HAPPY EARTH DAY 2010
Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. Help make Earth Day 2010 a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Visit Earth Day Network, and join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action today.
You can add your voice by signing the Earth Day 2010 Climate Declaration.
Please join supporters this Sunday April 25 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. for a massive climate rally, featuring notable speakers and live music from Sting, The Roots, Jimmy Cliff and more. Click here for more info.
IN THEATERS
Our friends at Participant Media (“An Inconvenient Truth”) have a number of upcoming film projects. Opening today is the Disneynature documentary Oceans, a powerful film featuring spectacular never-before-seen imagery captured by the latest underwater technologies. To learn about the film and make a pledge to ensure healthy, clean oceans, visit savemyoceans.com.
Also, check out the documentary Climate of Change which highlights the efforts of everyday people in the fight against global warming. The film, narrated by actress Tilda Swinton, will be premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival and is also available via Video on Demand on most major cable systems. Click here for more info.
We also encourage you to see the new live action family comedy Furry Vengeance, opening April 30th. Participant’s Social Action Campaign for the movie will focus on endangered species and habitat preservation, and they have created a teachers curriculum and family activity booklet to help young people explore the issues. Click here for more on the campaign.
MISSING HEAT
Two recent news stories from Time Magazine and US News and World Report point to a troubling discovery that may affect future climate change.
Over the past few years, while global CO2 emissions have continued to grow, the global temperature rise hasn’t kept pace, suggesting that excess heat energy is getting trapped somehow.
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) warn that this “missing” heat may be building up in the deep oceans or elsewhere in the climate system, and will come back to haunt us in the future.
Click here for more on the story.
Keep Marching,
Laurie David
Founder
StopGlobalWarming.org
