Global Warming Awareness

2009 Responsible Tourism Award Nominations Open – New Tour Operator Theme

 Nominations are now open for the Responsible Tourism Awards 2009 organised by responsibletravel.com and sponsored by Virgin Holidays. The Awards celebrate tourism ventures around the world that make positive contributions to conservation and the economies of local communities.

The Awards are now in their sixth year and are the most prestigious of their kind in the world, with 13 categories receiving a total of over 1,900 nominations in 2008. Last years’ overall winner was New Zealand, other winners included Explore (UK); Kingfisher Bay (Australia); Nkwichi Lodge (Mozambique); Community Action Treks (Nepal); Ecoventura (Equador); Holland America Line (USA); Bycyclen (Denmark); Gamewatchers Safaris (Kenya); Shigar Fort Pakistan; Gambia is Good (the Gambia); Camps International (UK);

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by: H. Josef Hebert on stopglobalwarming.org

The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three decades and projections of continued losses, meaning, he said, that the polar bear is a species likely to be in danger of extinction in the near future.
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By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
The Bush administration has been accused of routinely misleading the public over the threat of globalwarming and of orchestrating efforts to try to suppress scientific findings that highlight the reality of climate change.
The chairman of a Congressional committee investigating the administration’s actions said yesterday that government officials had sought repeatedly “to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the science of globalwarming. Democrat Henry Waxman also said the government was refusing to make public documents that would expose its behaviour.
Meanwhile, two pressure groups provided survey findings to the committee that suggested almost half of federal climate scientists who responded said they had experienced pressure to eliminate the words “climate change” or globalwarming from their writings. One third said they had experienced officials at their agencies making public statements that misrepresented their findings.

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