Remarkably simple at 18 pages, the Save Our Climate Act calls for a tax starting at $10 per ton on the carbon dioxide that a fuel would emit when burned.
By locking up carbon, trees can help slow the rate at which our climate is warming.
We should be leading the world in showing how woodlands can help us slow the rate at which our climate is changing, and help us adapt to the changes that are already taking place.
Just as a saucepan at a rolling boil is more violent than one at a simmer, so our climate at 450 ppm CO2 will be more violent than it was at 225 ppm -- because CO2 stores heat, just like putting a lid on a saucepan brings it to a much higher boil.
looking at our energy, climate and environmental challenges and opportunities.
Ed Cook (Columbia University) and Paul Krusic (formerly at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and now at Stockholm University in Sweden), our climate scientists, have successfully reconstructed past air temperature variations from Bhutan juniper.
Also, consider running every so often with no shoes at all (difficult in our climate), and use other forms of aerobic training (cycling, rowing, skating, etc).
Says the new report, What We Know: "We are at risk of pushing our climate system toward abrupt, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible changes with highly damaging impacts..
We can no longer be duped into buying products that drive forest destruction at the expense of our climate and millions of people in the developing world.
Taken separately, each of these announcements represents years of work and tens of thousands of people refusing to put the health and safety of their families, communities and our climate at risk.
