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A convenient untruth.
Like holdouts in the Alamo, the last of the climate skeptics plug away at the thousands of mainstream scientists now arrayed against them. And they bridle when asked if they take money, as nearly all do, from ExxonMobil.
Vanity Fair.
17 April 2007
Global warming may put U.S. in hot water.
As the world warms, water - either too little or too much of it - is going to be the major problem for the United States, scientists and military experts said Monday.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Trade-off looms for arid US regions: water or power?
Water consumed by electric utilities could account for up to 60 percent of all nonfarm water used in the US by 2030.
Christian Science Monitor.
17 April 2007
Warming study sees problems for Great Lakes.
Global warming is likely to dramatically alter the Great Lakes region in the coming decades, making the world’s largest body of fresh water shallower and dirtier while hurting the region’s ability to capitalize on its greatest natural resource.
Buffalo News.
17 April 2007
Security Council takes on global warming.
The Security Council is holding its first ever debate on climate change on Tuesday.
BBC.
17 April 2007
Climate change may worsen instability.
Climate change threatens to prolong the war on terrorism and foster political instability that some governments will be unable to cope with, an influential panel of 11 retired US generals has warned.
Financial Times.
17 April 2007
Global warming health effects.
Higher temperatures over the coming decades are expected to cause more smoggy days and heat waves, contributing to a greater number of illnesses and deaths in the United States.
San Francisco Chronicle.
17 April 2007
All power to the super dump's stench.
They call it the void. A giant open-cut mine on the outskirts of Goulburn is slowly filling with Sydney's waste, but this super tip is also a new source of green power.
Sydney Morning Herald.
17 April 2007
No-fishing zones in tropics yield fast payoffs for reefs.
The island nation of Palau is at the forefront of a worldwide movement to ban fishing in key reefs to allow the return of prized species. And results are promising.
New York Times.
17 April 2007
EPA official: Supreme Court decision a 'stunner.'
A top EPA official said a recent Supreme Court decision was a "stunner" that left the agency little "wiggle room" in deciding whether to regulate carbon dioxide emissions as an air pollutant.
Detroit News.
17 April 2007
Ireland, Ukraine to test U.N. carbon-trading plan.
A Ukrainian cement factory and an Irish maker of building materials are pairing up in the first test of a United Nations carbon-trading program for industrialized countries, designed to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
Wall Street Journal.
17 April 2007
Warming predicted to take severe toll on U.S.
Climate change will exact a major cost on North America's timber industry and could drive as much as 40 percent of its plant and animal species to extinction in a matter of decades, according to a new report from an international panel.
Washington Post.
17 April 2007
Kilimanjaro's ice set to linger.
A fresh assessment suggests the famous ice fields on Africa's tallest mountain will be around for decades yet. Recent concerns that climate warming would rob Mount Kilimanjaro of all its glaciers within 20 years are overly pessimistic, say Austrian scientists.
BBC.
17 April 2007
The new politics of global warming.
South Africa's transport system will have to be adapted radically to fight the effects of global warming. This would have to include steep rises in prices to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, an environmental expert predicts.
KwaZulu-Natal Mercury.
17 April 2007
More proof of global warming?
Amateurs who began collecting data on fungi in the 1950s started a process that is helping us to understand climate change, reports Roger Highfield.
London Daily Telegraph.
17 April 2007
Melting Himalayan glaciers pose security risk.
The melting of the Himalayan glaciers is expected to displace millions of people from low-lying land as sea levels rise, and will disrupt river flows and irrigation of agricultural land.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
UN to assess climate change as threat to security.
Britain will try to convince reluctant UN Security Council members that global warming poses a threat to international peace and security when the body holds its first debate on climate change on Tuesday.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Italy, Japan say G8 to focus on Africa, global warming.
The Japanese and Italian premiers said Monday that global warming and African development will be high on the agenda when the two countries host Group of Eight summits.
Lahore Daily Times.
17 April 2007
Ex-U.S. military chiefs warn warming worsens security.
Global climate change acts as a "threat multiplier" in some of the world's most volatile areas, and raises tensions even in stable regions, 11 former U.S. military leaders warned on Monday.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Global warming expected to have dramatic impact on U.S., Canada.
Climate scientists released a grim portrait Monday of the likely effects of global warming on the United States and Canada.
McClatchy Newspapers.
17 April 2007
Top ex-military leaders call global warming a major security risk.
Global warming poses a "serious threat to America's national security" with terrorism worsening and the U.S. will likely be dragged into fights over water and other shortages, top retired military leaders warn in a new report.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Global warming could spur 21st century conflicts.
Droughts, floods and rising seas linked to global warming could spur conflicts in coming decades, experts said on Monday, the eve of a first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Study: Global warming presents serious security threat.
A new report from a panel of esteemed generals and admirals warns that global climate change poses a serious national security threat.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Security Council to hold unprecedented debate on climate change.
For the first time in its history, the UN Security Council on Tuesday debates climate change, a sign that the burning issue is increasingly being seen as a major threat to world security.
Agence France-Presse.
17 April 2007
Business focus in UN climate debate.
On the eve of the first United Nations Security Council debate on global warming, the UK foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, warned US businesses to invest in carbon-free technology or lose out to Europeans.
New Scientist.
17 April 2007
Scientists enlist nature's divers to sample icy sea.
Researchers from the United States and Greenland are using narwhals to analyze a part of the ocean crucial for regulating climate.
Washington Post.
17 April 2007
The climes, they are a-changin'.
The United Nations panel's report, produced by more than 200 scientists across the world, expresses "high confidence" that global warming caused by human activity will lead to floods, droughts, heat waves, extreme storms and more.
Solon Herald Sun.
17 April 2007
Britain tells US industry to invest in "clean-tech".
On the eve of the first U.N. Security Council debate on global warming, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett warned U.S. businesses to invest in carbon-free technology or lose out to Europeans.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
U.S. rejects call for tougher U.N. environment role
The United States supports moves to strengthen the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) but sees no need for a new, more powerful U.N. agency, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Experts: world's plants facing mass extinction
The world's plants face mass extinction if climate change remains unchecked and more efforts are not taken to encourage plant conservation, warned experts on the second day of the Third Global Botanical Gardens Congress in Wuhan, central China on Tuesday.
Xinhua News Agency.
17 April 2007
Live Earth attracts 203,000 fans.
More than 200,000 people registered for tickets to the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, organisers have said. Interested fans had 72 hours from Friday to Monday to register before a ballot to distribute the tickets.
BBC.
17 April 2007
Park's carbon footprint examined.
The carbon footprint of the Cairngorms National Park is being measured in an effort to determine what contribution it makes to global warming.
BBC.
17 April 2007
Eurostar in "green" drive to take on airlines.
Train operator Eurostar polished its green credentials on Tuesday by targeting a 25 percent cut in CO2 emissions as it battles against low-cost airlines to carry passengers across the English Channel.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
17 April 2007
EU confirms to propose ships join emissions trade.
The European Commission confirmed on Monday it will propose adding shipping companies to the European Union emissions trading scheme, targeting another emitter of greenhouse gases from the transport industry.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Eurostar trains to go carbon neutral.
The high-speed Eurostar trains linking London with Paris and Brussels will be carbon neutral from November, the company said Tuesday, claiming a world first.
Agence France-Presse.
17 April 2007
Island found in Arctic Circle.
A new island has been discovered in the Arctic after rising temperatures melted the giant ice sheet which covered it. The rocky mass - dubbed Warming Island - lies 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle in eastern Greenland, reports The Sun.
Leeds Ananova.
17 April 2007
Hungary mulls legal action over slashed CO2 plan.
A legal row is brewing as Budapest considers taking the Commission to court over its decision to slash the amount of carbon allowances that the country can allocate to companies under the European emissions-trading scheme.
Euractiv.
17 April 2007
Darfur crisis linked to climate change.
A violent conflict that has claimed more than 300,000 lives in Darfur is one of the early signs of threats to global security prompted by climate change, a senior representative of the British government warned Monday.
CanWest News.
17 April 2007
Mabira: New Cabinet paper out.
A new cabinet paper on the proposed Mabira give-away is out and it contrasts sharply with the previous one, making it look increasingly unlikely that the 7,100 hectares of forest will go.
Kampala Sunday Vision.
17 April 2007
Snows of Kilimanjaro safe until 2050.
Glaciers on Kenya's Kilimanjaro will recede more slowly than previously expected, according to estimates by Austrian climatologists speaking in Vienna on Monday.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
17 April 2007
Logging decimates African rainforest.
The world's second largest rainforest -- a haven of biodiversity and one of the planet's vital safeguards against runaway global warming -- is being devastated by illegal logging, environmentalists have warned.
CNN.
17 April 2007
New Hummer ‘as fuel efficient as most other mid-size SUVs‘.
With South Africa seeking a leadership role in the battle against climate change, and clarity fast emerging on how badly this country could be affected, it is surely a strange time to start manufacturing a Hummer in this country.
Port Elizabeth Herald.
17 April 2007
Climate change takes centre stage in Singapore.
The Global Business Summit for the Environment, to take place Thursday and Friday, will be the first major international conference focusing on business and the environment in Asia, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Agence France-Presse.
17 April 2007
Greenpeace urges India to ban bulbs.
India must ban incandescent light bulbs in favour of more energy efficient light sources, environmental group Greenpeace said yesterday, adding the ban would cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 4%.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Australian politicians "greening at the edges".
Lawmakers in Australia - the world's worst per capita greenhouse gas polluter - are rushing to polish their environmental credentials as global warming and water scarcity become mainstream political issues.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Fears at global warming moves.
Shutting down New Zealand farms is the only thing farmers can do to stop runaway climate change, says Waikato Federated Farmers president Peter Buckley.
New Zealand Press Association.
17 April 2007
Clean coal 'crucial' to cuts.
Australia's big power generators say the development of clean coal technologies will be crucial if the country is to achieve steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Sydney Australian.
17 April 2007
The bacteria that eat pollution.
Sydney researchers are recruiting extraordinary microbes to recycle emissions from cars and even power stations, converting noxious gasses into nothing nastier than pure oxygen.
Sydney Morning Herald.
17 April 2007
Secret draft plan says Conservatives to stabilize greenhouse emissions by 2012.
A draft climate plan being weighed by the Conservative government would stabilize Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 2012, according to a document obtained by The Canadian Press.
Canadian Press.
17 April 2007
Energy regulators leave big void.
The near-simultaneous departure of Canada's two top energy regulators has created uncertainty at a time when workloads are unprecedented, energy has become the world's key commodity and environmental issues have risen to the fore.
CanWest News.
17 April 2007
City budget includes green fund.
One of the highlights in this year's city budget is the creation of a Local Environmental Action Fund. Councillors unanimously approved that and put $2 million in it. That will increase to $5 million during the next few years.
Kitchener Record.
17 April 2007
Ontario Tories pledge air pollution targets.
Striving to outflank Premier Dalton McGuinty on climate change, Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory says his government would set firm targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Toronto Star.
17 April 2007
Toronto students dazzled by enviro-facts.
A gymnasium full of some of the brightest kids in Toronto guffawed as they learned about the magnitude of their energy and water consumption.
Vancouver 24 Hours.
17 April 2007
Crist, Crow bring attention to climate change.
Singer Sheryl Crow has campaigned for several Democratic politicians, including former presidential nominees John Kerry and Al Gore, but Monday she gave an endorsement of sorts to Republican Gov. Charlie Crist.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Consumers buy carbon credits to allay greenhouse guilt.
Tens of thousands of Americans are calculating their "carbon footprint" and then paying for renewable energy to "offset" that damage.
Scripps Howard News Service.
17 April 2007
EPA Chief: Bush climate policy working.
The head of the EPA said Monday the growth of greenhouse gases by less than 1 percent in 2005 shows the administration's program to address global warming "is delivering real results."
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
U.S. 1990-2005 greenhouse gas emissions up 16 percent.
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday U.S. greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming increased 16 percent over a 15-year period.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Lawyer says no decision yet on where to file grizzly suit.
A lawyer for several environmental groups says he hasn't decided whether he will honor a request from Gov. Dave Freudenthal to file in Wyoming any planned lawsuit over the federal government's plan to lift protections for grizzly bears.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Lieberman sets timeline for climate bill.
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman laid out a timetable on Sunday for a congressional vote on legislation that would set the first national limits on the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
Hartford Courant.
17 April 2007
Fake snow ices climate sting.
Colorado's snowmaking power - developed to attract holiday skiers and blanket terrain parks - may also protect the state's slopes from climate change for a few extra decades, according to a United Nations report.
Denver Post.
17 April 2007
Climate woes ahead for state.
Report finds a 90 percent chance that warming in western US mountains will cause "decreased snowpack, more winter flooding and reduced summer flows, exacerbating competition for over-allocated water resources."
San Jose Mercury News.
17 April 2007
Climate change called a security threat.
Panel of retired military leaders says food shortages, new Arctic shipping routes and disasters could affect U.S. interests.
Los Angeles Times.
17 April 2007
Scientists assess climate-change impacts in Northeast.
A regular snowmobile season is likely to "disappear" from most parts of the eastern United States by mid-century, an international panel of climate-change scientists reported Monday.
Burlington Free Press.
17 April 2007
Leaders weigh impact of warming on budgets.
With global warming increasingly accepted as scientific fact, business and political leaders are shifting the debate to dealing with the environmental impacts of climate change while meeting the nation's insatiable appetite for electricity and other forms of energy.
Raleigh News & Observer.
17 April 2007
Churches seeking ways to care for God's creation.
Thanks to a much stronger scientific consensus on the reality of and the human causes of global warming, and thanks to a renewed interest among churches in stewardship, on the obligation to care for God's creation.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
17 April 2007
State water woes may be a trickle.
Climate change can be expected to worsen global conflicts over water, and the United States won't be immune to such problems, authors of a new United Nations report said Monday.
Omaha World-Herald.
17 April 2007
Experts pushing for diesels.
As the auto industry moves toward more fuel-efficient, cleaner vehicles, there's a cluster of automotive, environmental and energy experts rooting for the diesel engine. Perhaps their biggest challenge is to convince drivers that today's diesels aren't the slow, noisy, smelly diesels of the past.
Detroit Free Press.
17 April 2007
Michigan high on list of carbon dioxide emitters.
Global warming pollution has been rising in Michigan, according to a new report, and one environmental group is calling on a local Congressman to do something about it.
Bay City Times.
17 April 2007
ConocoPhillips, Tyson join to produce diesel out of animal fat.
ConocoPhillips' effort to be more eco-friendly involves a craving for animal fat.
Houston Chronicle.
17 April 2007
Above-average rise for carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide emissions in Alabama have been growing far faster than the national average, in large part because of releases from coal-fired power plants, a new study concludes.
Mobile Press-Register.
17 April 2007
Ariens Co. president part of global warming task force.
The president of Brillion-based outdoor power equipment maker Ariens Co. said it's no secret that gasoline powered lawn mowers pollute the air.
Oshkosh Northwestern.
17 April 2007
Coastal areas face risks from warming.
Coastal communities around New England will be "increasingly stressed" by global warming and are especially vulnerable to widespread flooding, according to a report released yesterday by an international group of scientists.
Boston Globe.
17 April 2007
A familiar argument: should a coal plant be built in rural Florida?
A coal-fired power plant on the edge of the Everglades would foul the famous River of Grass, increase global warming and be a boondoggle for customers, Southwest Florida critics told regulators today.
Tallahassee Democrat.
17 April 2007
Future of diesel engines looks brighter.
Government and auto industry officials expressed optimism Monday about the future of diesel-powered passenger cars and light-trucks, even as an oil industry official raised concerns about the costs of increasing diesel fuel use.
Detroit News.
17 April 2007
The buzz at SAE: Fix fuel economy.
The race to develop breakthrough technologies to dramatically reduce gasoline consumption will be front and center as 35,000 automotive engineers gather in Detroit this week.
Detroit News.
17 April 2007
FPL's coal plant plan splits opinions.
The hearing will resume today and could last through Wednesday, given the unusually large amount of consumers who showed up to testify during the public comment period.
Palm Beach Post.
17 April 2007
Xcel to argue against coal.
Xcel Energy, which largely depends on coal for electricity, will argue against coal as the cheapest fuel for future power needs. The PUC staff will counter that the utility could be wrong.
Denver Rocky Mountain News.
17 April 2007
ConocoPhillips, Tyson team on project.
Oil major ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, said Monday they're teaming up to produce and market diesel fuel for U.S. vehicles using beef, pork and poultry fat.
Associated Press.
17 April 2007
Tyson Foods and ConocoPhillips to produce diesel fuel from animal fat.
Tyson Foods and ConocoPhillips have cooked up a new recipe for your pickup truck.
New York Times.
17 April 2007
Wind farm project seeking £1/2m windfall.
A last-minute bid to raise money to get a wind farm up and running has raised £300,000 in two days. The Westmill Farm Co-operative is trying to build a farm in Watchfield.
Wiltshire Times.
17 April 2007
Sun is Florida's solution to climate change.
You could have all the electricity and hot water you needed for your home 24/7, along with a way to fill up your car without leaving home - all produced by Florida's sunshine.
Tallahassee Democrat.
17 April 2007
Carmanah turns focus on Ontario solar sector.
Eleven years on, the Victoria-based manufacturer is turning its high beams on another market: grid-tied solar power installations in Ontario, where provincial subsidies are drawing interest from rival U.S. suppliers.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
17 April 2007
Eco-friendly bus to stop at DCC for Earth Day.
Dutchess Community College Professor Wendy Bohlinger said alternative fuel is on the move and making a stop in Poughkeepsie.
Poughkeepsie Journal.
17 April 2007
Green venture capital lures wealthy clients.
Millionaires are piling seed capital into young firms developing green technologies, seeking better control over what happens to money they invest to help improve the environment.
Reuters.
17 April 2007
Zurich's Böögg snowman explodes to announce moderate summer.
Although the snowman accurately predicted the 2003 summer heat wave - it exploded after a mere 5.7 minutes - on other occasions it has been well off the mark and there is little evidence that the Boogg is sensitive to global warming.
Swiss Radio International.
17 April 2007
Aucklanders to get log-burning instruction.
Environmental bureaucrats in New Zealand want clean-burning logs used in fireplaces and wood-burning stoves.
Aukland New Zealand Herald.
17 April 2007
Polluters should pay, Ontario Tory leader says.
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory says the challenge posed by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases is the "new normal" and will change the way business is done.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
17 April 2007
Fuel emissions testing could soon be part of car inspection.
According to Parliamentary Secretary of the Dept. of Environmental Health, a draft for regulations that would subject motorists to test their vehicles as a part of the inspection process would be taken to parliament.
Nassau Bahama Journal.
17 April 2007
Wild salmon win respite in US court.
The wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest – already at a fraction of their historic numbers and facing many threats, from sea lions to global warming – may be getting a reprieve.
Christian Science Monitor.
17 April 2007
Coal plant worries Everglades backers.
A coal-fired power plant on the edge of the Everglades would foul the famous River of Grass, increase global warming and be a boondoggle for customers, Southwest Florida critics told regulators today.
Melbourne Florida Today.
17 April 2007
It’s not over yet, says BHP as California throws out gas project.
BHP Billiton is not abandoning plans to build a floating gas import terminal 14 miles off the affluent beaches of Malibu, despite rejection by two state authorities in California and a protest by local celebrities.
London Times.
17 April 2007
Group promotes sustainable living.
Forming a sustainable living network was suggested by the institute as an action item for a atudy group with the Vermont Earth Institute, and the idea resonated with class members.
Burlington Free Press.
17 April 2007
Great Falls power plant decision looms.
A federal decision on a proposed coal-fired power plant near Great Falls may come within days.
Great Falls Tribune.
17 April 2007
Wolk honored for protecting California’s air, water, and open space.
Environment California presented Wolk with its 2006 Environmental Champion award for her perfect score on the group’s legislative report card grading legislators on their votes last session on 17 key environmental bills.
Beverly Hills California Chronicle.
17 April 2007
Global warming your turn: everybody must take responsibility to enact changes .
All residents of Earth need to take accountability to save our planet from the rapid destruction we have caused.
St. Cloud Times.
17 April 2007
