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Global Wind Day 2009

Posted by: dcanter | 15 Jun 09 | 1 comment

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Monday June 15 is Global Wind Day, an awareness campaign for the promotion of wind energy worldwide, organized by European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). It is being celebrated in 25 countries, promoting awareness of wind energy worldwide and inviting the public to celebrate wind power as a near-term solution to global climate change and a driver for economic growth in local communities.

2009 will be a crucial year for the fight against climate change. Decision makers from all over the world will meet in Copenhagen in December to discuss the post-Kyoto protocol agreement. EWEA and GWEC say the aim of Global Wind Day is to draw attention to wind power in the run-up to those climate negotiations in Copenhagen.

The message is global: wind power works – it tackles climate change, it improves energy dependence on fossil fuels, and it is an intelligent investment.

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CO2 levels increasing in oceans

Posted by: dcanter | 15 Jun 09 | Leave a comment

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The world's scientific academies - including the UK's Royal Society - issued a warning that ocean acidification must be on the agenda when countries attempt to forge a new global deal on cutting emissions in Copenhagen in December.

And a separate paper warned that increasing acidity in the seas could damage fish, corals and shellfish - leaving fishing communities facing economic disaster.

The researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, said emissions from deforestation and burning of fossil fuels had increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere by almost 40 per cent above pre-industrial levels.

Currently around 30 per cent of the CO2 put into the atmosphere by human activities is absorbed by the oceans where it dissolves, altering the chemistry of the surface sea levels making it more acidic.The acidity can damage wildlife, particularly shell-forming creatures and the species which feed on them, with knock-on effects on people who rely on the oceans for food and livelihoods.

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