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The missing greenhouse gas.
Growth of the electronics industry will boost emissions of a 'hidden' — but extremely potent — greenhouse gas.
Nature.
17 July 2008
Ocean acidification: A global case of osteoporosis.
Industrial carbon dioxide is turning the oceans acidic, threatening the foundation of sea life.
Discover.
17 July 2008
Can we engineer a cooler earth?
As CO2 mitigation efforts lag, more and more scientists and environmentalists, despite their continuing reservations, are seeing “geoengineering” projects as a necessary backup plan.
Christian Science Monitor.
17 July 2008
Both candidates talk the talk on green issues but who can deliver?
Obama favours regulation to fight global warming, while McCain looks to the market.
London Guardian.
17 July 2008
Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change.
Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, a goal he hopes the next president will embrace.
Associated Press.
17 July 2008
To melt Greenland.
The Greenland ice sheet could melt completely and irreversibly if 3,000 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere, according to scientists. Loss of the Greenland ice is of major concern, given that it could cause sea level to rise by as much as seven metres.
Nature.
17 July 2008
Afghanistan: 1.5 million "severely" hit by drought - minister.
At least 1.5 million people in 19 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces - mostly farming communities in the north - have been severely affected by drought and are in need of urgent humanitarian relief, an Afghan minister told IRIN.
UN IRIN.
17 July 2008
It eats CO2 for breakfast.
Poison ivy is one of those weeds proliferating like mad as rising levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide heat up the atmosphere.
New York Times.
17 July 2008
Climate change to spoil poverty feat.
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said poverty alleviation is a must for lasting peace and sustainable development, but climate change is a major factor in Bangladesh that casts adverse impacts on poverty.
Dhaka Daily Star.
17 July 2008
Ocean quest: The race to save the world's coral reefs.
Last week, scientists issued their latest, grim assessment of the world's coral reefs, but extraordinary new ocean 'reseeding' techniques mean there may still be time to halt – or even reverse – their destruction.
London Independent.
17 July 2008
US spring melt to shift by months.
Climate change makes the snow in the western US melt a little bit earlier each year.
New Scientist.
17 July 2008
You think wildfire season is bad now? Just wait.
As the climate warms, snow is likely to melt off mountains faster than earlier predicted, according to new research out of Purdue University, Loyola Marymount University and North Carolina at Wilmington.
The Daily Green.
17 July 2008
Couple poisoned after eating cut-price supermarket grapes tainted with spider venom.
Mr and Mrs Williams, of Barry in Wales, have become the UK's tenth and eleventh victims of false widows which experts say are spreading thanks to global warming.
London Daily Mail.
17 July 2008
More heat-related deaths predicted for Denver, other western cities.
A new climate-change report warns that in the not-so-distant future heat-related deaths and illnesses could skyrocket in western cities such as Denver and Phoenix in the grip of warmer temperatures.
Denver Rocky Mountain News.
17 July 2008
Study says Sierra snowpack could shrink faster than previously thought.
The same phenomenon that is causing Arctic sea ice to melt at an accelerating rate also poses a bigger threat to California's snowpack than previously thought, a new study suggests.
Contra Costa Times.
17 July 2008
Only the lonely.
A rare 'living fossil' reptile will go the way of the dinosaurs if rising temperatures trigger all of its eggs to hatch into male offspring.
Nature.
17 July 2008
Mortality rise in hot weather not pollution-related.
Hotter temperatures can increase death rates, independent of the effects of air pollution, a new analysis from weather and mortality data from nine US cities demonstrates.
Reuters Health.
17 July 2008
Renewing the landscape.
As the era of extractive carbon-based energy passes on, conservationists and politicians are working to ensure that renewable energy leaves a lighter mark on the earth.
Durango Telegraph.
17 July 2008
Airline crisis boosts biofuel drive.
Algae and nuts are among the alternative sources of fuel being considered by an increasingly skittish aviation industry as an alternative to petroleum, whose price rises threaten airlines with bankruptcy.
Reuters.
17 July 2008
B.C. Games to douse torch for environment's sake.
After 26 years as an enduring symbol of the B.C. Summer and Winter Games, a torch that was traditionally lit 100 days before each event began has been snuffed out because of global warming.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
17 July 2008
Power use creeps up in Juneau after fixes.
The capital city's trend toward energy conservation is diminishing now that the price of electric power has dropped.
Associated Press.
17 July 2008
Environmental stewardship about 'ourselves,' says RFK Jr.
In the keynote address of the National Wellness Conference, environmental activist and lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stressed the importance of natural resource conservation and its importance to Americans' health.
Wausau Daily Herald.
17 July 2008
After long debate, Assembly votes to keep I/M testing.
The Anchorage Assembly gave new life Tuesday night to a vehicle emissions inspection program that had been slated to die at the end of next year.
Anchorage Daily News.
17 July 2008
Energy efficiency could mean big returns.
Investment in more efficient use of energy in Iowa could spark big economic returns in addition to environmental benefits, according to a recent report from an Iowa policy organization.
Mason City Globe Gazette.
17 July 2008
Whitehall to become carbon neutral with aid of smart PCs.
The government plans to become the first in the world to make all of its computers carbon neutral.
London Guardian.
17 July 2008
Fuelling the future.
Biofuels could be part of a sustainable energy solution if grown on abandoned agricultural lands, suggests a new study.
Nature.
17 July 2008
Aviation industry goes 'green' at Farnborough.
The commercial aviation industry, widely accused of not doing enough to tackle climate change, pledged at the Farnborough International Airshow this week to become more 'green.'
Agence France-Presse.
17 July 2008
Panel rejects carbon burial bills for now.
A panel of lawmakers Wednesday backed away from plans to address carbon sequestration at next winter's legislative session, saying the topic had too many unknowns.
Billings Gazette.
17 July 2008
Australia's carbon market may be worth as much as A$11 billion.
Australia's proposed carbon trading market may be worth as much as A$11 billion ($10.7 billion) by 2012, assuming similar growth to that in the European Union, according to Point Carbon.
Bloomberg News.
17 July 2008
Turning to the sun for clean energy.
West Bengal is pitching in in a big way to find alternative sources of power in the face of rising fuel cost and growing global warming.
The Hindu.
17 July 2008
Pope says humanity 'squandering' earth's resources.
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday accused humanity of squandering the earth's resources to satisfy its insatiable appetite for material goods, in one of his strongest-ever messages on the environment.
Agence France-Presse.
17 July 2008
Advocates promise emissions reductions with coal project.
The fate of an ambitious coal gasification project proposed for the Fairbanks area could hinge on the project’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to global climate change.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
17 July 2008
Alliant faces resistance on coal plant proposal.
Alliant Energy Corp. has proposed to build an inefficient, more polluting kind of coal-fired power plant at a time when concerns are rising about emissions from such plants, a key opponent of the project said Wednesday.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
17 July 2008
Volcanoes blamed for mass extinction.
Ninety-three million years ago, Earth was a reshuffled jigsaw of continents, a hothouse where the average temperature was nearly twice that of today.
Agence France-Presse.
17 July 2008
Eruptions wiped out ocean life 94 million years ago: Canadian geologist.
Canadian rock hounds have serendipitously uncovered evidence of a global catastrophe that wiped out much of ocean life about 94 million years ago.
CanWest News Service.
17 July 2008
State scraps plans for $1.6 billion power plant in Town of Tonawanda.
State officials pulled the plug Wednesday on a proposed $1.6 billion advanced coal project that would have brought more than 1,000 construction and operating jobs to the Town of Tonawanda.
Buffalo News.
17 July 2008
New York cancels plans for clean coal plant.
NRG Energy Inc and New York state on Wednesday canceled plans to build a clean-coal power plant, citing rising costs and calling the project "ahead of its time."
Reuters.
17 July 2008
NYPA withdraws support for North Tonawanda clean coal project.
The New York Power Authority withdrew its support Wednesday for the clean coal project north of Jamestown, citing concerns over the cost and the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle technology that would be employed inside.
Jamestown New-Standard.
17 July 2008
Fairbanks considers coal-to-gas plant.
Federal and state officials will gather in Fairbanks to plan a gasification plant that could turn coal and biomass into power and fuel for interior Alaska.
Associated Press.
17 July 2008
British PM blasts polluting 'ghost' flights.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that airlines flying empty planes simply to maintain valuable airport slots were "unacceptable" due to their environmental impact.
Agence France-Presse.
17 July 2008
Spotlight on the economy: Building green saves millions in energy costs.
The US consumes more energy each year. Setting aside the hard-dollar costs of energy, increased energy usage means more greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming and climate change.
Bay Media Services.
17 July 2008
Australia's climate plan not strong enough, say scientists.
Scientists and environmentalists attacked the Government's effort, saying it was far weaker than originally proposed and unlikely to reduce greenhouse pollution to levels that would prevent dangerous climate change.
Sydney Morning Herald.
17 July 2008
Nuclear plants, offshore drilling gain support.
In a sign that record-high gas prices are changing the way Californians think and live, a new poll shows that state residents are losing their long-held hostility to nuclear power and may even reconsider their opposition to oil drilling off their scenic coast.
San Francisco Chronicle.
17 July 2008
Climate change rift immediately apparent.
Despite talk of working together, the annual premiers' conference opened with rival camps Ontario and Alberta digging in their heels in the climate change debate.
Toronto Star.
17 July 2008
Some finding Gore's timing inconvenient.
Al Gore hopes to put global warming back at the top of Washington’s agenda Thursday, but some Democrats in Congress are questioning his timing when they are getting pummeled by Republicans over record gas prices.
Washington Hill.
17 July 2008
Pope says world's resources being squandered.
The world's natural resources are being squandered in the pursuit of "insatiable consumption," Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday in a speech urging followers to care more for the environment and reconnect with the principle of peace.
Associated Press.
17 July 2008
Pope says young inheriting scarred, squandered earth.
Pope Benedict on Thursday told a huge gathering of young people that they were inheriting a planet whose resources had been scarred and squandered to fuel insatiable consumption.
Reuters.
17 July 2008
The politics of pollution.
More than 20 years after NASA scientist James Hansen first sounded the alarm on global warming, the federal government has failed to pass a single law cracking down on carbon emissions.
Portland Tribune.
17 July 2008
White House buries climate change deaths report.
The White House buried a report prepared by US government scientists which detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, fires, disease and smog they predicted would be caused by global warming.
London Daily Telegraph.
17 July 2008
'US buried warming deaths report'.
The White House has reportedly buried a report prepared by scientists, which detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, fires, disease and smog.
Asian News International.
17 July 2008
Environmentalists excluded from conference on coal power .
Environmentalists have been barred from participating in an industry-sponsored conference that will examine Arkansas' role in the development and use of clean coal technologies, a spokesman for the Sierra Club said Wednesday.
Arkansas News Bureau.
17 July 2008
Soaring gas prices causing shifts in behavior, attitudes.
So severe is the fuel crisis that at least some Californians are also rethinking their environmentalism.
San Jose Mercury News.
17 July 2008
Climate builds bridges across Asia.
Amidst growing criticism from industrialised countries for not committing to greenhouse gas reduction targets, India has indicated it would initiate regional efforts to deal with climate change.
BBC.
17 July 2008
Scheme set to 'protect polluters, hurt families'.
Opposition and minor political parties fear the Federal Government will protect polluters, hurt the community and impose a new tax on petrol, groceries and electricity under an emissions trading scheme.
Canberra Times.
17 July 2008
Business to pay for PM's carbon gamble.
Low-income earners will be fully compensated for the blowout in power bills caused by the introduction of an emissions trading regime but business will receive only a minimum in "let-out" clauses under the Rudd Government's climate change green paper.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Climate paper wants clarity.
Penny Wong is careful to point out that only about 1000 of the 7.6 million registered businesses in Australia will be "compulsorily covered" by the Government's new emissions trading scheme.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Emissions plan may hit Senate brick wall.
The federal government's plan for emissions trading could hit a brick wall in the Senate, as opposition politicians attack the scheme from all sides.
Australian Associated Press.
17 July 2008
ETS support 'cautious.'
The Federal Government's draft emission trading scheme has received cautious local support, but community leaders say it still falls short of the radical action needed.
Bendigo Advertiser.
17 July 2008
SMEs will be affected by carbon trading.
It is not just the nation's largest firms that will feel the impact of a carbon constrained environment, a non-profit organisation warns.
Australian Associated Press.
17 July 2008
Rudd can't predict pollution fall.
Kevin Rudd has confessed the Government cannot yet predict when Australia's carbon pollution levels will start to reduce under his planned emissions trading scheme.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Every cent raised to help ease pain.
The Rudd Government has sought to soften the blow of its emissions trading scheme, promising every cent raised will be used to help households and businesses adjust and invest in clean energy options.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Australia govt releases carbon trade paper.
Australia, the world's biggest per head polluter, unveiled plans on Wednesday to rein-in greenhouse gas emissions, but said it would shield some companies and motorists from a carbon emissions trading scheme expected to drive up inflation.
Reuters.
17 July 2008
Carbon capital concerned about hazy future.
Gladstone is one of the towns in Australia most affected by the introduction of an emissions trading scheme. Its growth as an industrial powerhouse over the past 40 years has been steady and relentless.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Rudd defends carbon trading scheme.
Australia's government on Thursday defended its new carbon trading scheme, insisting it would reduce emissions and telling critics it was better than nothing.
Agence France-Presse.
17 July 2008
Carbon plan won't force up rates: Swan.
Wayne Swan has predicted the one-off inflationary hit from the introduction of a carbon trading scheme will not force the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Rudd accuses Nelson.
The Prime Minister has accused opposition leader Brendan Nelson of walking away from the fight against global warming - as the battle lines take shape over the government's emissions trading scheme.
Sydney Sky News.
17 July 2008
Farmers reassured about emissions trading.
Climate change is a hot topic at the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers annual conference in Launceston.
ABC News.
17 July 2008
Adviser's influence fades at each turn.
The Government has defied the advice of its climate change adviser Ross Garnaut in designing its emissions trading scheme.
Sydney Australian.
17 July 2008
Slow burn: Rudd eases carbon pain.
Households earning up to $150,000 and the nation's heaviest polluters will be helped to cope with the introduction of an emissions trading scheme in 2010 that the Government says will be "calm and measured".
Sydney Morning Herald.
17 July 2008
Battle lines drawn on environment at Premiers' meeting.
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach issued a stern warning against a national cap and trade program Wednesday, underscoring divisions among Canada's 13 premiers and territorial leaders at the outset of a three-day meeting featuring discussions on climate change strategy.
CanWest News Service.
17 July 2008
How the provinces rank in the climate-change battle.
A new report by the David Suzuki Foundation, released on the eve of the annual premiers conference, ranks provincial and territorial climate change plans.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
17 July 2008
UK schools go green, join carbon trading scheme.
British state schools are to be included under the government's new domestic carbon emissions trading scheme from April 2010, the environment minister said on Wednesday.
Reuters.
17 July 2008
Many Tory MPs still sceptical on climate change.
David Cameron has failed to convince many of his MPs that man-made global warming is a serious problem, according to a poll that finds widespread sceptisicm across parliament about the issue.
London Guardian.
17 July 2008
OECD issues report critical of biofuels, favours moratorium.
The OECD favours a moratorium on expanding biofuel production, a senior official with the Paris-based body said on Wednesday following the release of a report critical of vegetable-based fuels.
Agence France-Presse.
17 July 2008
Airbus to support green campaign.
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) to support 'The Green Wave,' a worldwide educational campaign for children and youth.
Bombay Economic Times.
17 July 2008
Nature, nurture.
Rutgers EcoComplex helps small firms become green giants.
Newark Star-Ledger.
17 July 2008
Alternative fuel alive and well in Ventura County.
Early adapters to a less polluting alternative fuel to petroleum diesel here in Ventura County are celebrating a milestone now that they’ve built their own filling station.
Ventura County Reporter.
17 July 2008
