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Beiträge zum Stichwort ‘ global-warming ’


Oil industry ready to work on global warming

16. März 2009 | Von atsil | Kategorie: English, Read the World

Confronted with a change of priorities in Washington, international oil executives are expressing an eagerness to work with…



Birds and global warming: heading north

3. März 2009 | Von atsil | Kategorie: English, Read the World

Unless global warming is mitigated, bird migratory patterns will continue to shift north– putting many species at risk of extinction.



Losing paradise

3. Februar 2009 | Von atsil | Kategorie: English, Read the World

If we are unable to save countries like the Maldives, it might be too late to save the rest of the world from the apocalyptic effects of self-reinforcing, runaway global warming.



An environmentalist’s nightmare

23. Juli 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Biofuel

The high cost of oil is driving the public and politicians to adopt policies that the environmentalist movement has opposed for the past 40 years.
Paul Kennedy is listing the multiple global reversals in reaction to global warming and even despite of it:

The major return of many governments to nuclear power – with dozens of new [...]



Another chance on global warming

17. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: English, Read the World

(The New York Times)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
The U.S. Senate can fight global warming by approving a bill to extend vital tax credits for renewable fuel sources like wind and solar power.



Skeptics of human-caused global warming point to cold spell

4. März 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: English, Read the World

By Andrew C. Revkin (The New York Times)
SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008
Scientists caution people on both sides of the environmental argument to not focus on short-term weather patterns but to look at the big picture.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/02/healthscience/cold.php



Enemy of the Planet

13. November 2006 | Von Josef Reich | Kategorie: Rhetorics

“To understand why Exxon Mobile is a worse environmental villain than other big oil companies, you need to know about how the science and politics of climate change have shifted….”

Paul Krugman: “Enemy of the Planet” (The New York Times)
Hey Mr. Raymond,
After helping Exxon lie to the public for years about climate change, how [...]



Lights, Camera, Action!

6. November 2006 | Von atsil | Kategorie: English, Read the World

In early October, Al Gore premiered his film, “An Inconvenient Truth” in Germany. While the film itself was very good and is clearly based on scientific facts, the premieres were badly attended and the film has not had such a large audience in Germany, one of the “greener” and more environmentally conscious countries in [...]