Greenhouse Gases
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Fight splits backers of ballot initiative to suspend state's global warming
Peak Oil News (3) &bull 1 Hour Ago
Ted Costa says his group, People's Advocate, has been shut out of efforts to suspend AB 32, which would force oil companies to slash emissions of greenhouse gases. The two companies, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp., operate major refineries… Full Story »
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Climate Policy: Public Perception, Science, and the Political Landscape
Hill Heat &bull TodayThis briefing will explore public perceptions of climate change, scientific understanding, and the current political landscape. Norman J. Ornstein, Ph.D. Michael Oppenheimer, Ph.D. Albert G. Jon A. Krosnick, Ph.D. Frederic O. Paul Higgins, Ph.D. Norman Ornstein is a long-time observer of Congress and politics. News. He also serves as a senior counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission. Mr. Ornstein led a working group of scholars and practitioners that helped shape the law, known as McCain-Feingold, that reformed the campaign financing system. He was elected… Full Story »
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial: Cosmic Garden for Game Boy Color
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The Associated Press: Interior: Climate change threatens migratory birds
www.google.com via @EarthAdapt &bull TodayAUSTIN, Texas Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined scientists and conservation organizers at an Austin news conference to… Full Story »
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The Threatening Dangers
Climate Change News Digest &bull YesterdayBy Fidel Castro You can believe it or not, challenging the data in my view irrefutable of the most serious scientists of the world and the overwhelming majority of the most knowledgeable and honest people worldwide, who think that at… Full Story »
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- Greenhouse Gases
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The forest scheme that fails to protect trees
Climate Change News Digest &bull YesterdayForest conservation project in Bolivia proves that unless a nation as a whole cuts deforestation, individual carbon offset schemes are worthlessIt is the ultimate greenwash nightmare. A tough international deal to curb emissions of greenhouse gases is passed in Mexico… Full Story »
Elenco Electronics Power Tech Hydro Lab
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5 Ways to Value at a Shark
Planet Green (Discovery Channel) &bull Yesterday
Is there any more demonized creature on earth than the Great White Shark? But think about it: No Great White Shark created DDT, napalm, nuclear weapons, the internal combustion engine, cigarettes, greenhouse gases, or hydroelectric dams. That's not how most… Full Story »
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Oil Execs Chortle as Obama Admin Promotes Renewables
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Yesterday
Renewable energy is being praised in Washington, but it is generating snickers here in the nation's traditional energy capital, where oil, gas and utility leaders are gathered for a major industry conference. Leaders of two of the world's largest oil… Full Story »
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The Federal Observer Caruba: Blowing Wind Up Your Skirt
www.federalobserver.com via @wind_power_home &bull Mar 8, 2010One of the keystones of the Obama administration's energy policies has been a very expensive emphasis on "clean energy", sometimes called "renewable energy", allocating billions to the wind and solar energy producers. Like much of the "stimulus" bill that money is a waste. The wind power trade group, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has been pouring big bucks into a public relations effort to convince Americans that wind is the energy source… Full Story »
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DOE Awards $1M to UT Dallas to Develop New Filtration Membranes for H2 and CO2 Separations
Green Car Congress &bull Mar 7, 2010
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has awarded researchers at UT Dallas $1 million over three years to develop a new class of filtration membranes to separate hydrogen and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from coal... Full Story »
Fascinations Oggz Sound and Light Show
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North-South Divide And Tackling Global Warning
Climate Change News Digest &bull Mar 5, 2010By Helena Norberg-Hodge As signs of climate instability increase, radical and rapid action is becoming ever more urgent. One of the biggest obstacles to global collaboration, however, has been the foot-dragging and obstructionism of the US government, much of it… Full Story »
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- Greenhouse Gases
- Emissions
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Humans must be to blame for climate change, say scientists
Climate Change News Digest &bull Mar 5, 2010Climate scientists have delivered a powerful riposte to their sceptical critics with a study that strengthens the case for saying global warming is largely the result of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases. Full Story »
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Cap-and-Trade under the Clean Air Act
Climate Change News Digest &bull Mar 5, 2010Hello and welcome to my blog. There's lots said about why climate change now confronts us, and what it means, but the real issue is what to do about it. Plenty is said about that too, but there's not enough discussion on the practical aspects of implementation. Focusing on energy, that's what my blog sets out to achieve. Last week the… Full Story »
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Texas-based refiners pledge to fund fight against global warming law
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Mar 5, 2010
Two Texas-based refinery giants have pledged as much as $2 million to fund signature gathering for a ballot initiative to suspend California's landmark global warming law, according to Sacramento sources. The companies, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp., own refineries… Full Story »
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Sen. Rockefeller Introduces Legislation to Suspend EPA Regulation of Stationary Source GHG for 2 Years
Green Car Congress &bull Mar 5, 2010
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) introduced legislation to suspend potential Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gases from stationary sources for two years. Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) is introducing the House of Representatives companion legislation, with Reps. Alan... Full Story »
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NYT: Darwin Foes Add Warming to Tar
mobile.nytimes.com via @HiddenBrain &bull Mar 4, 2010Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation's classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. In Kentucky, a… Full Story »
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Intelligent Designers Enlist Climate Skeptics in the War on Reality
Desmog Blog &bull Mar 4, 2010
Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation's classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. The linkage of… Full Story »
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EPA's Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases Comes Under Fire From All Angles
Solve Climate Chronicles &bull Mar 3, 2010
Although representing only a small portion of the $10 billion total request, the ongoing battles regarding the EPA's aim to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases from some sources took center stage. The agency seems to be under attack from all angles - House members seeking to overturn its authority to regulate greenhouse gases, senators calling for delays on regulation, states and industry groups attempting to… Full Story »
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What's Best for Kids: Bottled Water or Fountains?
National Geographic News &bull Mar 3, 2010
Bottled water is a drain on the environment: The U.S. public goes through about 50 billion water bottles a year, and most of those plastic containers are not recycled, according to Elizabeth Royte's 2008 book Bottlemania: How Water Went on… Full Story »
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Carbon Friendly Agriculture?
Celsias - Green News & Honest Opinions &bull Mar 3, 2010
As climate crisis accelerates, our farmers are placed in the ever more precarious position of growing food for an increasing population in the face of increasingly bizarre weather patterns. Weather patterns are shifting due to the increasing amount of energy… Full Story »
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The real nuclear option
Environmental Economics &bull Mar 3, 2010
President Barack Obama's 2011 budget calls for an array of regulations, subsidies and taxes aimed at cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, even as a sweeping climate bill sits on ice in the Senate. Mr. Obama's budget calls for $39 billion… Full Story »
