Earth is 'at a tipping point', warns Harrison Ford

The Indiana Jones star -- who had his chest waxed two years ago in a stunt to publicise tropical deforestation -- insisted he had "really no ambition to be a celebrity spokesman for anything".
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While Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth "works very well", he said, "movies are there for the entertainment.

"Certainly we can engage people emotionally, but the solutions to the environmental issues are so much more complicated.

Climate sceptics launch campaign to overturn green targets - Telegraph

The ten challenges sceptics have asked 'supporters of the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused climate change' to prove:

1. Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries.

2. Humanity’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate.

3. Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate.

4. Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities.

5. The incidences of malaria and other infectious diseases are now increasing due to recent climate changes;

6. Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past.

7. Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in polar regions, is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions.

8. Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes.

9. Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency.

10. Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of global surface temperature trends.

How green is my Web surfing - The Globe and Mail

Greenscroll members pay a monthly pledge, which the organization invests in eco-friendly renewable energy projects, such as wind farms. By pumping green energy into the grid, Greenscroll reduces the Internet’s demand for polluting energy sources and more or less transforms companies’ websites from pollution-generating to environmentally friendly. Members can post a Greenscroll certificate on their sites.

The monthly cost depends on how many page-views a website receives. For example, $5 monthly will cover up to 10,000 views. Ten dollars covers between 10,000 and 100,000. “When you get higher traffic, there is higher stress on the server and that means the consumption of electricity goes up,” Mr. Bratkovski says.

Early Snow Coats Willamette Pass | KEZI

A solid 25 inches of snow has coated much of the area near the Willamette Pass Ski Area so far.
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"Yeah, it's quite impressive especially for this much snow. It's been quite a few years since I've skied in October," said Brian Jensen.