Switch off those lights for nine minutes at 9pm on Sept 9 - Delhi - City - NEWS - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: On September 9, 2009, get set to switch off extra lights at 9pm for 9 minutes. The 99999 initiative is yet another unique way to encourage citizens to pledge their support to fight climate change.
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Last year, the bankers organized the event on August 8, calling it the 88888 campaign. Next year, said Venkatachalam, the programme would aim at switching off non-essential lights for 10 hours. "The 1010 101010 initiative would be organized on October 10, 2010 during which we will aim at switching off lights from 10pm to 6am.

If global warming is not a crisis, is that a crisis?

...It didn't become headline material until U.S. Congressional hearings in 1988 and the pronouncements of a certain Al Gore, who I voted for three times and who I really wish would shut up.
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You know what? Global warming may well disappear for two decades and then reappear. That's because it is one of, and not the strongest, forces that affect our climate. It will tend to push long term temperature averages up by 2 degrees Celsius if concentrations of CO2 double. Sea levels may rise 18 inches this century instead of a foot. We may have to reinforce some sea walls and change some zoning regulations as a result.

[Sept 3: Fear not, Van Jones: Dave "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts has your back]

Grist's David Roberts has done a service to journalism by taking some time to help clear the air around Van Jones, special advisor for green jobs, enterprise and innovation at Council on Environmental Quality.