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Young evangelicals seek broader political agenda.
A new generation of evangelicals is rejecting identification with the religious right and wants to broaden the traditional evangelical agenda to include care for the poor, the environment, immigrants and people with H.I.V.
New York Times.
01 June 2008
Insurers see greater risk of hurricanes and charge more.
Scientists disagree about whether global warming is promoting more hurricanes -- but here's an inconvenient truth.
Miami Herald.
01 June 2008
Climate bill underlines obstacles to capping greenhouse gases.
As the Senate takes up landmark climate legislation, its backers can be sure how hard it will be to enact a meaningful cap on greenhouse gases -- probably under the next administration.
Washington Post.
01 June 2008
Low-cost airfares, big-time carbon footprint.
At a time when airlines are already the fastest-growing component of CO2 emissions, tourism - particularly low-cost tourism - is rapidly laying down infrastructure that will almost certainly ensure a dangerous high carbon future.
International Herald Tribune.
01 June 2008
Renewable energy just got hotter.
Heat from beneath the Earth's surface can be used to generate electricity without carbon emissions. The Cooper Basin in Australia has geothermal potential sufficient to meet the nation's total electricity demand for 450 years.
Maitland Mercury.
01 June 2008
As wind rises in Texas, obstacles loom.
Texas today has 5,300 megawatts of wind power on line, 25 times more than in 2000 and enough power to light more than 1.5 million homes. But challenges, both economic and environmental, threaten growth.
Houston Chronicle.
01 June 2008
Destructive pests.
In Canada's forests such a relationship between climate change and insects is under way that scientists are predicting could alter Canada's forests forever.
Ottawa Sun.
01 June 2008
Climate change could cripple Caribbean economy.
A new Tufts University study shows how unimpeded climate change could cripple the Caribbean economy.
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
01 June 2008
Turkey needs to walk the talk on drought action.
Drought is not a phenomenon unique to Turkey; many countries in the region have also been adversely affected by climate change, and the situation is likely to worsen.
Istanbul Today's Zaman.
01 June 2008
Armadillos expanding to Southeast Missouri.
The mammals are increasingly expanding their range due to global warming trends and also their populations are rising so they need new territories.
Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian.
01 June 2008
Mosquitoes reemerge, global warming a factor in disease risk.
Mosquitoes are back for the summer, and with them, the threat of deadly viruses.
Kingston Reporter.
01 June 2008
Northwest may hold secret to water woes.
Climate change threatens California's longtime reliance on the spiny Sierra for most of its water, experts agree.
Stockton Record.
01 June 2008
Just how Faithful depends on rain, snow, scientists say.
The more water that seeps into the ground every year, the faster the pressure builds and - BLAMMO! - the more frequently Old Faithful gushes skyward. A warming planet changes that.
San Jose Mercury News.
01 June 2008
‘Declare state of emergency in water sector.’
A senior water driller in the state, Pastor Rowland U. Gwunireama said the major factors responsible for lack of good drinking water were lack of adequate power supply, poor distributive mechanism.
Port Harcourt Tide.
01 June 2008
Atlantic hurricane season begins.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins today, and forecasters from government, business and academic institutions are unanimous: We should expect an above-average hurricane season.
The Daily Green.
01 June 2008
Climate cash-in.
Curtis Sayles sells the rights to tons of carbon that his farming methods keep in the ground--and out of the air--through the Chicago Climate Exchange. But, most farmers are unlikely to be interested unless carbon prices start rising.
High Country News.
01 June 2008
Maker of zero-emissions cars faces uphill struggle.
Already sold in 20 American states, the ZENN--Zero Emissions, No Noise--effectively eliminates the approximately six tonnes of CO2 emitted annually by a gas-powered car. Yet it may be years before Canadians can get behind the wheel -- if ever.
CanWest News.
01 June 2008
'Scrubber' may clean air of CO2 emissions.
For those fearing the destruction of the earth through climate change, there is for once some good news--scientists claim to have made a major breakthrough towards developing a machine that can 'suck' carbon dioxide from the air.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
01 June 2008
What will it take to ditch all that carbon?
To reverse climate change, we need a carbon collector the size of the Great Wall of China, and a giant aquifer to dump millions of tons of captured CO2 - at least that is what scientist Wallace Broecker proposes.
Discover.
01 June 2008
US pegs its hopes to our Hills Hoist.
It's been a feature of Australian backyards for more than 60 years, but now the humble Hills Hoist is about to go global--and it's global warming that is driving the overseas demand for the great Australian dryer.
Sydney Morning Herald.
01 June 2008
'CO2 scrubber’ could help slow global warming.
A new machine designed to “suck” carbon dioxide from the air could help in the fight to save the world from climate change, according to physicists.
London Daily Telegraph.
01 June 2008
Oil shock brings cheer at last to EU's carbon market.
After slumping to prices that had made it a near-laughing stock, the European Union's carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), has been given a useful boost by, of all things, oil.
Agence France-Presse.
01 June 2008
Green energy firm moves up the field with bid to power London Olympics.
Lord Coe, the chairman of the London Olympics organising committee, is in talks with the National Grid over a deal intended to make the London 2012 games carbon neutral.
London Independent.
01 June 2008
Machine to clean up greenhouse gas.
The blueprint for the CO2 'scrubber' raises the prospect of a generation of machines which would help reduce the billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere by the use of fossil fuels.
London Evening Standard.
01 June 2008
Giant trees 'to clear excess CO2'.
The scientist who coined the term "global warming" in the 1970s has proposed a radical solution to the problem of climate change.
BBC.
01 June 2008
South to dig its own lake district.
Southeast England could soon have its own lake district thanks to the planned building of six reservoirs to supply the booming population and prepare for a hotter climate.
London Times.
01 June 2008
Big changes, starting with a rocker's car.
Neil Young came to Wichita this past week, took a test drive, nearly crashed his car and worked two days like a mad scientist with a mechanic who he says will create the world's first affordable mass-produced electric battery automobile.
Wichita Eagle.
01 June 2008
Iowa firms race to make super seed.
Central Iowa has become the crossroads in a global battle over who can supply the seeds to feed a world hungry for food and energy.
Des Moines Register.
01 June 2008
The pricing of bio-diesel in Malta and the world.
Whenever the price of fossil fuel increases, the first question that comes to mind for many diesel users considering the switch to bio-diesel from a cost perspective is – why has the price of bio-diesel also increased?
St. Julians Malta Independent.
01 June 2008
Law professor wants to use courts to fight global warming.
University of Oregon law professor Mary Wood is tired of waiting for government officials to take action on global warming. So she’s devised a new legal tool to hurry them up.
Corvallis Gazette-Times.
01 June 2008
Quebec and Ontario to sign deal on cap-and-trade system.
The governments of Quebec and Ontario will strike a deal next week to move ahead with a carbon trading system they hope will pressure Ottawa to bring its climate change plan in-line with global standards.
Canadian Press.
01 June 2008
Economic cost drives Senate climate debate.
The possible economic cost of confronting global warming - from higher electricity bills to more expensive gasoline - is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress.
Associated Press.
01 June 2008
UN climate talks clouded by high energy costs.
Mounting criticism over how some climate policies are adding to record energy and food prices threatens to distract UN-led talks on a new global warming pact, which resume this week in Bonn.
Reuters.
01 June 2008
Bob Gunn: ‘Oilman’ is not a dirty word.
President Carter’s assessment of Robert D. “Bob” Gunn in 1979 continues to plague an entire industry. He denied one of the country’s brightest geological minds because Mr. Gunn represented “dirty oil.”
Wichita Falls Times Record News.
01 June 2008
Climate revolutionary.
The news on climate is dismal. But Mary C. Wood, an environmental law professor at the University of Oregon, has an idea--she developed a novel legal framework to confront the global warming crisis.
High Country News.
01 June 2008
Pollution debate heats up.
Some poor guy on TV is shown getting driven into the ground by falling oil barrels as he talks about the advantages of climate change legislation.
Minneapolis Forum.
01 June 2008
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton remains a steadfast skeptic on climate change.
With a chorus of interest groups – from Fortune 500 executives to evangelicals – pressing Congress to address climate change, Mr. Barton increasingly looks out of step with a movement that his own party's presidential candidate, John McCain, has embraced.
Dallas Morning News.
01 June 2008
Hail fears put Ross Garnaut out in cold.
Kevin Rudd entrusts Ross Garnaut with Australia's long-term response to global warming, but the economics professor is in a tangle over how climate change will hit his own back yard.
Sydney Australian.
01 June 2008
David Bartlett in fresh start on forests.
New Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett will tour disputed forests, consult conservationists and loggers, and consider how to incorporate the changes that might be forced on the state's contentious forest industry by climate change and carbon trading.
Sydney Australian.
01 June 2008
Back in the shade.
Concern over global warming finally made it on to the radars of most Australians last year, but Mr Meads, who is the regional chief of global renewable energy giant Conergy, believes that the climate for the solar energy sector has never looked cloudier.
Melbourne Herald Sun.
01 June 2008
Greener power to the people: the real energy alternative?
British householders can produce their own energy, but official policy has led to Britain lagging behind the rest of Europe.
London Independent.
01 June 2008
'The tragic lag between what we know and what we do’.
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg discussed the disconnect between science and society in the opening address at a novel event, the inaugural World Science Festival.
New York Times.
01 June 2008
Food summit to urge care over biofuels.
The international community should keep in mind global food security when producing and using biofuels, according to a draft of a joint declaration to be adopted at a U.N. food summit.
Osaka Daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
01 June 2008
Clergy: Environmental fixes a matter of faith, not technology.
Global warming and pollution seemed far away on a pristine spring afternoon at the Abbey of Gethsemani in rural Nelson County.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
01 June 2008
Japanese prime minister leaves for Europe for talks ahead of next month's G8 summit.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda left Sunday for Europe to hold talks with leaders from some Group of Eight industrial nations ahead of next month's summit in Japan.
Associated Press.
01 June 2008
Turkey needs to walk the talk on drought action.
On the heels of a hot and arid 2007, Turkey is already experiencing low rainfall this year, with southeastern regions the hardest hit.
Istanbul Today's Zaman.
01 June 2008
Tennessee devours energy.
As a result of the decades-long lag, Tennesseans use more residential electricity per person than any other state except Alabama.
Nashville Tennessean.
01 June 2008
