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Boxer says no more environment rollbacks (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 12:00:21
| Associated Press: Environmental rollbacks from the Bush administration "in the dead of the night" are history, the Senate's incoming environment chairwoman said Tuesday. "That's over. We are going to bring these things into the light," Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said in a wide-ranging interview laying out her agenda with The Associated Press. She cited concerns about a host of new Bush administration rules on air, land and water quality. "Some of the things are so ... |
California temperature rise affects crops (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 12:00:21
| United Press International: U.S. scientists say rising California temperatures will eventually reduce the amounts of oranges, avocados and other produce available in grocery stores. The study by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory indicated production losses in some of California's most popular crops -- including walnuts, avocados, wine and table grapes and almonds -- could be as high as 40 percent by midcentury. Using more than 20 climate models, the authors assessed the response of the crops to ... |
Southern Ocean could slow global warming (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 12:00:21
| EurekAlert: The Southern Ocean may slow the rate of global warming by absorbing significantly more heat and carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to new research. The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds have moved southward in the last 30 years. A new climate model predicts that as the winds shift south, they can do a better job of transferring heat and carbon dioxide from the surface waters surrounding Antarctica into the deeper, colder waters. The new finding surprised the ... |
Climate Change Increases Food Security Concerns (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 03:00:21
| Environment News Service: The developing world's struggle for food security will increase unless new crop varieties are deployed to help poor farmers adapt to climate change, agricultural experts and climate scientists warned Monday. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, CGIAR, in Washington, DC, the panel said hotter, drier weather will result in shorter growing seasons and smaller crop yields across much of the developing world, challenging the ... |
Australia drought has impact on farmers (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 03:00:21
| Associated Press: Grain farmer Eddie Valks hosted his daughter's wedding on his 2,000 acre spread northwest of Sydney, complete with bride and groom sailing off on a small lake. Four years later the lake is gone, dried out by Australia's worst drought on record. "If the wedding guests from the cities saw the place now, they'd be shocked," said the 61-year-old Valks. Drought and flood have been a familiar feature of Australia's vast cattle and sheep ranches and shimmering grain fields ... |
Malaysia calls for sustainable expansion of palm oil plantations (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 03:00:21
| Jakarta Post: Expansion of palm oil industry - which many hope will provide the fuel of the future - must be sustainable, environmentally-friendly and protect local communities, Malaysia's deputy prime minister said in a speech Tuesday. Since the 1990s, the area under palm oil cultivation globally has increased by 43 percent, mostly in Malaysia andIndonesia, the world's No. 1 and No. 2 exporters of palmoil respectively. "Based on current trends, the oil palm industry is set to continue ... |
India's climate and harvests are linked (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 03:00:21
| United Press International: U.S. scientists say a cut in human-generated air pollution could create unexpected agricultural benefits in India -- one of the world's poorest regions. University of California researchers say rice harvests increased dramatically in India during the "Green Revolution" of the 1960s and 1970s, making that nation self-sufficient in its staple food. But harvest growth has slowed since the mid-1980s, raising concerns that food shortages could recur in the densely ... |
Australia Fears Super Fires as Temperatures Soar (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 06:00:25
| Reuters: Australian firefighters fear dozens of bushfires in remote mountains in the southeast could join up to form major fire-fronts, driven by hot weather in the drought-plagued region. Nearly 2,000 firefighters battled more than 50 blazes in rugged, inaccessible mountains of Victoria state as temperatures rose above 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). "We are headed for probably the worst fire summer period we have ever had in Victoria. We don't expect these fires to go ... |
Water War along Mexico-California Border Sparked by Proposed Improvements to Canal (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 06:00:26
| Associated Press: Government lawyers are urging a federal appeals court to allow a section of a canal separating California and Mexico to be lined with cement to stop millions of gallons of water from seeping south of the border each year. The lining is proposed along a portion of the 82-mile (132-kilometer) All-American Canal that delivers Colorado River water to crop land on both sides of the border about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of San Diego. The U.S. government says Mexico already ... |
Renewable energy large part of future farm bill (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 06:00:26
| Agri News: Renewable energy is going to play a large part in the 2007 farm bill, along with keeping the safety net from the 2002 farm bill. "It's a great opportunity in the state," said Curt Watson, president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association. Watson was one of three keynote panel members at last week's 24th annual Rural Legislative Forum at South Central College. Minnesota has 16 ethanol plants and three biodiesel plants. The call for energy independence is ... |
Brazil protects great swath of Amazon (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 06:00:26
| Associated Press: A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection Monday in a region infamous for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers and environmentalists. Known as the Guayana Shield, the 57,915-square-mile area contains more than 25 percent of the world's remaining humid tropical forests and the largest remaining unpolluted fresh water reserves in the American tropics. The protected areas will link to existing reserves to form a vast ... |
Aluminium Worries Environmentalists (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-05-2006 at 06:00:27
| Inter Press Service: Nature conservationists are becoming increasingly more concerned that Iceland will soon have more aluminium plants than it can handle because it has an abundant supply of cheap, renewable energy. Environmentalists are concerned that Iceland could exceed its Kyoto quota if all new aluminium plants and the expansion of plants goes ahead. Under the Kyoto protocol, a limit has been set for industrial emissions for the period 2008-2012. Companies will have to pay for emissions above an ... |
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