York Goes Green

Congress passed and the President recently signed into law an economic stimulus package, the American Recover and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. This legislation includes several provisions modifying and expanding the scope of the energy efficiency and renewable energy incentives. The people behind the Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP) at http://www.energytaxincentives.org/ have listed a . . . → Read More: Stimulus Package Extends Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives

Although no one weather event can be said to be a direct result of climate change, scientists predict that increases in global warming will have far-reaching effects on all parts of the world.  According to the traditionally cautious United States EPA, “climate change may increase the probability of some ordinary weather events reaching extreme levels or of some extreme events becoming more extreme.”

This article from the Washington Post also raises the issue:

Hot and dry Australia sees wildfire danger rise

By ROHAN SULLIVAN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

SYDNEY — Australia may be getting a glimpse of its globally warmed future.

Experts agreed Tuesday that no one drought, flood or wildfire can be attributed to global warming, but they stressed that the eucalyptus forest and farms of southeastern Australia are becoming warmer, drier and more prone to fire as the planet heats up.

Some say rising temperatures are making Australia’s climate more extreme at the edges. Snow will disappear from the few mountains that still have it, the cyclones that batter the topical north could get more powerful and the conditions that set the southeast ablaze could become common.

“The terrible events of the past couple of weeks are, without doubt, partly the result of global warming and the greenhouse effect,” said Neville Nicholls, an expert on climate change and wildfires at Australia’s Monash University.

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