We had a lot of fun making this episode for our daily news show on Planet Green. This time Sarah and Katherine came up with news stories set in the future, Earth Day 2020 to be precise. Watch all the episodes on Planet Green TV. [...]
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Apple, Nike, PG&E, Toyota and other behemoths have all left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, but corporate pranksters, The Yes Men, decided to join that climate skeptic organization just long enough to confuse the heck out of Fox News this week. Watch the video >> [...] A huge treehug to Apple, PG&E, PNM (New Mexico’s largest provider of electricity) and others by resigning their memberships in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because they disagree with the chamber’s stance on climate change. [...] The international economic recession has led to the steepest drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 40 years, falling by approximately 2.6 percent, an ‘unprecedented’ decline,according to a new study by the International Energy Agency. [...] Earth will warm up by 6.3 degree Fahrenheit by the end of the century, about twice the amount of warming scientists have predicted the planet’s ecosystems can handle before collapsing into climate catastrophe, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program. [...] #3 CLIMATE BILL.. VICTORY OR DEFEAT? While most environmental groups are hailing the passing of the ACES (aka Waxman-Markey) climate bill, some like Greenpeace gave up and called for a “no” vote. Here are the details. #2 BATTLEGROUND WEST VIRGINIA Daryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and RAN director Mike Brune were arrested while protesting a Massey Coal [...] [...] #3 JELLYFISH INVASIONS Oceans have been hard hit by human impacts the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, shark hunting, coral reef collapses (check out last weeks show) and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. Obama called for an emergency task force to come up with plan to protect the oceans this summer: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/obama-ocean-protection-plan.php Read about the jellyfish invasion taking [...] [...] |
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