Friday, October 16, 2009

More US Aid Proposed for Climate Change
The Reverend Jim Ball is senior director of Climate Campaign for the Evangelical Environmental Network. He says an overwhelming majority of evangelical Christians in the United States support strong action.

"Climate change is a natural disaster intensifier," he said. "It makes floods fiercer, hurricanes harsher, droughts drier. The one thing the world does not need are more victims of natural disasters."
If a little global warming makes everything much worse, would a little global cooling make everything much better?

If warmth is so bad, why do so many people (and other living things) live near the equator, and why do relatively few people (and other living things) live in the Arctic?

Is The Earth Entering A Cooling Cycle? - Science News - redOrbit
For some scientists, there is the lingering possibility that the earth could be entering a period of global cooling, rather than the widely sensationalized warming trend.
Offset potential from forests hugely overestimated - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
Bolivian flagship project in forest conservation has only achieved 11 percent of its planned carbon offsetting. Greenpeace: A scam.
Winter weather blasts early fall records across Nebraska
An early blast of winter weather — arriving within weeks of the official end of summer — toppled 100-year-old records as temperatures plunged and snow flew across the region this weekend.
Early snow sets a record for Ithaca area | theithacajournal.com | The Ithaca Journal
The previous record for an early snowfall exceeding 1 inch was Oct. 17, 1970 when 4 inches of snow fell in the Ithaca area.

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