Monday, March 26, 2012

Cold Snap Threatens N.Y. Apples Tonight After Record Warmth - Bloomberg

“A lot of plants have been fooled by this March warmth,” Rippey said. “Data [what data, specifically?] certainly seems to indicate we’ve entered a
pattern in the last few decades of more extreme weather.”

Why Peter Gleick is the “Milken Moment” for climate change — Cleantech News and Analysis

In the last 10 years, we have invested over $1 trillion into climate change solutions – $243 billion of that in 2010 alone. To accelerate that deployment to the scale required we have to make business decisions for our future based on facts – honest facts for an honest debate.

So, while naysayers try to “muddy the waters” on scientific evidence, trillions of investment dollars are forging ahead to solve our climate issue with market driven solutions. It seems that the onus for proof is on those trying to debunk climate change.

Meanwhile, climate change is driving economic growth and creating jobs. And who wants to stop economic growth that?

Jigar Shah is the CEO of the Carbon War Room

The Washington Post speaks the truth on climate change | Grist

we could push the climate to the point that change becomes self-reinforcing and utterly out of our control.

Our current path leads to catastrophe. That is the most important truth about climate.

This glorious record-breaking weather will bring us nothing but misery | Mail Online

Whatever sceptics may say, it seems prudent for us all to get down on our knees and ask someone up there to help, because no one down here  will solve this one before the leaves fall.

Age of man casts shadow over Earth Summit | COSMOS magazine

The four-day London meeting gathers 2,800 scientists, economists, business executives and policymakers in the goal of issuing a snapshot of the planet's health ahead of Rio..."Under a worst-case scenario, it's very likely, I think, that the Earth's system will move to a new state of some sort, with a very severe challenge to contemporary civilisation," said Steffen. "Some people have even talked about a collapse."

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