I have good and bad news. First, I will tell you the bad news. Coal is nasty. Coal accounts of roughly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Just one 500 megawatt coal powered plant produces about three million tons a year of carbon dio...]]> The worst effects of climate change will not be experienced by many of you reading this post or by me, the writer. It will be the generations after us who will suffer, particularly from rising sea levels. Consider a recent study on Antarctica by the U...]]> A recently released report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) showed that the EU-15 (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) are on...]]> A recently released study on temperatures in the continental U.S. showed that record highs increased from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2009. Conducted by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the study found the continental U.S.&...]]> Earlier this week President Obama placed conditions on whether he will attend the climate conference in Copenhagen next month. He said he will attend “if I am confident that all the countries involved are bargaining in good faith and we are on t...]]> I am not very optimistic about the chances of a legally binding treaty coming out of Copenhagen  in December. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin reported that some delegates at climate change talks last week in Barcelona were “contemplating th...]]> By most reports the climate talks in Barcelona this week ended in a virtual stalemate. “There is a lot of work still to be done,” said Artur Runge-Metzger, head of the European delegation said. One of the reasons the Barcelona talks were ...]]> In two months, the world’s leaders will gather together in Copenhagen  to create a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. NASA climate scientist, James Hansen believes that in order for civilization as we know it to continue, carbon dioxide emiss...]]> In 13 to 24 years Ernest Hemingway’s short story, The Snows of Kilimanjaro may serve as a reminder of what the world has lost due to climate change. The snow-capped volcano in Tanzania might be ice-free within the next two decades, accordi...]]> Developing countries need financial help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change. The recently elected Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama offered Indonesia a $400 million loan to mitigate climate change,...]]>