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The 'Week' officially starts on Monday, but events start in earnest tomorrow. There's a full event listing on the Climate Week NY°C website, but here are some highlights:
Rep. Ed Markey: Climate Week Is Key Stop on Road to Copenhagen
This week, when leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies gather in Pittsburgh, I am looking for their commitment to a clean energy economy as the backbone of a rejuvenated global economy.
Jake Schmidt: China Signals New Efforts to Address their Global Warming Pollution
For too long, China and the U.S. have hidden behind the other's inaction. Yet both countries are changing; both countries are beginning to act. Now there is opening for partnership.
Dave Howe: When Science Fiction and Reality Merge, Change Happens
The message this week is that technological innovation, together with political commitment, can drive social change. Interestingly this is a very sci-fi theme.
Avital Binshtock: Care About the Earth? Four Simple Ways to Take Action
It's officially Climate Week, so in the spirit of being environmentally proactive, we're providing tips about how to take Earth matters into your own...
Climate Week: a big New York party | Greenpeace China
UN Climate Week Starts September 20 | TakePart Social Action ...
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"High quality measurements of (near)-global sea level have been made since late 1992 by satellite altimeters, in particular, TOPEX/Poseidon (launched August, 1992) and Jason-1 (launched December, 2001) and Jason-2 (launched June, 2008). This data has shown a more-or-less steady increase in Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) of around 3.3 ± 0.4 mm/year over that period. This is more than 50% larger than the average value over the 20th century. Whether or not this represent a further increase in the rate of sea level rise is not yet certain."
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At the NOAA tide station at the Battery, the long term sea level rise is still under 3 mm per year. The most recent measurements are still lower than in 1998. Will someone during climate week explain why the sea level is still lower than during the late 20th Century?
It is not lower than during the late 20th century. it is lower than an extreme outlier year of 1998 and is presently increasing 2.77 mm a year. Sea levels have already risen eight inches in the last 120 years.
Why dont they just have legalize hemp rallys?
it's too cold here..
they should have picked a global warming town like seattle!
This is just a political rally--nothing 'environmental' about it.
Why else is there a "labor and greenie" party ice-cream social? This is the Left's idea of a coalition of the willing.
If so, then at least it's an improvement over the former "coalition" practice of mass m.u.r.d.e.
To-MAY-to, Toe-MAH-to
Given the colder than normal summer that New York just experienced, and the growing number of weather forecasts for a return to the cold winters of the colder decades of the 20th Century, are any events scheduled to prepare present day New Yorkers for living with unusually cold weather this winter?
Colder than normal is climate change. More rain than normal is climate change. Fall colors brighter than last year is climate change. Change is a very malleable concept.
Yes, they are going to build a series of bonfires so New Yorkers do not turn into popsicles. Richard, your attempts at propaganda are really remarkable and disturbing on another level. I am glad the right wing does not set the school curriculum. Our kids would know nothing at all.
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First Posted: 09-18-09 03:11 PM | Updated: 09-18-09 03:16 PM