FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2008 3:31 PM CONTACT: Conservation Groups Kristen Boyles, Earthjustice: 206.343.7340 x33 / Shawn Cantrell, Seattle Audubon Society: 206.359.1363 / Ivan Maluski, Sierra Club: 503-238-0442, x304 / Steve Holmer, American Bird Conservancy: 202.234.7181 x216 / Dr. Dominick DellaSala, NCCSP: 541.482.4459 x302 / Nina Carter, National Audubon… Continue reading
FYI: This project is meant to focus on the perspectives of people much more disenfranchised than the white-male middle-class (thus far the most broadcast voices on this subject). The point is to elevate the voices of those REALLY getting screwed: Indigenous, people of color, wimmin, poor/working-class, etc. Want to get… Continue reading
Sydney Morning Herald November 25, 2008 National safeguards for native plants Stephanie Peatling A NATIONAL seed bank of native plants will be developed by botanic gardens as a way of saving vulnerable species from climate change. About 7 per cent of native plants are considered at risk from rising temperatures,… Continue reading
Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:32am EST By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters)-The Southern Ocean has proved more resilient to global warming than previously thought and remains a major store of mankind’s planet-warming carbon dioxide, a study has found. Oceans absorb a large portion of the extra CO2… Continue reading