Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:14 PM PDT
New York Times Reporter Criticizes His Paper For 'Scandal' Of 'Dodging' How ... ThinkProgress - ‎1 hour ago‎ ... pm One thing I'm seeing—and I see it in our own paper as well as many other news outlets—is that people are covering the crazy weather we're having and, more often than not, dodging the subject of whether there's any relationship to climate change.
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:10 PM PDT
March Heat Records Crush Cold Records by Over 35 To 1, Scientists Say Global ... ThinkProgress - ‎4 hours ago‎ I like the statistical aggregation across the country, since it gets us beyond the oft-repeated point that you can't pin any one record temperature on global warming. A 2009 analysis shows that the average ratio for the 2000s was 2.04-to-1, ...
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:58 PM PDT
March broke or tied almost 8000 U.S. temperature records Mother Nature Network - ‎13 minutes ago‎ Although weather over short periods of time cannot be directly attributed to human-caused climate change, accumulating greenhouse gases likely played a role in the "year without winter" that has graced a significant portion of North America, ...
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:53 AM PDT
Calif. high-speed rail's pared-down plan toutedSan Francisco Chronicle
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:49 AM PDT
Lawmakers again show disregard for scenic vistas Knoxville News Sentinel - ‎10 hours ago‎ By NEWS SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD After five consecutive years, it really is a pity the Tennessee Legislature can't pass a bill protecting the state's wonderful scenic mountains from the ravages of mountaintop-removal
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:47 AM PDT
March held to highlight danger of dolphin extinction New Zealand Herald - ‎13 hours ago‎ About 60 people marched through Wellington today in an effort to raise awareness of Maui's dolphins. The march was organised by Earthrace Conservation New Zealand, with national director Scott Bowman saying latest estimates put the number remaining at ... Maui Dolphin situation can't get more
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:41 AM PDT
Coal lobby launches ad blast - Media Access Project suspends operations ... Politico - ‎10 minutes ago‎ COAL LOBBY LAUNCHES AD BLAST: The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is launching a national television ad campaign tomorrow in an attempt to continue to have coal part of the energy dialogue this year. The 60-second ad called "Now is the 
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:41 AM PDT
Gov. Brown looks to global warming fees to pay for high-speed rail Pasadena Star-News - ‎2 hours ago‎ Anywhere from $2 billion to $14 billion a year could be in play for high-speed rail, thanks to a new proposal to use money from a pollution auction established by the state's landmark global warming law. The money -- expected to start flowing to the 
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT
Architects float answers to rising seas around the world USA TODAY
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:25 AM PDT
The truth about Keystone Salon - ‎Mar 30, 2012‎ In conjunction with Houston-based company Enterprise, Enbridge is also planning to construct a new pipeline that would expand an existing route to bring tar sands oil to the Gulf; because the new pipeline would not cross international borders, 
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:13 AM PDT
Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎ In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline -- and all tar sandspipelines -- they say will destroy precious water resources and ancestral lands ... Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:09 AM PDT
North America's First Year Round Glacier-Based Ski Area Ski Channel - ‎Mar 23, 2012‎ Over two decades after the idea was first mentioned, plans for North America's first year round glacier-based ski area have been approved and are being put into action. Shuswap band sees benefits in Jumbo resort approvalGlobe and Mail EditorialThe Free Press
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:57 AM PDT
A Hot Idea: Turning Deserts Into Forests ThomasNet Industrial News Room - ‎Mar 14, 2012‎ One of the purposes of the Sahara Forest Project is to develop technological solutions to reverse desertification. According to the project overview: The Sahara Forest Project proposes to establish groups of interconnected economic activities in 
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:55 AM PDT
UN Drylands envoy urges greater efforts to fight desertification Associated Press of Pakistan - ‎Mar 26, 2012‎ By Fayyaz Chaudhry SEOUL (South Korea), March 27 (APP): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday while appreciating Pakistan's efforts for fighting terrorism and extremism, said the Pak-
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:34 AM PDT
Wind Capacity Soars Amid Slowdown RenewableEnergyWorld.com - ‎40 minutes ago‎ By Tildy Bayar, Associate Editor, Renewable Energy World Wind power is sailing safely through the global economic storm, with more than 40 GW installed last year to set a fresh record, reveal recent analyses. Canada Hot Global Wind Market for GEMarketWatch (press release) April 1st in Germany — Happy
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:51 AM PDT
http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/02/april-1st-in-germany-happy-birthday-renewable-energy-sources-act/ Note: 'Loving, here: Massive disaster. WIFI finally Gone. Major rework of plans now.'
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:08 AM PDT
Note: 'Loving, here: Massive disaster. WIFI finally Gone. Major rework of plans now.'
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:09 AM PDT
Booming bamboo: The next super-material? BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎ It also has the potential to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, the biggest greenhouse gas, and provide some of the world's poorest people with cash. Note: 'Loving, here: Massive disaster. WIFI finally Gone. Major rework of plans now.'
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:09 AM PDT
Will Congress Save Coal after EPA Carbon Ruling? Forbes - ‎Apr 2, 2012‎ In cooperation with AEP, the French company Alstom unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant, so called 'clean coal,' which will store around 100000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide a year 2.1 kilometers (7200 feet) ... The EPA's (very small) step on carbon emissionsWashington Post
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:09 AM PDT
Carbon dioxide leak sends more than 90 workers at N. Calif food processing ... Washington Post - ‎Mar 30, 2012‎ One worker was in serious condition Friday while 90 others exposed to a carbon dioxide leak at a Northern California food processing plant have recovered, hospital officials said. Carbon dioxide leak sickens workers at food plantBoston.com Note: 'Loving, here: Massive
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:10 AM PDT
UK relaunches 1 bln pound carbon capture competition ‎ Reuters - 1 hour ago UK discussing contracts for difference with developers * First engineering contracts could be signed by end 2012 * Drax, National Grid among bidders for CCS ... UK relaunches $1.6 billion carbon capture competition‎ Chicago Tribune Government relaunches £1bn CCS technology competition‎ The Engineer Note: 'Loving,
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:58 AM PDT
Climate Commission finds growing support for action eco-business.com - ‎32 minutes ago‎ By : The Sydney Morning Herald People feel starved of solid information about climate change and are unsure about what practical measures are being taken to deal with it, data gathered over the past year by the federal government's Climate Commission ...
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:58 AM PDT
The Solution to Climate Change My comment:  Bravo! Well done. How in the world did you get Forbes to publish this? Please, why didn't you mention Fee and 100% Dividend, supported by Republican Economists including DiPesso, and written of well by James Hansen – http://books.google.com/books?id=mwva_7dPyAcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=james+hansen+nasa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1dNLT4HwKI2x0AHo0q2EDg&ved
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:39 AM PDT
U.S. Navy Experience Shows Climate Alterations, Invited Speaker at Sandia Labs ... Newswise (press release) - ‎16 hours ago‎ Newswise - ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Because its presence is worldwide, the US Navy sees the effects of climate change directly, an invited lecturer in Sandia National Laboratories' ongoing Climate Change and National Security Speaker Series recently told ...
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:38 AM PDT
U.S. Military Forges Ahead with Plans to Combat Climate Change Scientific American - ‎21 hours ago‎ They also help curb climate change and its potential to intensify military conflicts. "There is not a shred of political correctness in what the military is doing with energy efficiency or renewable energy," said Dennis McGinn, a retired Navy vice ... U.S. military sees a threat in
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