Pacific needs help to combat climate change: Oxfam
WELLINGTON (AFP) – Developed countries need to act urgently to help vulnerable Pacific island nations cope with climate change, international aid group Oxfam said Monday.

By the year 2050, about 75 million people could be forced to leave their homes due to climate change in the Asia-Pacific region, the Oxfam report said.

"Climate change has the potential to affect almost every issue linked to poverty and development in the Pacific," said Oxfam New Zealand executive director Barry Coates.

"Without immediate action 50 years of development gains in poor countries will be permanently lost," he said.
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Contractors are offering low prices on any job.

To bad governments are short on funds.
Placer County USA discovered that last week with the upcoming widening of the infamous Interstate 80 bottleneck in Roseville.
Officials thought they'd pay $35 million. But the winning bid came in at $24 million.
"If you have the money, now is the time to go," said Placer transportation official Celia McAdam. http://is.gd/1TaUd

Climate change helped the Incas build civilisation

Machu Picchu: Scientists believe climate change was critical in allowing the Incas to build their civilisation.Their warfare, building and agricultural skills may have been impressive but, according to scientists in Peru, the Incas would have been nothing without good weather induced by climate change. More info http://is.gd/1T7yI

San Francisco Bay waters have risen 8 inches,Since 1900

A giant submerged curtain anchored under the Golden Gate Bridge that rises in storms to hold back big waves. Huge levees with pumps run by tidal power. Vast networks of new wetlands from Silicon Valley to San Francisco, some created on old parking lots and bayfront warehouse sites.
Science fiction? Maybe. Or perhaps San Francisco Bay in 100 years.
On Tuesday, the ideas were among six winners in the Rising Tides contest, a design competition to engineer possible solutions for San Francisco Bay in the next century as its waters are predicted to rise as much as 4½ feet because of global warming. More info http://is.gd/1NUCG

USA Govt.Tax Credits for Solar Panels.

Tax credits for solar panels, solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps, heavy-duty insulation & windows & electricity-saving air conditioning.
At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a new generation of energy-efficiency mortgages is being rolled out, starting with Federal Housing Administration loans that offer 5 percent larger mortgage amounts to people who plan to undertake energy-efficiency improvements. More info. http://is.gd/1NR8Y

Tackling climate change cost-effective.

It will be paid for by benefits that would come from better energy security, employment and health.
Rajendra Pachauri says ahead of major announcement on 2013 reports Measures needed to tackle global warming could save economies more money than they cost.
The world's top climate change expert said today. Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel.
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Windfarm Britain means (VERY) expensive electrictiy

Windfarm Britain means (very) expensive electricity comment
Renewable energy at normal prices 'is a myth'
By Lewis Page • Get more from this author
Posted in Environment, 22nd July 2009 10:00 GMT
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A recent industry study into the UK energy sector of 2030 - which according to government plans will use a hugely increased amount of wind power - suggests that massive electricity price rises will be required, and some form of additional government action in order to avoid power cuts. This could have a negative impact on plans for electrification of transport and domestic energy use.
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City Solar panel Sharing with Business.

City pairs with Huntington Beach Solar Energy Group to provide discounts of $150 per kilowatt on the companys solar panels http://is.gd/1IVoO

Unitedkingdom.Slow with Solar Energy.

Canadian Solar Inc received orders for 120 mega-watt (MW) of solar module products from 24 customers in Europe, North America and Asia, including a 30MW deal with German solar energy specialist systaic AG .
Why is the UK govt. slow with Solar Panel Energy?
800,000 UK. building workers will be out of work by the end of 2009.
Instaling Solar panels,could get 1,000's of them back to work.
Also it would save lots of electricity.

How Antarctica's glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise.

How Antarctica's glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise.
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Biofuels a sad distraction, used to buy off farmers' votes.

Biofuels a sad distraction, used to buy off farmers' votes.
Letter to the editor
by Christopher Calder Eugene, Ore.
PUBLISHED ON 7/6/09

Voting out politicians who support biofuels will lower food prices 25 percent to 50 percent, improve our gas mileage by several miles per gallon, and slow global warming by reducing the release of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. It will reduce water pollution and shortages, and slow the rate of topsoil erosion in the Midwest। Topsoil in our strategic grain producing states is eroding so quickly that in 75 to 100 years it may be impossible to grow corn, soybeans, and wheat, the foundations of our food supply। Your grandchildren may starve and our civilization may collapse because our politicians are wasting our most precious natural resources producing a worthless product that is so inefficient it gives us little or no net energy gain। Politicians use the biofuel hoax to buy off the farm vote and appear to be "green" to the uniformed public. Local biofuel advocates include Congressman Peter DeFazio and State Sen. Floyd Prozanski.

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Musicians promote your Myspace songs direct to iphones

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U.S.A.Development program that can improve global health

Roll Back the Darkness in a Sustainable, Cost-Effective Way
Authors:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Steve Israel, Representative, 2nd District, New York
July 13, 2009Huffington Post
Imagine a U.S. development program that can dramatically improve global health -- even saving 4,000 lives a day. It can significantly reduce violence against women. It can help combat the effects of climate change. It can enable millions of poor girls to attend school. It can help the world's poorest save and earn more money. And these results can be achieved with relatively small amounts of money in some of the most unstable places like Pakistan and Somalia, where results are most needed.
We are talking about deploying small-scale solar devices through microfinance projects designed to empower woman as small business leaders. Funding solar villages can help meet the basic energy needs of the more than 3 billion people in the world with no reliable access to electricity and be one of the highest returns on investment for U.S. development assistance.
Every day, tens of thousands of people are burned by kerosene lamps. Not only are these lamps dangerous and dirty, they are expensive and provide poor lighting, which destroys eyesight. Solar-powered lanterns can replace the kerosene that billions of poor families rely on to light their homes. Most importantly, solar-powered lanterns and the hours of light they provide bring hours of increased safety and security for communities in dangerous areas. LED lanterns can even double as chargers to power up electrical devices. In terms of cost-effectiveness, an LED lantern pays for itself in less than a year.
Just a few years ago in rural India, a small group of women transformed their lives and their village with a small stock of solar lanterns. The housewives-turned-entrepreneurs sold solar and other renewable energy products; their main income generator was portable solar lamp rentals, which provided eight hours of light to families who rented the lanterns. The women turned a profit, improved their village, and demonstrated the demand for these devices in remote areas. Their success was made possible with a small grant from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a Department of Energy lab located in Colorado.
This is exactly the type of smart program we need to help recreate around the developing world. Other solar devices, such as solar cookers, can reduce the devastating environmental impact of chopping down trees to provide fuel for fires. The resulting deforestation leads to severe flooding and ruined soil quality.

Leading climate scientists also contend that black soot from cooking stoves across the developing world is contributing as much as 18% of the planet's warming. The dangerous toxins from the cookers also cause respiratory illnesses which lead to 1.6 million deaths each year -- more than the number who die annually from malaria.

Solar devices can be a cost-effective way to slow global warming and save lives. And we're giving people sustainable ways to improve their own lives, by owning businesses that create wealth.
Humanitarian aid and microfinance organizations have been among the first to embrace small-scale solar devices. Solar lanterns are providing increased security for communities. Solar-powered water-purification systems are providing clean drinking water to refugees. Camps in Sudan, Chad, and Nepal have all begun using solar devices and the results so far have been overwhelmingly positive.
One of the smartest foreign assistance initiatives the United States could undertake is to jump-start these promising solar-powered efforts around the world. There is currently a bill pending in Congress (sponsored by Congressman Israel) to help authorize five years' worth of funding starting with an initial $10 million investment in the deployment of these devices to the developing world, and another $90 million investment over the next four years to bring commercially viable and affordable renewable energy options to the world's poorest through microfinance programs targeted at empowering women. The House of Representatives has committed to the initial $10 million investment. If passed, this bill could create a long-standing program to provide financing for millions of LED lanterns to be distributed through microfinance organizations, as well as the development of next-generation solar cookers. It would also be a game-changer for U.S. businesses working to develop solar technology, providing them with new demand and competition to spur research and development.
Going green is no longer simply a luxury for wealthy countries. As these simple solar tools show us, exactly the opposite is true. People in impoverished, resource-scarce, conflict-ridden areas need renewable energy more than anyone. We now have the technology to light up the darkness in cost-effective, sustainable ways. Funding these innovations should be a priority for U.S. foreign assistance.
Congressman Steve Israel represents New York's 2nd Congressional District. Isobel Coleman is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and directs the Council's Women and Foreign Policy program.

Climate change forecast: warmer, wetter in Pennsylvania

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A climate change study from Penn State University says more precipitation and warmer temperatures are in the forecast for the commonwealth over the next century.
Scientists at the school's Environment and Natural Resources Institute say temperatures in Pennsylvania could rise an average of 3 to 7 degrees, depending on greenhouse gas emission levels.
Precipitation may increase, especially in winter, though it's expected to be more rain and less snow.
That forecast could spell trouble for ski resorts. Conversely, the report suggest the growing season could extend by three to five weeks.
The study was conducted for the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Melting Glaciers in Greenland.

The Ilulissat glacier and icefjord have been on UNESCO's world heritage list since 2004 and is the most visited site in Greenland, its ice and pools of emerald-blue water admired by tourists and studied by scientists and politicians around the world.

The glacier is the most active in the northern hemisphere, producing 85 million tonnes of icebergs per day, according to Khan.

The melting ice is both a consequence and a cause of global warming: ice reflects heat, as opposed to water which absorbs it and warms up the climate, thus causing more glaciers and snow to melt.

Khan explained that Ilulissat is losing more than 30 cubic kilometres (seven cubic miles) of ice a year, compared to 10 cubic kilometres in 2000 and just five in 1992.

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