"Climate change exacerbates already unstable situations".
Ex-generals: Global warming threatens U.S. security - CNN.com
El Hierro island, part of the Spanish Canary Island's just off the coast of Morroco, is claiming to be the world's first island to be powered by purely renewable energy. The primary source being hydroelectric power and the secondary source coming from wind turbines.
No El Hierro doesn't mean 'the hero' in Spanish either, I checked and it appears to translate to 'the iron' but I took French in school so what do I know?
Interestingly you might have heard of this island before. I remember seeing a Discovery channel documentary about potential future natural disasters a couple years ago, and this island was featured in one of them. Apparently the island has the potential to break in two, with one half sliding into the Atlantic Ocean. It's said to have the potential to cause a devastating Tsunami capable of wiping out the East coast of the United States. Let's hope they're doing this whole renewable energy thing to appease the gods, because being over here in NY, I don't want to wake up to their wake anytime soon.
Island powered solely by Renewables - [Development Crossing]
At least for this past week, which was a particularly windy week for Spain. As a result the country managed to produce more electricity from the wind than from any other single source of power at total of 27% of the countries power needs.
Nuclear was a close second, and coal came in third. Officials believe this may be the first time Wind power has exceeded other forms of power generation. This is the kind of news we need more of if we hope to curb climate change.
Wind Power Is Spain's Top Energy Source This Week - [TreeHugger via Digg.com]
Check out Al's statements during his congressional hearing on our climate crisis. Thanks to the help of all you Al not only made his initial goal of 350,000 signatures but then raised that goal to 500,000 and shattered that as well. It's wonderful to see people mobilizing around such a deeply important issue.
You can watch the you tube videos after the jump.
Al's Journal - Hearing Highlights - [AlGore.com]
At a congressional hearing held this past Monday, scientists charged the administration with hiring uninformed oil-friendly lobbyists to edit climate change reports to soften their impact.
Here's an example:
"greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures to rise and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise."
was changed to:
"Some activities emit greenhouse gases that directly or indirectly may affect the balance of incoming and outgoing radiation, thereby potentially affecting climate on regional and global scales."
I can see why the scientists are pissed.
Congressional hearing heats up over changes to climate reports - Los Angeles Times
Al Gore will be testifying before the United States Congress about Climate Change in just a couple more days. There's a petition to sign which will be delivered to Congress by Gore himself. Currently near 300,000 signatures, Gore hopes to get 350,000. So send this around to your friends which will send a message to Congress that action must be taken to curb global climate change while we still have the chance.
UPDATE: As of Saturday morning there were 405,758 signatures, so now the goal is 500,000 and there are two more days to do it. Please pass this along to your friends so they can sign if they're interested. You can even use the "Email This Post" link below to save you some trouble.
Sign The Petition [AlGore.com]
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