Thursday, April 18, 2013

Filling up your car may be dangerous to your health: Will you see this at your neighbourhood gas station?
A campaign aimed at convincing Toronto to allow climate change warnings on the handles of gas pump nozzles goes comes up for discussion
Extremes in weather more likely | The Columbus Dispatch
There are skeptics. John Christy, director of the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Earth System Science Center, is one of them.

“The rate at which extreme weather events occur really hasn’t changed,” said Christy, who also is his state’s climatologist. Carbon dioxide “has increased, for sure, but there isn’t a link.”
Climate alters global vegetation | Climate News Network
Climate change is responsible for more than half the changes detected in the world’s vegetation, researchers say, and human activities for only about a third.
Back To Black: Green Energy On The Back Foot As Europe Returns To Coal | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
It’s been a bad week for efforts to develop green energy around the world. A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that progress towards carbon-free energy production has basically stalled while Europe has seen a return to coal in the last couple of years.
WATCH: Paul McCartney Takes Meatless Mondays to Parliament | Ecorazzi
The former Beatles musician believes not only can we prevent global warming as individuals, but also if the government takes part.

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