Bill [Gates] believes we need energy miracles to counter the threat of catastrophic climate change. And he’s convinced miracles are possible: through energy innovations that produce zero carbon emissions. From his talk at TED2010, here are key slides and a digest of his comments on this challenge.
The BBC's Green Corruption Scandal Deepens
The London-based television company being investigated by Ofcom over a global news fixing row tried to “cultivate” a world-famous environmental economist and other leading opinion formers in the green movement for the documentaries it made for the BBC and other news broadcasters.
FBC Media claims in its promotional literature that it targeted Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York, to be an “ambassador” for its corporate client on programmes it made about the controversial palm oil industry in Malaysia.
Deforestation Causes Cooling In Northern U.S., Canada
Deforestation, considered by scientists to contribute significantly to global warming, has been shown by a Yale-led team to actually cool the local climate in northern latitudes, according to a paper published today in Nature.
Quark Soup by David Appell: Methane Levels May Be Increasing Again
Atmospheric methane levels have been mostly flat since the late-1990s, but they may be on the increase again.
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