[geo] Re: Friends of the Earth calls for geoengineering research & states that mitigation is not enough to stay safe

2010-03-13 Thread Oliver Wingenter
Dear Group, I am not sure if they are friend or FOE but they oppose several types of GE. From FOE's press release, "Friends of the Earth opposes injection of aerosols. We also currently oppose the large-scale use of afforestation, biomass with carbon capture and bio-char until land use competiti

[geo] Re: Friends of the Earth calls for geoengineering research & states that mitigation is not enough to stay safe

2010-03-13 Thread Dan Whaley
I asked Russell Long (on the FOE US Board of Directors) about this when it came out last year... he confirmed that (unfortunately) it does not reflect the US organizations point of view. D On Mar 13, 4:45 pm, Andrew Lockley wrote: > Following my group's motion to conference last year, Friends o

[geo] Friends of the Earth calls for geoengineering research & states that mitigation is not enough to stay safe

2010-03-13 Thread Andrew Lockley
Following my group's motion to conference last year, Friends of the Earth has now called for geoengineering research, and recognised that mitigation is not enough to stay within 'safe' thresholds. I am heartened by this, as this makes FoE the first (to my knowledge) mainstream environmental group