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Biofuel Land Demand Puts Peasants at Risk: Report

By postMigrator June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008 RT Newswire

Published on Monday, June 2, 2008 by Reuters
Biofuel Land Demand Puts Peasants at Risk: Report

ROME – The rise of biofuels is not only adding to the global food price crisis but also poses a risk for peasants, pushed off their land to make way for energy crops, a report prepared for this week’s food summit said.0602 05

The use of food such as maize, palm oil and sugar to produce fuel has been blamed in part for record high commodity prices which are driving millions of people into hunger, and will be a key issue discussed by world leaders at the Rome summit.

Rising Ocean Acidity Threatens Low-Lying Islands

By postMigrator June 2, 2008 June 2, 2008 RT Newswire

Rising ocean acidity threatens low-lying islands
Mon Jun 2, 2008 5:09am EDT

By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rising acidity in the ocean caused by seas absorbing greenhouse carbon dioxide could make low-lying island nations like Kiribati and the Maldives more vulnerable to storms as their coral reefs struggle to survive, say scientists.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at its highest level in the past 650,000 years, possible 23 million years, and half has now been dissolved into the oceans making them more acidic.

Satellite Images Reveal Papua-New Guinea Forest Destruction

By postMigrator June 2, 2008 June 2, 2008 RT Newswire

Satellite images reveal Papua forest destruction
Mon Jun 2, 2008 3:40am EDT

By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thirty years of satellite imagery of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests has revealed destruction on such a rapid scale that by 2021 most accessible forest will be destroyed or degraded, a study released on Monday said.

Papua New Guinea has the world’s third largest tropical rainforest, after the Amazon and the Congo, and its government is seeking compensation for conserving its forests as carbon-traps to help reduce global greenhouse gases.

New Climate Report Counters Bush Administration’s Record of “Denial, Disinformation, Cover-Up, and Delay”

By postMigrator June 2, 2008 June 2, 2008 RT Newswire

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2008
5:40 PM

CONTACT: Government Accountability Project
Rick Piltz, Climate Science Watch Director Email: director@climatesciencewatch.orgor
Dylan Blaylock, GAP Communications Director Phone: 202.408.0034 ext 137, 202.236.3733 Email: dylanb@whistleblower.org

New Climate Report Counters Bush Administration’s Record of “Denial, Disinformation, Cover-Up, and Delay”
Years-Overdue Scientific Assessment Report Produced Under Federal Court Order

WASHINGTON, DC – May 29 – A report released today by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States, summarizes evidence of global climate disruption, the harmful impacts it is already having on society and the environment, and future projections of potential damages. The report, years overdue under a requirement of law, was produced only in response to an August 2007 federal court order that an assessment be produced by May 31, 2008.