(BREAKINGâReposted from our sister site, CleanTechnica) Weâve thought for a while that the US had more leadership to contribute to the world climate process, so todayâs news (still on the gossip vine at present) that President Obama has a $3 billion pledge in his pocket for the Global Climate Fund is not a total surprise.
Almost every practicing climate scientist on the planet has made it clear: the world is warming (i.e., heating up) and human activities are the reason. Almost every if not every national science academy has backed up this point. Popular scientific experts like Bill Nye âThe Science Guyâ and Neil deGrasse Tyson have done the same thing. Now, Republican
Jamie Rappaport Clark, the former Fish and Wildlife Service director who later this year takes over one of Washingtonâs most influential environmental advocacy groups, Defenders of Wildlife, pledged to âbe absolutely rock solidâ in holding the Obama administration accountable for its decisions on endangered species and conservation. Thatâs the intro to a piece over on
Remember AIDS awareness ads like the one above? Newspaper articles and PSAs were appearing with increasing frequency in newspapers and magazines in the early 1990âs. But that trend has been dramatically reversed, according to recent findings. In a survey of newspaper (broadsheet) content conducted by the Trends in Sustainability (TIS) Project, coverage of AIDS-related issues
NASA planning a 62% boost in climate science funding by 2015, to make up for cuts made during the George W. Bush administration. [social_buttons] NASA has announced a dramatic climate science budget increase this month. Although, it is really just a correction for dramatic budget cuts made during the George W. Bush era. NASAâs Earth
From the man who has sent an occupation force to another country with no feasible exit-strategy and thus its own budgetary concerns, comes this gem of a quote; âI urge the Congress to be very careful about running up enormous costs for future generations of Americans.â George W. Bush â as if you hadnât guessed
George W. Bush has definitely been a polarizing personality in his two terms as leader of the United States of America. From the beginning and his War on Iraq he has seemingly attempted to paint himself as nothing more than a moronic menace. Of late, Bush has turned his sights on becoming the worldâs greatest
