Scientific American: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he would try to bring…
Month: February 2009
“The Obama Effect” On The Environment & Energy
National Public Radio: Much of President Obama’s policy revolves around the three E’s: environment, energy…
Clinton in China to push climate, finance
Associated Press: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed into meetings with senior Chinese…
8 in 10 conflicts in environmental ‘hotspots’: study
Agence France-Presse: Most conflicts fought in the second half of the last century were waged…
California farms lose main water source to drought
Reuters: The main irrigation system for California farmers, the Central Valley Project, expects to halt…
Survey Finds Vast Price Disparity In Unregulated Carbon Offset Market
redOrbit: Despite attempts to increase price transparency in the unregulated carbon offset market, prices paid…
Global warning spells increased hospitalisations for respiratory problems
Indo-Asian News Service: High summer temperatures, pushed higher by global climate change, may increase hospitalisations…
Arctic Coastal Erosion Doubles in 50 Years
ScienceNOW: As if record-breaking losses of sea ice and thawing permafrost weren’t enough, climate change…
Will Online Shopping Look Something Like Second Life In The Future?
For all of the conveniences of online shopping — no crowds, easy parking, seemingly endless…
Water Vapor Feedback Loop Will Cause Accelerated Global Warming, Professor Warns
Here’s yet another reason to hate humidity: it expands global warming, says a professor of…