Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Farmers Face Challenges of Climate Change in Indonesia - The Jakarta Globe
Climate change is also likely to reduce soil fertility by 2 percent to 8 percent, resulting in fluctuating rice yields, it said.
Science Museum: close your climate change show | Jonathan Jones | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
...the museum has produced a majority of nearly two to one against accepting the scientific reality of climate change.
We're saved!: Houston to Convert Priuses to Plug-Ins - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
In a news release on Tuesday, the city and the utility said they planned to convert 10 city Toyota Prius vehicles into plug-in hybrids and install 10 vehicle charging stations around the metropolitan area to power them.
BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch: Climate: A defining issue
Are governments really going to grant binding status to something that includes main numbers on emissions targets and finance, but omits details that for some nations might turn out to be crucial? This has to be a consensus of 192 countries, not a majority vote.
Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions - NYTimes.com
...last month Responsible Travel canceled the program, saying that while it might help travelers feel virtuous, it was not helping to reduce global emissions. In fact, company officials said, it might even encourage some people to travel or consume more.
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Mr. Dickenson of the nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project said that rather than buying offsets he had sharply scaled back on flying and was instead taking trains or conducting meetings by phone or teleconference. He said that if he owned an airline, he would now be diversifying into other modes of transport.

Referring to the recent purchase of a railroad by the investor Warren Buffett, he said, “What does it tell you that the world’s most successful investor is investing in trains?
Maybe Buffett thinks that trains will be used to move massive amounts of coal for decades to come.  As for moving people, note Buffett's stake in private jet company NetJets

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