Archive for October 16th, 2007
Who’d Buy a Property by the Sea?
Posted by Paul, October 16th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 7
It was claimed in ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ that sea levels could rise by up to 20 feet in the ‘near future’ due to melting ice sheets. Anyone who believed such a claim wouldn’t really be expected to buy a property near San Francisco Bay, would they?
Well, in 2005, Al Gore purchased a multi-million dollar [...]
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Using Arctic Mud to Extend Sea Ice Records
Posted by Paul, October 16th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 5
There’s an interesting story on the BBC website: Arctic muds reveal sea ice record
A new technique to track changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years is being developed by a UK team from the University of Plymouth.
There is little in the way of sea ice records before satellite [...]
Inconvenient Chemicals in Apple’s iPhone?
Posted by Paul, October 16th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Pesticides & Other Chemicals
Comments: 2
According to a new report by Greenpeace, Apple’s iPhone may contain potentially hazardous chemicals. Read the full report entitled ‘Missed Call: iPhone’s hazardous chemicals’
Article here in Accountancy Age.
Something else for Apple Board member Al Gore to tackle?
Apple’s environmental policy is here.
Monckton to Send TGGWS Film to UK Schools
Posted by Paul, October 16th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 18
From The Times:
Please, sir – Gore’s got warming wrong
THE tormentors of Al Gore, who last week won a legal victory against his film, An Inconvenient Truth, are to step up their battle by sending British secondary schools a documentary attacking the science of global warming.
and The Independent:
Climate deniers to send film to British schools
Secondary [...]
Plea for Seal Hunt to Continue: A Letter from Quebec to Paris
Posted by jennifer, October 16th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 22
The President of the Republic,
Palais de l’Elysée, Paris, France.
Mr. President,
In a letter dated April 25 last to the officers of the Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Mr. Alain Auvé, Technical Advisor to Ms. Nelly Olin, then Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, confirmed that the President [...]

