This is where the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) stuff gets really interesting: whereas the first to parts, released earlier this year, documented the global scientific consensus on climate change and forecast several possible effects, Part 3, to be released tomorrow, offers an array of solutions to minimize the impacts of climate change, and halt any further effects. Will the nations of the world implement these recommendations? Given their obsession with the wording of this document, there’s a good chance they will. Center for American Progress Senior Fellow (and author of Hell and High Water) Joseph Romm: "This report has to be signed off on by 120 governments, including the United States, and oil countries like Saudi Arabia. And they can veto any word. So you can take to the bank anything that all those countries agree to." LISTEN (10 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Part 3
- Thursday, 03 May 2007 20:04
- Written by William Craven
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200 Chefs rally to Save our Delicious Food
- Thursday, 03 May 2007 19:55
- Written by William Craven
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Care about Wild Salmon’s future? Grab a fork and eat one. So says renowned chef Alice Waters and the 200 chefs nationwide who are asking Congress to protect wild salmon habitats, and the delicious, natural nourishment that sustains mammals like us. Greg Higgins, Chef and Owner of Higgins’ Restaurant and Bar in Portland, Oregon tells Betsy about the Chefs who will be banging their pots on Capitol Hill next week, so that you can eat the good stuff. LISTEN (9 min)
Interior Department Official: I’d rather resign than testify
- Thursday, 03 May 2007 19:44
- Written by William Craven
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The Bush Administration has been a bit skittish about peddling their weird science on Capitol Hill since the Democrats have started asking the questions. This week, Julie MacDonald, a deputy assistant secretary who manipulated the work of federal scientists, resigned a week ahead of yet more Congressional hearings on the politicization of science. The Union of Concerned Scientists‘ Michael Halpern tells Betsy why this is good, but not good enough.
LISTEN (11 min)
picture of a white tailed praire dog she did not want to protect…
Greenpeace Canada Targets Prime Minister Harper For Climates Crimes
- Monday, 30 April 2007 17:39
- Written by William Craven
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Greenpeace Canada Climate and Energy Coordinator Dave Martin comments on the Harper Administration’s rather crafty emissions plan: " (Canadian Environment Minister John) Baird characterized it as turning the corner. I would describe it as hitting a dead end. What Mr. Baird came out with was a deliberate deception." LISTEN (10 min)
Vanity Fair’s 2nd Annual Green Issue
- Monday, 30 April 2007 17:38
- Written by William Craven
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Vanity Fair Editor-at-Large Cullen Murphy tells Betsy how much fun it was putting together Vanity Fair’s 2nd Annual Green Issue. Kudos for a magazine of that reach and diversity to invest their talents in an issue that is sure to persuade the skeptical, and compel the concerned. LISTEN (8 min)
And this great cartoon 🙂