The Go Green Debate

Katie Couric on Primary Questions asked ten leading presidential candidates whether or not global warming is a real and immediate threat.

Which presidential candidate has the best plan for our global warming and climate change problem? The answers are in with the Climate Cup 2008 tournament. Check out these videos that seed the hopefuls, and weigh the issues in this eco-friendly winner-take-all tournament.

Climate Cup 2008: Republicans

Climate Cup 2008: Democrats

The 11th Hour is a new documentary film narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. The film examines the human relationship with earth from its earliest glimmers of innovation, to the challenges humanity faces in the present, to the possibilities of the future.

The 11th Hour is the last moment when change is possible. This film explores how we’ve arrived at this moment — how we live, how we impact the earth’s ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course.

The film features experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolsey and sustainable design experts William McDonough and Bruce Mau in addition to over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and leaders who discuss the most important issues that face our planet & people.

Check Out The Trailer:

Where does your presidential candidate stand on international treaties to cut greenhouse gas emissions like the Kyoto Protocol Agreement?

Strongly Supports =
Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mike Gravel

Supports =
Christopher Dodd, John Edwards

Neutral =
Barack Obama

Opposes =
Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani

Strongly Opposes =
Ron Paul

Congressmen Dennis Kucinich strongly supports the idea that human pollution is a significant cause of global warming.

“Do you have to be a scientist to know there is something quite unusual going on with our environment? Do you have to be a member of congress to understand? All over the world, people have seen the effects of global climate change…I don’t need a scientist to tell me this is happening, because I see it myself. The problem comes when you get scientists who tell you something that’s different from what you’re seeing with your own eyes. Why do we even get trapped into that kind of thinking?”

At the CNN / YouTube Debate, Congressmen Dennis Kucinich answers global warming question.

“We need to move away from reliance on oil and coal and toward reliance on wind and solar. That’s the basis of my WGA, Works Green Administration, where we take an entirely new approach to organize the entire country around sustainability, around conservation.”

Congressmen Dennis Kucinich also strongly supports international treaties to cut greenhouse gas emissions like the Kyoto Protocol.

“The Kyoto Climate Change Treaty is just the first step. We need to go beyond Kyoto. We need to reach out to the world and reduce our carbon emissions, and we need to have environmental protection to secure our food supplies.”

Take Back America 2007 Conference on June 20, 2007

Climatologist Mike Hulme examines frequent misconceptions about the science and politics of global climate change.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference started today and will go through December 14th in Bali, Indonesia. The conference will have representatives from over 180 countries that will start negotiations on a new international climate change agreement.

The United Nations Department of Public Information will be providing full coverage of the Conference, including webcasts of main events and press conferences in Bali, radio coverage, photos and News Center stories. In addition, for the first time, the UN is introducing an experiment in on-line reporting from Bali for the entire duration of the Climate Change Conference.

This is part of the UN efforts to lower the conference’s carbon footprint and to emphasize the importance of this global issue by encouraging participants to view the conference online instead of flying in for the events.

The global warming debate is in full force now as phase one: admitting that there is a real crisis, is ending and the next phase: what should be done, is starting. As the war against global warming continues, many still disagree with the mainstream solutions. Bjorn Lomborg, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger all accept the basics of global warming, however they question its severity & challenge the Kyoto Protocol as the best way to save the planet. While their solutions maybe flawed, the questions that they are raising about climate change are central to the solution as we shift into phase two of this debate.

John Stossel from 20/20 explains another side of the global warming issues and debates Al Gore’s Movie, An Inconvenient Truth.