Weather Channel, which runs a website that I personally check at least once a day has just released "One Degree Climate Change", another web site devoted to global warming and combating human climate change effects. At first I was intrigued by the promise of a couple of broadband webcasts about climate change but upon investigating a little bit closer I found dozens or webcasts about everything from drought in the Midwest to hydrogen powered autos to tips for home remodeling.

Their mission statement is pretty dang provocative too.

"Throughout the world, people are confused about climate change and global warming. Many do not believe there is a crisis. Others simply absorb the media sound bites and cannot tell fact from opinion. While there are excellent resources and educational websites devoted to climate change, some may be concerned that these sites have hidden political or financial agendas.

For this reason we created One Degree.

One Degree will leverage the trusted scientific resources of The Weather Channel. One Degree's mission will be to present an open, balanced dialogue around the scientific facts concerning global climate change. We will provide a place where sound science can be heard and a forum where all people can question and debate. The site will leverage what the Internet does best; an exchange of rational ideas from both experts and non-experts with questions. In addition, One Degree will look at how climate change may already be affecting the lives of individuals, families, communities and businesses.

The site's name, One Degree, is a reference to the one degree of warming the earth has experienced in the past 30 years and how something so seemingly small as a single degree can change the world."

And so another website joins the long list of sources I scour looking for that bright lining. Yay.

# posted by Dru McKeown @ 10:51 PM