Climate In Crisis
"Climate Change is not just another issue in this complicated world of proliferating issues. It is the issue that, unchecked, will swamp all other issues." -Ross Gelbspan "The Heat is On"
Headlines
- 11/19/08 - Beyond the Bailout: Agenda for a New Economy by David Korten
- 11/19/08 - Obama Vows to Reduce US Greenhouse Gas Pollution 80% by 2050
- 11/18/08 - Collateral Damage from Solar Panels & Computer Chips: The Greenhouse Gas That Nobody Knew
- 11/18/08 - Job Loss in the Climate-Destablizing, Petroleum-Guzzling, Bomb-Making Sectors of the Economy
- 11/18/08 - Earth Equity News (11/16/08)
- 11/18/08 - Rich Enough to Offset: Do Voluntary Carbon Markets Promote Luxury Emissions?
- 11/15/08 - A Call to Action - Celebrating a New Day for the Earth
- 11/15/08 - Day of Action Against Coal
- 11/14/08 - International Report Stokes Doubts over World's Climate Fight
- 11/14/08 - Reports Show Less Water Used In Organic Farming
- 11/14/08 - Rachel's #985: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem
- 11/12/08 - Last Chance to Address the Crisis: The Climate for Change--Al Gore
- 11/12/08 - Most States Can Be Energy Independent, New Report Shows
- 11/11/08 - Local Climate Solutions Boldly Ambitious: Congress Will be Pressed Not to Undercut States Efforts
- 11/10/08 - Are You Ready to Go On a Carbon Diet?
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The GNA Platform:
Press the politicians to support:
- An immediate and ongoing program to green the U.S. economy, implement major energy conservation measures, give green energy technologies to the major greenhouse gas producing nations, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90%.
- A U.S. energy sustainability program that would withdraw $80 billion annually from fossil fuels and redirect it towards clean energy?.
- A legislative package requiring an immediate freeze on climate pollution, a 10% reduction in U.S. greenhouse gases within three years, a 30% reduction by 2020, and a 90% reduction by 2050.
- International carbon, transfer and air travel taxes to finance the subsidy of hundreds of billions of dollars of green energy technologies to the major emitters.
Learn More About the GNA Candidate Survey
Action Alert!
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Resources
Plan B 3.0
Mobilizing to Save Civilization. A book by Lester
Brown, examining international solutions to the globe-threatening
crisis.
Climate Crisis Coalition
Daily and weekly summary and links to most important articles on the climate crisis.
IPCC
Assessment Reports
Invaluable resource for understandable & scientifically
sound information on the risks, likelihood, and solutions surrounding
climate change.
Featured Websites
1 Sky - An organization that recognizes the fatal consequences of inaction in the war on climate change.

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