Archive for September, 2008

BUSINESS: Prof steers away from corn for biodiesel

Saturday, September 6th, 2008
THE NEW SONG OF DAVID
Globe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago
His critics seize on comments like that and deride him as a naysayer and a merchant of doom, as if the only responses to climate change were sunny optimism
Ending the Nation-State Myth (by Devin Stewart)
Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - 1 hour ago
Pollution, terrorism, pandemics, and climate change are global phenomena. They do not respect national sovereignty, and, therefore, they necessitate global
Graffiti that will grow on you
Globe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago
About half that comes from cutting down trees that would normally soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and act as a brake on climate change.
WFEC to sponsor state’s first carbon sequestration pilot program
High Plains Journal, KS - 1 hour ago
This in turn, reduces the overall atmospheric level of carbon dioxide, a gas many experts believe is helping create climate change.
How far would an unfettered Harper go?
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago
He had to be beaten over the head to even acknowledge climate change. Would a Conservative majority signal the end of all but the pretence of an
NS needs green transition help By STEPHEN McNEIL
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago
As we approach an expected federal election, these issues, as well as the issue of climate change, will become central in the minds of Nova Scotians and
New sea-level rise research, part 1: ‘Most likely’ 0.8 to 2.0
Grist Magazine, WA - 1 hour ago
Unable to model such accelerated ice losses, members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declined to include them in their widely cited
BUSINESS: Prof steers away from corn for biodiesel
Examiner.com - 1 hour ago
Basu said his research won’t be the silver bullet for high fuel prices or climate change. “It’s just one of the tools in the toolbox,” he said.
Drought-weary voters want a wet change
Adelaidenow, Australia - 1 hour ago
“Water and climate change is a big issue and all parents should be terrified about what kind of planet their children are going to inherit,” Mrs Buckley
Sloppy polemic on environment
Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 1 hour ago
James Hansen is an American NASA scientist who underlined the fact that the world is rapidly moving towards a permanent climate change.

Key: Environment Policy Launch

Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Kinloss launchpad for school travel poll
Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 1 hour ago
Philippa Cochrane, manager for school travel at Sustrans, said: “With obesity, climate change and rising oil prices at the top of the agenda, it’s crucial
Reaching the summit? Aid ineffectiveness
Thought Leader, South Africa - 1 hour ago
Of the three, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), talks on Climate Change, and this, the negotiation of a strategy to improve aid,
Spanish wine makers fight climate change
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
However, climate change has caused the temperature to rise and now grape varieties are ripening up to a month earlier. Climate change is now a threat to the
A third term
Daily Press, VA - 1 hour ago
and the National Academy of Sciences are unaware of, it seems to conflict with McCain’s claim that he “stood up to President Bush on climate change.
City to be laboratory for an explosion of science
Liverpool Daily Post, UK - 1 hour ago
by understanding text speak, what The Beatles can tell us about our memories, and how space scientists could help in the fight against climate change.
Key: Environment Policy Launch
Voxy, New Zealand - 2 hours ago
Greg Hunt, the Australian Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, and Urban Water. Let me also welcome the other distinguished speakers who are
Weak cap
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago
If well designed, the program could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, secure energy independence and protect against climate change.
Last-ever look at ESA’s gravity satellite GOCE
Hindu, India - 2 hours ago
the gravity field – crucial for deriving accurate measurements of ocean circulation and sea-level change, both of which are affected by climate change.
Just The Facts
Hartford Courant, United States - 2 hours ago
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; on climate change with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Obama, elected in 2004, has a much slimmer record of accomplishment.
DPI/NGO Conference holds round table on ‘Human Rights Education
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 2 hours ago
Faced with the challenges of climate change, the global food and energy crises, and a looming world economic slowdown, it was more important than ever to