Global warming has been blamed on hampering efforts to fight poverty, according to U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro.  The food and oil crises are causing significant hurdles to achieving the 10-year Brussels Programme of Action.  While the U.N. is quick to blame food shortages on rising oil prices, let’s not forget that the great ethanol bust caused rice, corn and wheat prices to skyrocket earlier this year.  So, yes, the U.N. is correct:  climate change has hurt the fight against poverty.  But not in the way they describe.
Read More: www.climate-l.org

The editor over at the Chilling Effect website posted a great article yesterday which expounded on a write-up in the LA Times.  There is a growing disconnect between what the American people want and what Democrats think they want.
Remember Barack Obama’s answer to the growing energy crisis?  Properly inflate your tires to save gasoline, he remarked.  What was one of the dominant chants heard at the Republican National Convention?  “Drill, baby, drill!”  The American people are looking for solutions to the energy crisis, not simple-minded tactics that may save a …

It wasn’t enough that we were asked to cut back on meat consumption to stop global warming.  Now consumers are being asked to cut back on milk intake to save the world from the devastating effects of climate change.  According to the article, meat and dairy products are responsible for eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions followed by fruit and vegetables.  Consumers are encourages to follow wartime protocol of shopping by foot, buying local produce and cooking in bulk.  Also, consumers are encouraged to reduce consumption of items with low …

(Via Jake Lake). Research is underway in seed banks to find food that is climate-proof.  Seeds will be screened to determine if they can more easily resist drought, floods and temperature swings.  The $1.5 million project will provide grants to others who study the seeds of developing nations in hopes of finding crops that can resist extreme climate events and grow with less water and higher temperatures.
Read More: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7622920.stm

By James Nash
A recent poll of 530 climatologists in 27 countries showed 34.7 percent of interviewees endorsed the notion that a substantial part of the current global warming trend - which might see temperatures rise by a degree or two, on average, by century ’s end - is caused by man ’s industrial activities: driving cars and the like.
More than a fifth - 20.5 percent - rejected this “anthropogenic hypothesis.” Half were undecided. The skeptics now include the 85 climate experts who signed the 1995 Leipzig Declaration; the …

Nitrogen, an odorless and colorless gas found in 80% of the atmosphere is now the focus of climate change scientists who think it’s another component in climate change.  The 80% naturally-occurring atmospheric nitrogen isn’t the problem, according to the article.  It’s the 1% reactive nitrogen found in the 80% atmospheric concentration that’s going to affect the climate.  Reactive nitrogen bonds with other elements to form smog, create dead zones in oceans and cause cancer.  And humans have doubled the amount of reactive nitrogen in the atmosphere.  Of course, nitrogen is …

(H/T:  American Conservative Daily).  Democrats have tried hard to make the DNC as green as possible - bringing in locally-grown food and preparing healthy meals.  However, one plan didn’t work as hoped.  Instead of the hotel issuing standard plastic key cards, the Sheraton is issuing Visa-sponsored swipe cards “made from sustainably-harvested wood.”  After only a few hours, many guests were reporting problems using the cards for room access and now the hotel is handing out both the wooden and plastic cards, telling customers to keep the wooden cards as a …

It seems Ms. Pelosi has invested in some wind energy and is friends with T. Boone Pickens. Meanwhile, Americans are paying through the nose for transportation, food and goods thanks to the Democrats and their anti-nuclear and anti-fossil fuel push.
Read More: michellemalkin.com

Al Gore’s best hope has turned into his worst nightmare. The economy, slowed by high oil prices and transportation costs, has turned people away from the green lifestyle in an effort to save money. Governments are quietly dropping green taxes and fees and those hit by the slow rate of economic growth are hitting back by not shopping at organic food stores, where prices tend to be higher than those of regular supermarkets.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4474202.ece

They’re starving back in China, so finish what you got, or so said John Lennon many years ago. Today, Lennon may have reworked those lyrics to tell us we’re causing global warming, so finish what you got. We’ll never know, but a study found that Americans waste approximately 27% of food and all but 2% goes in landfills which releases methane gas as it decomposes. So be fat and happy, my friends. Finish everything …