September 24, 2009
Google Earth Tool Tracks Climate Change
Multinational companies can track various climate change models through a new Google Earth tool.
The tool, which is a series of layers and tours showing the effects of different climate change models, would allow companies to see how climate change might affect their far-flung operations.
Google recently unveiled the tool at its blog. The tool was developed in collaboration with the Danish government, with an eye toward using it at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks in December.
The Google Earth plug-in is required to use the tool.
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Climate change is effecting every country. Is there
anything we can do at our level to control it? While at
high school, I signed a campaign to “Go Green, Promote
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nancy @ princetoncryo LLC | September 25th, 2009
Nancy,
One of the best ways would be to write your Congressperson to support HR3242, which puts a true cost on carbon. The fees collected would go to reduce taxes, and the fee would also shift purchases away from carbon, reducing emissions by about 30% in a few decades.
Jan Freed | May 25th, 2012