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Colorado River drought.
The south-western US is suffering its eighth consecutive year of drought. There are concerns that the Colorado River, which has sustained life in the area for thousands of years, can no longer meet the needs of the tens of millions of people.
BBC.
19 July 2008
End of an epoch.
For the last 10,000 years or so we've been blessed with an unusually mild and consistent climate but stratigraphers - the experts who decide this stuff - say we're now in a whole new scene brought on by us.
Living On Earth.
19 July 2008
Pickens, Democrats agree in calling for alternative fuels.
As Democrats struggle to address high gasoline prices without opening more wilderness and coastlines to oil companies, Mr. Pickens offers a valuable partnership: a certified oil industry icon who says the country can't drill its way out of the energy crisis.
Dallas Morning News.
19 July 2008
World Bank says Asian cities at risk.
The World Bank has urged Asian cities to come up with climate resilient programmes to safeguard people from natural hazards triggered by climate change and rising sea levels.
Bangkok Post.
19 July 2008
Stinging wasps moving north due to warming?
Insect stings have been on the rise in Alaska, and experts think that global warming could be to blame.
National Geographic News.
19 July 2008
Missing fossils could warn of extreme climate to come.
Did the tropics overheat during the Eocene some 55 to 34 million years ago? The answer may hold the key to how our planet will respond to global warming.
New Scientist.
19 July 2008
Scientists at Arctic research station take pulse of the warming Earth.
Beyond the Arctic Circle, teams of scientists measure widening slumps as ice melts beneath the tundra. They scuff through tussocks blackened by unexpected fires, and search for fish in drought-depleted streams.
Sacramento Bee.
19 July 2008
Rising sea level causing changes.
As the waters rise in the Albemarle-Pamlico region, people in the area are seeing lifestyle changes — both in the short term and in the long term.
Washington Daily News.
19 July 2008
EPA report says climate change may impact Western states.
Degraded air quality, urban heat islands, early snow melt, wildfires and heat waves in the Intermountain West may all be the result of climate change interacting with changes in land use and demographics, according to a new report from the federal EPA.
Salt Lake Deseret Morning News.
19 July 2008
Ice adrift from warming scrapes Antarctic seabed bare.
Rapid warming along the Antarctic Peninsula is causing more skyscraper-sized icebergs to break free, drift, and scour away practically all life along swaths of the seafloor, according to a new study.
National Geographic News.
19 July 2008
Warmer temps, more kidney stones.
Scientists predict a steady rise in the U.S. incidence of kidney stones — a medical condition largely brought on by dehydration — as the planet continues to warm.
Time Magazine.
19 July 2008
Move species threatened by warming, scientists advise.
People should help species threatened by climate change move to new habitats, researchers argue in a new paper.
National Geographic News.
19 July 2008
The car of tomorrow has an extension cord.
Forget hydrogen. The car of the future has an extension cord and a great big laptop battery.
Wired News.
19 July 2008
Fantasy islands.
Cities at sea have long been a libertarian dream, but concerns over climate change have now pushed the idea on to the environmental agenda. Do they hold water?
London Guardian.
19 July 2008
Gore’s challenge.
Al Gore says we should shoot for 100 percent carbon-free electricity in ten years. How practical is it? What are the political implications?
Living On Earth.
19 July 2008
Turbine time.
T. Boone Pickens' company, Mesa Power, has already invested $2 billion to build the world’s largest wind farm in a small town in the Texas panhandle--and he is going to pay for it because he cannot wait for the state to do it. As he likes to point out, he is 80 years old.
Economist.
19 July 2008
Wind-energy dreams gain altitude.
That breeze you’re feeling may be the sudden gust of news about wind energy, until now almost a boutique producer of power in America.
Kansas City Star.
19 July 2008
Carbon sequestration hot topic in Montana.
Some state lawmakers have decided to hold off on a piece of legislation that has been called an important first step in regulating carbon sequestration in the state.
Missoula KPAX TV.
19 July 2008
Nevada plant to make fuel from garbage.
In its search for new sources of fuel, the green-tech industry has turned to wood chips, grass, algae - even cow manure. Now a Pleasanton company plans to make fuel out of garbage.
San Francisco Chronicle.
19 July 2008
ONGC's tech to cut methane emission.
The increasing impact of global warming across the world has led to companies making various efforts towards reducing the green houses gases (GHG), particularly oil and gas companies.
Sify.
19 July 2008
Airlines stepping up efforts to cut CO2.
The amount of CO2 emitted on a per passenger, per kilometer basis by a commercial jet is about six times higher than that of a train and double that of a bus.
Osaka Daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
19 July 2008
Sensor to study CO2 from orbit.
Technology developed in the city will soon be monitoring carbon dioxide from space to help gain a greater understanding of global warming.
San Bernardino County Sun.
19 July 2008
Firewood: The effects of biomass burning on Mother Nature.
Biomass containing 2 to 5 pentagrams of carbon is burned annually, producing large amounts of trace gases and aerosol particles that play important roles in atmospheric chemistry and climate.
Abuja Daily Trust.
19 July 2008
Premiers seize climate-change initiative.
The Harper government faced new pressure yesterday to adopt a more aggressive climate-change plan after Canada's largest province threw its considerable political weight behind a North American initiative to tackle global warming.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
19 July 2008
Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film.
Channel 4 misrepresented some of the world's leading climate scientists in a controversial documentary that claimed global warming was a conspiracy and a fraud, the UK's media regulator will rule next week.
London Guardian.
19 July 2008
Many in White House reversed on greenhouse gases.
Bush administration officials had originally agreed that greenhouse gases posed a danger to the public and should be regulated under existing clean-air laws but later reversed course amid opposition from the Vice President 's office and the oil industry.
Dow Jones Newswires.
19 July 2008
Russia enacts law on Arctic oil work.
President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday signed a law enabling the Kremlin to handpick companies to develop the vast oil reserves believed to be located in the Russian Arctic.
Associated Press.
19 July 2008
Carbon play an act of belief.
The Catholic Church has had transformative shows of faith on display this week. World Youth Day in Sydney may look far more spectacular but the Rudd Government is professing its conviction to fight the evils of climate change with almost as much moral certitude.
Sydney Australian.
19 July 2008
Attack on Australian carbon trading scheme.
The fight to set the terms of Australia’s emissions trading system has begun with a claim that nearly A$60bn of new liquefied natural gas projects have been put at risk because the sector is not enough of a polluter to qualify for free carbon permits.
London Financial Times.
19 July 2008
Climate plan politics.
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.
19 July 2008
Carbon plan will cost us $100m, says Qantas.
Qantas has joined the growing list of corporations concerned about the impact of the Government's emissions trading scheme, claiming its domestic operating costs would increase by $100 million.
Sydney Morning Herald.
19 July 2008
Rudd gloomy on worldwide accord.
An international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be "very, very difficult" to achieve, according to Kevin Rudd.
Sydney Australian.
19 July 2008
Carbon tax will make B.C better off, minister says.
The B.C. government's climate action plan is not only good for the environment, it's also good for the economy and taxpayers, Finance Minister Colin Hansen.
Vancouver Sun.
19 July 2008
U.S. carbon initiative nets key Canadian province.
The province of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned U.S.-based regional carbon credit trading pact aimed at curbing global warming.
Reuters.
19 July 2008
Ontario joins US carbon trading clan.
Canada's industrial heartland is joining a group of U.S. states to launch a North American carbon trading market, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said on Friday.
Forbes.
19 July 2008
Ontario joins carbon coalition.
Efforts to establish a North American cap-and-trade carbon system are gaining steam despite Ottawa's indifference, says Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Toronto Star.
19 July 2008
Undersea volcanic eruptions linked to ancient die-off.
A surge of undersea volcanic activity about 93 million years ago sapped the oceans of oxygen, triggering a mass extinction of marine life, a new study finds.
National Geographic News.
19 July 2008
'C4 documentary complaints upheld'.
Channel 4 misrepresented comments by a former Government scientist but did not materially mislead viewers with a controversial documentary on climate change, Ofcom will reportedly find on Monday.
Press Association.
19 July 2008
Chemical breakthrough turns sawdust into biofuel.
A wider of range of plant material could be turned into biofuels thanks to a breakthrough that converts plant molecules called lignin into liquid hydrocarbons.
New Scientist.
19 July 2008
Scientists achieve chemical breakthrough that converts sawdust into biofuel.
A team of Chinese scientists has made a chemical breakthrough that efficiently turns the lignin in waste products such as sawdust into the chemical precursors of ethanol and biodiesel.
Asian News International.
19 July 2008
Texas approves plan for 18,000 mw of wind.
Texas regulators Thursday approved a plan to lure US$5 billion in new investment to build power lines to move electricity from the state's windiest areas to power-hungry cities.
Reuters.
19 July 2008
Texas approves a $4.93 billion wind-power project.
Texas regulators have approved a $4.93 billion wind-power transmission project, providing a major lift to the development of wind energy in the state.
New York Times.
19 July 2008
Ford backs low-carbon, fuel-efficient vehicles.
Ford Australia chief executive Bill Osborne has given the Government a big tick for its all-in approach to carbon emissions abatement.
Melbourne Age.
19 July 2008
McCain changes auto emissions stance.
U.S. Sen. John McCain backtracked Friday on a pledge to set national auto emissions standards that would supersede those California and other states want to set.
Detroit News.
19 July 2008
Salem power plant issues come to a crossroads.
Next week stands to be a momentous one for anyone in the Salem area concerned with the power plant, as plans are made for a panel discussion of the plant’s practices and a meeting with state officials about the future of emissions.
Gatehouse News Service.
19 July 2008
Jump in jellyfish gives LIers that stinging feeling.
Lifeguards at East Hampton's Peconic Bay beaches have been issued an unusual piece of equipment this summer: spray bottles filled with a mixture of vinegar and salt water. It's the best defense against the pain caused by the sting of lion's mane jellyfish.
New York Newsday.
19 July 2008
Michigan's growing oil boom .
High gas prices may be hammering Michigan consumers and the overall economy. But in one sector -- the state's relatively inconspicuous, but well-established oil and gas industry -- they're contributing to a modest business boom.
Detroit Free Press.
19 July 2008
Task force to study nuclear power issues in Illinois.
A new government task force will study the use of nuclear power in Illinois and investigate whether it should be expanded, lawmakers announced Friday.
Chicago Daily Herald.
19 July 2008
Clean Air Action calls for public's aid.
Maintaining ozone levels requires help from all, planning commission says.
Peoria Journal Star.
19 July 2008
Association to study air in eastern Utah.
Utah's oil and gas producers announced last week that data from an air-quality study in eastern Utah will be available to the public and to government-land managers as early as September.
Salt Lake Deseret Morning News.
19 July 2008
DEQ's leader inherits a toxic mess.
Some people think of the state Department of Environmental Quality as the agency that sticks a funnel on your tailpipe every couple of years.
Gresham Outlook.
19 July 2008
San Diego station is in the fast lane with alternative fuels.
Mike Lewis, co-owner of Pearson Fuels, doesn't look like much of an evangelist. But that's what he is: an advocate for alternative fuels--and their profit-pumping potential.
Los Angeles Times.
19 July 2008
Funding biomass fuels may be a hurdle.
Proponents of a plant that would make liquid fuels out of coal say such a facility could be the solution to high energy costs in Fairbanks and Interior villages.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
19 July 2008
