Energy-Efficiency Summit To Be Held In Sydney, Australia.

"Asia - Pacific leaders are planning to set an ambitious target for improving energy-efficiency across the region when they hold a summit September 8th. and 9th, this year in Sydney, Australia." Read more...

Global Warming Pose a Danger to Key Rice Growing Areas

"Global warming is projected to cause sea levels to rise by between 10 and 85 centimeters over the next century, which would threaten key rice growing areas in Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and India among others." Read more...

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Global Warming Is Impacting Wolves & Moose In The Great Lakes

According to John Vucetich, a population biologists in Michigan Tech's School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, humans have made summers increasingly hot. "Hot summers are hard on moose. Hot weather causes moose to rest more and forage less, and summer foraging is how moose prepare to survive the long, bitter winters." This is another reason why we all should be concened with global warming. Read more...

Texas Governor Sees Hurricane "Dean" As A Major Threat

"City officials in Brownsville called for voluntary evacuations while in Edinburg, another city near the Mexico border, the Texas Youth Commission began evacuating nearly 270 inmates and staff members from its Evins facility. They were being transferred to another facility 400 miles north in Brownwood, according to Gov. Rick Perry's office.

In the coastal city of Galveston, residents remember the disastrous evacuation before Hurricane Rita in 2005. Lee and Courtwright said many who tried to evacuate then plan to stay in Galveston this time, no matter how vicious Dean becomes."
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Hurricane Dean is Predicted to becoming a Category 5

"Hurricane Dean was expected to strengthen into an extremely powerful Category 5 storm as it passed Jamaica and neared Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday." |Read more|
Since a Category 5 is the most severe category, Texas is watching this hurricane very closely.

EPA Will Take Air Samples at Illinois Beach State Park

"At U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's request, a special team from EPA's Environmental Response Center will soon begin air sampling at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, Ill., to better determine the level of airborne asbestos.

In June 2007, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry asked EPA's national technical review workgroup on asbestos to review its Illinois Beach State Park Exposure Investigation Draft Report. ATSDR's draft report provides an interpretation of the air samples taken for asbestos in May and August 2006." |Read more|

Hurricane Dean Has Now Become a Category 4 Hurricane

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Is There A Link Between Hurricanes and Global Warming?

With Tropical Storm Dean or Hurricane Dean depending on the material I have read, I was reading these articles that discusses hurricanes and global warming.

'According to the 2007 Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR4), it is “more likely than not” (better than even odds) that there is a human contribution to the observed trend of hurricane intensification since the 1970s. In the future, “it is likely [better than 2 to 1 odds] that future tropical cyclones (typhoons and hurricanes) will become more intense, with larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation associated with ongoing increases of tropical [sea surface temperatures].”" |Read more|

Tropical Storm Dean is Now a Hurricane in the Caribbean

Model Home a Showcase for Green-Minded Builders

"While people experiencing health problems such as asthma and allergies would benefit from this type of home, they are not the only ones. Buyers with safety, energy and sustainability concerns could benefit as well.

"Green is not just about recycled, old used products. It's about clean air, less money on fuel . . . It's a whole paradigm shift."

Once the model home is finished, it will have an information resource center and will be open to the public for 18 months after its grand opening in September, said Jane Brooks, adding that the couple may host art exhibits at the location."
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Georgian Buffs Going Green

"The Township of Georgian Bluffs is partnering with Owen Sound to get their residents to recycle.

Council voted last night to authorize an agreement with Owen Sound to go forward with a cost sharing plan for recycling styrofoam and polystyrene." |Read more|

UK Consumers Try To Lower Their Carbon Footprints

"UK consumers will choose products with a lower carbon footprint and are willing to pay higher prices for them, according to a report published on Tuesday by strategic management consultants L.E.K. Consulting.

More than half of the consumers surveyed wanted more information on the carbon footprints of products and services available to them and would change their buying behaviour accordingly, finds the L.E.K. Carbon Footprint Report 2007, which is based on a survey of more than 2,000 UK consumers." |Read more|

The State of New Jersey Enacts Greenhouse Standards

"The Global Warming Response Act seeks to dramatically reduce the amount of greenhouse gases coming from New Jersey in order to stave off the negative effects of global warming. By 2020, emissions should be reduced to pre-1990 levels, and by 2050 they should be cut by 80 percent of 2006 levels.

Exactly how this will be done, whether through an emissions voucher program, a cap and trade system, a carbon tax, or some other option, has been left open-ended in the legislation, with the specifics to be figured out by various state agencies within the next few years. Supporters praised this lack of specific prescriptions, seeing it as a way to maintain flexibility in order to confront a multi-faceted problem."
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