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Environmental writer Tom Schueneman, a contributor to numerous environmental and sustainability-focused blogs and websites, publishes his flagship blog GlobalWarmingisReal as a resource of news, commentary, and information on climate change, energy, and sustainability. \
Climate change and sustainability are the issues of our generation. Meeting the challenge is a three-legged stool requiring action from individuals, business, and government. GlobalWarmingisReal addresses those three aspects of change (or lack thereof) through essays, research, and news reporting. Our aim is to help the concerned citizen understand the importance and urgency of the issues we face in the 21st century.
Website: http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/
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A National Security Perspective on Climate Change
November 16, 2009 06:48 AM - Thomas Schueneman, Global Warming is Real
One key aspect of the discussion this week at the Transatlantic Media Dialog — part of the ongoing effort of climate and energy cooperation began earlier this years as the "Transatlantic Climate Bridge" was the issue of perception. Specifically how climate change and climate policy is perceived in the US and EU, as well as across the globe. A key conclusion was that climate change is indeed a threat to America's national security, and key to that finding is the conclusion that global warming is a "threat multiplier" for instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world, and that such volatility will reach even the most stable regions due to the tensions caused by climate change.
Senator Boxer Releases Full Draft of US Climate Bill
October 27, 2009 06:56 AM - Thomas Schueneman, Global Warming is Real
Senator Barbara Boxer released a 923-page draft of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act over the weekend, the Senate version of climate and energy legislation, for the first time specifying emissions allocations and costs proposed in the bill. "We've reached another milestone as we move to a clean energy future, creating millions of jobs and protecting our children from dangerous pollution," Boxer, chairperson of the Environmental and Public Works Committee, who wrote the bill with Senator John Kerry, said on Friday.
Scientists Suggest New Arctic Study May Oversate Sea Ice Melting
October 17, 2009 11:55 AM - Thomas Schueneman, Global Warming is Real
Cambridge professor Peter Wadhams made headlines yesterday when he said that data gathered from British explorer Pen Hadlow's Arctic trek, called the Catlin Ice Survey, shows that Arctic summers will be entirely ice-free by 2020. Today, many experts fear the Wadhams may be overstating just how fast the Arctic will be open ocean in summer.
President Calls Underwater Cabinet Meeting: Tells His Ministers to Take Scuba Lessons, in Maldives
October 8, 2009 07:49 AM - Thomas Schueneman, Global Warming is Real
Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has asked his cabinet members to take scuba lessons and learn underwater signs in preparation for a cabinet meeting he has called for October 17 — the reason for the lessons and sign language is because the meeting will be held 20 feet underwater. The small low-lying nation archipelago averages only seven feet above sea-level, and may be one of the first nations to disappear entirely due to sea level rise from global warming.
Ag Giants, Free Trade Agreements Threatening Food Security, Seed Diversity & Farmers' Adaptability
September 9, 2009 10:16 AM - Andrew Burger, Global Warming is Real
Farmers around the world have traditionally made use of the genetic diversity preserved in crop varieties to adapt to climate change. Unfortunately, their ability to do so is diminishing as multinational agricultural corporations, subsidized by developed world governments, seek ownership of crop varieties, exert greater control of world seed markets, and push a much more genetically limited range of seeds on farmers around the world, according to researchers presenting their findings on the opening day of the UN Food & Agriculture Organization's World Seed Conference in Rome.
Record Month for Renewable Energy in the U.S.
August 17, 2009 06:50 AM - , Global Warming is Real
The latest Electric Power Monthly Report released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows net U.S. electrical generation from renewable sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) reached an all-time high in May of 2009, comprising 13% of the total electrical generation for the month.
Alaskan Glaciers REALLY are Shrinking
August 8, 2009 10:00 AM - Thomas Schueneman, Global Warming is Real
"Fifty years of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research on glacier change shows recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in three climatic regions of the United States. These long periods of record provide clues to the climate shifts that may be driving glacier change."
NOAA Reports Record Ocean Surface Temperatures for June
July 21, 2009 07:30 AM - , Global Warming is Real
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported findings of preliminary analysis from the agency's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina that shows global ocean surface temperatures for June broke the previous record set in 2005.
US at Bottom of G8 Emissions Reduction/Climate Change Action Rankings
July 2, 2009 10:27 AM - Andrew Burger, Global Warming is Real
The US ranks next to last among G8 member countries when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and paving the way toward a clean energy economy, according to a World Wildlife Fund SE-Allianz study released July 1.
"Two Degrees" of Separation: Obama Needs to Outline his Yardstick on Global Warming
June 30, 2009 10:39 AM - Jake Schmidt, Global Warming is Real
In the midst of the fight of our lives (the House floor debate on the American Clean Energy and Security Act), a coalition of major U.S. groups called for the Obama Administration to outline its "yardstick" on global warming. What is it that this "scientific and pragmatic" Administration will use to measure our efforts to solve global warming pollution — its yardstick?