MORAL LEADERSHIP IN THE GREENHOUSE
"Stradling Solutions and Survivalism," Nov. 2006 talk
Skeptics Meet The Truth Squad: The DeSmog Blog
In Conclusion...A video talk By Ross Gelbspan (14:52 minutes)
QUOTEWORTHY
"Methane release from the East Siberian Shelf is underway and it looks stronger than it was supposed [to be]. . . It is important now to understand how fast it is being released and how much is being released."--Prof. Igor Semiletov, the University of Alaska, Jan. 5, 2010
" We should be building an economy where the purpose is to sustain people and the planet, where social justice and cohesion are prized, and where human communities, nature, and democracy all flourish.
-- James Gustave Speth, The 10th Annual John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture, Jan 21, 2010
"The depression we're all trying to avoid could very well be a prolonged chronic reaction to what we've been doing to...nature and to cities and to whole peoples...partly because this is the soul's reaction to the mourning and grieving that we're not consciously doing."
-- James Hillman, psychologist, author of "Soul's Code"
"I think the globe is always heating and cooling. It's a natural way of ebb and flow. The thing that concerns me lately is some of the information I've heard about potential tampering with some of the information."
-- Sen. Scott Brown, of Massachusetts, Boston Globe, Dec. 17, 2009
"The only time...carbon dioxide levels [were] similar to the modern level of 387 parts per million was 15 to 20 million years ago, when the planet was dramatically different."
-- Aradhna Tripati, UCLA departments of Earth and Space Sciences, Oct. 8, 2009
In December, the nations of the world met in Copenhagen to agree on ambitious and immediate global action to combat climate change. That...did not emerge. . .The window of opportunity to tackle the climate problem closes more rapidly the longer nations delay to act together.
-- Yvo DeBoers, Chair, UNFCCC, Jan. 22, 2010
"I would rather Copenhagen not happen...This is analogous to the issue of slavery...On those kinds of issues you cannot compromise. You can't say let's reduce slavery, let's find a compromise and reduce it 50 percent...
-- Nasa scientist Jim Hansen, the Guardian (U.K.), Dec. 2, 2009
"The United States must. . .quit carbon entirely within ten years. Other industrial nations must do the same by 2025 to 2030. China only has until 2035, and the world as a whole must be carbon-free by 2050."
-- Study by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, cited by Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation, Oct. 7, 2009
Interpol warned companies that the carbon trading market would be irresistible to criminal gangs. Said one agent: "Absolutely, organized crime will be involved."
-- The Adelaide (Australia) Advertiser, June 12, 2009
Exxon Mobil is "the only principled oil and gas company I know in the US."
-- Richard S. Lindzen, BBCNews.com (April 26, 2007
"Our house is burning down and we're blind to it...The earth and humankind are in danger and we are all responsible...We cannot say that we did not know! Climate warming is still reversible. Heavy would be the responsibility of those who refused to fight it."
-- French President Jacques Chirac, World Summit on Sustainable Development, (Johannesburg, August, 2002)
"Beyond the Point of No Return"
-- Ross Gelbspan (Dec. 2008)
CLIMATE NEWS UPDATES: 2000 -- 2009
"Moral Leadership In The Greenhouse"
-- Ross Gelbspan (March, 2009)
* ExxonMobil funds new blitz by climate skeptics (Feb. 2010)
* BBC finds rise in climate skepticism in UK (Feb, 2010)
* Cyberthieves steal millions in fraudulent carbon credits (Feb. 2010)
* Egypt's breadbasket becoming poisoned by saltwater intrusion (Jan. 2010)
* 2009 matches second hottest year on record (Jan. 2010)
* Recent cooling attributed to stratospheric dry spell (Jan. 2010)
* SEC mandates more climate-risk disclosure from corporations (Jan. 2010)
* Public concern about warming fades (Jan. 2010)
* 2000-2009 is the hottest decade on record (Jan. 2010)
* Arctic methane spike startles scientists (Jan. 2010)
* Middle Eastern drought triggers flights of "water refugees" (Jan. 2010)
* Earth may be entering a new Pliocene era (Jan. 2010)
* Researcher maps shrinkage of northern hemisphere snow cover since 1980 (Jan. 2010)
* Increased leakage of seabed methane startles scientists (Jan. 2010)
* Britain gripped by longest cold snap in 19 years (Jan. 2010)
* Europe plans international grid for mix of renewable sources (Jan. 2010)
* Ecosystems must migrate to keep pace with warming (Dec. 2009)
* Copenhagen: no timetables, no binding cuts, another "Wait till next year!" (Dec. 2009)
* Even "safe" warming could make one-fifth of all species extinct (Dec. 2009)
* Seasonal rains fail in East Africa, leaving millions at risk of hunger (Dec. 2009)
* Disappearing glaciers threaten to overwhelm Bolivia's cities (Dec. 2009)
* 2010 projected to be hottest year on record (Dec. 2009)
* CRU's Jones steps down amidst charges of scientific censorship (Nov. 2009)