Category: RT Newswire

USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.

Plans for Massive Water Diversions Make Alberta Province to Watch as Canadian Water Resources Diminish

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2008
8:58 AM

 CONTACT: Ecojustice
Randy Christensen, Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal): (604)328-1633, (604) 685-5618 ext. 234
Danielle Droitsch, Bow Riverkeeper: (403) 678-7964
 
 
Plans for Massive Water Diversions Make Alberta Province to Watch as Canadian Water Resources Diminish – Earth Day Report
 
CALGARY – April 22 – Proposals to move massive volumes of water between river basins in Alberta and to allow its Irrigation Districts to sell water for non-agricultural uses indicate the province may soon be critically short of water, and should serve as a warning to the rest of the country, according to an authoritative report published on Earth Day, April 22.
“Despite what people may think, Canada has just seven per cent of the world’s renewable water supply, and in provinces like Alberta growing water scarcity is testing provincial administrations like never before,” said Randy Christensen, co-author of the report, and a lawyer with the environmental law firm Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund).

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Reducing Deforestation Is Key to Addressing Climate Change, WWF Official Tells Congress

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2008
12:00 PM

 CONTACT: World Wildlife Fund
Joe Pouliot
joe.pouliot@wwfus.org
202-778-9730
 
 
Reducing Deforestation Is Key to Addressing Climate Change, WWF Official Tells Congress
 
WASHINGTON, DC – April 22 – National and international plans to combat climate change must address the root causes of deforestation, which is responsible for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) official said in testimony before the U.S. Senate today.
David Hayes, a senior fellow at WWF and former Deputy Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton Administration, testified at a hearing on “International Deforestation and Climate Change,” convened by the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection.

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This Earth Day, Let’s Scrape off the Greenwash

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This Earth Day, Let’s Scrape Off the Greenwash
by Sheldon Rampton

Today marks the 38th annual celebration of Earth Day, and once again the event comes with its fair share of PR hype and misleading marketing campaigns. In the spirit of dedicating ourselves to genuine concern for the planet, today is therefore a good time to look carefully at corporate environmental claims, some of which consist more of empty rhetoric than real substance. Continue reading

Pacific Decadal Oscillation Enhancing Current La Nina

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“In fact,” said Willis, “these natural climate phenomena can sometimes
hide global warming caused by human activities. Or they can have the
opposite effect of accentuating it.”
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Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080421195005.htm
Larger Pacific Climate Event Helps Current La Nina Linger

ScienceDaily (Apr. 22, 2008) – Boosted by the
influence of a larger climate event in the
Pacific, one of the strongest La Niñas in many
years is slowly weakening but continues to
blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator, as
shown by new sea-level height data collected by
the U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite.

This La Niña, which has persisted for the past
year, is indicated by the blue area in the center
of the image along the equator. Blue indicates
lower than normal sea level (cold water). The
data were gathered in early April.

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