Yearly archives: 2013

Chevron Texaco Boycott

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Toxic Waste spewed into the worlds forests, should this company be boycotted?

After years of legal battles they still act like the victims here???? very strange behavior???

http://rt.com/shows/breaking-set-summary/chevron-oil-nestle-us-294/

Let us know what You think?

New IPCC Conclusion, they are 95% certain Humans cause climate change..

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The report by the UN’s climate panel details the physical evidence behind climate change.
On the ground, in the air, in the oceans, global warming is “unequivocal”, it explained.
It adds that a pause in warming over the past 15 years is too short to reflect long-term trends.

The panel warns that continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all aspects of the climate system.

To contain these changes will require “substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions”.
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Here is the statement from the Latest IPCC report:

“It is extremely likely [95 percent confidence] that human influence on climate caused more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951−2010.”
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More details:

http://www.ipcc.ch/

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/

European forests near ‘carbon saturation point’ 1

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Since 2005, the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by Europe’s trees has been slowing, researchers report in a new study. Writing in Nature Climate Change, the report said this was a result of a declining volume of trees, deforestation and the impact of natural disturbances. Carbon sinks play a key […]

Human rights activist Bianca Jagger – No Fracking

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Campaigners are continuing to protest plans for exploratory drilling in the village of Balcombe in Sussex, which could lead to the process of fracking to reach oil reserves.

Oil exploration company Cuadrilla wants to drill there but says it will apply for a fracking license if conventional drilling reveals a need for such a technique.

Those opposed to the plans include human rights activist Bianca Jagger.

She said: “It is good to have energy independence, but not at the risk of our environment and beautiful countryside.”

More on Fracking from FOE:
http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/fracking

Source:
bbc.co.uk

Germany Renewables – update 1

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Germany’s shift to 100% renewable energy is said to be one of the country’s biggest and most expensive projects since the Berlin wall came down – but with rising costs for consumers and the energy industry, will this great energy experiment succeed? The Problem is, what will be the measure of Success? will it […]