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METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES |
CANADA
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USA
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UK
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WORLD
World
Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Weather Information Service.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: TIME CAPSULE |
GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE UN
IPCC REPORT "CLIMATE CHANGE 2007: THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE
BASIS" ON PEOPLE'S STATE OF MIND
WORKING GROUP I OF
THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) ANNOUNCED
IT ADOPTED THE SUMMARY FOR POLICYMAKERS OF VOLUME ONE OF "CLIMATE
CHANGE 2007" IN PARIS ON 2-FEB-07.
WHAT WAS THE IMPACT
OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND OTHER COMPETING EVENTS ON PEOPLE'S STATE
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NATURAL AND MAN-MADE
CATASTROPHES |
Natural Catastrophe
Statistics for 2007
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Natural catastrophes in 2007
led to 15,000 deaths, $75 billion in economic damages, and insured
losses of about $30 billion; the damages in 2005 and 2006 are
estimated at $220 billion and $50 billion, respectively.
Munich Re Group.
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Natural and man-made
catastrophes led to more than 20 000 deaths, $61 billion in damages,
and insured losses of about $25 billion.
Swiss Re.
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ACTIVISM |
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Greenpeace Canada
30-Aug-07:
Greenpeace activists
on the Arctic Sunrise
boarded the Algomarine,
a vessel in Lake Erie carrying 30,000 tonnes
of coal to the Nanticoke Generating Station.
The activists painted -- NO COAL. NO NUCLEAR. CLEAN ENERGY -- on the ship's
hull.
Shawn Patrick Stensil, energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada:
"We
are challenging Ontario's political leaders to commit to clean, modern
energy solutions that can be deployed today to shut down Nanticoke by
2012."
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Greenpeace stops 30,000 tonne coal shipment to Nanticoke, demands
clean energy supply for Ontario, Greenpeace
Canda, Toronto, Ontario, Press Release, 30-Aug-07.
Nanticoke Generating Station,
Ontario Power Generation Inc.
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Greenpeace: MV Arctic Sunrise
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Greenpeace: MV Arctic Sunrise,
Toronto, ON, 1-3-Sep-07
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Part 1:
Greenpeace - MV
Arctic Sunrise, Toronto Pier 4, 2-Sep-07.
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CLIMATE CHANGE |
World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES TIME CAPSULE
The Supreme Court
rebuked the Bush administration and ruled in favor of Environmental
Defense.
2-Apr-07.
Court Rules 9-0 in Favor of Environmental
Defense.
Environmental Defense argued
that "Duke Energy must clean up old,
polluting plants when it refurbishes them."
Environmental Defense, Press Release, 2-Apr-07.
Court Rules 5-4 in Massachusetts
versus EPA.
"Supreme Court finds that
the EPA can regulate heat-trapping pollution, putting pressure on
Congress to act on global warming."
Environmental Defense,
Press Release, 2-Apr-07.
Duke Energy to Continue New Source Review Case in Lower Courts
Following U.S. Supreme Court Ruling.
Duke Energy Corp., Press Release, 2-Apr-07.
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL
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The CNA Corporation (CNAC) released on 16-Apr-07 "National
Security and the Threat of Climate Change."
Key findings:
- "Projected climate change poses a serious
threat to America's national security."
- "Climate change acts as a threat multiplier for
instability . . ."
- "Projected climate change will add to tensions
even in stable regions of the world."
- "Climate change, national security and energy
dependence are a related set of global challenges."
Source:
The CNA Corporation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION |
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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