Green Times

The head of the UN’s Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Friday said only seven years remained for stabilising emissions of global-warming gases at a level widely considered safe.Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), delivered the bleak warning at a gathering of European Union ministers where he pleaded with the […]

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has agreed to put out its next major assessment report by 2014, the body’s chairman Rajendra Pachauri said Thursday. The IPCC’s previous report was largely responsible for last year’s award of the Peace Prize, which the organization shared with former US vice president Al Gore […]

Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday he would give Al Gore, a Nobel prize winner, a major role in an Obama administration to address the problem of global warming.At a town-hall meeting, Obama was asked if he would tap the former vice president for his Cabinet to handle global warming.
“I would,” Obama said. “Not only will […]

Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday launched a three-year, multimillion dollar advocacy campaign calling for the U.S. to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.The Alliance for Climate Protection’s “we” campaign will combine advertising, online organizing and partnerships with grassroots groups to educate the public about global warming and urge solutions from elected officials.
A slick advertising […]

Former US vice president and renowned climate change fighter Al Gore said Saturday that the global warming crisis is getting short shrift in this year’s presidential race.Gore used the stage at a prestigious Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California, to call for activism to push climate change to the top of the candidates’ […]