Archive for the ‘Climate change’ Category

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.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Canada.com
Climate Change Means More Kidney Stones
Wired News - 10 hours ago
By Brandon Keim July 14, 2008 | 4:00:00 PMCategories: Climate, Health It seems an odd affliction to include on the list of climate change-related health
Kidney stones may become more common with climate change: study The Canadian Press
Global warming to spark rise in kidney stone cases, study says Chicago Tribune
Researchers Link Kidney Stones to Climate Change University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
New Scientist (subscription) - Houston Chronicle
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Governors can’t agree on climate change fix
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 43 minutes ago
But they couldn’t come to a consensus position on climate change or nuclear expansion or the future of coal. The best they could do was a letter calling on
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Becomes Chairman of National MarketWatch
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Radio Australia
Markets hold their breath for Australia’s climate change response
Stock and Land, Australia - 1 hour ago
Plans to combat climate change and our responses to it – including an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) – need consider the potential impact on global
Swan denies Treasury advised against carbon capture scheme ABC Online
PM’s $5bn green gamble against Treasury advice NEWS.com.au
Call for immigration quota to include climate change refugees Visa Bureau
Thoughts on Freedom - FinanceAsia
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Oysters getting cooked by climate change
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 hours ago
Oyster farmers in the Pacific Northwest and California, who face a shortage of “spat” to replant their oysters beds, aren’t the only ones struggling with
Rudd talks tough on climate change
The Age, Australia - 22 hours ago
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is talking tough on climate change as the government prepares to launch a major paper on emissions trading on Wednesday.
Big rivers tipped to lose 40pc of flow The Canberra Times
Rudd uses report to defend stance on climate change The West Australian
PM warns on Murray-Darling water forecast figures ABC Online
Land - Adelaidenow
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Climate change concerns for north Qld tourism
ABC Online, Australia - 4 hours ago
Tourism experts say North Queensland and its tourism hot spots will be hit the hardest by climate change in Australia. University of New South Wales

The Age
‘Get real’ on climate change
The Canberra Times, Australia - Jul 13, 2008
BY EWA KRETOWICZ Professor Jeffrey Sachs says it is time to ”get real” on climate change. The Columbia University economist arrived in Canberra yesterday
Alarm on carbon trading scheme The Age
Technology key to convincing China on emissions trading: economist ABC Online
Australia must lead China on climate The Age
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Bridging the Gap on Climate Change
Washington Post, United States - Jul 13, 2008
By Richard G. Lugar and Henry M. Paulson Jr. Despite the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, there remain sharp political disagreements
Brilliant Plans to Destroy the Planet: The World Bank Tackles AlterNet
Bush’s Clean Technology Fund: Too Little, Too Late Earth2Tech
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Climate change doesn’t harm Rudd in poll
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 17 hours ago
The past two weeks have been dominated by debate about climate change and the release of the Rudd government-commissioned Garnaut report, which warns of
Voters embrace environmentally cuddly PM NEWS.com.au
Cap and Redistribute Wall Street Journal
Insight/Letter from Australia: Sacrifices for a green future New Straits Times
The Canberra Times
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Calgary Herald
Economics of climate change
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Jul 12, 2008
At last week’s Group of Eight (G8) summit on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, climate change battled heightened economic worries for top billing.
G8 summit missed chance to make a difference BCLocalNews
Climate change alert : CSE The New Nation
Lack of Details in G8 Agreement on Climate Change Brings Criticism Voice of America
Buffalo News - guardian.co.uk
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