Monday, August 09, 2010

Popsicle's 10 things to do that slow the melt of the ice caps
Popsicle® will donate $25,000 to the National Geographic Polar Fund to support research and exploration of the polar ice caps and global warming issues.

What can you do to help fight global warming? Make small changes every day with these tips, created for parents like you by National Geographic Kids™.
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Create a lending library. Share items such as books, DVDs or video games with your friends and neighbors.
Why Carbon Sequestration Won't Work | The Resilient Earth
As I have stated before on this blog, carbon sequestration is as much a scam as anthropogenic global warming. It is an even worse idea than doing nothing. If the goal is to reduce GHG emissions, along with other more damaging forms of air pollution, the best option is to stop burning fossil fuels and burn uranium and thorium instead. If you are not pro-nuclear, you are not pro-environment.
A new doctrine for the Methodist Church: Global warming
Who cares about that silly old Bible with its old-fashioned fairy stories? We want MODERN fairy stories!
Dim Prospects for Climate Accord / ISN
When visiting Peru this summer, Stern reportedly sought to secure collaboration between the US and Amazon Basin countries to create an ‘Amazon REDD’ program, which would eventually allow the US to purchase carbon credits from Amazon Basin countries to offset US greenhouse gas emissions at home.

However, carbon offsets are extremely difficult to both verify and quantify.

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