The Road to Copenhagen

• Extreme weather: In 2003 a record breaking heat-wave in Europe killed 35,000 people. This could become the norm.
• Sea level rise: Steep increases in global sea levels will cause severe flooding in many countries. In Asia, 94 MILLION people could be left homeless.
• Water shortages: Glaciers could shrink by almost two thirds, and the rivers they feed could start to dry up, affecting drinking water supplies for about a sixth of the world.
• Plus food shortages and mass extinctions.

CO₂ Levels Highest in Two Million Years

What happens when carbon dioxide levels skyrocket? Most climate scientists believe they know the answer: Global Warning.

But to decide just how high temperatures may climb and how climate patterns may shift, researchers may need to locate, for contrast, a time in our planet's past when a similar carbon dioxide jump happened.

Doing that may have just gotten a lot tougher-a new study says distinctive carbon dioxide levels haven't been this high in more than two million years.

Barack Obama's US climate change bill passes key Congress vote

Green Great King of Pop - Michael Jackson

A team of six final year engineering students of Kingston University has recently designed a bike which needs a battery to operate. There is also news that this recently constructed bike is going to compete in the world’s first zero-emissions Grand prix happening in this summer, June 12, 2009.
The work of the construction of bike was started by the last October, under the guidance of Paul Brandon, course director for motorsport and motorcycle. We came to know that the Kingston team will race with more than 20 eco-bikes from India, America, Italy, Germany and Austria at 2009 Isle of Man TTXGP. It is also said that when the competition will take place, TT veteran Maria Costello is set to ride the Zero Emission bike. According to the Kingston University the Zero Emission bike dose not need the fuel to run. It has no internal combustion engine, no exhaust system and no fuel tank but needs 72-volt battery with vehicle efficiency of 90%. The bike is motorized by batteries which can be charged from standard household socket. Zero Emission bike can run of speed of 102 mph, with about 38 miles on mountainous terrains.

H2NO Ceramic Travel Mugs!

H2NO bottles are designed to be reused: fill with tap water - drink - wash – repeat. However, H2NO is more than reusable plastic bottles. Using reusable containers not only helps save the environment, but saves you money too. H2NO bottles are not currently available in stores, but will be soon.

Do CFLs Energy Savings Outweigh Mercury Hazard?

With the issue of climate change on everyone’s mind these days, people are looking for ways to cut down on energy use. Many people are turning to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), which use 75 percent less energy and last up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs. 

But there is also a concern because CFLs contain a small amount of mercury. One Pennsylvania resident recently emailed  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic region to ask what she should do:

Green Activists Ally in Unions

Some of the U.S. employment groups that have long feared environmental movement as a peril to American jobs are sighting advantage in going green.

This week's U.N. climate talks in Poland made this clear, where several American employment groups and environmental activists made joint plea for policy that would promote high-tech renewable energy as solution to both job sufferers and climate change.

About 25 legislatures of U.S. unions were in Poznan about twice the number at last year's U.N. talks in Bali, Indonesia representing workers from the electrical, transit, steel, service and other sectors.