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Industry money flows to McCain.
The chemical industry has put the majority of its financial support during the 2007–08 election cycle behind the various Republican presidential candidates. Obama is at odds with the chemical industry on key energy and trade issues.
Chemical & Engineering News.
21 July 2008
Wetlands could unleash "carbon bomb."
The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday.
Reuters.
21 July 2008
Greenhouse gases could spark fires in West.
California has been hit by 2,000 fires this year, and climate scientists are predicting that the situation will worsen as temperatures rise.
San Francisco Chronicle.
21 July 2008
Warming alters predator-prey balance.
While officials across the country hail the Isle Royale Wolf and Moose study as a success, they worry about the rapidly decreasing numbers of both species due to global warming.
Washington Post.
21 July 2008
Nuclear power a thorny issue for candidates.
With energy prices at record highs, both candidates are figuring out how to deal with one of the hot button topics: nuclear power.
Morning Edition.
21 July 2008
On the farm, a back-end solution to an energy crisis.
Later this summer, Ontario electricity consumers will start using power that Laurie Stanton's dairy cow herd will contribute to the provincial grid.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
21 July 2008
New coal plants in Michigan draw fire.
Michigan electric companies say the voracious appetite for energy-sucking gadgets are pushing them to build the first new coal plants in the state in 20 years to satisfy the demand.
Detroit Free Press.
21 July 2008
Is world's wettest place getting drier?
The town of Cherrapunjee, in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya, is reputed to be the wettest place in the world, but there are signs that its weather patterns may be being hit by global climate change.
BBC.
21 July 2008
Rare lichen an 'early warning indicator' of forest health.
Understanding the lichens could give us a deeper understanding of the effects of climate change.
CanWest News.
21 July 2008
Banking on carbon trading: Can banks stop climate change?
Since the arrival of the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme and the 'Kyoto Market', backed by the United Nations' Clean Development Mechanism, some of the world's biggest banks have been stepping up their activities in carbon finance.
CNN.
21 July 2008
Green light for massive wind farm.
Plans to build Europe's largest onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire have been approved by Scottish ministers.
BBC.
21 July 2008
How green will officials make Albemarle County?
From hybrid vehicles to motion sensor fluorescent lights, Albemarle County government is going green. Though it’s not cheap, county officials hope to save money in the long-term and reduce the county’s carbon footprint.
Charlottesville Daily Progress.
21 July 2008
National coal waste proposal stalls.
A Pittsburgh-area coal company helping to build a power plant that stores its pollution deep underground might have to wait for the next president to decide whether the project remains buried.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
21 July 2008
EPA plans for CO2 underground.
The US Environmental Protection Agency is looking at ways to make sure carbon dioxide can be stored underground. The agency is proposing rules that would keep CO2 from seeping out of the ground or cause problems for ground water.
Great Lakes Radio Consortium.
21 July 2008
Massive clean energy reserves found.
Queensland has struck yet another bonanza with the discovery of an enormous reservoir of zero-emission coal seam gas, 100km east of the outback town of Cloncurry.
Sydney Australian.
21 July 2008
Ohio drivers cut miles, pollution.
High prices at the pump are taking cars off the road and reducing air pollution.
Columbus Dispatch.
21 July 2008
Oil sands boom swamps the Canadian wilderness.
With Brent crude at $131 a barrel on Friday, the oil sands frenzy is in full swing. Canada holds estimated reserves of 179 billion barrels of oil, the majority from oil sands, putting it second only to Saudi Arabia.
London Observer.
21 July 2008
Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction of world wetlands worsens.
Scientists have warned that ongoing destruction of world wetlands, which hold a volume of carbon similar to that in the atmosphere today, could cause them to exhale a massive amount of greenhouse gases.
Asian News International.
21 July 2008
Scientists warn of wetlands 'carbon bomb'.
The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists have warned.
London Daily Telegraph.
21 July 2008
Delegates lighting their way to Denver.
When Democratic delegates from Massachusetts set off for Denver next month to crown Senator Barack Obama as the party's presidential nominee, they will be leaving a big trail of greenhouse gases from all that airline travel, rental cars, and convention lighting.
Boston Globe.
21 July 2008
Don't fiddle as world burns.
An overwhelming majority of voters support Kevin Rudd's drive to tackle climate change and 77 per cent believe Australia should press ahead and cut its greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do.
Sydney Morning Herald.
21 July 2008
100 months to save the planet.
A "Green New Deal" is needed to solve current problems of climate change, energy and finance, a report argues; according to the Green New Deal Group, humanity only has 100 months to prevent dangerous global warming.
BBC.
21 July 2008
Climate, economy crisis needs leaders with vision - report.
The world needs leaders with the vision to forge New Deal-type policies to tackle the potentially disastrous combination of climate change, high inflation and economic slowdown, a British think-tank said on Monday.
Reuters.
21 July 2008
Papal consumption crusade; Ethics for a small planet.
How much does the present owe the future? And here’s yet another question, deeply embedded in the largely paralyzed international climate debate: How much does the rich world owe the poorer world?
New York Times.
21 July 2008
Flag system threatens greenhouse gas controls.
Scientists, lawmakers and industry officials and representatives from more than 50 ports in 35 countries attended a conference in Rotterdam last week aimed to reduce greenhouse emissions from shipping and to sign the 'World Ports Climate Declaration'.
Dubai Gulf News.
21 July 2008
Climate report cites role of Cheney's office.
Bush administration officials agreed that greenhouse gases could endanger the public and should be regulated under clean-air laws, but later reversed course amid opposition from the Vice President's office and the oil industry, a congressional report said.
Wall Street Journal.
21 July 2008
UK using public opinion to change US climate policy.
British officials are bypassing Washington and trying to influence American policy towards climate change by appealing to public opinion as embassies worldwide embrace "public diplomacy".
London Daily Telegraph.
21 July 2008
League of Conservation Voters to endorse Obama.
In an election all about change, environmental groups are doing the usual — endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate.
Associated Press.
21 July 2008
Soaring enery costs sparking 'green' legislation in New Jersey.
With gas prices hovering at $4 per gallon and the nation in an economic funk, there is no shortage of ideas on how to make New Jersey more energy efficient.
Associated Press.
21 July 2008
'Global Warming Story Tour' stops at the beach.
Surfers and beachgoers stopped at a tent, erected by Greenpeace as part of its "Global Warming Story Tour", on Sunday afternoon to tell stories about how global warming has affected their lives, and to ask their local leaders to do more about it.
San Mateo County Times.
21 July 2008
Plea for climate change refugees.
TUVALUAN elder Fikau Teponga's island homeland is sinking and he wants Darebin Council to help save his people.
Needs Publisher.
21 July 2008
Keep your mine out of our paradise.
Airlie Beach became an environmental battleground yesterday as a high-profile Greenpeace ship joined thousands of people in protest against a proposed shale oil mining operation near the tourist hub.
Needs Publisher.
21 July 2008
Outed ministers disavow sceptic claim.
A chorus line of Rudd Government ministers lined up yesterday to declare they are not climate change sceptics after being "outed" on national television.
Sydney Australian.
21 July 2008
States to reap GST climate bonus.
Despite Treasurer Wayne Swan's claims that the carbon pollution reduction scheme was "not a revenue raiser'', the GST would apply on permits sold and traded and on other goods and services, including electricity, whose prices increase as a result of scheme.
Sydney Australian.
21 July 2008
Wind, wave and tide can make country world giant in green energy.
Scotland has the potential to be to the renewable energy world what Saudi Arabia is to oil, an international conference will hear today.
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21 July 2008
'New Deal' to tackle economic and ecology problems.
A panel of environmentalists and economic commentators today issued a call for a "Green New Deal" to help Britain respond to the current economic crisis while tackling global warming.
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21 July 2008
Threatened site gets £37m to lead climate research.
A £37.5M cash injection will help Welsh researchers develop a leading world centre for climate change science, the Western Mail can reveal today.
Pontypridd Observer.
21 July 2008
Boost for global warming research.
A multi-million pound grant has been awarded to help forge an alliance between two Welsh universities working on problems posed by climate change.
BBC.
21 July 2008
Author speaks on climate change.
Comments such as "he's amazing" and "isn't he passionate" were frequent at the South Church as the Port City welcomed author Bill McKibben Sunday.
Foster's Daily Democrat.
21 July 2008
Coals glow at global warming rally.
Leave it to Greenpeace to make grilling environmentally friendly.
Raleigh News & Observer.
21 July 2008
Ruling expected on climate film.
The Great Global Warming Swindle attracted various complaints, including claims it misled contributors, and Channel 4 said it aired the documentary to demonstrate that the debate on climate change was not over.
BBC.
21 July 2008
Satellite cutbacks could leave us blind at the poles.
The union of weather and climate monitoring is not a happy one - and a US attempt at matchmaking means we may miss out on important climate data from the poles.
New Scientist.
21 July 2008
Kremlin to dole out arctic reserves.
President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law Friday enabling the Kremlin to handpick companies to develop the vast oil reserves believed to be located in the Russian Arctic.
Moscow Times.
21 July 2008
Libs have 'information job to do' on carbon tax plan, getting 'feedback' on diesel prices.
Rural Liberal MPs are finding the vast majority of their constituents don't know anything about Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's "Green Shift" carbon tax plan, that it won't affect the price of gasoline at the pumps but it will affect the price of diesel.
Ottawa Hill Times.
21 July 2008
Future is nearly now for plug-in hybrids.
When hundreds of experts gather this week for the country's first and biggest plug-in hybrid conference, the tone of the gathering will reveal a dramatic change: The talk is of "when," not "if."
San Jose Mercury News.
21 July 2008
Consultant forecast energy crisis, now urging action.
Energy efficiency, an expert says, is the first line of defense for consumers because it creates quick cost relief with relatively low amounts of investment.
New Britain Herald.
21 July 2008
Energy issues likely to be on voters' minds.
Come Nov. 4, people who pay $4 a gallon or more for gas on the way to the polls will likely be thinking of energy issues while in the voting booth.
Phoenix Arizona Republic.
21 July 2008
Perry draws environmentalist support on ethanol stand.
Gov. Rick Perry's quest to curb the nation's ethanol appetite is gaining him allies in unlikely circles, including liberal environmental groups and companies that benefit from biofuel subsidies.
Dallas Morning News.
21 July 2008
Saving rain: How much is too much?
On a nonprofit Woodinville farm devoted to sustainable practices, rain hits a green shed roof covered in a carpet of herbs and moss. It almost certainly would violate state water law.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
21 July 2008
Gore as next EPA or Energy chief?.
The first step Obama or McCain could take to make sure the political space is safe for science is to see what Gore thinks about running the Department of Energy, or the EPA, or both.
Boston Globe.
21 July 2008
