http://www.planettiger.com Eco and the Environment Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:08:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Head Royce School) Head-Royce School, a small private academy for students in kindergarten through the 12th grade in Oakland, California, prides itself on strong academic performance as well as leadership skills. As part of that leadership experience, senior Tyler Finney gets together with other students and school staff to talk about "greening" ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/02/20/school-teaching-goes-green-with-teaching-by-the-green-team-post_id%/001 Planet TIGER. The United Nations' climate chief is expressing optimism about the movement among various countries to discuss a global carbon-emissions treaty, less than two months after the Copenhagen conference failed to achieve such a deal. Gatherings of the European Union, the Group of Eight, the G20 and other international bodies discussing ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/02/08/un-climate-chief-says-the-framework-by-a-global-body-is-still-the-best-way-forward-post_id%/001 Planet TIGER President Barack Obama wants the United States to move more quickly to increase its reliance on alternative fuels. A presidential panel advocates greater use of biofuels and clean coal technology.President Obama says the U.S. should depend less on oil and more on so-called clean energy.He says the country which ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/02/08/obama-wants-greater-use-of-biofuels-and-clean-air-energy-post_id%/001 Planet Tiger The China Tiger has this story. http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/02/08/australian-wants-to-export-toxic-cane-toad-to-china-post_id%/001 THE ANTARCTIC Planet Tiger Over the next few months Planet tiger will examine the issues and the differences amongst scientists as to whether the world is suffering from man-made climate warming or not. We shall be also publishing the views of former UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson in this regard. Comments are welcome. http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/02/01/climate-warming-or-no-climate-warming-post_id%/001 Planet Tiger. India has launched a program to boost solar power generation over the next decade. India wants to make solar energy a central part of its efforts to combat climate change.   Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated on Monday in New Delhi a national "Solar Mission", which aims to generate ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/01/11/india-to-boost-solar-power-generation-post_id%/001 Planet Tiger. Victoria Switzer and her husband, Jim, are building what they hoped would be their retirement home in the rural hamlet of Dimock, Pennsylvania, in the eastern U.S. When Cabot Oil & Gas offered a lease for the natural gas under their land a few years ago, saying that it ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/01/03/environmental-concerns-rise-in-northeastern-pennsylvania-as-natural-gas-drilling-spreads-post_id%/001 Photo: Sabine Aronowsky Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer speaking at an anti-gas-drilling rally in New York Planet Tiger Environmentalists claim the drilling could contaminate New York's unfiltered drinking water sources with dangerous chemicals and radioactivity New York City leaders and environmentalists from around the state are fighting a plan to permit a new method ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/01/03/gas-drilling-plan-raises-water-contamination-fears-in-new-york-city-post_id%/001 Photo: World Food Program/Natasha Scripture Planet Tiger. In the run-up to the Copenhagen climate conference, many experts said agriculture should be a central issue in the discussions. After all, farmers are directly affected by climate change, they contribute up to a third of all man-made greenhouse gases, and they can also mitigate ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/01/03/left-in-the-cold-at-copenhagen-farmers-look-to-future-post_id%/001 Planet Tiger. World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says she is disappointed a deal on climate change was not struck in Copenhagen.  But she says important steps were taken that, she believes, will ultimately result in an agreement to stop or retard climate change.  She says the relationship between climate change and ... http://www.planettiger.com/climate changs/2010/01/03/who-warns-climate-change-bad-for-health-post_id%/001