Stormy weather all over the planet has caused a surge in the number of giant waves in 2006 โ perhaps a taste of what the surf could be like in a warmer world. This year’s remarkable waves began appearing in July in the winter-time seas of the Southern Hemisphere. In recent weeks the monster wave action has shifted to the Northern Hemisphere, where powerful storms in both the North Atlantic and North Pacific have kicked up some remarkable fifty-plus-footers.
Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.
As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ and PR companies help them obscure it.
