden trade-off. In this case, a company promotes the green attribute of a product without consideration for other environmental factors. ADM publicly touts biofuels’ green benefits, while failing to mention that the energy necessary to grow the corn requires significant amounts of fossil fuels, offsetting the environmental benefits. According to the journal Science, “corn-based ethanol, instead of producing a 20% savings, nearly doubles greenhouse emissions over 30 years and increases greenhouse gases for 167 years. Biofuels from switchgrass, if grown on U.S. corn lands, increase emissions by 50%.”