Obama Thanks Europe For Leading On Climate Change

June 19, 2013, www.buzzfeed.com | “President Barack Obama told a crowd in Berlin Wednesday that Germany is leading the fight against climate change. In the midst of his big speech at the Brandenburg Gate, Obama took a moment to give a shout-out to his hosts for their efforts in an area that’s still extremely politically controversial in America.”

This part of Obama’s message looks like it’s not going away!
“For the sake of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront a changing climate before it is too late.
Obama Thanks Europe For Leading On Climate Change
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At the Brandenburg Gate, Obama calls for changes in America’s nuclear posture and for action on climate change.
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Oakland, Calif., Joins National Call for Action Against Climate Chaos

June 5, 2013, www.biologicaldiversity.org | “Oakland, Calif., has joined 60 other U.S. communities in calling on President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Air Act to cut greenhouse gas pollution that is drastically changing the climate, driving up sea levels and increasing the risk of dangerous heat waves and extreme weather.”

Oakland, Calif., Joins National Call for Action Against Climate Chaos
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OAKLAND, Calif.— Oakland, Calif., has joined 60 other U.S. communities in calling on President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Air Act to cut greenhouse gas pollution that is drastically changing the climate, driving up sea levels and increasing the risk of dang…
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How China May Have Just Changed The Climate Game

May 31, 2013, www.care2.com | “Last week, the Chinese government made a critical move toward placing a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide it would emit. That’s a significant decision especially when seen in context of the local emissions permit trading schemes being tried out around the country. Depending on how tight the cap is, this could be a big deal in its own right: China is the world’s largest and fastest-growing emitter. Its citizens are already suffering as a consequence.”

How China May Have Just Changed The Climate Game
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Last week, the Chinese government made a critical move toward placing a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide it would emit.
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Earth Day Network

April 22, 2013, www.trunity.net | “Earth Day Network was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Our mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment.”

“more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world.”
Earth Day reaches One Billion People!
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Earth Day Network was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Our mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for…

Aust CO2 emissions hit 10-year low

April 11, 2013, www.theaustralian.com.au | “AUSTRALIA’S greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation have fallen to a 10-year low as coal-fired power slumped to its lowest level in a decade, a new report says.  At the same time, the share of renewable energy in the National Electricity Market (NEM) has soared beyond 12 per cent and looks set to continue rising.”

Good News from Oz…
Best news of the week? Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity have fallen to a 10-year low… and “renewables are basically cancelling out coal”
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US businesses call for climate law

April 10, 2013, phys.org | “Several major companies issued a joint call Wednesday for the United States to enact legislation to battle climate change, saying that the issue was critical to their businesses.”

eBay, Intel, Starbucks, Adidas, Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Timberland
33 Major US businesses call for climate law
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Several major companies issued a joint call Wednesday for the United States to enact legislation to battle climate change, saying that the issue was critical to their businesses.

Don’t Let This Happen to Your Planet

SAGE III (splash)

March 29, 2013, science.nasa.gov | “Ozone stinks.  People who breathe it gag as their lungs burn.  The EPA classifies ground-level ozone as air pollution.  Yet without it, life on Earth would be impossible.  A fragile layer of ozone 25 km above Earth’s surface is all that stands between us and some of the harshest UV rays from the sun.”

“MONITORING – following through on our environmental agreements.
Don’t Let This Happen to Your Planet – OZONE LAYER – NASA Science
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Life as we know it doesn’t thrive on planets without ozone layers, which is why the recovery of Earth’s ozone layer is so important. A new instrument slated for launch to the ISS will monitor our planet’s protective ozone cocoon with greater depth and precision than ever before.”
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Environmentalism’s Next Generation

March 11, 2013, onpoint.wbur.org | “We’ve been talking about environmental issues for years.  Decades.  And the climate just keeps changing.  Now a new generation is now staring at potentially catastrophic effects of bad energy decisions hitting in their own lifetimes.”

“6000 signatures so far for the campaign for the University of California to divest from fossil fuels!
“This movement, as well as the general climate activist movement, is gaining a lot of momentum. Just this past week, the divestment campaign and Keystone XL pipeline opposition were featured on NPR’s On Point show with Tom Ashbrook. There was a panel of three activists: Maura Cowley, Energy Action Coalition’s Executive Director; Dorian Williams, a Keystone XL protester; and myself, Emily Williams. You can listen here: http://links.causes.com/s/clJxdI?r=Q7oL
NPR highlights Climate Activists –> “Environmentalism’s Next Generation”
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A new generation of “climate activists” are ready to raise Hell over the Keystone Pipeline and more. We hear from them.”
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Landmark Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Celebrates First Anniversary Coalition taking fast action to reduce black carbon, HFCs, and methane

February 19, 2013, www.enn.com | “‘In its first year the Coalition has been brilliant in developing a spirit of urgent optimism, a spirit that is critical for solving the daunting problem of climate change,’ stated Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, one of the NGO members.  ‘And it’s already working on plans for taking its strategies to the scale it needs to meet the bold challenge of cutting the rate of warming in half for the next 40 years, with the World Bank pledging billions of new dollars for their efforts. The Coalition is a rare climate success story.'”

fast-action initiatives: reducing methane from urban landfills and from the oil and gas industry; reducing black carbon emissions from brick kilns and from heavy duty diesel vehicles and engines; promoting alternatives to HFCs; scaling up finance to reduce all SLCPs; and developing SLCP National Action Plans. The Coalition is also developing additional proposals to address open burning of biomass and pollution from cookstoves.
1st Anniversary -> Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
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Giant artwork salmon created in hopes of spreading climate change awareness

Feb 18, 2013, www.mailtribune.com | “More than 150 people gathered in Medford to cheer speakers discussing the changing ecosystem, and calling for community-based and global solutions to environmental threats at the Sunday afternoon rally titled “It’s a Rogue Thing.””

good news from last month
‘It’s a Rogue Thing’ -> Giant artwork salmon created in hopes of spreading climate change awareness
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More than 150 people gathered in Medford to cheer speakers discussing the changing ecosystem, and calling for community-based and global solutions to environmental threats at the Sunday afternoon rally titled “It’s a Rogue Thing.”