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Global Warming News for the past week - updated June 12, 2007

MORE WORRY ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION… EXCEPT IN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA?
Whether it is the freakish weather that has greeted many regions of the world or the Al Gore documentary film, “An Inconvenient Truth”, a recent online survey strongly suggests that more people are concerned about the effects of global warming. These people are also looking for government action in controlling climate change.

More than 26,000 people, spanning 47 nations, were surveyed in the month of March. Sixteen percent expressed that climate change was a “major concern” to them. While one would hope this number improves it is still a definite improvement from a similar survey conducted in October of 2006 where only 7 percent stated global warming was a major concern.

Among those surveyed, about 40 percent commented that they expect government to enforce big business to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases, invest in low-emission cars, houses and alternative energy sources. People in Switzerland, France, Australia and Canada were the most concerned about climate change while the United States and Russia somewhat alarmingly ranked among the least concerned. Awareness is a big factor in educating people to do their part to limit energy use, recycle and be more environmentally conscious.

PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA AREN’T CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING… HOW ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS?
According a report issued by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on the eve of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, none of the G8 countries are doing enough to circumvent the dangerous escalation of global warming.

The G8 countries make up roughly 65% of the world economy. The United States, Canada and Russia are recognized as the worst offenders.

The United States actually scored the worst among all G8 countries by not ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, an amendment to the international treaty on climate change created to stabilize greenhouse gases that trap solar heat, warming the earth’s sufrace and wreaking havoc to our climate system.

In 2001, President George W. Bush abandoned the treaty. Ironically the United States are the top emitters of these greenhouse gases. The United States have also failed to put substantial federal measures in place to curb emissions for the short term.

The other guilty contributors, Russia and Canada, both had an increase in emissions between 1990 and 2005.

DISASTROUS EFFECTS AHEAD IF CHANGES ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
According to research conducted by NASA and the Columbia University Institute even the most moderate of greenhouse emissions are likely to push Earth beyond its tipping point. The study suggests that ten more years of “business as usual” when it comes to emissions from burning coal, oil and gas will likely result in some very dangerous, potentially disastrous, consequences that include increased frequency of droughts, floods, rising sea-levels and very damaging stress to wildlife and plants due to unpredictable climate shifts.

Scientists have routinely warned of the potential for manmade global warming and NASA is being commended for heralding this particular research and emphasizing the urgency and need to reduce emissions. Especially in light of recent government reports that contradict that urgency.

Sadly, when he told NPR in May that he wasn’t sure global warming was that big of a problem, NASA administrator Michael Griffin apparently missed that memo along with the observations by NASA satellites that show evidence of rapidly melting glaciers and shrinking of critical marine plant life due to warmer seas.

G8 SUMMIT TAKES CENTER STAGE JUNE 7TH BUT WILL THERE BE ANY TIME TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CONTROL?
Political leaders representing the European commission and the G8 countries of Britain, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Russia and the United States, arrived in Heiligendamm, Germany on Wednesday June 6th to participate in the 33rd G8 summit. The three-day summit is being held at the Baltic Sea resort there.

The leaders are slated to discuss the creation of a new international framework to defend against global warming plus tackle foreign policy issues, security concerns like the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs, and help Africa promote economic growth and improve their health care systems.

Tensions between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, not to mention Moscow’s strained relations with Europe, may overshadow Germany’s hope of having the representatives agree to a plan that will cut greenhouse gases in half by 2050 to curb global warming. The United States has already expressed hesitation to commit to any long-term agreement without other high emission countries like China and India involved in the agreement.

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