Congressional Dems Get Balky on Afghanistan Feb 9, 2010
Given Obama's focus on health-care reform, global warming and overhauling the banking system not to mention the state of the economy it's hard to imagine the President can pimp out his ride. The strain on resources is part of what makes many Democrats leery. (Time.com)
Slides part of Kittitas Valley's past, present and future Feb 9, 2010
If global warming trends continue, Lillquist said, there may be, in the long-term, more rain-on-snow events in mid-winter trigging slides like Hyak. Man s actions. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
ACLU: Prof. Teaching Religion, Abortion Views as Fact Feb 9, 2010
An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been improperly presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. ACLU staff attorney Elizabeth Gill said at least two students at Fresno City College have complained that instructor Bradley Lopez quoted the Bible as proof that human life begins at conception, characterized homosexuality as a mental... (Fox News)
Democrats' budget relies on empty reserves Feb 9, 2010
Most of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, which scientists blame for global warming, are expected to follow suit. NATIONAL. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
Snow Piles Up in Mid-Atlantic States Feb 8, 2010
Come back and debate me re global warming when you have a Ph ... When did they become the result of global cooling, global warming, or climate change ... "Come back and debate me re global warming". (CBS News -- Evening News)
Why I can't support Maldonado for lieutenant governor Feb 8, 2010
Here are a few: no on AB 32, California's landmark global warming legislation; no on the Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007; no on reducing exposure to the toxic effects of fire retardants; no on cargo fees for pollution mitigation; no on requiring fuel efficiency and alternative energy for state and local motor vehicle fleets; no on protecting state parks boundaries; but a resounding yes on a CEQA exemption for the construction of a football stadium. I, too, am the child of... (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Satellite could predict Katrina-style solar storms Feb 8, 2010
It will be the first network of its kind in the United States and will help the state take another step toward reducing emissions of the gases related to global warming ... So, The Bee runs a front-page story (April 1) parroting Al Gore's latest schtick and quoting a U.N. panel's statement that global warming is "very likely" caused by human industry ... On the same day Mr. Gore was lecturing Congress on man-made global warming, NASA announced that the sun is hotter than expected and that the... (Fresno Bee -- State)
Toyota will announce plan for Prius soon Feb 8, 2010
The Prius is the world's top-selling gas-electric hybrid and its fuel efficiency has drawn intense interest amid concerns about global warming and dependence on fossil fuels. Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Monday, February 08, 2010. (Athens Banner-Herald)
U.K. Lawmakers Call for Stricter Emission Caps, Intervention in CO2 Market Feb 8, 2010
Covering about 11,000 facilities that produce energy or goods from paper to cement, the EUs cap-and-trade system was designed to let markets determine the most cost-effective way to cut emissions believed to cause global warming. Companies that emit more than their cap must buy more permits, while those that cut emissions more than required can sell their surpluses. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Kenneth Davidson Feb 8, 2010
Global warming is not amenable to political compromises. The substantive issue - global warming and how to deal with it - has been put aside by both the Government and the Coalition in the search for. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
ALP the favourite as Rudd and Abbott enter home straight Feb 8, 2010
Labor is hanging on to Green support because of it's stance on Global Warming and the illegal boat people issue so the Coalition have to convince would be green voters to shy away from these two aspects of Labor's platform. The state of the economy will also be a vital factor-one gets the feeling, because of the uncertainty in the World economy-that Labor is crowing a bit too early about the so called domestic economic recovery. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
More mistakes found in climate change report Feb 8, 2010
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report is supposed to be the world's most authoritative scientific account of the scale of global warming ... It can also be revealed that claims made by the IPCC about the effects of global warming, and suggestions about ways it could be avoided, were partly based on information from 10 dissertations by masters degree students. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Democrats' budget relies on empty reserves Feb 8, 2010
Most of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, which scientists blame for global warming, are expected to follow suit. NATIONAL. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE | Feb. 2, 2010 Feb 8, 2010
Pat Robertsons comment that the earthquake was God's judgment on Haiti may have been insensitive, but was no worse than progressive Danny Glovers that it was the earths response to the lack of action taken at the Global Warming Conference in Copenhagen. I would match Robertsons history of charitable relief to Glovers any time. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
And the winner of the Super Bowl will be Feb 8, 2010
Are the man-made global warming zealots ever going to realize they ve been had ... Global warming deniers are a hoot ... Perhaps you dummycrats should quit taunting your Creator with all this silly talk of man made global warming. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Mid-Atlantic Digs Out of Epic Blizzard Feb 8, 2010
I like it how most media never mentions global warming during these winter blasts ... The purpose of this article is to inform us the difficulties this weather pattern has caused, not to discuss global warming ... Gee whiz, This global warming is getting bad. (CBS News)
Manning Poised to Spoil New Orleans Dreams Feb 8, 2010
This article must have been written by the same author who keeps writing about how global warming is coming to turn us into a desert. This is the coldest winter I've ever spent. (CBS News)
Denmark's Oscar submission, 'Terribly Happy' Feb 8, 2010
"An Inconvenient Truth" won an Oscar and spread Al Gore's message about global warming. "Truth" director Davis Guggenheim is hoping to have a similar effect with his latest film, which exposes the state of public education in America. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Support down for Australia's Rudd, CO2 scheme-poll Feb 8, 2010
The results reflect similar fall in public support in Britain after the failure of December's global climate conference in Denmark to set firm targets to curb greenhouse gases, blamed for global warming. A poll by the BBC found 25 percent of adults did not believe in global warming, a 10-point increase since November, while those who believe climate change was real fell from 83 percent to 75 percent. (AlertNet)
After Toyota's Hit, Why Invest Here? Feb 8, 2010
Climate Change: Professional global warming alarmists better think about looking for new jobs. It looks like they're in for a long, cold winter and a frigid spring and summer as well. (Investors Business Daily)
Kenya: Mau 'Can Earn Govt Sh4 Billion a Year in Carbon Trade' Feb 7, 2010
Mr Ndede concedes some of the environmental challenges the nation is facing are a result of global warming but the degradation of key water towers contributes to erratic rainfall patterns. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Video game to help flood planners Feb 7, 2010
With global warming one of the world's biggest threats, Foresight's project was designed to inform government policy about how to protect valuable coastlines effectively, as well as devise better long-term flood defences. You lose if the public dislike you. (Yahoo News -- Game Consoles)
Massive Snowstorm Shows No Sign Of Letting Up Feb 7, 2010
Posted by: JB Location: Clifton on Feb 6, 2010 at 03:53 PM Yep, it looks like these folks are in for some really serious global warming this weekend. More Stories. (KWTX.com, TX)
Woster: I wish I knew more about meteorology (2) Feb 7, 2010
I wish that I knew more about meteorology and more specifically global warming. I wish I understood all of the technology and college classes, which are required to be a television prognosticator. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Democrats' budget relies on empty reserves Feb 7, 2010
Most of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, which scientists blame for global warming, are expected to follow suit. NATIONAL. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
Ark. GOP congressman announces bid for Senate seat Feb 7, 2010
He criticized Democratic-led efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system and to address global warming, calling each a "job killer." Boozman also said he would support a a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "We must live within our means, just the way our businesses do, just the way all of you do," Boozman said. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Blowing hot and cold Feb 7, 2010
From global warming to the sickly world economy to stopping nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran, co-operation between the established superpower and the rising one is vital to world stability. Why should either want to jeopardise this relationship. (The Economist)
Read the story Feb 7, 2010
Come back and debate me re global warming when you have a Ph ... When did they become the result of global cooling, global warming, or climate change ... "Come back and debate me re global warming". (CBS News -- Evening News)
Legislative leaders backtrack on Rosemont letter Feb 7, 2010
Copper needed way more than pecans " Steve M wrote on Feb 4, 2010 6:59 PM:" Tom Wards the puppet for Ray Carroll states " Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll, said his office is greatly disappointed in the legislative leadership allowing itself to be hoodwinked by bogus numbers.Supervisor Carroll has said in the past that when you pay for a study you usually get the facts you want, he said.I didn't see that when they, Chuck Dingleberry-Ray Carroll did a study approved by them and PAID... (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Pro-nuclear energy group sets public meeting Feb 7, 2010
Still, producers see an opportunity for nuclear power to make gains amidst concerns over carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama promised to significantly increase federal spending on nuclear energy as part of his plan to address energy needs and climate change. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Japanese media criticize Toyota chief for response Feb 7, 2010
The Toyota story was published on Saturday's front pages, but most national newspapers gave more prominence to news such as the government's planned dispatch of troops to Haiti, an ongoing political funds scandal, the government's budget deficit and global warming. . (FOX19.com, OH)
EU offers to update IPCC report Feb 7, 2010
The IPCC has been facing flak since revelations last month that its landmark Fourth Assessment Report mistakenly predicted that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035 as a result of global warming ... Pitching for a legally binding global treaty to curb global warming, the prime ministers of Norway, Greece, Finland, Slovenia and Bhutan, too, joined Manmohan Singh in backing embattled UN climate change panel chief R.K. Pachauri, saying global warming has the potential to melt polar ice and... (India Times, India)
2009 was India's hottest year ever Feb 7, 2010
"If one analyses the trend, it is evident that global warming is taking place, the rise in temperatures becoming apparent since about 1990. In India, 2009 was specially warm due to several factors, the main among them being the fact that there was a deficiency in rainfall in both monsoon and winter," he said. The data, if not just IMD's claim, is verified by senior government officials, who say that in the past 20 years, there has not been even a single year in which the average temperatures... (India Times, India)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Feb 7, 2010
But the greatest impact has come through global warming, with successive editions of the atlas showing shrinking ice fields and evaporating lakes. It reveals the rapid retreat of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake and now the tenth. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Snowstorm hits Washington DC Feb 7, 2010
Any likely doubters about global warming very likely buried under the snow. And just to drive home the point, it turns out that in distant Vancouver, which hosts the Winter Olympics next week across the coast and over the border, the temperatures are up in the 50s (Fahrenheit) and there is a serious crisis brewing because there hasnt been enough snow. (India Times, India)
Is the U.S. Swine Flu Epidemic Over? Feb 7, 2010
Did global warming cause the H1N1 flu. by IndepTex20 February 5, 2010 5:25 PM EST. (CBS News)
'Snowmageddon' blankets Mid-Atlantic in white Feb 7, 2010
Dan Where is Al and his global warming. Please. (The Palm Beach Post)
Beijing signals tough foreign policy stand Feb 7, 2010
Speaking at a global security conference in Munich on Friday, Mr Yang also rejected Western criticism on internet freedoms and China's role at the Copenhagen global warming summit in December. He said it was time for China's voice to be listened to with more respect on the world stage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Where Will We Be Able To Go Feb 7, 2010
Frank Rizzo wrote on Feb 3, 2010 8:15 AM:" This awful healthcare system of ours, the one that all of the liberals want to do away with. I wonder how the poor Haitians feel about it? It looks to me that our healthcare system is doing a pretty good job for the rest of the world. It's kind of like the whole global warming thing. They look ridiculous when we have freezing temperatures while they are in conference in Copenhagen. Now they say our healthcare is terrible, while the rest of the world is... (New Iberia, LA)
Gore & Co. distorting facts Feb 7, 2010
Published: Saturday, February 6, 2010 2:55 AM CST With all the recent hoopla about global warming, recent factual reports show that the EPA accepted only two so-called analysis reports (one from some ice glacier climber and one from a student on his own opinions) that global warming exists ... On Dec. 23, 2009, an advertisement on CBS radio, as well as NPR radio, reported that Santa s elves told Santa that global warming was so real that Santa and the North Pole will no longer exist due to... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Feb 7, 2010
But Congress is now in Democratic hands, and President Bush is cool to some Schwarzenegger initiatives, including his pushes on global warming and universal health coverage ... The governor also described his appeal to Democratic voters, even though he says he remains a loyal Republican "We are out there in a unique way, leading in health care reform and fighting global warming," he said. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Defusing the Methane Greenhouse Time Bomb Feb 6, 2010
To investigate this Arctic ice more carefully, Scott Elliott, a biogeochemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, used the Coyote supercomputer to model the complex interplay of physical and biological systems that govern the fate of during the first few decades of projected future global warming. Elliott's model includes the activity of methanotrophs. (Scientific American)
10 comments Feb 6, 2010
The CRU has been a major source of data for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which for 20 years has issued alarms about supposed global warming ... "The global warming movement as we have known it is dead," writes Walter Russell Mead of the Council on Foreign Relations in The American Interest ... The secular religion of global warming has all the elements of a religious faith: original sin (we are polluting the planet), ritual (separate your waste for recycling), redemption... (Human Events Online)
Earth's Orbit and Climate Trends: New Findings Feb 6, 2010
(May 5, 2009) In the hotly debated arena of global climate change, using short-term trends that show little temperature change or even slight cooling to refute global warming is misleading, write two climate ... 22, 2005) The impact of global warming on European weather patterns has been underestimated, according to a new report published in Nature this week. (Science Daily)
American Pika Denied Endangered Species Status Feb 6, 2010
Global warming may doom the rabbit-like mountain rodent but it's not endangered yet according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By. (Scientific American)
Democrats' budget relies on empty reserves Feb 6, 2010
Most of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, which scientists blame for global warming, are expected to follow suit. NATIONAL. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Feb 6, 2010
But Congress is now in Democratic hands, and President Bush is cool to some Schwarzenegger initiatives, including his pushes on global warming and universal health coverage ... The governor also described his appeal to Democratic voters, even though he says he remains a loyal Republican "We are out there in a unique way, leading in health care reform and fighting global warming," he said. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Capitol buckles down as massive snowstorm moves into town Feb 6, 2010
Just think of all the shovel ready jobs Obama can brag about as he clears all that global warming from the White House driveway ... BY Otto bin Cal Sag on 02/05/2010 at 16:25Gee this global warming is getting out of control. (TheHill.com)
Oh, the Weather Outside is... Feb 6, 2010
That's how the "Climate Change" lobby (previously known as the "Global Warming" lobby) explains these decidedly non-warm kinds of events. This would be jolly cocktail party fodder if it not for the fact that we are pouring tens of billions of dollars into trying to find ways to reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere so as to reverse what used to be known as "Global Warming." ... Location: IA Reply # 1 Date: Feb 6, 2010 - 5:17 AM EST Warmist "Logic" Warmists claim that worldwide record-setting cold... (Townhall.com)
Video game to help flood planners Feb 6, 2010
With global warming one of the world's biggest threats, Foresight's project was designed to inform government policy about how to protect valuable coastlines effectively, as well as devise better long-term flood defences. You lose if the public dislike you. (Yahoo News -- Game Consoles)
SNOWatch Blog: I-66 Closed in Arlington Feb 6, 2010
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Disclosing the Real Risks on Climate Change Feb 6, 2010
The Commissions two Republican members objected that the Obama Administration was using the Commission to promote its global warming and renewable energy agenda (along with the EPA, NASA, Defense and Interior Departments and others) ... They seek to gain a seat at the negotiating table, curry favorable PR through greenwashing and green-nosing, protect themselves against lawsuits over CO2 emissions and global warming, or profit from renewable energy mandates, subsidies and... (Townhall.com)
Where Will We Be Able To Go Feb 6, 2010
Frank Rizzo wrote on Feb 3, 2010 8:15 AM:" This awful healthcare system of ours, the one that all of the liberals want to do away with. I wonder how the poor Haitians feel about it? It looks to me that our healthcare system is doing a pretty good job for the rest of the world. It's kind of like the whole global warming thing. They look ridiculous when we have freezing temperatures while they are in conference in Copenhagen. Now they say our healthcare is terrible, while the rest of the world is... (New Iberia, LA)
Mass. to meet gas reduction target Feb 6, 2010
As national legislation to reduce global warming emissions has stalled in Congress, Massachusetts is on target to reduce its own emissions more than 18 percent below 1990 levels in the next decade, according to a draft technical report released by the state yesterday ... Under the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act, the Commonwealth is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 10 to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 ... Still, many environmentalists praised the state s efforts, pointing out... (Boston Globe)
White House fires back at Shelby on holds Feb 6, 2010
BY Ethan on 02/05/2010 at 14:42This is actually genius the Dems can't sneak one by during the blizzard of 2010- How's that Global Warming working out for you. If you ecofreaks seek "warmth" might I suggest cuddling into Al Gores belly fat BY Adolph Oliver Bush on 02/05/2010 at 14:48My daddy always said to vote for one party for the executive and a differerent one for the legisature. (TheHill.com)
Study: Eastern Trees in the Midst of a Growth Spurt Feb 6, 2010
The first is a 12% increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide since the study began the same CO2 increase implicated in global warming ... " Over that 22-year span, Parker and the others noticed that the growth curve gradually bends upward, meaning the regrowth was accelerating a hint, anyway, that controlled experiments involving enriched CO2 levels were indeed a reasonable if rough proxy of what would likely happen in the real world as CO2 levels mount. Whether the forests' growth spurt might... (Time.com)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Feb 6, 2010
But the greatest impact has come through global warming, with successive editions of the atlas showing shrinking ice fields and evaporating lakes. It reveals the rapid retreat of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake and now the tenth. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Day & Zimmermann shuffles deck, plots growth Feb 6, 2010
Nuclear power could be positioned to boom as a result of concern over global warming. In September, Day & Zimmermann NPS, which is based in Lancaster, was awarded a $50 million contract to help the Tennessee Valley Authority complete the second unit of its Watts Bar nuclear plant in Spring City, Tenn. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
55% of Holland below sea? Feb 6, 2010
The incident may cause further embarrassment for the IPCC, which recently admitted that a claim in the same report that global warming could melt Himalayan glaciers by 2035 was wrong. IPCC experts calculated that 55% of the Netherlands was below sea level by adding the area below sea level 26% to the area threatened by river flooding 29% Vallaart said. (India Times, India)
Opinion: Sign of al Qaeda weakness Feb 6, 2010
He also blamed global warming on the U.S. and other big industrial nations and urged a boycott of the U.S. dollar. Missing the big point, Western governments and commentators tried to decipher what bin Laden said and to unlock the riddle of his short recordings. (CNN)
Climate scepticism 'on the rise' Feb 6, 2010
The Populus poll of 1,001 adults found 25% did not think global warming was happening, a rise of 8% since a similar poll was conducted in November. The percentage of respondents who said climate change was a reality had fallen from 83% in November to 75% this month. (BBC News)
Study: Arctic Ice Melt to Cost $2.4 Trillion Feb 6, 2010
Experts Say Estimating Dollar Cost of Global Warming Devilishly Complex ... He also pointed out that over the past decade there have been some 300 studies trying to estimate the dollar cost of global warming ... And, notes Yohe, one survey of all those studies found that 12 percent of them concluded that there would be a positive economic impact of global warming in coming decades. (ABC News)
Federal agency denies protections for pika Feb 6, 2010
If they had been allowed, the pika would have been the first animal in the continental United States listed because of the effects of global warming ... "This is a species which is a poster child of species that are targeted by global warming," said Stuart Pimm, a professor of conservation ecology at Duke University ... The Bush administration listed the polar bear as a threatened species in 2008 because of the threats of global warming. (Pensacola News Journal)
CLIMATE CHANGE Feb 6, 2010
BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Temperatures in Tibet rose last year to the highest level since records began for the remote Himalayan region, which scientists say is particularly vulnerable to global warming, state media reported on Friday ... The area acts as a "magnifier" for global warming, Zheng Guoguang, head of China Meteorological Administration, said at a meeting in Lhasa last spring ... "The impact of global warming has accelerated glacial shrinkage and the melting glaciers have swollen... (AlertNet)
Thorpe moves to scuttle doping claims Feb 6, 2010
"The spokesman could not say how long the agency's examination would take.Thorpe, 24, retired from competitive swimming last November but was dismayed to learn his test results had been leaked to the French newspaper L'Equipe, which reported the swimmer's test produced abnormally high readings for testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH), both products figuring on the list of banned substances.ASADA is alleged to have picked up the irregularity on the sample but, in another test, found the... (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
