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Pests on the Rise in a Warmer World

The effects of global warming will be far reaching and pervasive. But what does that really mean? Well, you can’t really explain it in one blog post, but you can give a great example that will make you squirm: a warmer world means more pests.
An AP article offers its insights on some of the bugs [...]

iQuit: Apple Leaves Chamber of Commerce

Apple announced that it is leaving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance on global warming. The Chamber has been a source of global warming denial and has seen great backlash recently from members who consider its views to be ‘extreme.’
Apple is the fourth member of the Chamber to leave in recent months. Others [...]

World Bank Says “Climate-Smart” World is Feasible

World Bank says that “Climate-Smart” world is possible. With developing countries hardest hit, financing and technology is needed to assist in adaptation and mitigation. Check out Live Climate for ways to support developing countries.

Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act Released

USA Today’s Traci Watson reports that the draft of the Senate bill released today calls for 20% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.  This is an increase from the 17% reduction required by the House bill.  The bill would initiate a cap-and-trade system much like the House bill, and would also provide financial assistance [...]

The Lean Green Fighting Machine

Dear Mr. Holyfield,
Thank you for changing your nickname from the “Real Deal” to the “Mean Green Fighting Machine”. It is heartening to hear that you are going to fight global warming with the same passion that your fought Tyson, Bowe and Foreman. It is even better to hear that you are installing a 40 acre [...]

Obama Administration to Refocus on Climate Change

As we’ve been writing on the Carbonfund.org blog, there’s a growing view that action, and strong action, need to be taken on global warming- perhaps the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Although countries remain split on how best to arrive at an international agreement on climate change at the upcoming COP15/Copenhagen climate talks, [...]

Report Shows Poverty Linked to Climate Change

A new study has demonstrated how climate change further entrenches poor communities in poverty. Live Climate offers an innovative approach to fighting poverty and climate change.

The Biggest Global Health Threat of the 21st Century

What is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century? Is it swine Flu? AIDS? Obesity?   According to a group of 18 leading doctors from around the world in a recent letter to the British Medical Journal & Lancet it is climate change.
Here are some of the ways that climate change affects human health:
1)      [...]

Save the Beer!

The fight to stop global warming has just been taken to the next level. First came the revelation that warmer temperatures threaten our coastlines, food supplies, access to clean water, and our way of life in general; now there are studies that indicates that even modest increases in temperature adversely impact hops – a critical [...]

Global Warming: Leadership Needed in Advance of Dec.

World leaders are preparing for December’s big climate conference in Copenhagen; the real question is: who is going to lead? Conventional wisdom indicates that global warming by definition is a global problem and will require a global response. If global emissions must be cut by over 80% by 2050, then everyone is simply going to [...]