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Global Warming and CO2 Emissions Blog
 Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, fires, floods and droughts. On the eve of a historic election, award-winning producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates how the world's largest corporations and governments are responding to Earth's looming environmental disaster. "I have reported on the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the rise of Al Qaeda, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," says Smith. "But nothing matches climate change in scope and severity." Labels: alternative energy, Barack Obama, biofuels, carbon credits, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, coal mining, documentary, John McCain, legislation, pollution, United Nations
Global Warming: What You Need to Know - Video
Al Gore and Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize
 Treehugger broke the the story at 5AM this morning. Here is an update on the winning of the Nobel Prize by Al Gore and the IPCC: -Yvo de Boer, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, says ""I hope this will enhance further a sense of urgency." ::Reuters -The right wing smear machine at Fox swung into action, writing off the prize with "Here’s something extraordinary, What do Al Gore, Yasser Arafat, and that crazy Jimmy Carter have in common? They all won the Nobel Peace Prize?" Insulting more people and nations in one sentence than we thought possible. Expect much more of this. ::Think Progress -Pressure increases for a presidential run. "We believe that under these circumstances he has no choice but to take the one step left to have the greatest impact in changing policy on global warming - run for president," "He is needed now, not in the future" ::National Post -George Bush's spokesman was more gracious than their Fox poodles. "The president learned about it this morning," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto, who is traveling with Bush in Florida. "Of course he's happy for Vice President Gore and happy for the international panel on climate change scientists who also shared the peace prize." "Obviously, it's an important recognition and we're sure the vice president is thrilled." ::Reuters Labels: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, documentary, environmental activism, global warming
 I'm no big fan of Dicaprio's acting skills. In the 11th Hour he proved that his speaking skills were no less wooden than his acting. Despite that, this film is a must see for everyone - liberals, conservatives, moderates and anarchists alike.
Why? This film is not partisan. Opinions are provided from diverse source including the former chief of the CIA, top scientists and thinkers, policy makers, entrepreneurs and activists. Absent from the film is the ghost of partisanship that hovered over Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth.
The film does a decent job laying out the causes and consequences of anthropomorphic climate change. But that is not its primary mission. More importantly, it seeks to answer the question of 'why?'. Why has the human race brought itself to a state of existence so disconnected from the biosphere - our home. And, unlike Gore's film realistic solutions are presented - not the sort of solutions that might be characterized as "tightening the belt" of consumption. Rather, the solutions presented paint a picture of the way many of us might agree the world ought to be, with or without climate change.
Labels: 11th hour, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, documentary, environmental activism, global warming, leonardo dicaprio
11th Hour: Coming Soon
Below is a reprint of the letter from the directors of the 11th Hour seeking your pledge to see the move:
Friend,
We are very excited that on August 17th "The 11th Hour" will open in New York and Los Angeles, then across the United States in the weeks that follow, and then around the world. We've worked extraordinarily hard with Leo on this project for three years, and we couldn't be more proud of the film.
The message of the movie is a simple one: our actions as a species are destroying the planet's very life systems. We need them to survive. Yet, more importantly, the film's message is one of hope. We can change our environmentally destructive ways, learn to live with nature and move together to a sustainable future.
"The 11th Hour" is a call to action for us to redesign our lives, and that's an extremely exciting challenge.
Obviously, this movie is very important to us, but its message is important to everyone. We want to see that message get out as far and wide as possible. So please come visit "The 11th Hour" to make your pledge to see the film. Just tell us when you'll see the movie, and please bring four or five friends.
We must all begin to act. You can begin by visiting the film's site and using the sample letters to help begin effecting change in your daily lives.
Thank you all, please see the film, but more importantly let's begin acting to create a healthier and sustainable future.
Very Sincerely,
Leila Conners Petersen
Nadia Conners
Directors, "The 11th Hour"
Labels: 11th hour, carbon dioxide emissions, documentary, environmental activism, global warming, leonardo dicaprio
 Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary film 11th Hour is accepting registrations. Sign up today and be notified when the film is released and other related events. According to DiCaprio, "global warming is not only the only number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity today," "We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet's future." ( Source) At last week's Natural Resources Defense Council gala in Gotham, the three-time Oscar nominee recalled taking part in an ABC film a few years ago that focused on threats to the Earth. "Unfortunately, the message was drowned out by the inclusion of the contrary viewpoint," said DiCaprio, who narrated and co-wrote the forthcoming environmental documentary.
DiCaprio said this film focuses only on those who acknowledge global warming, such as Stephen Hawking, Mikhail Gorbachev and Andrew Weil. "The message won't be diluted by our having to yell over oil-company-funded 'scientists,' " he said.
Register here: http://www.11thhourfilm.com/Labels: carbon dioxide emissions, documentary, environmental activism, global warming, leonardo dicaprio
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