Events

« Week of August 23, 2010 »
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23 Environment Oil spills Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta all day 23rd August 2010 "Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years Report claims rest of leaking oil caused by saboteurs" The Guardian's John Vidal reports on the new UN finding on Oil pollution in the Niger Delta: Pakistan caught between floods and drought all day 23rd August 2010 "The Indus has not been kind to Mohammed Maitlo. His one-acre farm in Pakistan received so little water for irrigation this year that his wheat crop was stunted. Then the river burst its banks, destroying his home and livelihood." The Financial Times' Matthew Green reports on the millions dispossessed by the recent tragic floods: Where are the hurricanes? all day 23rd August 2010 "Don’t be surprised if in a few years time you read this headline news: “Global Warming Spares Florida from Hurricanes” Green Energy News' Bruce Mulliken reports on this years unexpected hurricane season:	24 The chilling effect of recession all day 24th August 2010 "Is concern for the environment a luxury good?" Matthew E. Kahn and Matthew J. Kotchen present data from google searches of the words 'global warming' and 'unemployment' by US users. They display an alarming trend as public concern moves away from climate change in the face of the recession: Climate activists’ oil stunt ‘reckless’ all day 24th August 2010 "Climate change protesters who spread an oil-like substance on two busy roads in Edinburgh on Monday have been criticised for endangering motorists." The Financial Times' Andrew Bolger reports on events in Edinburgh as Climate Camp activists come under fire:	25	26 Deluges after the deluge all day 26th August 2010 "Catastrophic floods in Pakistan are likely to recur as global warming combines with El Niño" The Guardian's Julian Hunt reports on the Pakistani crisis, and challenges the country now faces The Climate Catastrophe Trail Leads to Our Doorstep – Believe It all day 29th August 2010 "It’s been a wild year, with NASA reporting the highest global temperatures since record-keeping began, catastrophic drought in Russia, China’s worst flooding in a decade, catastrophic flooding in Pakistan"	27	28 Saved from Pakistan's endless sea all day "A month after floods devastated the country, small boats still rescue those strong, and lucky, enough to have survived the waters" A month into the unfolding disaster the Guardian's Gethin Chamberlaine tells the heartbreaking stories of many Pakistani families: At first it looks like just another tiny island of ruined and abandoned buildings, poking out of the vast, unnatural inland sea that stretches away into the distance on all sides.	29 test1 all day test1

Operation Noah's board member Ruth Jarman is crowd funding our comedian Paul Kerensa to perform at our Supporters Meeting in June and to produce a video about climate change.