Climate change naysayers going on the offensive.
Byline: Bob Doppelt For The Register-Guard Climate change deniers are on the offensive. E-mails with remarkably similar themes claiming that global warming is a hoax have filled my in-box recently. I recently saw fliers at the state Capitol making the same assertions. With the prospects...

Country's first nat'l business summit on climate change slated.
The first national business summit on climate change will be held within the first half of this year as a private sector-led initiative to combat the adverse effects of climate change called the Philippine Climate Change Roadmap was launched yesterday in Makati City. Former Bukidnon Rep. and...

Video: The Bottom Line on Climate Change: It's What's For Dinner.
Let's Act Now tells the public the other inconvenient truth - our meat eating habit is a principal cause of global warming and a meatless diet can stop runaway climate change NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Let's Act Now launched today a nationwide Public Service Announcement...

World Premiere of Film on the Oceans and Climate Change at DC Environmental Film Festival.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine a world without fish. A new documentary on climate change and the oceans proposes just that. The film, A Sea Change, premieres at the DC Environmental Film Festival March 14. A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, the underbelly...

Action plan on climate change okayed.
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) in the Ilocos Region, through its committee on sustainable development, is implementing a three-year action program on climate change. The program, which was called as Regional Action Agenda on Climate Change (RAACC) for 2008-2010, was embodied...

Climate Change Act 2008: Key Points.
Introduction: On 26 November 2008, the UK introduced a legally binding framework aimed at tackling the dangers of climate change. The Climate Change Act 2008 ("the Act"), the first piece of legislation of its kind in any country, and its accompanying strategy, establishes a binding...

Video: Green Your Marriott Hotel Stay for $1/Day: Help Preserve The Rainforest and Combat Climate Change.
Watch Our Video to Learn More and See the Rainforest: www.youtube.com/marriottgreen. Photos available on Flickr. BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a bold move to help improve the climate, Marriott International, Inc. is launching a new way for guests to "green" their hotel stays....

Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - February 2, 2009.
Article by Kyle W. Danish, Shelley N. Fidler, Andrea Hudson Campbell, Kevin M. Gallagher and Megan Ceronsky To receive the Weekly Update via email, visit our Sign Up/Subscribe page http://www.vnf.com/news-signup.html Commentary: As expected President Obama has directed EPA to reconsider the denial of the Clean...

Animal oceanographers: deep-diving creatures help scientists better understand climate change.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The barking of Northern elephant seals fills the salty air. Twice a year, thousands of the massive gray animals haul up onto the sand at Ano Nuevo, California. Marine biologist Daniel Costa and his team from the University of California, Santa Cruz, have...

Frost & Sullivan: Climate Change and Soaring Fossil-Fuel Consumption Create Opportunities for Energy Service Companies.
LONDON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the economic downturn and consequent dip in investments from financial institutions, the politicization of the energy crisis has evoked renewed interest in energy efficiency from institutional investors. Energy management, the immediate scaleable option to counter the crisis, has resulted in an exponential increase...