Events
3rd September 2010
"Oil giant hopes ruptured oil well in Gulf of Mexico will be sealed by mid-September, with clean-up bill now at $8bn2
The Guardian's Julia Kollewe reports on the the oil giant hopes to seal the well for good in mid-September.
7th September 2010
‘Another weekend, another grass-roots demonstration. Last Sunday the site was Lower Manhattan, where the subject was the “ground zero mosque.” This weekend, the scene shifted to Washington where the avatars of oppressed white Tea Party America, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, were slated to “reclaim the civil rights movement”
7th September 2010
"A study by a German military think tank has analyzed how "peak oil" might change the global economy. The internal draft document -- leaked on the Internet -- shows for the first time how carefully the German government has considered a potential energy crisis"
Stefan Schultz from Spiegel Online reports on the Military Study which warns us of a Potentially Drastic Oil Crisis.
8th September 2010
'Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.'
Agence France-Presse from The Raw Story reports on the new study, published in the September issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.
Read John Stewart's new book Victory Against All The Odds, the story of how the campaign to stop a third runway at Heathrow was won. We'd like to invite you to read it...
ON is pleased to share a range of other faith responses to climate change. Published by Wisdom in Nature this booklet gives a spiritual perspective on the environmental crisis...
13th September 2010
'Nissan's new ad for the Leaf, its much-anticipated entrance into the electric car field, somehow combines melting ice caps, an electric car, a polar bear and a strangely moving man-and-animal embrace'
14th September 2010
'Scientists fear declining Arctic sea ice may have caused an unprecedented mass migration to dry land'
14th September 2010
'As British Catholics prepare to welcome Pope Benedict XVI, Mark Dowd investigates the UK's biggest religious minority and asks - is it becoming more conservative?'
15th September 2010
'We recognise the power of art to motivate people to take action and drive change, and we are confident that Tarnished Earth will help raise awareness of the massive environmental damage being caused by the exploitation of Canadian tar sands.'
19th September 2010
'A revolutionary artificial photosynthetic foam developed by Prof David Wendell and inspired by nest of South American frog will line coal-burning power plants which captures and converts the Sun's energy more effectively than living organisms.'
21st September 2010
Follow Ann Pettifor’s blog on Debtonation about the financial crisis, and read her views on the Pope's current visit to the UK.
The Big Climate Connection lobby in November 2010, organised by Stop Climate Chaos coalition, saw more than 220 MPs lobbied by constituents. For Spring 2011, SCC are following it up with more MP lobbies and also with public meetings.
22nd September 2010
'The collapse of the talks at Copenhagen took away all momentum for change and the lobbyists are back in control. So what next?'
George Monbiot the best selling author or books such as The Age of Consent, comments on the current governmental interest in climate change.
22nd September 2010
'Four years ago, bipartisan majorities in the California Legislature approved a landmark clean energy bill that many hoped would serve as a template for a national effort to reduce dependence on foreign oil and mitigate the threat of climate change.'
This editorial published in the New York Times discusses the 2006 law and the well-financed coalition seeking to effectively kill it.
22nd September 2010
'Working Replica of Noah's Ark opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands .Man Builds Noah's Ark to the exact scale given in the Bible.'
In the midst of so much negative news here is a positive story about a devout Christian man wanting to share the story of Noah with this and the next generation hoping he will bring their faith alive.
September 2010: Join Operation Noah's Mark Dowd and other guest speakers on 22nd September at St. John's Waterloo for an evening of presentations and discussion on the future of climate change.
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29th September 2010
'First minister Alex Salmond at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment conference says that Scotland could theoretically generate all its electricity from renewable sources by 2025'
Severin Carrell from the Guardian reports on Alex Salmond's Motivational speech at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment conference
29th September 2010
'Climate change can be solved in a snap by making oil, gas and coal companies take responsibility for burying all the carbon dioxide emitted by the fossil fuel products they sell, one of Britain's leading young climate scientists said yesterday.'
