Swan talks climate as rate rise looms Nov 22, 2009
As Labor approaches the second anniversary of its election win, Treasurer Wayne Swan is talking about climate change as economic experts forecast another interest rate rise before Christmas. Official business investment data due out this week is expected to show more signs of an economic comeback. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Government denies frontline job cuts Nov 22, 2009
Climate Change and Environment Minister John Robertson said he had no knowledge of any frontline staff in National Parks receiving a voluntary redundancy letter, maintaining only senior managers and administrative staff numbers were to be cut back. My message is if you've got one and you are on the frontline, throw it in the bin,'' he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Parliament faces extra hours on ETS Nov 22, 2009
Opposition Senate Leader Nick Minchin riled some of his moderate Liberal colleagues on Thursday by delivering a withering attack on climate change and the need for an emissions trading scheme during a fiery speech in the upper house ... Senator Minchin and fellow frontbencher Tony Abbott will provide the strongest resistance inside the opposition front bench to any deal Ian Macfarlane, the coalition's chief climate change negotiator, brokers with Climate Change Minister Penny Wong on Monday ...... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Don't trade emissions for unity, Turnbull told Nov 22, 2009
But he now believes climate change has become such a toxic issue it could split the party ... Assistant Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said it was difficult to negotiate with a divided Opposition. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Montana Farmers Union fly-in discusses ag issues (7) Nov 22, 2009
While there, they discussed rural health care, the trade act, cap and trade, climate change, carbon sequestration, renewable energy and the dairy crisis ... Sargent also said the MFU was able to discuss cap and trade and climate change issues saying they are opposed to any type of legislation until rural communities are being addressed at the national level. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Notching up your nitrogen knowledge for the new year (2) Nov 22, 2009
If one believes the climate change predictions, weather variability and uncertainty may become more the norm in the future than in the past. There are many more tools and management options available to farmers and crop advisers today than in the previous decades. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
How Little Law From '70s Brought The Financial System To Its Knees Nov 22, 2009
Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something before December. (Investors Business Daily)
Hacked files show warming scheme, skeptics say Nov 22, 2009
Hundreds of private e-mail messages and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Meager monsoon worsens drought Nov 22, 2009
Two wild cards remain at work on the river: El Nio and the effects of climate change. "If climate change were the one and only thing operating, we might expect to see things drier than normal," Redmond said. (AZCentral -- News)
Amaizing: Corn Genome Decoded Nov 22, 2009
It is hoped that this basic research will lead to the development of crops that can withstand global climate change, add nutritional value to grain, sequester more. (July 27, 2007) To help family farmers and seed producers better meet market demands and remain independent and profitable, a new initiative is under way. (Science Daily)
'Jaguar' the fastest supercomputer? Nov 22, 2009
9 million dollars under the Recovery Act, will enable scientific simulations for exploring solutions to climate change and the development of new energy technologies ... Simulations on Jaguar have primarily focused on energy technologies and climate change resulting from global energy use ... Scientists have explored the causes and impacts of climate change, the enzymatic breakdown of cellulose to improve biofuels production, coal gasification processes to help industry design near-zero-emission... (India Times)
Should We Help Animals in Warm World Trap? Nov 22, 2009
Govs of Washington, Oregon and California meet to discuss global climate change ... "We have to be able to be more predictive, to be able to look into the future to how climate change is affecting species like the grizzly bear, polar bear, or coho salmon.". (ABC News)
Officials at Canyon propose response to climate change Nov 22, 2009
Officials at the Grand Canyon are proposing to make the national park one of at least 50 in the country that attempts to counter and respond to global climate change ... It will also likely become a hub for teaching the public about climate change, said Kathryn Parker, climate-change coordinator at the park ... "Given predicted climate change, there will be widespread drought impacts; forest die-off, insect outbreaks, wildfire, etc.". (AZCentral -- News)
Groups worry about negative environmental impact Nov 22, 2009
From an environmentalist's standpoint, Mrs. Bonitatibus believes nuclear power is better than a coal-fired power plant, with its array of pollution and climate change issues ... When the last commercial nuclear plants opened more than two decades ago, climate change had not yet become a major public issue ... Anti-nuclear sentiment, she acknowledged, isn't as fervent as it once was, in part because of issues such as climate change and a battle some environmentalists have deemed more urgent: the... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Rossiter: Not the end of the world Nov 22, 2009
Instead of planetary interference, climate change and associated geological fallout are what result in the usual roundup of special-effects killers - flood, fires, quakes, waves, etc. Yawn again. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Marshfield resident Jeff Corwin to visit science center Nov 22, 2009
It also looks at big issues like climate change, population control and habitat law and how that factors into the problem. The book also contains personal stories about his own explorations around the world, Corwin said, and his face-to-face interactions with struggling species. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Federal money aims to keep out the cold Nov 22, 2009
During a presentation, Gil Sperling from the federal Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy said weatherization will create jobs, save money and address climate change, with 20 percent of the country's carbon emissions tied to homes. While technology exists to cut home energy use 30 percent to 40 percent, Sperling said, only 6 million of 40 million low-income, eligible homes have been weatherized. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Sorry, I have a nagging doubt Nov 22, 2009
And as Kevin Rudd ramped up his apocalyptic climate change message to his colleagues on Thursday afternoon, the mercury rose obediently to an uncomfortable and unseasonable 38 degrees, and hot winds picked up what looked like half the dust particles of the Hay Plain and swirled them sternly overhead, creating a spectrally ominous backdrop to his spirited rantings. The weather was not unaided in this enterprise, of course. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Obama to roll out red carpet for Indian PM Nov 22, 2009
" While issues from counter-terrorism to trade to climate change were expected on the agenda, experts said the state visit likely had a broader intention - for Obama to show India he did not take it for granted. Obama invited Singh to come just days after the US leader returned from a trip to boost cooperation with China, another emerging power whose relations with both the United States and India have seen sharp ups and downs. Obama has also put a top priority on rooting out extremism in... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Mainstreaming green Nov 22, 2009
Jordy Guth, a member of the council and planner in the facilities department, said the week of presentations and discussions fit well with the commitment s emphasis on education about climate change and sustainability. The events also tied into the Bioneers Conference, held Friday and Saturday. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Uranium renaissance Nov 21, 2009
The U.S. and several other countries including China and India are gearing up to build a potentially massive fleet of new nuclear reactors, in part to fight climate change. With that, demand for uranium is expected to outpace the current supply in the coming decades. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
* Europe names Belgian leader as first president Nov 21, 2009
The nominations, however, prompted accusations that the EU leaders had chosen lightweight representatives for heavyweight bouts that lie ahead on issues as varied as the economy, climate change, nuclear power and the war in Afghanistan. Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, the EU administrative arm, rejected the suggestions at a post-summit press conference. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Land of the rising sea Nov 21, 2009
On the front line of climate change, the people of the Pacific Islands are desperately looking for higher ground ... Kiribati has its hand out for billions of dollars from countries it says are responsible for climate change ... Climate change is not Tebunginako's only blight. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Up against the great wall of China Nov 21, 2009
Obama brought some of his heaviest hitters to enlist China in confronting "the major challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to economic recovery challenges that neither of our nations can solve by acting alone." ... And China, it seemed, was preparing to cut a climate change deal with the United States that might have led to a legally binding agreement at Copenhagen - something that China sees as being in its national interest - but the US was not ready.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
You caused t00003930he mess so pay up, say eco-ravaged nations Nov 21, 2009
2 billion price tag was "an estimate" of the damage done by climate change across 16 sectors in Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. Ferrate said the region "had never faced" so much drought, aridity, flooding, and precarious food security. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
EU president wants Copenhagen to give us 'global management'... Nov 21, 2009
Al Gore won t debate anybody about global warming, which he has been forced to change to climate change ... You are already lumped in with us climate change deniers who are putting the very lives of our children at risk by speaking out of line ... Some might say being a denier of climate change is a worse than being a conspiracy theorist. (The Drudge Report)
Utilities sued for Katrina damage Nov 21, 2009
"Just because climate change is difficult, courts aren't going to shy away from their traditional role in weighing issues of harm," Percival said. "We have centuries of Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence that courts were the place to go if someone is being harmed by someone else.". (The Clarion-Ledger)
RSPO still intact despite greenhouse gas contention Nov 21, 2009
According to Vengeta, RSPO members are committed to tackle the GHG emission and plan to optimise their contribution to tackling climate change through flexible but time-defined voluntary actions. He says that such actions would follow recommendations of the GHG working group not related to land use change, such as reducing fossil fuel use, cutting methane emission from the palm oil effluent ponds, lowering fertiliser inputs, and the management of peat land ground water levels. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic Nov 21, 2009
(Washington, DC Nov. 20, 2009) Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition to initiate methane hydrate exploration in the Beaufort Sea and determine the spatial variation of sediment contribution to Arctic climate change. Utilizing the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea as a research platform, three cross-shelf transects were... (EurekAlert!)
Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol Nov 21, 2009
The results of both studies, published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, show that the use of ethanol-based fuels can help to mitigate climate change (by reducing greenhouse gases). However, these fuels also "contribute to acidification, eutrophication, the formation of photochemical oxidants and toxicity (for people and the environment)". (EurekAlert!)
Dusty thinking settles across wide brown land Nov 21, 2009
Amid a pitched battle for the centre of the Liberal Party, ACCI's chief executive and former Liberal Party staffer Peter Anderson managed to align the country's biggest business group - representing 350,000 companies and four million employees - with those in the Opposition who would do nothing to address climate change, perhaps ever ... Similar tactics have caused a serious split in the US Chamber of Commerce, with companies including Apple, Nike, Johnson & Johnson and GE quitting altogether or... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Ambassador:U.S., China more focus on global issues Nov 21, 2009
U.S. and China could strengthen cooperation in areas including military, people to people exchanges, climate change, clean energy and economic crisis, Huntsman told the delegates attending the forum. He said the U.S.-China relationship was so "large and complicated" that managers of the relations should "take the areas of commonality" and "realize and speak open" about the disagreements. (Xinhuanet, China)
Food: If words were food, nobody would go hungry Nov 21, 2009
It would finance for three years the annual $7 billion that the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a think tank in Washington, DC, estimates will be the bill for developing countries to protect agriculture from the impact of climate change. And it excludes the far greater sums developing countries themselves are promising to farming. (The Economist)
Is There a Palin Doctrine? Nov 21, 2009
In a July for the Washington Post, she provided a standard conservative argument against a cap-and-trade approach to combating climate change. In a speech in Hong Kong in September, she provided boilerplate libertarian-conservative talking points on the Federal Reserve and Asia policy. (Slate)
Video game to help flood planners Nov 21, 2009
The players can choose between two global economic scenarios and four climate change models, devised by the UK Hadley Centre for Climate Change, as a backdrop for the action. It is up to the player to decide where best to build appropriate sea or river flood defences, like dams, reservoirs or groynes, whilst keeping their public generally happy. (Yahoo News -- Game Consoles)
UN chief: "Seize opportunity" for children Nov 21, 2009
"Children must be at the heart of our thinking on climate change, on the food crisis, and on the other challenges we are addressing on a daily basis," Ban said. "Even during the most severe economic crisis in decades, the means are at hand," he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese vice premier urges to upgrade polar exploration Nov 21, 2009
Polar exploration missions concern the country's long-term interests and are of pragmatic significance to the research and counter-measures against climate change, Li said. Li urged people working in the field to be down-to-earth, innovative and hardworking so as to make contributions to global sustainable development. (Xinhuanet, China)
The appointment of Rompuy as EU president will help its member nations agree on a unified China policy and reduce the risk of estrangement in relations.• Premier Wen congratulates EU top leaders elected Nov 21, 2009
The two sides should not only properly settle issues in bilateral ties but also jointly respond to major global challenges such as climate change. Editor: Yan. (Xinhuanet, China)
WN: Photog Sees Beauty, Tragedy in Nature Nov 21, 2009
"Photographic imagery can tell a compelling story about the truth of the situation, and the truth is, if we lose the fight against tropical deforestation, then we lose the fight against climate change," Prince Charles said in a video message. Giving a Forest Value. (ABC News)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Nov 21, 2009
Perhaps the most compelling evidence of global climate change has come not between editions of the atlas but during the preparation of the present volume when the cartographers had to redraw the coastline of Antarctica after the Larsen ice shelf, which is the size of Luxembourg, disintegrated last year. . (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Schwarzenegger Aims to Lift California's Clout Nov 21, 2009
Schwarzenegger is determined not just to change that situation but also to ensure that the next president will feel indebted to California and be committed to the issues that he and California voters care most about, including global climate change and the share of federal dollars the state receives. "The most important thing is that they make commitments," he said. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
A special dedication for this weeks travelin music Nov 21, 2009
Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. The e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British climate researchers, include discussions of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the arguments of skeptics, and casual comments ... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The New EU Chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy And Cathy Who? Nov 21, 2009
For weeks rumors swirled that the jobs would go to high-profile candidates like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and current Foreign Secretary David Miliband, politicians who could give the EU greater diplomatic clout on issues such as climate change, terrorism and trade. Instead, European leaders on Thursday chose Ashton and van Rompuy, an unassuming man nicknamed "Rompuy-pumpy" by British tabloids. (CBS News -- World)
Climate change and the fate of Kauai Nov 21, 2009
Climate change and the fate of Kauai ... Discussed will be whether rainfall will increase or decrease, how Kaua i stream flow and groundwater might change, what happens to coastlines if sea levels rise, whether or not the island s reefs will survive climate change, and many other topics ... The Global Climate Change: Impacts on Kaua i Conference is subtitled A Future We have Already. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Conference concentrates on climate change and Kauai Nov 21, 2009
The Sea Grant Program recently established a Center of Excellence in Island Climate Adaptation and Policy offering expertise in law, policy, planning and science to mitigate and adapt to climate change while recognizing traditional local cultures. "It is important that Kauai's people recognize the changes that are happening to our oceans and reefs as a result of global climate change," said Carl Berg, senior scientist with Surfider Foundation--Kauai ... "We need to adapt to these local changes... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Disunity damages deal on ETS: Combet Nov 21, 2009
Disunity within the coalition is hobbling efforts by both sides of politics to achieve a deal on emissions trading, Labor's junior climate change minister Greg Combet says ... Mr Combet, the minister assisting Climate Change Minister Penny Wong, said a widening rift in the coalition over the ETS was building into a possible grab at Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's leadership. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Talks on Qld Northern Busway extension Nov 21, 2009
Transport Minister Rachel Nolan said the twin challenges of congestion and climate change were behind the need to connect stage two of the Northern Busway - currently under construction from Windsor to Kedron - with Brisbane's growing northside communities. "This consultation process is the first step in extending this form of green transport to people from Kedron to Bracken Ridge," Ms Nolan said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Here's your chance, Dr Singh Nov 21, 2009
In fact, many now believe that India is unfairly singled out by United States spokesmen and negotiators as a "rejectionist" country on issu 00004000 es such as the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and the prospective Copenhagen Treaty on Climate Change ... The Climate Change Treaty at Copenhagen has divided our nations in even more gratuitous ways and the accusatory finger has been unjustly levied against India. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Senior Liberals back Bradfield candidate Nov 21, 2009
A field of 22 candidates will contest the December 5 by-election for Bradfield, including nine from the Christian Democratic Party and others from the Climate Change Coalition and the Australian Sex Party. The Labor Party is not fielding a candidate. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
India gets wary of Obama Nov 21, 2009
There will, no doubt, be an accumulation of many small ideas - agriculture , education, technology, climate change, business , counter-terrorism , and so on - which would be cemented by the good personal chemistry between Manmohan Singh and Obama at the summit. But would it all add to the big picture that was emerging between the two biggest democracies of the world. (India Times, India -- Community News)
CHOGM to address Sri Lanka refugee issue Nov 21, 2009
Along with climate change and the global economy, the refugee issue is on CHOGM's agenda on the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth ... Mr Smith pointed out that CHOGM would be the last major gathering of international leaders and foreign ministers before the UN-sanctioned climate change conference in Copenhagen ... He said the 53 nations attending CHOGM represented two billion people, presenting "an important opportunity to build support for a successful outcome on climate change". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Turnbull threatens to dump rebels Nov 21, 2009
Malcolm Turnbull leadership. PHILLIP COOREY CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Turnbull takes aim at partry rebels Nov 21, 2009
Search brisbanetimes. Back me: Malcolm Turnbull. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Kidney Stones, Malaria, Lyme Disease Linked to Changing Climate in Study Nov 21, 2009
Climate change from the burning of fossil fuels will add to risks to public health, said , associate director of Harvards in Boston ... The Chicago-based AMA, the largest U.S. doctors group, sent a letter to President this week citing the significant public health impacts of climate change, Wilson said ... executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, predicted yesterday at the UN that a treaty will be completed by June. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
The Young Pro Nov 21, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009 2:28 PM EST. Harkins is The Citizen's innovation coordinator, an active member of the IGNITE young professionals group in Cayuga County and is always happy to hear from fellow young pros. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China ... Nov 21, 2009
However, much of the U.S. media coverage was strongly negative, accusing Obama of failing to gain concessions on key issues such as Iran's nuclear program and climate change, as well as being weak on human rights. Ambassador Jon Huntsman said the reports missed the fact that the visit had yielded important progress on cooperation in areas such as clean energy, military-to-military exchanges and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Pleased to meet you Nov 21, 2009
President Barack Obama hopes his first visit to China, which began on Sunday November 15th, will enable the two countries to work more closely on global problems, from climate change to the economy ... Although there is little expectation now of a detailed global agreement on climate change at a UN conference in Copenhagen in December, Mr Obama is still eager to present a more united front with China on global warming. (The Economist)
An Inconvenient Solution Nov 21, 2009
A scholar in residence at Middlebury College, he is co-founder of the largest global grassroots organizing campaign on climate change ... org, the first real global grassroots climate change campaign, which peaked on October 24 with a global day of action ... The climate change con is as old as the hills. (CBS News)
Heavy Rains Flood U.K., Ireland Nov 21, 2009
" But how can it be that the earth isn't following all those computer models? Is the earth goddess Gaia herself a climate change "denier"? The article gloomily notes that a few weeks ago Britain's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research pointed out that the earth had in fact only warmed 0.07 degree Celsius from 1999 to 2008 and not by the 0.2 degree Celsius predicted by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. An even more inconvenient truth, according to the British... (CBS News)
How to feed the world Nov 21, 2009
Moreover, they will take place while farmers also wrestle with the consequences of climate change, which, on balance, will do more harm than good to farmland round the world ... Self-sufficiency would also lock in patterns of agricultural production just when climate change is affecting different parts of the world differently, making trade between them all the more important. (The Economist)
Important isn't the only gauge Nov 21, 2009
Climate change, terrorism and disappearing nest eggs have me concerned enough, so I don't have time to worry about the emergence of vampires and werewolves. But topics don't have to be important for people to care about them. (Albany Times Union)
Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil Nov 21, 2009
The Grinch stole Christmas back in the days of innocence, but today climate change and sexual alarmism are doing just as good a job as Dr Seuss's mean critter. Friday, 20 November 2009. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)
China's Wen welcomes new EU president post Nov 21, 2009
China and the EU will hold an annual summit on November 30 in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, with climate change, the global economy, and trade concerns on the agenda. In particular, European officials have become increasingly concerned that the rising value of the euro is harming the continent's exports and giving an advantage to global competitors, the United States and China. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Shoppers going green despite struggling economy Nov 21, 2009
President 's commitment to tackle climate change, a string of scandals over tainted food and effective marketing of sustainable products have helped convince more Americans, whose environmental credentials lag behind Europeans, to buy green. "I've been reading about carbon footprints," said Lindsey Hoffman, 24, as she selected organic lettuce at a Whole Foods Market in , "and though I'd prefer to go to a farmer's market, this is better than anything else.". (USA Today -- Money)
Nissan Sees Gradual Electric Car Adoption Nov 21, 2009
"The public wants a solution to climate change," the head of the Japanese-French car alliance said. When asked if he thought a gasoline tax would be effective in spurring electric car sales, Rattner said the idea was a good one, but it is politically unpalatable. (KSBW 8, CA)
