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In a passionate presentation, noted environmentalist David Suzuki rued the apathetic attitude of many governments and corporations to the world's climate change problem. Hitachi Data Systems shared its plan to deal with the explosive growth of digital data storage. INCLUDES VIDEO.
From itbusiness.ca
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- 'Alternative Nobel' prize bittersweet for David Suzuki (thestar.com)
- Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki awarded honorary 'Alternative Nobel' (journalpioneer.com)
- David Suzuki encourages Newfoundlanders to join the world in demonstration on... (thewesternstar.com)
More laffs from Gore worshipper Suzuki (from the Suzuki website FAQ):
Is David Suzuki going to run for politics?
"David Suzuki believes that he can make a bigger difference outside of politics. In 1988, Suzuki interviewed Al Gore and professed himself awed by the senator's grasp of climate-change issues.
Suzuki asked Gore to come to Canada and run for Prime Minister.
'Gore said, don't look for politicians like me... blah blah blah you can do...
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From network.nationalpost.com
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Here's a poll that says Canadians are embarrassed that we're not leading the international charge against global warming.
On the eve of major UN climate change
talks next month in Copenhagen, a major survey of Canadians has found
that more than three quarters of the public feel embarrassed that the
country hasn't been taking a leadership role on reducing greenhouse-gas
emissions.
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Even in Alberta, 65 per cent of respondents...
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From feedburner.com
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“It fills my Canadian heart with pride today to see Dr. David Suzuki receiving a 2009 Right Livelihood Award—the world’s ‘Alternative Nobel Prize.’
“David Suzuki is an exceptional scientist and communicator—and a courageous leader. Years before climate-change science found mainstream acceptance, David was teaching us all about the urgent need to act. His talent, rigour and persistence have made David a force of nature, for nature, whose vital...
From ndp.ca
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- David Suzuki Foundation: Home (del.icio.us)
Photo: Flickr, CC
For "Raising Awareness on Climate Change"
Canadian eco-hero David Suzuki might not be getting a Nobel prize like Barack Obama, but his life's work has not gone unnoticed. The Right Livelihood Foundation, which was founded in 1980 by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull to "recognize work that he felt was ignored by the Nobel Prizes," will give an honor...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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From treehugger.com
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by David Roberts Jeff Masters gets at something in his great piece on the “climategate” e-maelstrom that most press coverage leaves out: this isn’t our first time around the track. The Manufactured Doubt industry has been around for decades, working to thwart regulatory constraints on large corporations that make dangerous products. Not only are all the same techniques being used in the same way on climate change, in many cases they’re being...
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From grist.org
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A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day. The report points out that many key harbingers of climate change “are occurring at the high end or even beyond the expectations of only a few years ago."”
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From del.icio.us
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