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Other NewsEditorialsWanted: Climate change policy.Zimbabwe, like many other countries in southern Africa and beyond, is reeling under the adverse effects of climate change. Unfortunately, it is clear that government is not doing enough to confront this scourge. Zimbabwean Confronting Keystone again.The Keystone issue is alive again in Congress, where the House version of a new transportation bill would force Mr. Obama to make an early decision, again without sufficient environmental review. The Senate has rejected this push before and should do so again. New York Times Just who's crazy about climate science.The Heartland Institute may be doing climate scientists a big favor through its lastest anti-climate change campaign. Stroudsberg Pocono Record OpinionIs there a bigger environmental issue than climate change? Scientists say yes.Climate change is a serious issue, but it may not be the biggest threat to life on Earth as we know it. Instead, it may be loss of biodiversity, which can have dire consequences if it's ignored to focus on climate change. Los Angeles KCET TV Climate change policy should aim to manage risk.While we may not have established that man-made climate change is an absolute certainty, it is a serious risk. And rational people act so as to manage serious risks, even when they cannot say with confidence exactly how great the risk is. Vancouver Sun How we stopped talking about climate change.When the global economy melted down, public concern about climate change plunged. At the same time, and to the same extent, the prominence of climate change in government communications also plunged. Ottawa Citizen |
Ocean temperature made Australia floods worse.Abnormally high ocean temperatures off the coast of northern Australia contributed to the extreme rainfall that flooded three-quarters of Queensland over the summer of 2010-11, scientists report. Melbourne Age Natural sinks still sopping up carbon.Earth’s ecosystems keep soaking up more carbon as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, new measurements find. The research contradicts several recent studies suggesting that “carbon sinks” have reached or passed their capacity. Science News UK climate experiment cancelled on patent concerns.British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Reuters If Salt Lake City's CO2 emissions can be monitored, can China's?Negotiating an international agreement to fight climate change is hard enough. But for the past several years, scientists have warned that verifying whether countries meet their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions could be even harder. ClimateWire Airlines and pollution: Europe against the world.After a lot of noisy cross-fire, the smoke has cleared from the battleground that is the European Union’s policy on airlines and climate change: Of the 26 countries that fiercely opposed the emissions charge, only China and India are failing to comply with the scheme. Economist England is stuck in drought despite wettest April on record.Huge swaths of Britain remain stuck in drought after two abnormally dry winters despite the country's having suffered its wettest April on record last month, with little letup in the often torrential downpours enduring into May. ClimateWire Interior ignored tribal concerns about wind farm impacts.An American Indian tribe has filed a federal lawsuit against the Interior Department in an effort to stop what would become California's largest wind farm on public land. Greenwire Brown coal's allure in new coal economy.The dream that clean technologies can drive development of a large-scale brown coal export industry is shared by Resources Minister Martin Ferguson and many investors along Melbourne's fine old financial hub of Collins Street. Australia ABC News When oil and gas talks, Obama team listens more closely.The Obama administration is listening more attentively to the oil and gas industry in the past few months, the top White House official on energy said yesterday, after neglecting the relationship early in the president's term. EnergyWire |
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Top ConsequencesOcean temperature made Australia floods worse.Abnormally high ocean temperatures off the coast of northern Australia contributed to the extreme rainfall that flooded three-quarters of Queensland over the summer of 2010-11, scientists report. Melbourne Age England is stuck in drought despite wettest April on record.Huge swaths of Britain remain stuck in drought after two abnormally dry winters despite the country's having suffered its wettest April on record last month, with little letup in the often torrential downpours enduring into May. ClimateWire Water-efficient maize boosts harvests for drought-hit Tanzanian farmers.As part of an international research project dubbed Water Efficient Maize for Africa, farmers in Tanzania’s great central plateau are now using five varieties of maize seed that are being tested in an effort increase food production and help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change. Reuters Top SolutionsUK climate experiment cancelled on patent concerns.British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Reuters Interior ignored tribal concerns about wind farm impacts.An American Indian tribe has filed a federal lawsuit against the Interior Department in an effort to stop what would become California's largest wind farm on public land. Greenwire An electrifying freight solution?Los Angeles may be one of the first global cities to adopt a new electric freight trucking system, unveiled by electrical engineering giant Siemens Corp. last week at the 26th Electric Vehicle Symposium, or EVS26. Los Angeles Times Top CausesNatural sinks still sopping up carbon.Earth’s ecosystems keep soaking up more carbon as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, new measurements find. The research contradicts several recent studies suggesting that “carbon sinks” have reached or passed their capacity. Science News Brown coal's allure in new coal economy.The dream that clean technologies can drive development of a large-scale brown coal export industry is shared by Resources Minister Martin Ferguson and many investors along Melbourne's fine old financial hub of Collins Street. Australia ABC News European trading emissions down in 2011, permit glut grows.Carbon emissions in the European Union's Emissions Trading System fell by more than 2 percent in 2011 but an oversupply of permits key to driving greener energy use worsened, European Commission data showed on Tuesday. Reuters Top PoliticsIf Salt Lake City's CO2 emissions can be monitored, can China's?Negotiating an international agreement to fight climate change is hard enough. But for the past several years, scientists have warned that verifying whether countries meet their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions could be even harder. ClimateWire Airlines and pollution: Europe against the world.After a lot of noisy cross-fire, the smoke has cleared from the battleground that is the European Union’s policy on airlines and climate change: Of the 26 countries that fiercely opposed the emissions charge, only China and India are failing to comply with the scheme. Economist When oil and gas talks, Obama team listens more closely.The Obama administration is listening more attentively to the oil and gas industry in the past few months, the top White House official on energy said yesterday, after neglecting the relationship early in the president's term. EnergyWire Climate sceptics and sympathisers put heat on Flannery.As a crowd gathered to see climate change expert Tim Flannery speak at a public forum, Janene Lawson's mind was elsewhere. "I try not to believe [in climate change] because I don't like to believe the worst," she said – an optimism not shared by Flannery and the federal government's Climate Commission. Sydney Morning Herald |
From the Daily Climate NewsroomRising coal exports have Montana rail communities braced for worst.With Asia's energy demands pulling more U.S. coal to West Coast ports, rail-line communities across Montana fear the effects: More train traffic, health problems, noise and congestion. more Professor McCarver's 'baseball bat' theory of climate change.A Fox TV commentator, midgame, links global warming to home runs, and fans on all sides of the climate debate call foul. more The Cook: A celebrated chef preaches sustainability.Snakehead with a side of Kudzu? Washington, D.C.'s Barton Seaver is pushing boundaries in the kitchen, urging restaurants to use menu choice to help sustain diversity – and connect the dots – in a changing climate. A Climate Query. more Essay: Lies in the energy debate.The heartbreaking irony is that nothing about the energy debate in Washington or the Keystone XL pipeline fight will bring down gas prices or alter unemployment. It will not free us from foreign oil. These are the WMD equivalents trotted out by politicians and industry. They are lies. more Opinion: Wacky weather shifting voters away from GOP's climate stance.Red-state Republicans face a long, hot summer: They're heading home to campaign for constituents whose lives are being made miserable - and whose economic fortunes are being ruined - by scorching heat, drought, deluge, and tornadoes. Yet the GOP's climate view denies their plight. more |
