Today's Climate: December 8, 2008
by Stacy Feldman - Dec 8th, 2008
Transition's Timing Hits Climate Talks (Washington Post)
While Obama has pledged to make America a global leader in fighting climate change, the US delegates at UN talks in Poland still report to Pres. Bush -- and they've made it clear that they will not commit to specific reductions in CO2 emissions.
Islanders Plead at Climate Talks to Be Saved From Rising Seas (Bloomberg)
Island countries from Grenada in the Caribbean to the Maldives in the Indian Ocean are telling UN delegates this week that their lands may be swamped by rising seas unless global warming is curbed.
Obama Sharpens Tone on Auto Industry (The Caucus, New York Times)
In his remarks yesterday, President-elect Obama appeared to be sharpening his tone on the auto industry, while expressing general support for assistance -- with conditions -- to US automakers.
Outside Pressure Grows for GM to Oust Wagoner (Wall Street Journal)
GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner is coming under increasing pressure from outside the company to resign as part of any broad bailout of the automaker by the US government.
Carbon-Capture Projects Might Win Backing at UN Climate Talks (Bloomberg)
Negotiators at the UN climate talks may broaden emissions rules to let industrialized nations get credit for reducing their emissions if they pay for carbon-capture plants in developing nations.
Construction Industry Could Trim Climate Emissions Cheaply (Environment News Service)
Energy use in buildings accounts for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but the potential of the construction sector to combat climate change has not been tapped, according to a new report by the UN Environment Program.
IBM, Harvard Want Your PC for Solar Power Study (Reuters)
Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the clean energy world.
Record Warm Temperatures Hit Russia (BBC Weather)
Over the past few weeks, several records have been broken in Russia for unseasonably mild weather, including the warmest ever December temperature on record.
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Perhaps the time for change is at hand............
On the need for scientific education regarding the human overpopulation of Earth in these early years of Century XXI...........
Dear Friends of the Solve Climate community,
I want to at least try to gain your quick help. I'm not sure if you've heard, but yesterday the "AWAREness Campaign on the Human Population" submitted an idea for how we think the Obama Administration could change America. It's called "Ideas for Change in America."
I've submitted an idea and wanted to see if you could vote for it. The title is: Accepting human limits and Earth's limitations. You can read and vote for the idea by clicking on the following link:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/accepting_human_limits_and_earths_limit...
The top 10 ideas are going to be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day and will be supported by a national lobbying campaign run by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen leading nonprofits after the Inauguration. So each idea has a real chance at becoming policy.
Thanks.
Sincerely yours,
Steve
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on the Human Population,
established 2001
http://sustainabilityscience.org/content.html?contentid=1176
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