Ten ways to save the world

The Independent by Geoffrey Lean | Mar. 15, 2009 (News Analysis)

It has been a really bad week for the climate. Each day brought depressing news as scientists meeting in Copenhagen told us global warming is taking place more rapidly than expected. The seas are rising faster than predicted; the polar ice caps are melting more quickly; and the Amazon rainforest is doomed unless urgent action is taken.

The main solutions are widely agreed. The world needs to forge a much tougher treaty this year to replace the ... Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Mar. 15, 2009

Informative article with provocative solutions to global warming. Still, only 41% of Americans think global warming is human caused and, therefore, solvable; even though scientists warn that NYC, much of the eastern coastal areas, and most of Florida may have less than 80 years left before they succumb to the Atlantic. That percentage drops further among Westerners living with decades of drought and experiencing unprecedented wildfires and destruction of western forests by pine beetles.

Shall we eventually be able to take a gondola on Fifth Avenue, rather than hail a cab?

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