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CAMP DAVID G-8 SUMMIT ACTION ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Submitted by theadminx on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 10:30

The White House Office of the Press Secretary May 19, 2012

At the Camp David Summit, G-8 Leaders recognized that the development of and universal access to environmentally safe, sustainable, secure, and affordable sources of energy is essential to global economic growth and to their overall efforts to address climate change. As such, they identified several actions for the G-8 to take together:

Pursue a Comprehensive Energy Strategy – Safely

Police: Boy, 13, Tortured And Abused In Front Of Bible Study Group...

Submitted by nabashalam on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:04

CLOUDS’ EFFECT ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS LAST BASTION FOR DISSENTERS

Submitted by theadminx on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 22:27

New York Times 30 APR 2012 by Justin Gillis

LAMONT, Oklahoma -- For decades, a small group of scientific dissenters has been trying to shoot holes in the prevailing science of climate change, offering one reason after another why the outlook simply must be wrong.

Over time, nearly every one of their arguments has been knocked down by accumulating evidence, and polls say 97 percent of working climate scientists now see global warming as a serious risk.

STUDIES OFFER CITIES ADVICE ON TACKLING CLIMATE RISKS

Submitted by theadminx on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 14:30

Mark Kinver, Environment Reporter, BBC News (May 16, 2012)

Urban areas need to build in additional capacity to adapt to the range of threats posed by climate change, research has shown.

Risks such as flooding and excessive temperatures are among the risks facing towns and cities, experts conclude.

Two separate studies by the University of Manchester and the European Environment Agency said city planners had to act now to build in resilience.

More than half of the world's population now live in urban areas.

What is going on at FACTNet? We have decided to broaden our scope...

Submitted by nabashalam on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 21:40

 
  In the coming weeks, months and hopefully years you might notice that FACTNet.org is going outside of the box of Cult related problems to cover and address other more pressing issues.  An exiting or ex-member might say what is more pressing then the PTSD, the Battered Spouse or Stolkholm Syndrome or the total demolishion of a family due to the twisted minds and scriptures of a Narcicistic Cult Leader?

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