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Arktis könnte bereits im Sommer 2013 eisfrei sein. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683486ms97



Thermostat der Erde aus dem Gleichgewicht
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/107148



Dürre in Ostafrika: 14 Millionen Menschen akut von Hunger bedroht

14 Millionen Menschen stehen in Somalia, Kenia und in Teilen Äthiopiens vor einer akuten Hungerkrise, warnt die internationale Hilfsorganisation CARE.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683488ms97



Kein Geld zur Rettung des Planeten?

9. UN-Umweltgipfel in Bonn (19.-30.5.2008): Gastgeber Deutschland setzt im Vorfeld die falschen Signale.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683496ms97



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arktis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hungerkrise

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/24/8507



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ice+melting

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/24/MNSDVIN7E.DTL


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=glacier

In YaleGlobal Online, James Hansen writes: "Government 'energy information' departments parrot industry. Partly because of disinformation, the major efforts needed to develop alternative energies have not been made. The reality of limited supply forces prices higher. Eventually, sales volume will begin to decline, but fossil-fuel moguls will make more money than ever."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042308EA.shtml



Seven Myths of Energy Independence

According to Paul Roberts in Mother Jones, "Thoughtful observers have been trying to debunk energy independence since Nixon's time. And yet the dream refuses to die, in no small part because it offers political cover for a whole range of controversial initiatives.... In the doublespeak of today's energy lexicon, says Julia Bovey of the Natural Resources Defense Council, 'energy independence' has become code for 'drill it all.'"

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042308EB.shtml



Melting Methane

Volker Mrasek, Der Spiegel, reports: "Researchers have found alarming evidence that the frozen Arctic floor has started to thaw and release long-stored methane gas. The results could be a catastrophic warming of the earth, since methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042308EC.shtml



Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide and Methane, Rise Sharply in 2007

ScienceDaily reports: "Last year alone global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global climate change, increased by 0.6 percent, or 19 billion tons. Additionally methane rose by 27 million tons after nearly a decade with little or no increase. NOAA scientists released these and other preliminary findings today as part of an annual update to the agency's greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042408O.shtml

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Climate a 'Life and Death' Issue for Native Peoples
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/24/8491/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=methane
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=greenhouse+gases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=carbon+dioxide
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=NOAA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Hansen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Roberts
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haider+Rizvi

Climate change could cause global conflicts as large as the two world wars but lasting for centuries unless the problem is controlled, a leading defence think tank has warned.

http://tinyurl.com/4puefo


From Information Clearing House

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/7ab1da9f85fe531c?hl=en



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Agrarsprit
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Biodiesel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Urwald

Randolph E. Schmid of The Associated Press reports: "Last month was the warmest March on record over land surfaces of the world and the second-warmest overall worldwide. For the United States, however, it was just an average March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042208EB.shtml

Terrence McNally, AlterNet, says: "Of all the resources needed to build an economy that will sustain economic progress, none is more scarce than time. That is one of the key messages of 'Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization,' the newest book by Lester Brown."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042208T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Earth+Day
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lester+Brown
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Terrence+McNally

Wallace J. Nichols, writing for Truthout, conveys his inspiration to take immediate action in response to global warming: "Today, we face [a] serious crises - loss of biodiversity, a warming planet, collapsing fisheries, looming food and water shortages, and pollution in every corner of the globe. Scientists forecast a '2050 Scenario' in which Earth is hotter, dirtier and overcrowded with nine billion people who are left to wage wars for what little remains."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042208D.shtml