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EPA unions accuse Bush appointees of 'abuses of our good nature and trust.'
Unionized EPA workers are withdrawing from an agreement with their politically appointed supervisors over controversies including the agency's refusal to let California regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Associated Press.
04 March 2008
U.S. coal power boom suddenly wanes.
Concerns about global warming and rising building costs are blocking construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States and pushing utilities to turn to natural gas and renewable power instead.
Christian Science Monitor.
04 March 2008
State scrambles to fund global warming fight.
California's landmark legislation to fight global warming has been on the books for more than a year, but it still lacks stable, long-term funding to help meet its ambitious goal to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
San Francisco Chronicle.
04 March 2008
In highland Peru, a culture confronts blight.
In remote farms in the Andes Mountains, elevated thousands of feet above sea level, climate change is threatening a crop that is part of the region's identity: the potato.
All Things Considered.
04 March 2008
Wave-power proposals alarm locals.
From roadless villages in Alaska to remote bends in the Mississippi River, developers are staking claim to thousands of miles of America's oceans and rivers to test devices that use waves and currents to produce electric power.
Christian Science Monitor.
04 March 2008
Company plans to build 'green refinery'.
The Dallas-based company looking to build a $10 billion oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota has billed it as a "green refinery," but there's little consensus on what that means.
Associated Press.
04 March 2008
Tippling point.
If even a few of the alarming predictions made by climate change experts prove accurate, many of the world's most famous wines may either simply cease to exist or be altered beyond recognition over the next 50 years.
London Guardian.
04 March 2008
Q&A: Rising world food prices.
The price of wheat has doubled in the past year - and it is not the only foodstuff trading at a high price on the international commodity market.
BBC.
04 March 2008
Bluebells flower earlier due to climate change.
Bluebells have flowered more than a month early in the latest manifestation of our changing climate.
London Daily Telegraph.
04 March 2008
Warming may have caused salmon collapse.
Scientists examining the sudden and widespread collapse of West Coast salmon returns are pointing to the unusual changes in weather patterns that caused the bottom to fall out of the ocean food web in 2005.
Associated Press.
04 March 2008
Sea conditions in 2005 tied to salmon falloff this year.
Federal fish scientists say the dramatic falloff in salmon numbers expected this year should come as no surprise, because it probably was caused by a 2005 collapse in ocean conditions that left the seas empty of food and seabirds dying.
Portland Oregonian.
04 March 2008
UN warns of climate change in Mideast.
Climate change is likely to reduce agricultural production and exacerbate water shortages in the Middle East, threatening the region's poor, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization warned Monday.
Associated Press.
04 March 2008
New threat to fish stocks.
Climate change could be aggravating dwindling fish stocks in countries that derive a significant percentage of their Gross Domestic Product from fishing, a United Nations report says.
Windhoek New Era.
04 March 2008
Plenty to fear as climate changes.
As the State Government announced yesterday that it would start lifting water restrictions, an international report showed Sydney to be highly vulnerable to climate change, drought and devastating fires compared with cities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Sydney Morning Herald.
04 March 2008
San Juan pond sediment valuable research tool.
A study of airborne particulates is the latest to document how activities of man in one area have had consequences in far distant places as a result of wind deposition.
Telluride Watch.
04 March 2008
Industry braces for emission cuts.
Canada's big industrial emitters of carbon dioxide are about to find out what the federal government has in store for them when it comes to cutting releases of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
04 March 2008
Users may be able to sell power to FPL.
In a move that could dramatically expand renewable energy in Florida, state regulators are expected on Tuesday to approve a rule that will require utilities to pay homeowners and businesses for the extra energy they produce from solar panels on their property.
Miami Herald.
04 March 2008
Bay Area can say it's greenest in the country.
San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley, California made the top 10 of a national survey by Popular Science magazine rating the country's 50 most environmentally friendly cities.
Contra Costa Times.
04 March 2008
Technology not enough to cut transport emissions.
EU policies focusing mainly on improving vehicle technology and fuel quality are not enough to reduce the transport sector's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, argues the European Environment Agency.
Euractiv.
04 March 2008
Walking 4,400 miles for Mother Earth.
More than 125 people will pass through the High Desert this week on a cross-country trek--all in the name of Mother Earth. It’s for the “Longest Walk”, a total of 4,400 miles through 11 states, and lead by a group of American Indians.
Victorville Daily Press.
04 March 2008
Global warming skeptics insist humans not at fault.
High-profile global warming skeptics are gathered in New York this week for a conference aimed at challenging the idea that a scientific consensus exists on climate change.
Washington Post.
04 March 2008
Douglas, environmental groups criticize EPA ruling.
Environmental groups and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas are criticizing the EPA for refusing to allow states to adopt tough new clean car standards.
Vermont Public Radio.
04 March 2008
Kansas now awaits federal rules on CO2.
While current debate over power plants in Kansas focuses on a state regulator, the next U.S. president could make that discussion irrelevant.
Harris News Service.
04 March 2008
UN urges EU to help developing world join climate deal.
UN climate chief Yvo de Boer urged EU nations Monday to offer financial support to developing nations such as China and India over climate change policy to help secure a global deal next year.
Agence France-Presse.
04 March 2008
Nighttime street lights to go off for an hour.
Bangkok will join 23 other metropolises around the world in turning off its lights from 8 to 9 pm on March 29th as part of the World Wildlife Fund's "Earth Hour" campaign to reduce global warming.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
04 March 2008
Bangkok, Dublin and San Francisco join Earth Hour.
Brisbane is now one of 24 international cities taking part in World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour climate change campaign in 2008, after another eight metropolitan centers joined the initiative this week.
Brisbane Times.
04 March 2008
Climate skeptics roast Al Gore on global warming.
Al Gore, who won the Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for his environmental advocacy, was the main target on Monday at a conference of dissident scientists skeptical of his views on global warming.
Reuters.
04 March 2008
Santa Cruz County could get new climate change post.
Plans for a new "emissions coordinator" are in their infancy, but such a move would be the most significant yet for county government leaders who face growing pressure, some from local groups and some from Sacramento, to reduce carbon output in both public and private arenas.
Santa Cruz Sentinel.
04 March 2008
Senate panel clears climate change bill.
The Senate Resources and Conservation Committee voted 6 to 3 on Monday in favor of a resolution that would ask two state agencies to submit a report on climate change to the Legislature, with support from GOP senators split over the controversial subject matter.
Twin Falls Times-News.
04 March 2008
Global warming 'hysteria' is claimed.
A number of scientists and members of think tanks are rejecting the popular consensus that humans are causing global warming and that carbon gas emissions pose a mounting threat to environmental stability.
New York Sun.
04 March 2008
Minn. green policy looms over neighbor.
It's a dilemma other power projects could face, experts say, as states pass a mishmash of environmental policies, in particular differing standards on renewable energy.
Associated Press.
04 March 2008
DEQ to hold hearing on greenhouse gas rule.
Backers of a proposed state rule regulating tailpipe greenhouse gases say it would cut carbon-dioxide emissions by more than 7 million tons by 2025.
Phoenix Arizona Capitol Times.
04 March 2008
Oregon unprepared for climate change, panel tells governor.
Oregon must immediately begin to plan for a changing climate and develop an economy that produces far fewer greenhouse gases if the state is to withstand wrenching changes in its economy and landscape that will accompany a rapidly changing climate, a special task force has reported to the governor.
Portland Oregonian.
04 March 2008
WB, firm deal on carbon trading.
The World Bank and PT Gikoko Kogyo Indonesia signed an agreement Monday to develop an eco-friendly project that will trap climate pollutants released from the Sumur Batu sanitary landfill in Bekasi.
Jakarta Post.
04 March 2008
Perth's hour without power to cut global emissions.
West Australian business leaders gathered today for the launch of Earth Hour 2008 as Perth counts down for their hour without power.
Perth Sunday Times.
04 March 2008
Rudd seeks study of soil's role in carbon storage.
The Federal Government will study how soil management by farmers can help tackle climate change, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says. Mr Rudd has asked Agriculture Minister Tony Burke to examine how carbon storage in soils can be enhanced.
Australian Associated Press.
04 March 2008
Vehicle emissions testing not likely in Manitoba: minister.
Manitoba is finalizing its climate change legislation, but the minister responsible says the province won't adopt the kind of mandatory vehicle emissions testing found in Ontario and B.C.
CBC Canada.
04 March 2008
Emissions permit auctioning key concern of eastern Europe.
European environment ministers gave broad backing to a far-reaching package of climate change proposals from the European Commission, although most new member states from eastern Europe are worried about their industries having to buy emissions permits.
EU Observer.
04 March 2008
EU nations agree on action against shipping emissions.
EU environment ministers agreed Monday that European action is needed to tackle toxic shipping emissions as international maritime authorities had failed to do enough, a spokeswoman said.
Agence France-Presse.
04 March 2008
Merkel suggests France, Germany deal on car emissions.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday after talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Germany that the two countries could reach a deal on EU plans to cut carbon emissions from cars.
Agence France-Presse.
04 March 2008
Climate camp to target coal power station.
Climate change activists are to target the site of the proposed new coal-fired power station with a week-long camp in Kent this summer, organisers announced today.
London Guardian.
04 March 2008
EU to adopt climate fight plan despite differences.
European Union environment ministers expect to approve pivotal plans by December to combat climate change, despite differences over plans for energy-intensive industries and the sustainability of biofuels.
Reuters.
04 March 2008
France, Germany draw battlelines on car emissions.
European Union countries that make heavy cars, led by Germany, clashed on Monday with makers of smaller ones such as France over tough measures to force automobile manufacturers to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
Reuters.
04 March 2008
Prince faces climate change dilemma over cruise.
He says he is a green pioneer, and flaunts his environmental credentials. So why is Prince Charles leaving today on a cruise that will do as much damage to the planet as 260 transatlantic flights?
London Independent.
04 March 2008
Cool view of science at meeting on warming.
Several hundred people at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square on Monday were trying hard to prove that they had unraveled the established science showing that humans are warming the world in potentially disruptive ways.
New York Times.
04 March 2008
California dairy turns cow manure into power.
The first dairy in California to harness cow power for an investor-owned utility is going on line. Vintage Dairy is applying the finishing touches to its new a bio-gas plant.
Bakersfield KGET-TV.
04 March 2008
Wind farms could drive bird species to extinction: conservationists.
More than 60 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction, one of North America's rarest birds, the whooping crane, faces new danger from environmentally-friendly wind farms, conservationists warned.
Agence France-Presse.
04 March 2008
Virgin to use GM fuel cell cars as limos.
Virgin Atlantic Airways will start using General Motors Corp zero- emission fuel cell cars as limousines for VIP passengers in the United States, the latest move by Virgin founder Richard Branson to present his airline as the greenest in the market.
Reuters.
04 March 2008
Fuel cells deliver electricity, hot water to Japanese homes; wider use possible but costly.
Developers say fuel cells for homes produce one-third less of the pollution that causes global warming than conventional electricity generation does. Their major drawback is cost.
Associated Press.
04 March 2008
SPIN farming.
Proponents of this unconventional veggie-raising method say it’s better for the environment and eaters’ health.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader.
04 March 2008
SA urged to support nuclear power.
All eyes in the nuclear power industry are on South Africa as the world waits to see what comes of its cutting-edge development of pebble-bed modular reactors, says Greenpeace co-founder Dr Patrick Moore.
Pretoria News.
04 March 2008
China’s hottest new export: Storms of deadly pollution.
The “yellow dust” storms, which appear annually and blow across most of Korea and can even reach Japan, have increased in both toxicity and frequency in recent years.
Reuters.
04 March 2008
Councillors go full speed ahead on green fleet plan.
A plan to accelerate the gradual move of the city's 4,700-strong fleet of vehicles to green fuels - which may one day even see city garbage trucks use hybrid engines - won unanimous approval from Toronto City Council yesterday.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
04 March 2008
