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A Chemical Imbalance (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| LA Times: As she stared down into a wide-mouthed plastic jar aboard the R/V Discoverer, Victoria Fabry peered into the future. The marine snails she was studying – graceful creatures with wing-like feet that help them glide through the water – had started to dissolve. Fabry was taken aback. The button-sized snails, called pteropods, are hardy animals that swirl in dense patches in some of the world's coldest seas. In 20 years of studying the snails, a vital ingredient in the polar food ... |
Energy From the Restless Sea (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| New York Times: There is more riding the waves here than surfers, thanks to a growing number of scientists, engineers and investors. A group of entrepreneurs is harnessing the perpetual motion of the ocean and turning it into a commodity in high demand: energy. Right now, machines of various shapes and sizes are being tested off shores from the North Sea to the Pacific – one may even be coming to the East River in New York State this fall – to see how they capture waves and tides and create marine ... |
Media attacked for 'climate porn' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| BBC: Apocalyptic visions of climate change used by newspapers, environmental groups and the UK government amount to "climate porn", a think-tank says. The report from the Labour-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says over-use of alarming images is a "counsel of despair". It says they make people feel helpless and says the use of cataclysmic imagery is partly commercially motivated. However, newspapers have defended their coverage of a ... |
More Denial (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Washington Post: OVER THE PAST two weeks, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has held a pair of truly senseless hearings on global climate change. The purpose was not to figure out how to cut carbon emissions. It wasn't even to discuss the science of global climate change in general. Instead, the purpose was to pick at a single study of global temperature patterns, the so-called "hockey stick" graph -- a trend line that purports to show a sudden and dramatic increase in global temperatures in the 1990s ... |
United Kingdom: Anger at £200m reduction in environmental budgets (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Independent: Environmentalists have reacted with dismay to the news that wildlife protection, waste management, protection of fisheries, canal repairs and flood defence would all have to be scaled back because of massive emergency funding cuts at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). About £200m, or roughly 5 per cent of the department's annual budget, is to be cut nowbecause the budget has seriously overrun. Defra is in the red because of a number of unforeseen ... |
Anlalysis: U.K. eyes deepwater wind farms (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| United Press International: As Britain's North Sea oil and gas stocks dwindle, the government is seeking new ways of harnessing natural resources to ensure a diverse and secure future energy supply. Now plans are afoot to utilize the North Sea's existing energy infrastructure to install a new generation of deepwater wind farms that could keep the lights on in a sustainable and environmentally benign manner. Talisman Energy U.K. Ltd. has teamed up with Scottish and Southern Energy to test the technological and ... |
California Heat Wave Deaths Prompt Health Study (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| LA Times: As the suspected death toll from last week's heat wave exceeded 160, state and federal officials Wednesday announced a far-reaching study that would look at the impact of extreme heat and global warming on the health of Californians. A key issue the research will take up is how heat-related illnesses are affected by the development boom in some of the state's hottest regions, including the Inland Empire and Central Valley. "Unfortunately, the most population growth is occurring ... |
Drought may threaten Spaniards' drinking water (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Agence France-Presse: Persistent drought across much of Spain may threaten supplies of drinking water to some two million people in the south of the country within weeks, according to government forecasts. With reservoir reserves running low, 71 communes in the regions around Murcia and Alicante in the southeast could find supplies threatened unless the rains come by October, the government warned. Supplies to the regions potentially affected normally come from the Segura basin where reserves have ... |
Energy Department to Spend $250 Million on Fuel Study (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Associated Press: The federal government will spend $250 million to help create two research centers that will focus on finding more efficient ways to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels, Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced Wednesday during a visit to Illinois. "This is an important step toward our goal of replacing 30 percent of transportation fuels with biofuels by 2030," Bodman said in a statement. "The mission of these centers is to accelerate research that leads ... |
EU Unlikely to Sue States Over CO2 Plans - Official (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Reuters: The European Commission does not expect to start legal action against European Union member states for late submission of their emissions allocation plans, an official said on Wednesday. The European Union's executive arm said on Tuesday it sent letters to 14 EU states that have not turned in their new carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) plans, which were due on June 30, pressing them to submit details within a month. The next step, a "letter of formal notice", would be ... |
Guangdong, Hong Kong Mull Emissions Trading Scheme (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Reuters: Hong Kong and the neighbouring manufacturing hub of Guangdong plan to launch an emissions trading scheme this year as part of a drive to clear their smoggy skies, a top official said on Wednesday. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said earlier that emissions from the city's power companies were the main cause of its air quality problems, and the trading project could help them cut back pollutants at minimal cost. "I will launch the pilot emissions trading scheme ... |
Heat wave makes Pat Robertson a global warming 'convert' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Associated Press: The Reverend Pat Robertson says he hasn't been a believer in global warming in the past, but this summer's record-breaking heat is "making a convert out of me." On his "700 Club" broadcast, Robertson said, "It is getting hotter, and the icecaps are melting and there is a buildup of carbon dioxide in the air." Switching sides on an issue that divides evangelical Christians, Robertson said, "We really need to address the burning of fossil ... |
United States: How state failed to curb oil addiction (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Wall Street Journal: In a government parking lot by the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, California is about to launch its latest attempt to get cars to run on something other than oil. Chevron Corp., the California-based oil giant, plans to install a small tank here soon with enough corn-based ethanol to power about 35 General Motors Corp. cars capable of burning both ethanol and gasoline. California, the nation's biggest auto market, has about 10,000 gas stations. This will be its fifth ethanol ... |
Intense Heat Begets Intense Smog (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| LA Times: July's scorching heat wave created a "blanket of smog" from California to Maine, with the number of unhealthy days up from last year in 38 states, according to data compiled by a watchdog group. Public health standards for ozone smog were exceeded more than 1,000 times at official air pollution monitors last month, according to Clean Air Watch. The trend could continue this week with record-breaking temperatures in many parts of the country. "California by far ... |
United States: Los Angeles Revises Solar Rebate Plan (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Renewable Energy Access: The Los Angeles Board of Commissioners of the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) approved new guidelines for the Solar Photovoltaic Rebate Program. The program, which remains hindered by limited overall funds, will shift to a performance-based incentive structure. The Solar PV program assists the LADWP in achieving its goal of providing 20% of its energy from renewable energy sources by 2010. The new program uses the solar PV systems' design -- generally called a ... |
The cloud with a dangerous secret (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Guardian: This rare "nacreous" cloud formation, appearing 12 miles above in the stratosphere, was recently photographed by a scientist at Australia's Mawson station in Antarctica. Nacreous are one of the most beautiful of all cloud formations, but they are also the most destructive to our atmosphere. Their presence encourages the chemical reactions that break down the ozone layer, which acts as an essential shield protecting us from the most harmful of the sun's rays. Also known as ... |
United Kingdom: These windfarms would destroy our precious peatlands for ever (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Guardian: Imagine that a multinational company was enforcing a huge industrial development on the lands of the Australian aboriginals. Many people would be outraged. But it might surprise them to know that this scenario is currently unfolding in Britain. John Vidal wrote of the plans to build three of Europe's biggest windfarms on the Isle of Lewis (Take money or safeguard the land, July 20). He didn't, though, mention that the heart of Lewis is its moorland. The people of Lewis have a tie with ... |
Tuvalu at Risk of Rising Sea Levels (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ELEANOR HALL: Tuvalu is one of the smallest and flattest countries on earth. And because of global warming and rising sea levels, it may soon produce the world's first 'environmental' refugees. About a quarter of the population has already left for New Zealand and many more are likely to follow. A new documentary, looking at the plight of the islanders has just had its Pacific premiere in Auckland. And our New Zealand correspondent Peter Lewis was in the ... |
United States: Backward on biomass (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Boston Globe: AS PART OF electricity deregulation in the 1990s, Massachusetts passed a law requiring utilities to get more of their power from renewable sources. Lawmakers had in mind new wind turbines, solar power, or other innovative sources of electricity that did not deplete the planet's dwindling supply of fossil fuels or contribute to global warming. The legislators were not thinking of including existing generators that burn wood or sawmill waste, called biomass generically. But that is precisely ... |
Big oil, big coal still pooh-pooh global warming (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Billings Outpost: In the 1980s Mobil Oil Co. began pooh-poohing the idea of global warming in ads that ran regularly in the front pages of Time Magazine . Sometime in the late 1990s, these Mobil advertisements shifted slightly toward a grudging acceptance that global warming indeed might have some basis in fact. Even its hired scientists could not refute a one-third increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide since the dawn of the fossil-fueled industrial age. Still, the Mobil ads refused to concede ... |
High heat: The wave of the future? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| USA Today: A preview of the future – much hotter decades on a warming planet – has been delivered today by the continent-spanning heat wave, climate experts say. "Heat wave projections all agree. They are going to intensify in length and frequency" in this century, says climate scientist Claudia Tebaldi of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Global warming is projected to raise average temperatures worldwide about 3 to 9 degrees in this century, ... |
Searing Heat to Linger in US Northeast Till Thurs (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Reuters: An intense heat wave blanketing the US Midwest and Northeast will linger for longer than first predicted, forecasters said on Wednesday, straining the power grid as Americans try to stay cool. The searing temperatures killed more than a hundred people last week in California before moving east and triggered excessive heat warnings from the US government Wednesday for the Southern Plains and along the East Coast. "This heat wave has been gripping the region for the past ... |
Sweltering summer nights are a US trend (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Associated Press: America in recent years has been sweltering through three times more than its normal share of extra-hot summer nights, government weather records indicate. And some scientists say the trend is a sign of manmade global warming. From 2001 to 2005, nearly 30 percent of the nation had ``much above normal" average summertime minimum temperatures, according to the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. By definition, ``much above normal" means low ... |
US-India nuclear deal sets bad example (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| Japan Times: The India-U.S. deal to cooperate in civil nuclear energy signed in New Delhi in March now appears set to be approved by the U.S. Congress. This will end India's nuclear isolation, which began in 1998 when the country first tested nuclear weapons. The U.S. Congress must amend American law to OK this pact. It seems that it will do so. U.S. President George W. Bush can then waive some provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, paving the way for civil nuclear cooperation with India, even ... |
President Clinton Launches Large Cities Climate Initiative (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Environment News Service: Some of the world''s largest cities have pledged to take action to combat climate change under the umbrella of the Clinton Climate Initiative, launched Tuesday by former President Bill Clinton. A partnership between the Clinton Foundation and the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, the initiative aims to take practical and measurable steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Berlin, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Chicago, Delhi, Dhaka, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, ... |
Ancient Global Warming Spurred Primates Into North America, Fossils Show (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| National Geographic: An ancient period of global warming spurred the world's first primates to spread from Asia to North America, new research shows. The animals may have taken as little as 20,000 years to disperse across the Northern Hemisphere from the moment they first appeared. The findings were reported by scientists studying the fossils of animals called Teilhardina, which have been found in China, Belgium, and the western United States. Teilhardina were tiny primates about the size ... |
Electric cars: How clean? Drivers argue (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Oregonian: Your article, "Electric cars have buzz, need spark" (July 23), while accurate about the limited (25 to 50 miles) range of all-electric vehicles powered by lead-acid batteries, neglected to mention that the majority of commutes that Americans make are within the range of electric vehicles. Think about that short hop to soccer practice or the grocery store. It's about $8,000 to convert a vehicle to all-electric power, and it adds $6 per month to your electric bill. My re- ... |
IFC-China deal to cut back coal (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| United Press International: Although securing a steady supply of energy is crucial for China to keep its economic engine roaring, the price for explosive growth has often been paid by the country's environment. So a deal between a major Chinese energy group and the World Bank to supply environmentally friendly fuel is looking all the more attractive, not just to conservationists but also to the wider business community sensitive to ballooning global energy prices. On Wednesday, the International Finance ... |
Increased Use of Air Conditioners to Produce More Greenhouse Gas (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| LiveScience.com: Temperatures are reaching triple digits across the country and air conditioners are working overtime. They are also injecting additional carbon into the air, a gas known to insulate the planet and contribute to global warming. A new analysis suggests the cycle will be exacerbated. Earth's temperature has increased by about 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.56 degrees Celsius) in the last century. Studies strongly suggest that the increase is due to increased volumes of carbon dioxide and ... |
Is heat wave a result of global warming? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| MSNBC: The debate over global warming has been raging for years. So, is our current heat wave a symptom of global warming? Here's what most scientists say is certain: The Earth is warming, by 1.4-degrees Fahrenheit since 1920 The ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising 10 of the last 12 years were the warmest since 1850 The first six months of 2006 were the hottest since they started keeping records in 1890. "This heat wave and other extreme events ... |
Nuclear reactors can't take the heat (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Edie: France's soaring temperatures have forced the heavily nuclear-dependent country to take the unusual step of importing electricity, as nuclear reactors slowed down in the summer heat. Many of France's 44 riverside reactors were banned from releasing cooling waters into rivers to protect flora and fauna, already affected by low water levels and high temperatures. Electricity production slowed and some reactors shut down altogether, while the increased use of ventilation and air ... |
United States: Schwarzenegger campaigns while the planet burns (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Argus: IN an all-too-familiar style-over-substance maneuver, the governor shamelessly tried to score election-year political points Monday as he cut a deal with British Prime Minister Tony Blair over global warming. The deal sounds good, but accomplishes little. California and Britain will share research and technology to reduce emissions and help control the effects of climate change. In addition, the agreement seeks to examine how to reward those who produce less of the ozone-fouling ... |
Summer nights heating up, scientists say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 08-03-2006 at 12:00:17
| Associated Press: America in recent years has been sweltering through three times more than its normal share of extra-hot summer nights, government weather records show. And that is a particularly dangerous trend. During heat waves, like the one that now has a grip on much of the East, one of the major causes of heat deaths is the lack of night cooling that would normally allow a stressed body to recover, scientists say. Some scientists say the trend is a sign of manmade global warming. A ... |
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