Posted on February 12, 2010 by craigbaird
Everyone who disagrees with global warming and the policies to fight it says that it will hurt our economy to do so, but no one seems to look at how global warming will, and already is, hurting the economy. Case in point, a recent report that says the economic costs that will come as a [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2010 by craigbaird
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index, which takes a look at 163 countries and ranks them based on 25 environmental performance factors, has not been kind to Canada, or many western nations for that matter. The EPI, which is a gauge of how a country is doing to help the environment, also gives and indication of [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2010 by craigbaird
In March of 1989, the most devastating oil spill in human history hit the area of Prince William Sound in Alaska. When the Exxon Valdez spilled its oil, 1,300 miles of shoreline were completely covered in oil and the fishing industry of the area was damaged almost beyond repair. In the short amount of time [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2010 by craigbaird
Global Warming is already beginning to take plenty of species, including several frogs, the Koala, seals, penguins and the Polar Bear, but we can now add gorillas and monkeys to the mix according to a new study.
In a study done by Bournemouth University, it was found that if temperatures rise as predicted, two degrees by [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2010 by craigbaird
The Land Down Under was always hot, but now it is getting as hot as, well, another land way down under, as in Hell. In new data released this week, it was found that Australia just experienced its hottest decade ever recorded and with that decade came more dust storms, wild fires, heat waves and [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by craigbaird
Time Magazine recently called the first decade of the 21st century the Decade From Hell, well it turns out they are right in more ways than one. While this decade saw two long wars, economic collapse and more, it also got really hot, hot as hell in fact!
In a recently released report, global temperatures from [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2009 by craigbaird
Taiwan is in a bad spot environmentally-speaking. They are one of the first countries hit by coal pollution from China as the cloud moves to the East, eventually reaching Canada. In addition, the country is also susceptible to heavy rains, typhoons and more. Well, according to a new report, global warming is going to make [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2009 by craigbaird
Pollution is getting so great (term used loosely) in China, that it is actually changing weather and rain patterns in the country. Studies have found that pollution in China is decreasing the amount of light rain falling in the country. This spells bad news for many crops in China, including rice, which are dependent on [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2009 by craigbaird
New Zealand is considered to be one of the most environmentally progressive nations in the world and they live up to that reputation with their recent announcement to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by a further 10 to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
While most countries are wrestling with reducing their emissions by 20 [...]
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Posted on August 5, 2009 by craigbaird
For the past week, I have been assaulted with constant news from various pundents about how cash for clunkers is not going to help the environment, and how it only represents a small portiono f the CO2 being put into the atmosphere each year. They say, why bother and its a waste of money. The [...]
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