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Other NewsEditorialsCap and tax.The chosen solution for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, a combination of energy taxes and carbon controls, is politically inexpedient. That means that the Senate's Green Three will have to buy the votes they need, sweetening the deal with special favors and parochial giveaways. National Public Radio Unconventional gas: This changes everything.Natural gas is becoming less like oil and more like coal, which is a good thing. Economist Global warming challenge.The possibility of suspending California's Global Warming Solutions Act, a law unlikely to change temperatures but certain to wreak economic havoc, appears to have increased dramatically. Orange County Register OpinionA message for climate change skeptics.Is global warming happening? The likelihood is more than 90 per cent that elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are heating the planet. Can we know for certain? No. But playing Russian Roulette with nine of 10 chambers loaded with live bullets is a fool's game. Canwest News Service Interesting times for marine N2O.Although present in minute concentrations, nitrous oxide is a highly potent greenhouse gas. For the past 400,000 years, changes in atmospheric N2O appear to have roughly paralleled changes in CO2 - and to have had modest impacts on climate. But this may change. Science |
How will the world really end?
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Predictions about the end of the world have been around since...well, the beginning of the world. What are the most plausible scenarios for humanity's demise? And how soon? A paleontologist, an astrophysicist, a nuclear terrorism expert, and others offer a menu of doomsday scenarios. Big Think A second wind for German industry?Green tech is a broad and slippery concept. Just about anything can be done more cleanly - and it would be surprising if Germans were not the first to do it in industries they lead. Economist Energy: A foot on the gas.Policymakers have faced a trilemma: how to make energy supplies secure, affordable and clean. Now an abundance of gas appears to provide the answer to all three problems at once. However, there are two problems that could prevent gas from being the “long-term energy solution.” London Financial Times PepsiCo tests fertilizer to cut Tropicana CO2 emissions.How green is your orange juice? An effort to size up the carbon footprint of Tropicana found that the single biggest contributor to its carbon footprint wasn't the transport of the juice to stores. It was the fertilizer being used to grow the orange trees. Time Magazine Industries hoarding greenhouse gas emission permits.Companies across Europe are hoarding permits to produce greenhouse gas emissions worth hundreds of millions of pounds. The saved permits can be used to meet future targets to cut the greenhouse gas emissions. London Guardian Burning wood as renewable power draws scrutiny in Oregon and nationwide.The modern incarnation of civilization's oldest form of generating energy is seen as one of Oregon's best sources for generating reliable, home-grown electricity that doesn't come from fossil fuels. Portland Oregonian EPA to consider how states can address rising acid levels in oceans after lawsuit settlment.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life. Associated Press Climate change threatens migratory birds, report says.Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. Associated Press Searching for the wildest strawberries to save crop diversity .Climate change is expected to negatively affect agriculture, with crops in parts of the world having to deal with warmer temperatures, droughts and rising salinity of water. ClimateWire Floating golf course to be built in Maldives.The island nation of the Maldives, confronted by rising oceans and a landscape that is just a few feet above sea level, is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in the first off-shore development to confront the threat of global warming. London Independent |
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Battle over biofuel strategy.One of the few points of agreement is that current biofuels policy looks like a serious mistake.
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U.N. climate panel is all male.A new group overseeing financing for a United Nations climate effort has 19 members - none women.
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Friday, March 12 2010
Top ConsequencesHow will the world really end?Predictions about the end of the world have been around since...well, the beginning of the world. What are the most plausible scenarios for humanity's demise? And how soon? A paleontologist, an astrophysicist, a nuclear terrorism expert, and others offer a menu of doomsday scenarios. Big Think EPA to consider how states can address rising acid levels in oceans after lawsuit settlment.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life. Associated Press Climate change threatens migratory birds, report says.Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. Associated Press Top SolutionsA second wind for German industry?Green tech is a broad and slippery concept. Just about anything can be done more cleanly - and it would be surprising if Germans were not the first to do it in industries they lead. Economist Industries hoarding greenhouse gas emission permits.Companies across Europe are hoarding permits to produce greenhouse gas emissions worth hundreds of millions of pounds. The saved permits can be used to meet future targets to cut the greenhouse gas emissions. London Guardian Burning wood as renewable power draws scrutiny in Oregon and nationwide.The modern incarnation of civilization's oldest form of generating energy is seen as one of Oregon's best sources for generating reliable, home-grown electricity that doesn't come from fossil fuels. Portland Oregonian Top CausesEnergy: A foot on the gas.Policymakers have faced a trilemma: how to make energy supplies secure, affordable and clean. Now an abundance of gas appears to provide the answer to all three problems at once. However, there are two problems that could prevent gas from being the “long-term energy solution.” London Financial Times PepsiCo tests fertilizer to cut Tropicana CO2 emissions.How green is your orange juice? An effort to size up the carbon footprint of Tropicana found that the single biggest contributor to its carbon footprint wasn't the transport of the juice to stores. It was the fertilizer being used to grow the orange trees. Time Magazine Natural gas: An unconventional glut.A gasified American economy would have profound effects on both international politics and the battle against climate change. Economist Top PoliticsMore Americans say global warming exaggerated - poll.A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll. Reuters Battle over climate science spreads to US schoolrooms.Efforts in the past have been thwarted when courts ruled them unconstitutional, but those advocating the teaching of sound science may find it harder to fight misrepresentations concerning climate change. New Scientist Political ads: Weapon in climate change war?Since the U.S. Supreme Court in January ruled that corporations have the same right as individuals to free political speech, big business is now free to blitz the airwaves to attack politicians who support action against climate change. Reuters |
From the Daily Climate NewsroomCyber bullying rises as climate data are questioned.
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The e-mails come thick and fast every time NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt appears in the press. Rude and crass e-mails. E-mails calling him a fraud, a cheat, a scumbag and much worse. more Ethanol's contrasting carbon footprints.
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The federal government last week concluded corn-based biofuels help reduce emissions; California regulators say they don't. Who's right? Oddly enough, both may be. more US loses opportunity with home energy efficiency.
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Despite EPA gains with its Energy Star program, some 99 percent of American houses remain "sick" – damp, drafty, expensive to heat and cool – and could be made at least 30 percent more energy-efficient with "highly cost-effective, tried-and-true" improvements, according to experts. more Stern: Copenhagen Accord 'best way to make progress.'
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Lead U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern said Thursday the Copenhagen Accord represents the best way forward for a binding global climate deal but that success likely rests with a smaller group of countries working outside the unwieldy, multi-national United Nations process. more Disappearing options.
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Climate policy has a tipping point. Failure to set and meet strict emissions targets over the next 40 years puts long-term goals – such as limiting planetary warming to 2ºC by 2100 – permanently out of reach, according to a study published Monday. more |