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Index of Subjects John Pearce wrote: Remember that the biggest contribution to global warming is from fossil fuels used in transportation. What are we doing about it? -building and widening more roads (with tax money that could be used for health care and education) -allowing longer and heavier trucks to drive farther and faster each day -buying sport utility vehicles and large vans instead of energy efficient compact cars -cutting government support for transit (cutting routes), interurban bus service (deregulation), and VIA Rail (privatizing of the network) -encouraging urban sprawl, country living, and suburban shopping complexes with gigantic parking lots which can only be reached by auto -offering subsidized parking for university students and free parking for most employees everywhere, while refusing to subsidize bus passes -etc. etc. Daniel Haran wrote: > > check out the website for more details... the address is below. > > Peace- > > Daniel. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:04:28 -0500 > From: mcaron@worldwatch.org > To: worldwatch@crest.org > Subject: WW: Global Temps Jump Off Chart > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > October 29, 1998 > > Vital Signs Brief 98-3 > > GLOBAL TEMPERATURE JUMPS OFF CHART > > The average temperature of the earth's atmosphere hit the highest level ever > recorded in the first two-thirds of 1998, literally jumping off the charts. > (See Figure.) Six of the first eight months of the year were the warmest since > records began in 1866. > > The accelerating pace of climate change is out of step with the glacial pace of > climate negotiations, which have been frozen since the Kyoto Protocol was > crafted a year ago. "Unless the government officials who gather in Buenos Aires > November 2 for a new round of climate negotiations can plug the loopholes in the > Protocol and pave the way for its ratification," say Worldwatch researchers > Christopher Flavin and Seth Dunn, "they face serious risk that it will never be > adopted, nullifying a decade of efforts to protect the climate. If nothing of > consequence happens in Buenos Aires, that in itself will be big news." > > ******************** A graph of global temperature from 1866-1998 can be found > in the .eps attachment here or at the Worldwatch web site, > <http://www.worldwatch.org>. For the data used to make the graph, contact Mary > Caron at <mcaron@worldwatch.org>. > > ********************** >
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