Global Warming and Climate Change News

Asia tourism, airlines ‘complacent’ on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 11:51 pm

Asian airlines and tourist firms are too complacent about the urgent need to address global warming, industry leaders warned at a conference on climate change.



‘No Place to Hide’: The Pressure on Companies to Address Global Warming Heats Up (Knowledge at Wharton)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 5:44 pm

The scientific community now overwhelmingly agrees that earth’s 6.5 billion inhabitants are contributing to global warming through heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. While various industries are yielding to public pressure to address climate change, new carbon emission regulatory regimes are coming soon, and they will likely carry significant costs, according to experts from business and …



Lots of climate-change studies, still few certainties (The Christian Science Monitor)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 5:34 pm

The Arctic can be frustrating for scientists trying to predict global warming.



Dogsharks Team With MOSS To Fight Global Warming (Broadcast Newsroom)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 4:54 pm

DMN Newswire–2008-4-30–Dogsharks help save energy in a 1:00 animated short film that went online Earth Day, April 22nd. Animated by the folks at MOSS, Dogsharks: Climate Change, was created in conjunction with Robert Wurzburg, creator of the Dogsharks brand.



Global warming? Next decade could be cooler, says study (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 1:35 pm

Global warming could take a break in the next decade thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth’s temperature will rise as previously expected over the longer term, according to a study published on Thursday in the British journal Nature.



BOOK REVIEW: Global warming … what can we do? (The Charlotte Observer)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 11:04 am

Writing about global warming has changed a lot in the past few years. This is not because the science itself has changed - but because political reaction to it has. It seems that we have, at long last, moved beyond denial and inertia. The time for books that explain what global warming is and why it matters has come and gone. The need now is for answers to the one question that really mattered …



South Florida: Gov. Crist plans second global warming summit (Sun-Sentinel)
Wednesday April 30th 2008, 6:49 am

Gov. Charlie Crist announced plans Tuesday for a second summit in Miami to fight global warming.



Global warming puts controversy in the forecast (The Kansas City Star)
Tuesday April 29th 2008, 11:18 pm

Slide over, Al Gore… A pre-Earth Day dustup over Fox 4’s Mike Thompson using Adolf Hitler’s name in making his point that global-warming skeptics are getting shafted by the clean air crowd was a prime example of how touchy the subject has become.



Statisticians’ problem: Cost of climate change (Manila Standard Today)
Tuesday April 29th 2008, 10:58 pm

Government statisticians are seeking ways to measure the impact of climate change on the Philippines. A team led by Secretary General Romulo Virola of the National Statistical Coordination Board is developing a statistical system that will determine the extent of damage caused by global warming.



Global warming expert raises concerns for tourism industry (TODAYonline)
Tuesday April 29th 2008, 6:03 pm

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rajendra Pachauri, pictured in March 2008, Tuesday warned tourism industry chiefs they need to reduce their impact on climate change as consumers become more environmentally aware.



Global warming expert raises concerns for tourism industry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday April 29th 2008, 5:36 pm

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rajendra Pachauri Tuesday warned tourism industry chiefs they need to reduce their impact on climate change as consumers become more environmentally aware.