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3 Jul 2011

New vehicle rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions spark debate

Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change, makes a forceful case for why we need to slash greenhouse gas emissions from cars and small trucks: It will cut America s oil consumption; foster the nation s energy independence; save consumers money at the pump; and help revive domestic auto manufacturers.
Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change, makes a forceful case for why we need...

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2 Jul 2011

Oil Spill In Montana’s Yellowstone River Forces Evacuation

An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River near Billings in south-central Montana ruptured and dumped an unknown amount of oil into the waterway, prompting temporary evacuations along the river Saturday morning.
An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River near Billings in south-central Montana ruptured and dumped...

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1 Jul 2011

Speaking Science to Climate Policy in a World Where ‘the Melting and Breakdown of Polar Ice Sheets Seems to Be in the Vicinity of a Couple of Degrees Warming’

James Risbey, an atmospheric and marine researcher at CSIRO, Australia s national science agency, explains why it s not 'alarmist' to describe the threat of climate change to the public and how the climate system will respond to half measures
James Risbey, an atmospheric and marine researcher at CSIRO, Australia s national science agency, explains why it s not...

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28 Jun 2011

American climate skeptic Soon funded by oil, coal firms

Willie Soon, a U.S. climate change skeptic who has also discounted the health risks of mercury emissions from coal, has received more than $1 million in funding in recent years from large energy companies and an oil industry group, according to Greenpeace.
Willie Soon, a U.S. climate change skeptic who has also discounted the health risks of mercury emissions from coal, has...

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28 Jun 2011

GE and partners bet on Israeli wastewater-to-energy firm

An Israeli company that uses microbial fuel cells to turn wastewater into an energy source has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Energy Technology Ventures, a joint venture of GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips.
An Israeli company that uses microbial fuel cells to turn wastewater into an energy source has received an undisclosed...
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21 Jun 2011

Causes of melting tropical glaciers over past 10,000 years identified

The causes of melting of tropical glaciers over the past 10 000 years have at last been unveiled by a team of French researchers from CNRS, CEA, IRD and Universit Joseph Fourrier, together with a US researcher from the University at Albany (State University of New York). They have shown that the retreat of the Telata glacier in Bolivia over that period is mainly linked to a 3 C rise in air temperature and to the warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean.
The causes of melting of tropical glaciers over the past 10 000 years have at last been unveiled by a team of French...

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20 Jun 2011

Has Wicked Weather Increased – Picture Rich Analysis

Below are 12 annual NOAA Storm Reports for June 19th. I picked this date arbitrarily. You will find a Graphic Picture for each Storm Report for each year from 1999 - 2011 below. NOAAs Storm Report in this format was not available prior to 1999. Let's see if Wicked Weather has increased.
Below are 12 annual NOAA Storm Reports for June 19th. I picked this date arbitrarily. You will find a Graphic Picture...

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14 Jun 2011

Climate change is real: an open letter from the scientific community

The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that human greenhouse gas emissions are resulting in climate changes that cannot be explained by natural causes. Climate change is real, we are causing it, and it is happening right now.
The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that human greenhouse gas emissions are resulting in climate changes that...

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14 Jun 2011

Michele Bachmann Let’s repeal clean air and clean water for our children

Last night at the GOP debate in New Hampshire, Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said of the Environmental Protection Agency: What we need to do is pass the mother of all repeal bills, but it s the repeal bill that will get a job killing regulations. And I would begin with the EPA, because there is no other agency like the EPA. It should really be renamed the job-killing organization of America.
Last night at the GOP debate in New Hampshire, Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said of the Environmental Protection Agency: What...

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14 Jun 2011

Recent Vermont media connecting the climate dots

We thought you might be interested in these recent articles making the connection between the wild weather and the wild things we're doing to our atmosphere - while not front page news (yet), it s quite remarkable the number of journalists we have who are rising to the occasion.
We thought you might be interested in these recent articles making the connection between the wild weather and the wild...

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8 Jun 2011

Chris Christie Continues Koch Binge, Slashes Renewable Targets

There is no doubt that renewable energy is the future here in New Jersey, Chris Christie said when running for the governorship in 2008, comparing himself to Barack Obama. Now, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is on a Koch binge, gutting his state s investments in clean energy to reward right-wing polluter interests like the Koch brothers.
There is no doubt that renewable energy is the future here in New Jersey, Chris Christie said when running for the...

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6 Jun 2011

John Lynch vetoes RGGI Repeal

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has vetoed legislation that would repeal the state s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Lynch, a longtime RGGI supporter, promised all year that he would veto any bill pulling the Granite State out of ten-state cap and trade compact, which auctions off the right to emit carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants.
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has vetoed legislation that would repeal the state s participation in the Regional...

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1 Jun 2011

The first Keystone tar sands pipeline spills again – providing twelve reasons not to fast-track the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline

The first Keystone tar sands pipeline, constructed less than a year ago, has sprung its twelfth leak, spilling up to 2,100 gallons of raw tar sands crude oil in Kansas on May 29th when a pipeline fitting around a pressure transmitter failed.
The first Keystone tar sands pipeline, constructed less than a year ago, has sprung its twelfth leak, spilling up to...
17 May 2011

Climate Scientist Fears His “Wedges” Made It Too Easy

When the torrent of predictions about global warming got too depressing, there were Robert Socolow's "wedges." The Princeton physics and engineering professor, along with his colleague, ecologist Stephen Pacala, countered the gloom and doom of climate change with a theory that offered hope. If we adopted a series of environmental steps, each taking a chunk out of the anticipated growth in greenhouse gases, we could flatline our emissions, he said. That would at least limit the global temperature rise, he said in a 2004 paper in the journal Science.
When the torrent of predictions about global warming got too depressing, there were Robert Socolow's "wedges." The...
15 May 2011

Nuclear Pollution

Radioactive contamination or nuclear pollution is the most dangerous for the environment since the wastes maintain their radioactive properties for thousands of years.
Radioactive contamination or nuclear pollution is the most dangerous for the environment since the wastes maintain their...

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15 May 2011

Will the Vatican’s declaration on global warming have an impact on the overall climate debate

The Pontifical Academy of Science, the Vatican s non-denominational science panel, has declared that global action on climate change must be undertaken in order to avoid serious and potentially irreversible impacts of global warming caused by the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases
The Pontifical Academy of Science, the Vatican s non-denominational science panel, has declared that global action on...

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14 May 2011

Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet

Cabinet ministers have agreed a far-reaching, legally binding "green deal" that will commit the UK to two decades of drastic cuts in carbon emissions. The package will require sweeping changes to domestic life, transport and business and will place Britain at the forefront of the global battle against climate change.
Cabinet ministers have agreed a far-reaching, legally binding "green deal" that will commit the UK to two decades of...

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13 May 2011

TEPCO Now Confirms Nuclear Meltdown In Fukushima Reactor No. 1

TEPCO has now publicly admitted it wasn't telling the truth about the severity of the damage to Fukushima reactor No. 1. We're now being told what we've suspected all along -- that nuclear fuel rods in that reactor are totally exposed and have suffered a nuclear meltdown , releasing vast amounts of radiation comparable to Chernobyl.
TEPCO has now publicly admitted it wasn't telling the truth about the severity of the damage to Fukushima reactor No. 1....
12 May 2011

The gap between CSR reports and performance

Greenwashing is everywhere, if we are to believe Terrachoice. Their Sins of Greenwashing 2010 report tells us how the number of greenwashing incidents continues to grow, mostly with companies making claims on how they have dealt with some of the less significant impacts, while omiting all sorts of other issues.
Greenwashing is everywhere, if we are to believe Terrachoice. Their Sins of Greenwashing 2010 report tells us how the...
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5 May 2011

Heat Wave Warning for the Windy City

Increasingly deadly heat waves may strike Chicago, warn researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Windy City could face between 166 and 2,217 more heat related deaths every year by 2100 as climate change increases the number of severe heat waves the city faces.
Increasingly deadly heat waves may strike Chicago, warn researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...

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5 May 2011

Arctic Assessment bombshell: “Global sea level is projected to rise by 0.9 – 1.6 meter by 2100”

A major new multi-country scientific assessment of the Arctic has concluded that on our current greenhouse gas emissions path, we face 3 to 5 feet of sea level rise — far greater than the 2007 IPCC warned of. This is fully consistent with several recent studies (see “Sea levels may rise 3 times faster than [...]
A major new multi-country scientific assessment of the Arctic has concluded that on our current greenhouse gas emissions...

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4 May 2011

New York Times blows the Dust Bowl story – County Commissioner: “There’s no economic growth whatsoever. It’s going to have to be wind energy or we’ll die.”

Actual NY Times caption:  "A church made an apt request." Media miscoverage of climate change comes in many forms.  We still have false balance between climate science and denial, contrary to the myth of flawed analyses.  And we have general under-coverage of the story of the century (Media coverage of climate change fell off the [...]
Actual NY Times caption:  "A church made an apt request." Media miscoverage of climate change comes in many...

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29 Apr 2011

Top Climate Scientist On The Monster Tornadoes: ‘It Is Irresponsible Not To Mention Climate Change’

Throughout human history, the climate system has been a source of life and death, the sun and rain capable of feeding our crops and bringing us comfort, or unleashing terrible devastation in wind, fire, drought, storm, and flood.
Throughout human history, the climate system has been a source of life and death, the sun and rain capable of feeding...

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28 Apr 2011

Tornadoes and Koch Industries An Elegant Solution

Does "global warming" cause tornadoes? No. Thunderstorms do. The harder question may be, "Will climate change influence tornado occurrence?" The best answer is: We don't know. According to the National Science and Technology Council's Scientific Assessment on Climate Change, "Trends in other extreme weather events that occur at small spatial scales--such as tornadoes, hail, lightning, and dust storms--cannot be determined at the present time due to insufficient evidence."
Does "global warming" cause tornadoes? No. Thunderstorms do. The harder question may be, "Will climate change influence...

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22 Apr 2011

Chris Mooney on “False Balance in Matthew Nisbet’s Climate Shift Report”

Chris Mooney, author of the bestselling "The Republican War on Science," was one of my big inspirations to become a blogger.  He also spent a lot of time giving joint talks with Matthew Nisbet, author of the anti-peer-reviewed "Climate Shift" report.  Now Mooney has shown how Nisbet falls victim to the very false balance he [...]
Chris Mooney, author of the bestselling "The Republican War on Science," was one of my big inspirations to become a...

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22 Apr 2011

How Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. cashes in on both sides of the climate fight

The contrast between what News Corp.’s chairman says and what its employees actually do is a stark illustration of the company’s attempt to play both sides of the climate issue. I have previously written about how Jack Bauer became first-ever carbon-neutral torturer as Rupert Murdoch says "Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threat." [...]
The contrast between what News Corp.’s chairman says and what its employees actually do is a stark illustration of the...

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22 Apr 2011

Ozone hole ‘changes Southern Hemisphere weather’

The Antarctic ozone hole is changing weather patterns across the Southern Hemisphere, even affecting the tropics, scientists have concluded. The scientists behind the new study added the ozone hole into standard climate models to investigate how it might have affected winds and rains.
The Antarctic ozone hole is changing weather patterns across the Southern Hemisphere, even affecting the tropics,...

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21 Apr 2011

Why did environmentalists pursue cap-and-trade and was it a doomed strategy?

We're starting to see pieces of counterfactual history on the climate bill in The New Republic and elsewhere based in part on discredited scholarship. Since cap-and-trade has been so vilified by the entire right wing and even some on the left, I thought I would try to set the record straight on some key points. [...]
We're starting to see pieces of counterfactual history on the climate bill in The New Republic and elsewhere based in...
18 Apr 2011

Report Glosses Over Media Failures In Climate Coverage

In a new report titled "Climate Shift: Clear Vision For The Next Decade Of Public Debate," Matthew Nisbet of American University attempts to debunk environmentalists' complaints about media coverage of climate change. However, the evidence presented in the report is far more limited than the conclusion it seeks to draw.
In a new report titled "Climate Shift: Clear Vision For The Next Decade Of Public Debate," Matthew Nisbet of American...

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8 Apr 2011

Senator Scott Brown Votes Against Clean Air and Clean Water

Today, the U.S. Senate beat back multiple assaults on the Clean Air Act and attempts to handcuff the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect Americans from toxic pollution. Today Senator Scott Brown voted in support of the McConnell amendment, which would eliminate EPA's authority to regulate global warming pollution and weaken fuel economy standards
Today, the U.S. Senate beat back multiple assaults on the Clean Air Act and attempts to handcuff the Environmental...

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7 Apr 2011

Freeway Pollution Causes Brain Damage In Mice

Southern California freeway pollution, already linked to heart and respiratory problems, causes significant brain damage in mice, according to a study released on Thursday
Southern California freeway pollution, already linked to heart and respiratory problems, causes significant brain damage...
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4 Apr 2011

The Truth About Climate Change, Still Inconvenient

For years now, large numbers of prominent scientists have been warning, with increasing urgency, that if we continue with business as usual, the results will be very bad, perhaps catastrophic. They could be wrong. But if you re going to assert that they are in fact wrong, you have a moral responsibility to approach the topic with high seriousness and an open mind. After all, if the scientists are right, you ll be doing a great deal of damage.
For years now, large numbers of prominent scientists have been warning, with increasing urgency, that if we continue...

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30 Mar 2011

Joe Barton Claims That ‘Texas Air Quality Is Excellent’ While Leading The Nation In Carbon Pollution

Visiting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Fort Worth, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) - who infamously apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward for having to pay Gulf residents for damage caused by his company's oil spill - stated that the air in Texas is "excellent":
Visiting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Fort Worth, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) - who infamously...

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30 Mar 2011

Carbon Pollution Lobby Launches Anti-EPA Blitz

This week, the U.S. Senate will debate and vote on how much to cripple the EPA s efforts to protect civilization from global warming. The Republicans have attached the Upton-Inhofe bill to deny the existence of global warming pollution as a Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) amendment (S. Amdt. 183) to Sen. Mary Landrieu s (D-LA) unrelated small-business bill (S. 493).
This week, the U.S. Senate will debate and vote on how much to cripple the EPA s efforts to protect civilization from...

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16 Mar 2011

Poll: Global warming fears cooling

Americans' perceptions of the issue of global warming appear to be cooling. In a Gallup Poll released Monday, 51 percent of respondents said they "worry a great deal or fair amount" about global warming, down from 66 percent in 2008.
Americans' perceptions of the issue of global warming appear to be cooling. In a Gallup Poll released Monday, 51 percent...

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15 Mar 2011

Our Air Would Never be this Clean Without the Government

It'd be nice to believe in a version of America where the titans of industry are spurring such innovation that pollution is rendered obsolete, but the truth is, without government controls like the Clean Air Act, the technology would only advance towards the aim of burning more coal for cheaper. And the air would no doubt be a whole lot dirtier.
It'd be nice to believe in a version of America where the titans of industry are spurring such innovation that pollution...

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16 Feb 2011

New poll: The public trusts EPA, loves the Clean Air Act, and wants Congress to butt out

As everyone knows by now, Republicans have launched a massive, coordinated assault on EPA, attempting to block its greenhouse gas regulations, its air and water regulations, and in some cases its very existence. In the surreal hothouse atmosphere of the Beltway, where anti-government radicals are ascendant and everybody's watching the same three cable news channels, this can seem reasonable -- even inevitable.
As everyone knows by now, Republicans have launched a massive, coordinated assault on EPA, attempting to block its...

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6 Feb 2011

Noam Chomsky: How Climate Change Became a ‘Liberal Hoax’

In this sixth video in the series "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate" from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky talks about the Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute and other business lobbies enthusiastically carrying out campaigns to try and convince the population that global warming is a liberal hoax.
In this sixth video in the series "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate" from The Nation and On The Earth Productions,...

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2 Feb 2011

E.P.A. Plans New Limits on Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water

The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it planned to regulate toxic substances in drinking water more strictly and would issue the first limits ever on perchlorate, a dangerous chemical found in rocket fuel that has seeped into groundwater in at least 400 locations.
The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it planned to regulate toxic substances in drinking water more...
31 Jan 2011

climate change the next generation

Because the truth is that promoting science isn't just about providing resources -- it's about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology
Because the truth is that promoting science isn't just about providing resources -- it's about protecting free and open...

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25 Jan 2011

Global Warming Dying A Horrible Death

Hear comes the boogieman, ready to sweep those who proclaimed global warming horrors and world cataclysms off into scientific obscurity. The question that remains, is who put these scientist up to this heist and who worked so frantically to extort the worlds wealthiest nations: who has yet to be revealed?
Hear comes the boogieman, ready to sweep those who proclaimed global warming horrors and world cataclysms off into...

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24 Jan 2011

Topsy-Turvy Weather Tied to Weaker Arctic ‘Fence’

Yet while people in Atlanta learn to shovel snow, the weather 2,000 miles to the north has been freakishly warm the past two winters. Throughout northeastern Canada and Greenland, temperatures in December ran as much as 15 or 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Bays and lakes have been slow to freeze; ice fishing, hunting and trade routes have been disrupted.
Yet while people in Atlanta learn to shovel snow, the weather 2,000 miles to the north has been freakishly warm the past...

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27 Dec 2010

Bundle Up, It’s Global Warming

THE earth continues to get warmer, yet it s feeling a lot colder outside. Over the past few weeks, subzero temperatures in Poland claimed 66 lives; snow arrived in Seattle well before the winter solstice, and fell heavily enough in Minneapolis to make the roof of the Metrodome collapse; and last week blizzards closed Europe s busiest airports in London and Frankfurt for days, stranding holiday travelers. The snow and record cold have invaded the Eastern United States, with more bad weather predicted.
THE earth continues to get warmer, yet it s feeling a lot colder outside. Over the past few weeks, subzero temperatures...

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16 Nov 2010

New Study Hints At Why Some Deny Global Warming

A recent study shows that people might deny the existence of human caused global warming, not because they are not convinced by the science, but because the idea of global warming “threatens deeply held beliefs that the world is just, orderly, and stable.” Furthermore the study finds that telling people dire facts about global warming [...]
A recent study shows that people might deny the existence of human caused global warming, not because they are not...

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15 Nov 2010

Climate Change At Glacier National Park

Actually It might be time to come up with a new name. Of the 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park in 1850, only 25 remain. Eleven of the park's iconic named glaciers have melted away since 1966… The USGS has a collection of “before and after” that show what global warming has done to these [...]
Actually It might be time to come up with a new name. Of the 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park in 1850, only 25...

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12 Nov 2010

Bolivia Faces Catastrophic Drought Due To Global Warming

Catastrophic drought is on the near-term horizon for the capital city of Bolivia, according to new research into the historical ecology of the Andes. If temperatures rise more than 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius (3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit) above those of modern times, parts of Peru and Bolivia will become a desert-like setting. The change would [...]
Catastrophic drought is on the near-term horizon for the capital city of Bolivia, according to new research into the...

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30 Aug 2010

UN climate body ‘needs reforms’, review recommends

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has faced mounting pressure over errors in its last major assessment of climate science in 2007. The review commends the IPCC on the way it carried out previous assessments. But the report recommends changes to the way the body is run and the way science is presented. Critics have previously called on the UN panel's chair, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, to resign. Responding to the report at a news conference in New York, Dr Pachauri said he wanted to stay to implement changes at the organisation.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has faced mounting pressure over errors in its last major...

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26 Jul 2010

The Right and the Climate

Climate change legislation has been dying in the Senate for months now, but Harry Reid s decision to finally admit as much - in the midst of an endless East Coast heat wave, no less - has supporters of cap-and-trade casting about for somebody to blame. They ve blamed the Obama administration, for prioritizing health care reform over an energy bill. They ve blamed the American people, for being too concerned with economic issues to grapple with longer-term threats. And they ve blamed figures like Lindsey Graham and John McCain, erstwhile supporters of cap-and-trade who have steadily backpedaled away from it.
Climate change legislation has been dying in the Senate for months now, but Harry Reid s decision to finally admit as...

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26 Jul 2010

Who Cooked the Planet

So why didn t climate-change legislation get through the Senate? Let s talk first about what didn t cause the failure, because there have been many attempts to blame the wrong people. First of all, we didn t fail to act because of legitimate doubts about the science. Every piece of valid evidence long-term temperature averages that smooth out year-to-year fluctuations, Arctic sea ice volume, melting of glaciers, the ratio of record highs to record lows points to a continuing, and quite possibly accelerating, rise in global temperatures.
So why didn t climate-change legislation get through the Senate? Let s talk first about what didn t cause the failure,...

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19 Jun 2010

Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny

GREENFIELD, Mass. Matthew Wolfe, an energy developer with plans to turn tree branches and other woody debris into electric power, sees himself as a positive force in the effort to wean his state off of planet-warming fossil fuels.
GREENFIELD, Mass. Matthew Wolfe, an energy developer with plans to turn tree branches and other woody debris into...

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2 Jun 2010

Introduction to Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Scientists are finding that due to increased levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide (GHGs) emissions, "warming of the climate system is unequivocal."1 At the same time, a full understanding of climate change and its long term impacts is still emerging.2 Scientists, however, now believe that it is "very likely" that human activities, including the combustion of fossil fuels for power generation, transportation and manufacturing, have resulted in significantly increased concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere
Scientists are finding that due to increased levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide (GHGs) emissions,...

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2 Jun 2010

World is at its warmest since records began, NASA warns

The global temperature over the last 12 months has been the highest on record, according to the latest NASA figures. It topped the previous record, 2005, and was 0.65 degrees Celcius warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean. "Global warming on decadal time scales is continuing without letup," say NASA climate change scientist James Hansen and three co-authors who compiled the data.
The global temperature over the last 12 months has been the highest on record, according to the latest NASA figures. It...

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2 Jun 2010

Collapse in bee populations could be caused by cellphones

Researchers at the University of Punjab fitted one of two hives with two mobile phones that were powered for 15 minutes twice a day. The other contained dummy equipment. After three months, they found that the number of bees in the hive fitted with the active phones had fallen dramatically. Foraging bees behaved oddly, there were fewer eggs, and no honey.
Researchers at the University of Punjab fitted one of two hives with two mobile phones that were powered for 15 minutes...
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8 Apr 2010

What would Reagan do about climate change

"What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things by which we live," Reagan's voice intones in one of the ads, from his 1984 speech to the National Geographic Society. Republicans for Environmental Protection's website offers a transcript of the full speech, in which Reagan says, "And we want to protect and conserve the land on which we live -- our countryside, our rivers and mountains, our plains and meadows and forests."
"What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things...

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2 Apr 2010

Emissions limits, greater fuel efficiency for cars, light trucks made official

Consumers will pay more for cars upfront but may save money in the long term under new rules finalized Thursday by the Obama administration that will increase fuel efficiency and for the first time set greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and light trucks.
Consumers will pay more for cars upfront but may save money in the long term under new rules finalized Thursday by the...

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17 Feb 2010

Global Weirding Is Here

The fact that it has snowed like crazy in Washington while it has rained at the Winter Olympics in Canada, while Australia is having a record 13-year drought is right in line with what every major study on climate change predicts: The weather will get weird; some areas will get more precipitation than ever; others will become drier than ever.
The fact that it has snowed like crazy in Washington while it has rained at the Winter Olympics in Canada, while...

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20 Dec 2009

Off to the Races

...Because once we get America racing China, China racing Europe, Europe racing Japan, Japan racing Brazil, we can quickly move down the innovation-manufacturing curve and shrink the cost of electric cars, batteries, solar and wind so these are no longer luxury products for the wealthy nations but commodity items the third world can use and even produce.
...Because once we get America racing China, China racing Europe, Europe racing Japan, Japan racing Brazil, we can...

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17 Dec 2009

In Last Days of Climate Talks, China Says Deal Unlikely

COPENHAGEN - With just two days remaining in historic and contentious climate talks here, China signaled overnight that it sees virtually no possibility that the nearly 200 nations gathered would find agreement by Friday.
COPENHAGEN - With just two days remaining in historic and contentious climate talks here, China signaled overnight that...

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15 Dec 2009

Global warming on other planets in the solar system

"Evidence that CO2 is not the principle driver of warming on this planet is provided by the simultaneous warming of other planets and moons in our solar system, despite the fact that they obviously have no anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Mars, Triton, Pluto and Jupiter all show global warming, pointing to the Sun as the dominating influence in determining climate throughout the solar system."
"Evidence that CO2 is not the principle driver of warming on this planet is provided by the simultaneous warming of...

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15 Dec 2009

Is global warming solar induced

There is some news making the rounds that Earth is not the only planet experiencing global warming. Mars, for example, possibly appears to be getting a bit warmer, as are Jupiter, Neptune s moon Triton, and even Pluto.
There is some news making the rounds that Earth is not the only planet experiencing global warming. Mars, for example,...

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15 Dec 2009

Climate Change The Alternative View (Peter Taylor)

Peter Taylor is a renowned conservationist and research analyst. Among his many achievements, he has previously taken successful action in challenging the UN to alter it's stance and policy regarding dumping of hazardous materials into the ocean (in other words, he cares about the environment and his research is credible). In this presentation, made at the Alternative View Conference Totnes UK 2008, he explains the conclusions of his detailed studies which indicate man is not responsible for global warming/climate change, and many of the 'solutions' based on this lie are the real threat we are facing (he's not funded by oil companies).
Peter Taylor is a renowned conservationist and research analyst. Among his many achievements, he has previously taken...

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9 Dec 2009

Going Cheney on Climate

In 2006, Ron Suskind published "The One Percent Doctrine," a book about the U.S. war on terrorists after 9/11. The title was drawn from an assessment by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, who, in the face of concerns that a Pakistani scientist was offering nuclear-weapons expertise to Al Qaeda, reportedly declared: If there s a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping Al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. Cheney contended that the U.S. had to confront a very new type of threat: a "low-probability, high-impact event."
In 2006, Ron Suskind published "The One Percent Doctrine," a book about the U.S. war on terrorists after 9/11. The title...

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23 Nov 2009

Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center

Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.
Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an...

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19 Nov 2009

What They Really Believe

If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the drill-baby-drill opponents of this legislation are now making two claims. One is that the globe has been cooling lately, not warming, and the other is that America simply can t afford any kind of cap-and-trade/carbon tax.
If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the...

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31 Oct 2009

The Carnivore’s Dilemma

This article describes the difference between traditional free range farming and the modern animal farming and its relation to global warming.
This article describes the difference between traditional free range farming and the modern animal farming and its...

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27 Sep 2009

The New Sputnik

Most people would assume that 20 years from now when historians look back at 2008-09, they will conclude that the most important thing to happen in this period was the Great Recession. I d hold off on that. If we can continue stumbling out of this economic crisis, I believe future historians may well conclude that the most important thing to happen in the last 18 months was that Red China decided to become Green China.
Most people would assume that 20 years from now when historians look back at 2008-09, they will conclude that the most...
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10 Apr 2009

Climate Depot

A site by Morano be best known for compiling a report listing hundreds of scientists whose work he says undermines the consensus on global warming. Environmental advocates and bloggers say that many of those listed as scientists have no scientific credentials and that their work persuaded no one not already ideologically committed. Mr. Morano s new Web site is being financed by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, a nonprofit in Washington that advocates for free-market solutions to environmental issues.
A site by Morano be best known for compiling a report listing hundreds of scientists whose work he says...
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