Al Gore’s Climate Project…

As part of his Climate Project commitment, former US Vice-President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore has trained 2,000 around the world (including 21 Canadians) to present a personalized and localized version of the slideshow on which the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth is based. Following the initial U.S. training sessions, similar trainings have been held in Australia, Spain and the United Kingdom with more planned for India, China – and now Canada.

...is Coming to Canada!

From April 4-6 people across Canada from all walks of life will gather in Montreal, Quebec for a rare opportunity: to be trained by Al Gore to become one of 200 climate change presenters. If you are interested in applying, please see http://www.climateprojectcanada.org/indexen.html

http://www.climateprojectcanada.org

1 Climate change action included in Yukon-Alaska accord

Majority of B.C. residents support carbon tax, poll shows.

CBC North

March 4, 2008

Dealing with climate change is one of the new ways the Yukon and Alaska have promised to work together, Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie said after renewing a co-operation agreement with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

http://www.cbc.ca

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2 Scientists track the motion of Arctic ice

Feb 27, 2008

Scientists have found a way to track the motion of Arctic ice during summers using the Earth Observing System’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite.

http://www.zeenews.com

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3 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens in Arctic

By DOUG MELLGREN
The Associated Press
February 26, 2008

A "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

http://www.washingtonpost.com

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4 Polar research ship returns to Europe after 'fantastic' 1½-year journey

CBC North

February 28, 2008

A polar research vessel has broken free from Arctic pack ice and returned home to Europe, after spending more than 500 days drifting across the High Arctic.

http://www.cbc.ca

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5 Promising New Material For Capturing Carbon Dioxide From Smokestacks

March 4, 2008

ScienceDaily — Scientists and engineers in Georgia and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a new, low-cost material for capturing carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of coal-fired electric power plants and other industrial sources before the notorious greenhouse gas enters the atmosphere.

www.sciencedaily.com

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6 Carbon Dioxide Tied To Air Pollution Mortality

March 4, 2008

ScienceDaily — Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from burning fossil fuels have been linked to sea level changes, snowmelt, disease, heat stress, severe weather, and ocean acidification. Yet because it does not affect respiration directly, CO2 is not considered a classic air pollutant.

www.sciencedaily.com

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