Posts tagged climate
Sea Level Rise Forces Panama Islanders to Relocate
Jul 13th
“You’re looking for the cafe? Yeah, turn left at the sunken car, and right at the seaweed grove. If you’ve hit fresh air, you’ve gone too far.” We jest, but the issue of climate change refugees is indeed a worrying and immediate subject. Photo via elbragon
Some of the earliest climate change refugees are those that must relocate due to rising sea levels. A threat to people living around the world, from northern Canada to the <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/clim…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Yes, We Can Afford Clean Energy & Climate Legislation
Jul 9th
Photo via Wind Guys
One of the persisting myths about comprehensive, carbon-pricing legislation is that it would cost the nation an arm and a leg to enact. This simply is not the case, as a recent bipartisan, independent analysis of the dying Kerry-Lieberman clean energy and climate bill reveals: The Congressional Budget Office found that passing the climate bill would trim the federal budget by $19 billion dollars over the next ten years. Here’s the further proof that we all can more …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Clean Energy and Climate Bill Would Cut Deficit by $19 Billion: CBO
Jul 9th
Photo via Wind Guys
One of the persisting myths about comprehensive, carbon-pricing legislation is that it would cost the nation an arm and a leg to enact. This simply is not the case, as a recent bipartisan, independent analysis of the dying Kerry-Lieberman clean energy and climate bill reveals: The Congressional Budget Office found that passing the climate bill would trim the federal budget by $19 billion dollars over the next ten years. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Earth First! Maine Anti-Wind Power Protest Keeps Green Movement Honest
Jul 9th
When Earth First! recently protested a large scale wind farm in northern Maine it raised a few eyebrows around the TreeHugger virtual office. John Laumer worryingly wondered if “the protesters and their supporters thought seriously about climate change before they embarked on the protest. The lynx there are anxious to protect from wind power development need more than wilderness; they need a climate suitable for the eco…Read the full story on TreeHugger
