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Greenhouse gases a threat Pacific Ocean life, scientists say.
Ocean waters welling up from the depths along the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico are threatening marine organisms as carbon dioxide saturates the water and increases its corrosive acidity.
San Francisco Chronicle.
04 July 2008
New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic.
A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Utah is going to a 4-day workweek to save energy.
In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs and commuters' gasoline expenses, Utah is about to become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees.
Associated Press.
04 July 2008
Rescuing reporting in the global South.
Throughout most of the developing world, media coverage of global warming is woefully inadequate. This deficit is especially worrying given that developing nations are usually the most vulnerable to impacts such as worsening drought and rising sea levels.
Nature.
04 July 2008
Storm over Cape Cod.
Oyster Harbours is ground zero in a very uncivil war in which some of the wealthiest and most famous people in the country have joined forces with one of America's dirtiest businesses – the coal industry – to block an ambitious clean-energy project.
London Independent.
04 July 2008
Japan sees a chance to promote its energy-frugal ways.
Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.
New York Times.
04 July 2008
Seasonal factor seen in melting and ice shifts in Greenland .
A study using 17 years of satellite measurements suggests that the movement of glacial ice is not as rapid as had been feared.
New York Times.
04 July 2008
Trying to mop up the CO2 deluge.
The oceans aid the sky by absorbing some CO2 in greenhouse gases; if they could be made to absorb more, warming might be curbed.
Time Magazine.
04 July 2008
Donning a green collar.
With the green revolution rapidly gaining momentum, a new class of workers has been created, the green collar worker.
Boston Globe.
04 July 2008
The green connection.
China and Japan have strong reasons to heal old wounds; China requires technology in everything from advanced nuclear reactors to clean steel mills to hybrid cars, and Japan has every incentive to sell that technology to generate new business for its sluggish economy.
Time Magazine.
04 July 2008
Secret report: Biofuel caused food crisis.
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
London Guardian.
04 July 2008
Pictured: The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees.
At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea. But they are, apparently, the ultimate solution to rapidly rising sea levels.
Daily Mail.
04 July 2008
Migratory mismatch.
The early onset of Arctic springtime threatens to shrink populations of migratory species such as caribou, scientists say--rapidly rising temperatures mean that they are now out of sync with the plant growing season.
Nature.
04 July 2008
Rapid ice retreat threatens Arctic interior.
The rapid decline of sea ice could accelerate inland warming over the Arctic region, radically transforming the landscape.
Nature.
04 July 2008
Beetle attack.
Over the past 14 years, a tiny insect no bigger than a grain of rice has laid waste a swathe of British Columbia’s forests so vast that the rust-red wasteland is visible from space.
Economist.
04 July 2008
Looming tropical disaster needs urgent action.
A major review by University of Adelaide researchers shows that the world is losing the battle over tropical habitat loss with potentially disastrous implications for biodiversity and human well-being.
SPX.
04 July 2008
Why Canada is the best haven from climate change.
The best-to-worst rankings have been revealed in the first-ever climate change vulnerability index.
London Independent.
04 July 2008
Where have all Thoreau's flowers gone?
David Thoreau kept careful plant records during his stay at Walden Pond in the mid-1800s. Researchers have chronicled the fate of hundreds of plant species as the New England climate has changed since then, and they have detected a disturbing pattern.
Science.
04 July 2008
More potent poppies.
Poppies will grow larger and produce more opiates as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, say scientists.
Nature.
04 July 2008
Canada best to escape climate change.
A new study of nations’ vulnerability to the impacts of global warming found Canada was the most secure, while the Comoros Islands, off the coast of Africa, are least equipped to deal with future dangers.
London Daily Telegraph.
04 July 2008
Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on.
In a rare "good news" announcement, climatologists now say the ice may not be in such a hurry to throw itself into the water after all.
New Scientist.
04 July 2008
Cold war 'caterpillar drive' could harvest sea power.
Could running an electromagnetic drive in reverse yield enough carbon-free electricity from tidal flows to replace nuclear power in Japan? One Japanese scientist thinks so.
New Scientist.
04 July 2008
Taking charge.
In a world pressurised by record high oil prices, all eyes are on Israel and a project to make widespread electric car use a reality.
CNBC.
04 July 2008
NZ carbon trading market says gets global approval.
A New Zealand-based carbon trading market said on Thursday it was in a position to become Asia's leading market for trading in greenhouse gas emissions when it starts up in early 2009.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Environment: now what?
Consumers, businesses and governments are taking steps to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions, but there is only one comprehensive, international program in place to fight global warming — the Kyoto Protocol.
Time Magazine.
04 July 2008
Tissue manufacturer buys wind power to counterbalance plants' CO2 emissions.
Cascades Tissue Group in Waterford has offset its carbon dioxide emissions by buying 11 million kilowatt hours of wind power.
Albany Business Review.
04 July 2008
California emissions plan to explore use of offsets.
Energy giant PG&E found a unique source of green energy last year: 5000 dairy cows on a Riverdale, CA farm. PG&E thinks its biogas project should offset part of the anticipated reductions that it would be required to make in emissions from its natural gas and coal facilities.
Science.
04 July 2008
New way to land planes may save fuel.
A new style of landing called "continuous descent" involves the plane flying straight. The delivery firm UPS has saved 50 gallons of jet fuel per landing by using the system on its planes.
All Things Considered.
04 July 2008
Duke wants you to have green peace of mind.
Duke Energy customers can now buy carbon dioxide offsets in $4-a-month increments to support green power production.
Charlotte Observer.
04 July 2008
Spanish cabinet members in tie revolt.
A revolt was brewing in Spain's cabinet Thursday as members refused to wear ties in parliament, aiming to save energy and fight global warming by removing the need for the air conditioning to be turned up.
Agence France-Presse.
04 July 2008
Flaring, venting by oil companies reduced.
As industries and governments move towards implementing climate-change policies, solution gas flaring and venting in Alberta continues to drop overall provincewide according to the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB).
Fort McMurray Today.
04 July 2008
Australia needs carbon trading to fight climate change: study.
A major climate change report for Australia's government on Friday recommended the rapid introduction of an emissions trading scheme to curb greenhouse gases and warned that delay could be disastrous.
Agence France-Presse.
04 July 2008
New satellite to shed light on Earth's warming.
NASA plans to launch a new satellite next year that will help scientists fill in a gap in their understanding of global warming: the role of clouds and airborne particles.
McClatchy Newspapers.
04 July 2008
A natural detox.
Naturally occurring chemicals are destroying greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic much faster than previously thought.
Nature.
04 July 2008
Wildfires draw NASA's scrutiny.
Scientists say the wildfires in northern Saskatchewan could go "pyro" this weekend, sending ash, smoke and gases soaring more than 10 kilometres up into Earth's upper atmosphere.
CanWest News Service.
04 July 2008
NSW falls behind on cutting emissions.
NSW is performing poorly in its greenhouse gas reduction program and is on track to miss its own targets, according to leaked cabinet documents.
Sydney Morning Herald.
04 July 2008
Green gambit.
Latest figures show that Canada’s emissions of greenhouse gases are 30% above the current target set in the Kyoto protocol. Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government lacks a serious plan to cut emissions.
Economist.
04 July 2008
Mayor, Falk decry proposed power plant's effect on Dane County.
Operating Alliant's proposed 300-megawatt, largely coal-fired power plant along the Mississippi River would worsen air quality in Dane County, which is already in violation of federal standards for particulate and ozone pollution.
Madison Capital Times.
04 July 2008
Chemical reduces cows' carbon 'hoofprint.'
U.S. scientists say they have discovered that cows receiving recombinant Bovine Somatotropin, or rbST, supplement produce more milk, thereby reducing the necessity of large herds.
UPI.
04 July 2008
Flat screens 'worse than coal.'
One of the gases used in the production of LCD TVs could have a worse impact on global warming than all the developed nations’ coal-fired power-stations, according to a recent report.
BusinessGreen.com.
04 July 2008
Global warming link to flat-screen TVs.
A toxic gas used to make flat-screen televisions and laptop computers could have a bigger greenhouse impact than the world's largest coal-fired power plants, according to new scientific research.
Blue Mountains Gazette.
04 July 2008
TV screen gas 'worse than coal.'
The rising demand for flat-screen televisions may have a greater impact on global warming than the world's largest coal-fired power stations, a leading environmental scientist has warned.
Melbourne Age.
04 July 2008
Embracing a new energy future.
The nation's heartland last year also became its cutting edge on the issue of global warming when the administration of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius denied an air-quality permit for two coal-fired power plants near Holcomb, in the state's southwest corner.
Telluride Watch.
04 July 2008
Planet Hollywood goes green.
When Discovery Networks launched environmental cable channel Planet Green last month, it hired lots of celebrities.
Time Magazine.
04 July 2008
Fukuda sells new climate strategy.
When Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda meets his Group of Eight counterparts at Lake Toyako, Hokkaido, next week, he will try to rally them behind a plan summed up by his new favorite buzzword--sectoral approach.
Asahi Shimbun.
04 July 2008
EU climate chief counters fear of power price surge.
The European Union's environment chief said on Friday Poland had overstated the impact on power prices of EU efforts to tackle climate change and a rift between eastern and western states would not prevent a deal this year.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Poland joins east EU states seeking CO2 plan change.
Poland has joined seven eastern new member states of the European Union in demanding changes to the bloc's plans for curbing greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change, its environment minister said on Friday.
Reuters UK.
04 July 2008
G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year.
Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
Associated Press.
04 July 2008
No climate breakthrough on G8 horizon: UN climate chief.
The top United Nations climate official called Thursday on rich nations to lead the fight against global warming, but said a breakthrough was unlikely at next week's G8 summit in Japan.
Agence France-Presse.
04 July 2008
China warns of "empty talk" before G8 climate change meet.
China said it is open to general discussion of longer-term goals and industrial targets to combat global warming at the G8 summit, but fended off talk of any specific pledges, stressing that rich nations should lead the way.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
East-west wrangle tops EU climate meeting agenda .
The European Union's new French presidency expects tough negotiations as it seeks to balance the interests of east and west in an ambitious deal to protect the climate ahead of international talks in December.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
G8 countries fail to meet climate change vows.
None of the G8 countries have come even close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging especially far behind, a new study published on Thursday found.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
G8 could see climate deal but substance in doubt.
G8 leaders could well cobble together some agreement next week on goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but bolder progress in climate change talks will probably have to wait until a new U.S president takes office.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
China pledges geospace support on climate change, environment protection.
China will deepen international cooperation on climate change, environmental protection, disaster relief and other global issues, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday.
Xinhua News Agency.
04 July 2008
Climate change: EU minister clear some hurdles on 2020 plan.
European Union environment ministers cleared some ground Thursday as they debated how to achieve the vaunted dream of slashing the 27-nation bloc's carbon pollution by 2020.
Agence France-Presse.
04 July 2008
G8 climate targets unlikely.
Leaders at a Group of Eight summit are unlikely to agree targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Japan next week, though the meeting may help pave the way for a 2009 deal, a British official said on Thursday.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Japan plans eco-friendly G8 summit.
The summit organizers are doing everything possible to make sure that even the venue is as environmentally friendly as possible.
Russia Today.
04 July 2008
PACHA backs carbon tax.
The People's Action Committee for Healthy Air said Thursday it supports the carbon tax the provincial government has implemented because it will help to reduce air pollution.
Prince George Citizen.
04 July 2008
Bush seeks progress on long-term climate goal at G8.
U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday said he hoped industrialized and developing nations could make progress on a long-term goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Former officials of Geological Survey, NOAA propose merger of earth science agencies.
Creation of a new Earth Systems Science Agency is urged in this week's edition of the journal Science, by merging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Associated Press.
04 July 2008
Aussies urged to adopt broad emissions scheme.
Australia should slap tough limits on greenhouse gas emissions, but should compensate industries whose foreign rivals are free to pollute, an official report said on Friday.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Coal war: Georgia court halts construction of new coal-fired plant.
A Georgia court this week halted construction of a new 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant on the Chattahoochee River, dubbed Longleaf, because backers failed to provide a plan to limit climate change–causing carbon dioxide emissions from it.
Scientific American.
04 July 2008
Pennsylvania assembly passes first global warming law.
Global warming legislation will be enacted for the first time in Pennsylvania when Governor Ed Rendell signs the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act as he is expected to do.
Environment News Services.
04 July 2008
State starts a green era.
Governor Deval Patrick signed a landmark energy bill yesterday that does away with long-standing obstacles to building renewable power projects in Massachusetts and making homes and businesses more energy efficient.
Boston Globe.
04 July 2008
South Asia adopts action plan on climate change.
Environment ministers from South Asian countries adopted a three-year action plan on Thursday for regional cooperation to combat climate change effects.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
CA for Saarc pressure on rich nations to cut emissions.
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed called for putting collective pressure by Saarc on the developed nations for making a unilateral and unconditional commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to save the vulnerable regions of the world from the perils of climate change.
Dhaka Daily Star.
04 July 2008
Govt to push clean-coal power projects for cut in emissions.
Worried about the rising levels of carbon dioxide emissions from power projects, the government has asked state-owned companies such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) and NTPC Ltd to set up expensive, but less-polluting power plants.
Live Mint.
04 July 2008
China says it's willing to discuss emissions.
China is willing to discuss the setting of medium- and long-term goals for reducing emissions of polluting gases at a summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations next week in Japan, a climate change official said Thursday.
Associated Press.
04 July 2008
Australia 'needs carbon trading.'
An Australian government advisor on climate change is calling for a national emissions trading scheme to be set up to combat global warming.
BBC.
04 July 2008
Activists protest at Australia power plant.
Protesters chained themselves to a coal conveyor at one of Australia's largest power stations on Thursday in a protest against climate policies ahead of a major report on emissions trading.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Australia would lose most in emissions trade pact.
Australia would be the world's biggest loser if it signed up to international trading of carbon permits under a Kyoto-based system of targets and timetables, according to new economic modelling released yesterday.
Sydney Australian.
04 July 2008
Australia's climate change challenge.
The weight of scientific evidence tells us that Australians are facing risks of damaging climate change. The risk can be substantially reduced by strong and early action by all major economies.
Melbourne Sunday Herald Sun.
04 July 2008
Australia to suffer most from climate change.
In a new report a preeminent Australian economist demands his country take action or face the consequences.
Brisbane Times.
04 July 2008
Australia's plan for "diabolical" climate change.
Australia, one of the world's top carbon emitters per person, will unveil an emissions trading scheme later this year, which it hopes will help cut the country's carbon footprint.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
No mercy for dirty power, says Garnaut's climate report.
Regions hardest hit by the new emissions trading regime would win government handouts and industries investing in clean power would be rewarded, but the landmark Garnaut report on climate change rules out compensating coal-fired power stations.
Sydney Australian.
04 July 2008
Climate crisis: 'think big.'
An effective response to climate change must take shape and be in place in the next few years, the federal government's top climate change adviser says.
Australian Associated Press.
04 July 2008
Cut taxes to soften climate pain: Garnaut report.
Tax cuts and welfare reform should be offered to dampen the impact of a new emissions trading scheme, according to the landmark Garnaut climate change report released today.
Sydney Australian.
04 July 2008
Can Campbell and Dion find a comfortable fit for their green plans?
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell says federal Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion has told him personally the Liberal green shift plan won't conflict with the province's new carbon tax.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
04 July 2008
Drivers on Canada West Coast now paying carbon tax.
North America's first comprehensive carbon tax is now in effect in the Canadian West Coast province of British Columbia, greeted with complaints that some gasoline stations have used the tax as cover to raise prices more than necessary.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
UK's CO2 emissions higher than official figures, government admits.
The environment department Defra says UK emissions are higher than previously stated if carbon pollution linked to imported goods is included.
London Guardian.
04 July 2008
EU climate chief counters fear of power price surge.
The European Union's environment chief said on Friday Poland had overstated the impact on power prices of EU efforts to tackle climate change and a rift between eastern and western states would not prevent a deal this year.
Reuters.
04 July 2008
Climatologist to speak at Rothbury on global warming.
Global warming is the supreme environmental issue of the modern era but there is much individuals and nations can do to address a crisis already wreaking havoc on the planet.
Muskegon Chronicle.
04 July 2008
Food price rises force biofuel U-turn.
Soaring world food prices look set to force Gordon Brown into a U-turn over the use of crops such as corn, rapeseed, palm and soya to produce fuel as an alternative to petrol and diesel.
London Independent.
04 July 2008
Biofuels 'caused food price spike.'
Biofuels have caused world food prices to go up by 75%, it has been reported. The Guardian said it has seen the figure in a confidential World Bank report which contradicts US government claims that using plants to produce fuel contributes less than 3% to food prices.
London Channel 4 TV.
04 July 2008
Greenpeace: Game consoles are dirtiest of e-wastes.
Game consoles are the “dirtiest” among electronic gadgets, according to environmental group Greenpeace in its latest global ranking of firms in terms of their efforts to eliminate toxic chemicals and recycle their products once they become obsolete.
Philippine Daily Inquirer.
04 July 2008
Food crisis on G8 leaders' plate.
Industrialized nations of the G8 are under intense pressure to take immediate joint action to increase aid significantly to developing countries and revamp agricultural policies, including farm subsidies and biofuels incentives widely seen as contributing to soaring food prices.
Toronto Star.
04 July 2008
North must end dependence on diesel, B.C. Premier says.
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, responding to criticisms of the federal Liberal green plan by northern premiers, is calling for an end to a dependence on diesel fuel in the North.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
04 July 2008
Reluctance to redo levees gets rise out of farmers.
After the Great Flood of 1993, cities up and down the Mississippi built sturdier flood walls and strengthened flood responses. But smaller communities and farms could only repair their levees and hope against another catastrophic flood.
Chicago Tribune.
04 July 2008
Green cars the in thing in Hollywood.
Fancy cars long have been integral to the one-upmanship among L.A.'s glitterati. But instead of Bentleys and Bugattis, Hollywood's must-have vehicles of the moment are green.
Modesto Bee.
04 July 2008
