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| The Climate Project
| February 26, 2010 | |
| | Government Launches New Climate Service
 The Obama Administration announced this month its intention to form a national climate service. The department, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provides stakeholders like farmers, community resource planners, energy companies and others with all the information they need to anticipate and adapt to the effects of global climate change.
“By providing critical planning information that our businesses and our communities need, NOAA Climate Service will help tackle head-on the challenges of mitigating and adapting to climate change,” said US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. “In the process, we'll discover new technologies, build new businesses and create new jobs.”
“Working closely with federal, regional, academic and other state and local government and private sector partners, the new NOAA Climate Service will build on our success transforming science into useable climate services,” said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., who is NOAA administrator. “NOAA is committed to scientific integrity and transparency; we seek to advance science and strengthen product development and delivery through user engagement.”
The service examines long-term trends, as opposed to daily or annual weather patterns. It also compiles all US climate data and information in one single location online.
Read the release from NOAA for more information: www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100208_climate.html
Visit NOAA Climate Services at:
www.climate.gov
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Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour Wraps Up On Capitol Hill
After touring the nation and meeting with young people in urban communities all along the way, the Hip Hop Caucus’ Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour brought its message of clean energy solutions to the steps of the Capitol for a closing rally this week. The tour, a partnership between the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign and the Hip Hop Caucus, kicked-off in New Orleans and has included celebrities such as D. Woods, DJ Biz Markie, actress and Alliance for Climate Protection special advisor Gloria Reuben, as well as many others. Meet Our Presenters: The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) invited TCP US Presenter Susan Pacheco to hold a workshop entitled “Climate Change: Implications for Atopic Patients and the General Population” at their Annual Meeting in New Orleans February 26 - March 2, 2010. The AAAAI is a national organization and one of the world's leading academic groups helping to shape policy and raise awareness for respiratory diseases. TCP US Presenter Srikant Subramaniam (“Sri”) is partnering with a local environmental organization Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda (CASA) to highlight the connection between the scientific basis for the climate crisis and what can be done at a community level to combat it.Antarctic Peninsula Disappearing The USGS reported this month that the ice shelves of the Antarctic Peninsula are melting to unprecedented levels. "This is the first time since people have been observing the area, since the 1800s, that that ice shelf has not hitched together Charcot Island and the peninsula," scientist Jane Ferrigno told Reuters.
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| | The Climate Project Canada Teams Up with Olympic Athletes for a Cooler Climate
 The Climate Project Canada and The David Suzuki Foundation are working with top Canadian athletes this winter to raise awareness about climate change as part of the Play It Cool program. Play it Cool, launched in 2006, challenges Olympic, professional, national team, and internationally competitive athletes to reduce their carbon footprint and to educate the public about climate solutions.
Play It Cool members work hand in hand with Al Gore-trained presenters of The Climate Project Canada. These presenters deliver an updated version of the slide show featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Athletes bring presentations to life by sharing their compelling stories of the visible effects of climate change and what they are doing to help solve the climate crisis.
"Athletes add star power and deliver inspirational stories to audiences with their efforts to live more carbon neutral lives," said TCP Canada Outreach Manager Andrea Foster.
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC are providing a top-notch opportunity for Play It Cool athletes to get the message out. “As a winter Olympian, I see global warming firsthand: melting glaciers, changing snow patterns and the closing of lower-elevation hills. Winter sports are threatened by global warming and Canadian Olympic athletes are stepping forward and calling for action,” said Olympic Alpine Skier Kelly VanderBeek.
"Throughout my 15-year career as a cross-country skier, I have seen the seasons becoming less predictable, and races being cancelled more frequently due to lack of snow. I am concerned about the future of the sports we love, but also about the next generation of Canadians, who will be left to deal with even more serious climate change impacts if we don't act now," said Sara Renner, Play It Cool co-founder and Canadian Olympic cross-country ski silver medalist.
More than 60 Canadian athletes are a part of the Play It Cool program. Among its members are 2010 Winter Olympic medalists, Jenn Heil (silver medalist in moguls) and Kristina Groves (bronze medalist in the 3000m skating).
As of mid-February, Play It Cool athletes have offset 509 tons of carbon emissions. The Climate Project Canada has hosted the program since April 2009.
 Louis Vuitton Reveals Latest “Core Values” Ad
Louis Vuitton has released its latest ad in the company’s Core Values campaign this month featuring Annie Leibovitz and Mikhail Baryshnikov. In the newly released ad, Louis Vuitton decided to turn the tables on world-renowned photographer, Annie Leibovitz, who has shot the entire Journeys campaign. The photo depicts a moment between Leibovitz and her close friend Mikhail Baryshnikov. Baryshnikov is considered one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th Century.
Louis Vuitton, committed to promoting environmental responsibility, donates proceeds from the Core Values campaign to The Climate Project on behalf of the individuals featured. Past celebrity participants have included Catherine Deneuve, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, Keith Richards, Sofia and Francis Ford Coppola, and Sean Connery. The Climate Project, featured both in the "Environment Assessment" section of the Louis Vuitton website and on the Core Values website, has partnered with Louis Vuitton since 2007.  TCP Indonesia Co-Sponsors Climate Themed Short Film Competition
TCP Indonesia in cooperation with the Australian Embassy, Perth Education City, and The Indonesian Nobel Foundation held a film making competition called "Climate Change: What does it mean to you and your surroundings?" The competition invited high school students from Jakarta, Indonesia to create 3-5 minute movies expressing their perspective on how the environment is changing. The five finalists were selected this week and voting is now taking place to determine the winning film.
The first prize winner will receive a trip to Perth, Australia for 5 days, funded by the sponsor Perth Education City. The winner of the competition will be announced by Australian Ambassador, Mr Bill Farmer. Image of the Month: Temperature Analysis Reveals Anomaly in Arctic Oscillation  This image shows the temperature anomaly in the northernhemisphere because of the Arctic Oscillation this past December. According tothe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association: Air pressure conditions oscillate between two common patterns in theArctic and surrounding regions. In the positive phase of the oscillation,lower-than-average pressure over the Arctic and higher-than-average pressureover the surrounding region tend to keep cold, polar air within the polarregion. When conditions flip to the negative phase of the oscillation, airpressure is higher than average over the Arctic and lower than average over thesurrounding regions. This situation allows cold, dense air from the Arctic topush southward from the polar region to locations in the middle latitudes.
About The Climate Project The Climate Project, Al Gore's climate change leadership program, is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. TCP's mission is to educate the public about the harmful effects of climate change and to work toward solutions at a grassroots level worldwide.
TCP has more than 3,000 diverse and dedicated volunteers internationally. These volunteers are known as TCP Presenters and have been personally trained by Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore to deliver an updated version of the slide show featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. TCP Presenters have delivered 70,000 presentations and have reached a combined global audience of 7.3 million people. Presentations are customized and frequently revised to include the latest climate science and can be requested free of charge by any size group or organization.
Official TCP branches are located in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, Spain, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Mexico. TCP's global headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee. If you have any questions, comments, or story suggestions, please contact Carrie Criado, Communications Director or Kate Nolan, Communications Specialist via email atpress@theclimateproject.org.
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