Category Archives: carbon emissions

Flash Floods and Hot Cities

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

A couple of weeks ago I was in sunny La Napoule in France with my husband. Four days later, just up the road, 20 people were killed in the most extreme weather conditions the region has seen for twenty years. … Continue reading →

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Bjorn Lomborg at the RSA

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

If you want to influence people around to your way of thinking then firstly you have to make some sort of empathetic connection with them. Bjorn Lomberg knows that. He also knows if he talks common sense he will get … Continue reading →

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Are you going to Copenhagen?

Posted on June 20, 2009 by

The trickiest issue to address in global warming is that of burden sharing. We know we all have to address our carbon emissions but which countries must make the biggest cuts is always the sticking point in all discussions. Who … Continue reading →

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To Russia With Love From Denmark

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Russia has begun to work on modernising its inefficient power plants and that’s thanks to The Danes. The good news about this is that Russia is one of the world’s highest emitters of green house gases. Much of this however … Continue reading →

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High Rivers Run Low

Posted on March 8, 2009 by

http://youtube.com/v/8cNDVzoMmdw Not only are the rivers at the lowest point on earth that’s the Dead Sea – under threat because of global warming but also those that run from higher up … particularly the Tibetan Plateau. That’s the largest, highest … Continue reading →

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Canada softened by US

Posted on February 14, 2009 by

Canada is ready to talk with the US on tackling global warming which is fantastic news because it seems that President Obama’s commitment to go all out to ‘green’ America may encourage this other great nation to do the same. … Continue reading →

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Yes We Can!

Posted on January 16, 2009 by

http://youtube.com/v/kIi35S1kc-A Yes we can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions says the Obama administration in the States. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, if his position is confirmed next week, says he is going to pursue all policies to address just that. … Continue reading →

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Two Giants Compare

Posted on January 7, 2009 by

What do the two highest carbon emitters – US and China – have in common apart from both being dependent on imported oil for their transport and using domestic coal to generate power and both being reluctant to reduce emissions? … Continue reading →

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US Takes on Europe!

Posted on December 19, 2008 by

Competition is afoot and I guess that’s good news for global warming activists. America – currently seen as the worlds second biggest producer of carbon dioxide – is setting out to trump Europe as a model green nation. At a … Continue reading →

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