June 14, 2006
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Dozens of Oregon religious leaders at the Capitol on Tuesday said that global warming is not just a problem for the obviously affected: industries releasing carbon dioxide, people living in areas likely to be inundated by rising seas or environmentalists worried about major global issues.
Leaders from many denominations said they feel responsible for stopping the warming trend and educating others about how to reduce emissions.
"If we wish to love God, we must also love all creation," said Sister Pat Nagle of Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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Leaders from many denominations said they feel responsible for stopping the warming trend and educating others about how to reduce emissions.
"If we wish to love God, we must also love all creation," said Sister Pat Nagle of Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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June 7, 2006
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In what might signal a turning point in environmental sentiment in America, a new poll of hunters and fishermen finds the majority think the country is on the wrong track with its energy policy and should be a leader in combating global warming.
In the poll of licensed hunters and anglers, 76 percent said global warming is occurring and 73 percent believe it is impacting or will impact hunting and fishing conditions. A full 78 percent said the solutions should involve conserving more energy, developing fuel-efficient vehicles and expanding the use of renewable sources.
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In the poll of licensed hunters and anglers, 76 percent said global warming is occurring and 73 percent believe it is impacting or will impact hunting and fishing conditions. A full 78 percent said the solutions should involve conserving more energy, developing fuel-efficient vehicles and expanding the use of renewable sources.
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June 6, 2006
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**The Al Gore movie could change this country, but only if people like us utilize it now to build the movement to stop global warming.**
Dear Friends,
Last weekend an important new movie about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," began playing in a limited number of movie theatres. This weekend and in coming weeks it will be shown in many more, at least 400 according to the movie's website, http://www.climatecrisis.net .
We urge you to go see it and encourage others to do the same. It's educational, Read more
Dear Friends,
Last weekend an important new movie about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," began playing in a limited number of movie theatres. This weekend and in coming weeks it will be shown in many more, at least 400 according to the movie's website, http://www.climatecrisis.net .
We urge you to go see it and encourage others to do the same. It's educational, Read more
June 5, 2006
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Bad news for oenophiles: Global warming is messing with wine country. Wine grapes are highly temperature-sensitive, and if the globe gets much hotter (which smart folks say it will), famed wine-producing regions like France's Burgundy and California's Napa Valley may lose optimum climate for their grape varieties. Already, warmer temperatures in southern Spain are driving grape growers to shade vineyards, develop heat-resistant grapes, and in some cases, move to the mountains. Climate change could reduce the world's viable grape-growing regions by nearly 80 percent by the end of the century. Read more
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When Henry Ford told a New York Times reporter that ethyl alcohol was "the fuel of the future" in 1925, he was expressing an opinion that was widely shared in the automotive industry. "The fuel of the future is going to come from fruit like that sumach out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust -- almost anything," he said. "There is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There's enough alcohol in one year's yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for a hundred years."
Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to Read more
Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to Read more
June 4, 2006
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Hurricanes
Protest Decries OGlobal Warming Coverup' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50450 WorldNetDaily, May 31, 2006. "Protesters, including survivors of Hurricane Katrina, launched a 37-hour vigil outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last Wednesday, calling for the agency's head to resign for Ocovering up' an alleged scientific link between severe storms and global Read more
Hurricanes
Protest Decries OGlobal Warming Coverup' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50450 WorldNetDaily, May 31, 2006. "Protesters, including survivors of Hurricane Katrina, launched a 37-hour vigil outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last Wednesday, calling for the agency's head to resign for Ocovering up' an alleged scientific link between severe storms and global Read more
June 1, 2006
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UNITED NATIONS - Late last week, representatives from 165 industrialised and developing countries -- excluding the United States -- agreed to extend a global plan to reduce the emissions that contribute to global warming past its expiration date of 2012.
But experts say a long-term energy strategy is not just about reducing greenhouse gases. It also requires programmes to boost conservation and energy efficiency, and shift economies toward renewable resources like biogas, wind, solar and hydrogen.
According to statistics from the European Commission, if current Read more
But experts say a long-term energy strategy is not just about reducing greenhouse gases. It also requires programmes to boost conservation and energy efficiency, and shift economies toward renewable resources like biogas, wind, solar and hydrogen.
According to statistics from the European Commission, if current Read more
May 30, 2006
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Report: China, India, Brazil Could Slash Energy Use
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36574/story.htm
By Alister Doyle, Reuters, May 30, 2006.
"China, India and Brazil could reduce energy use by a quarter with simple efficiency schemes but banks have been sluggish to lend to such projects, an international study said on Monday. The three- Read more
May 26, 2006
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It's actually kind of funny to hear Americans complain these days about the cost of gasoline and how it is affecting their lives. What did they expect after setting up an easy-motoring utopia of suburban metroplexes that make incessant driving inevitable? And how did they fail to register the basic facts of the world oil situation, which have been available to us for decades?
Those facts are as follows: oil fields follow a simple pattern of production and depletion along a bell curve. Universally, when an oil field gets close to half the amount of oil it originally possessed, Read more
Those facts are as follows: oil fields follow a simple pattern of production and depletion along a bell curve. Universally, when an oil field gets close to half the amount of oil it originally possessed, Read more
May 25, 2006
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Solution to Greenhouse Gases is New Nuclear Plants, Bush Says http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/25/washington/25bush.html?ex=1306209600&en=4 4779da8fa5a0f34&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss . By Jim Rutenberg, The New York Times, May 25, 2006. "President Bush [went to the Limerick Generating Station in Pennsylvania to call] for the construction of more nuclear power plants to help reduce the greenhouse gases believed to Read more
