Maiken We hadn't put together anything on 350 but perhaps we should. I have compiled some links and have articles archived. What do you have. I'll also send you the enriched version vua private email
Jeanne 350 WEBSITE http://www.350.org/4/ Slide Show:Global Warming* The Perfect Storm Jim Hansen 29 January 2008 Health Implications of Climate Change Royal College of Physicians London, United Kingdom *Any statements relating to policy are personal opinion http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/RoyalCollPhyscns_20080129.pdf THE GUARDIAN Monday, April 7, 2008 Climate Target Is Not Radical Enough – Study http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/07/climatechange.carbonemissions WASHINGTON POST Remember This: 350 Parts Per Million http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122701942_pf.html By Bill McKibben Friday, December 28, 2007; A21 This month may have been the most important yet in the two-decade history of the fight against global warming. Al Gore got his Nobel in Stockholm; international negotiators made real progress on a treaty in Bali; and in Washington, Congress actually worked up the nerve to raise gas mileage standards for cars. But what may turn out to be the most crucial development went largely unnoticed. It happened at an academic conclave in San Francisco. A NASA scientist named James Hansen offered a simple, straightforward and mind-blowing bottom line for the planet: 350, as in parts per million carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It's a number that may make what happened in Washington and Bali seem quaint and nearly irrelevant. It's the number that may define our future. WORLD CHANGING http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007744.html "The evidence indicates we've aimed too high -- that the safe upper limit for atmospheric CO2 is no more than 350 ppm," says Jim Hansen. 350: That is the level to which Hansen believes we need to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide (and by implication, other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere if we want to avoid a series of catastrophic climate tipping points. The bad news? Atmospheric carbon is already at least 383 ppm, and the rate at which we're spewing greenhouse gases is increasing. In other words, we've seen the credible bar for achieving climate stability drop from 550 to 450 to 350 over roughly the last year. Bill McKibben walks us through the implications -----Original Message----- From: Maiken Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 5:39 pm Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] Wind vs coal in county Margaret, Will you have info on 350? I was planning on having some at the bag group, oth 38. Maiken _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
