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Other NewsEditorialsHow to feed a hungry world.Producing enough food for the world's population in 2050 will be easy. But doing it at an acceptable cost to the planet will depend on research into everything from high-tech seeds to low-tech farming practices. Nature Senate's energy bill: What a disappointment.President Obama's push for cleaner energy ran out of gas long ago. But that doesn't excuse him or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for surrendering so easily, or so completely. Los Angeles Times CLEAR thinking on energy issues.Democrats have abandoned their effort to dramatically cut the nation's greenhouse gases and instead have rolled a few minor carbon-reduction measures into a bill that would reform regulations on oil and gas drilling. It isn't much of a compromise. But its reforms are needed and we urge Congress to implement them. Denver Post OpinionObama must take a lead on climate change – and soon.Three factors – the enormous economic challenge of reducing greenhouse gases, the complexity of climate science, and deliberate campaigns to confuse the public and discredit the science – add up to the overarching problem: US politicians' unwillingness or inability to formulate a sensible climate-change policy. London Guardian Climate-change deniers follow script of tobacco industry.Most people ultimately rejected the cynical tactics of the tobacco industry. If we are to prevent the tragedy of a dramatic increase in extreme temperatures, we must rebuff the underhanded approach of the climate denial campaign now. Eugene Register Guard What sank the Senate's climate bill.The president had the political capital and the numbers in Congress to pass something big. He chose health care. Washington Post |
EPA denies challenges to greenhouse gas rule.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday denied 10 petitions challenging the science underpinning EPA's 2009 finding that climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and the environment. Reuters Research says climate change undeniable.International scientists have injected fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is “undeniable” and shows clear signs of “human fingerprints” in the first major piece of research since the “Climategate” controversy. London Financial Times Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline.Worldwide phytoplankton levels are down 40 percent since the 1950s, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The likely cause is global warming, which makes it hard for the plant plankton to get vital nutrients, say researchers who described their results as both staggering and disturbing. Associated Press The global farm.With its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon? Nature Heatwave smog turns Muscovites into heavy smokers.The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution 10 times above safe levels and Russia's chief lung doctor on Wednesday said residents were inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes every few hours. Reuters Worry over foreign "carbon foresters."Foreign-owned "carbon foresters" have ambitions to turn a fifth of New Zealand sheep and beef farmland into forests and that will devastate many rural towns, the national farmers' lobby says. New Zealand Press Association Canadian researchers hope to green the web and make Canada the world's web server.Canadian researchers hope to stem the global IT industry's rampant output of greenhouse gas emissions by perfecting a way to host the Internet's content purely on green power. Canadian Press A push for action on renewables.With a cap on carbon dioxide an apparent nonstarter in the Senate these days, some clean energy and climate advocates have shifted their sights to a scaled-back but still ambitious goal: passage of a national renewable electricity standard. New York Times California Republicans shunning one traditional path to victory: the environment.In previous elections, GOP candidates have been rewarded for responding to voters' environmental concerns. Those concerns continue, a study finds, but Fiorina and Whitman are focusing elsewhere. Los Angeles Times |
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Top ConsequencesResearch says climate change undeniable.International scientists have injected fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is “undeniable” and shows clear signs of “human fingerprints” in the first major piece of research since the “Climategate” controversy. London Financial Times Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline.Worldwide phytoplankton levels are down 40 percent since the 1950s, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The likely cause is global warming, which makes it hard for the plant plankton to get vital nutrients, say researchers who described their results as both staggering and disturbing. Associated Press Heatwave smog turns Muscovites into heavy smokers.The worst smog to hit Moscow in almost a decade has sent pollution 10 times above safe levels and Russia's chief lung doctor on Wednesday said residents were inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes every few hours. Reuters Top SolutionsWorry over foreign "carbon foresters."Foreign-owned "carbon foresters" have ambitions to turn a fifth of New Zealand sheep and beef farmland into forests and that will devastate many rural towns, the national farmers' lobby says. New Zealand Press Association Canadian researchers hope to green the web and make Canada the world's web server.Canadian researchers hope to stem the global IT industry's rampant output of greenhouse gas emissions by perfecting a way to host the Internet's content purely on green power. Canadian Press UK electric car grant scheme 'cut by 80%.'A government grant scheme to give motorists up to £5,000 off the cost of a new electric car has been cut by 80%, opposition politicians and green campaigners claimed today. The fate of a network of charging points to power such low-emission cars also hangs in the balance. London Guardian Top CausesThe global farm.With its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon? Nature Lugar urges ethanol ruling.The campaign to delay or even derail a proposed increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline sold at U.S. pumps is misguided, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Wednesday. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Utilities considers committing to 'cleaning' technology.After sinking $17 million of ratepayer money into a new invention to clean emissions from its coal-fired power plants, Colorado Springs Utilities now has to fish or cut bait. Colorado Springs Independent Top PoliticsEPA denies challenges to greenhouse gas rule.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday denied 10 petitions challenging the science underpinning EPA's 2009 finding that climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and the environment. Reuters A push for action on renewables.With a cap on carbon dioxide an apparent nonstarter in the Senate these days, some clean energy and climate advocates have shifted their sights to a scaled-back but still ambitious goal: passage of a national renewable electricity standard. New York Times California Republicans shunning one traditional path to victory: the environment.In previous elections, GOP candidates have been rewarded for responding to voters' environmental concerns. Those concerns continue, a study finds, but Fiorina and Whitman are focusing elsewhere. Los Angeles Times |
From the Daily Climate NewsroomSpread of disease linked to warming climate.A deadly infectious disease once thought to be exclusively tropical has gained a toehold in the Pacific Northwest, and health experts suspect climate change is partially to blame. more Climate scientist Steve Schneider dies at 65.Stanford climate scientist Stephen Schneider, one of the pre-eminent voices in the climate debate, who argued with wit and passion about the limits of climate science and the need for an aggressive response, died Monday of an apparent heart attack while en route to London from a scientific conference in Stockholm. He was 65. more Opinion: The world lost a great man.We honor Steve Schneider by caring about the strange and beautiful planet on which we live, by protecting its climate, and by ensuring that our policymakers do not fall asleep at the wheel. more New conservation model emerges in Canada's north country.
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An unprecedented drive to protect Canada's northern forests, tundra and bogs is changing how land managers view their stewardship, civic leaders approach economic growth and companies view their bottom line. And for the first time, some of the protections have a climate component. more Locking in our future.Welcome to the Anthropocene. Decisions made today about planet-warming emissions will influence climate impacts not just for decades but for centuries and perhaps even millennia, a panel from the National Academy of Sciences warned Friday. more |
