NewsRack: demo/Climate-Change

UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Special U.N. climate envoy Gro Harlem Brundtland says she expects talks on a new climate change agreement to increasingly move outside formal U.N. negotiations.

What's killing the great forests of the American west? - Guardian: Environment

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

An entomologist at the University of Montana has found that moutain pine beetles are attacking trees for longer periods as the season of cooler weather shrinks, part of a pattern of forest die-off that is sweeping North America. From Yale Environment 360 , part of the Guardian Environment Network For many years, Diana Six, an entomologist at the University of Montana, planned her field season for the same two to three weeks in July. That's when her quarry — tiny, black, mountain pine beetles — hatched from the tree they had just killed and swarmed to a new one to start their life cycle again. Now, says Six, the field rules have changed. Instead of just two weeks, the beetles fly continually from May until October, attacking trees, burrowing ...

The Great Forest Die-Off - Commondreams.org Views

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Jim Robbins

For many years, Diana Six, an entomologist at the University of Montana, planned her field season for the same two to three weeks in July. That's when her quarry - tiny, black, mountain pine beetles - hatched from the tree they had just killed and swarmed to a new one to start their life cycle again.

UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations - Boston Globe: Latest

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

UN climate envoy expects dual-track negotiations

Can you cope with record petrol prices? - BBC: Front Page

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The price of petrol could hit a record high of £1.20 a litre in the next few weeks. Are fuel prices too high?

Even the Sun can't save us from global warming! - New Kerala: World News

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

www.lolopk.org/pdf/%20Needs%20Assessment%20.pdf cq In his assessment, Ryberg pointed to global warming threatening skiing, declining trends in resort visitation and growth of population centers in the West. He concluded the Forest Service should focus it - Denver Post: News: Local

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

www.lolopk.org/pdf/%20Needs%20Assessment%20.pdf cq In his assessment, Ryberg pointed to global warming threatening skiing, declining trends in resort visitation and growth of population centers in the West. He concluded the Forest Service should focus it

Don't give up - BBC: Science

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

More reason than ever to deal with the climate debacle

In U.S., Many Environmental Issues at 20-Year-Low Concern - Gallup

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Americans' concern about each of eight specific environmental problems is down this year, and in many cases is the lowest Gallup has measured in its 20+ years of polling on the environment. Concern about polluted drinking water is the highest (50%) and global warming the lowest (28%).

Forest Service wants ski-area expansions to reflect demand - Denver Post: Local

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Forest Service wants ski-area expansions to reflect demand

White House report cites gaps in climate change strategy - LA Times: Nation

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

White House report cites gaps in climate change strategy

Editorial: America needs national debate on nuclear power - San Jose Mercury News: Editorials

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

President Barack Obama's interest in nuclear power has kicked off a new national debate on the industry, and it's about time.

Disposing of feminine-care products has little environmental impact - Washington Post: Science

Nina Shen Rastogi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Every month, I seem to go through an endless number of disposable pads and tampons. What impact are my moon cycles having on the planet?

Democrats look to industry for help in climate bill - LA Times: Nation

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Democrats look to industry for help in climate bill

Letters: Beef up our approach to food - The Guardian -- World Latest

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

You performed the worthy task of providing exposure to the labour conditions associated with the UK meat industry ( Violence and abuse rife in food factories , 13 March). Indeed the EHRC investigation adds to the social science evidence base that has already argued that exploited people in this sector are "treated as animals". Yet your coverage fails to note the interwoven exploitation of animals and the pressing need to curtail the meat industry precisely because of its inequitable impact on exploited humans – not just in terms of labour conditions but also because of the relation between meat consumption with both impaired public health and anticipated contributions to climate change. Dr Richard Twine Lancaster • Isn't it time we ...

Obama faces test of ties with Beijing - Financial Times US

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Other issues pale in comparison with the overriding economic priority of, as Washington sees it, righting the balance with China specifically and Asia generally

Restoring US influence in Asia is a goal for Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia - Star Tribune: Politics

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy - Seattle Times: Politics

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

President Barack Obama's second trip to Asia since taking office is unlikely to result in tangible accomplishments, but the two-country sojourn could be an important step in restoring U.S. influence in the region.

DeChristopher loses again in preparing defense - Salt Lake Tribune

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Tim DeChristopher, indicted on two felonies for disrupting a 2008 federal oil and gas lease auction to protest Bush administration resource policies, has lost another round in court.

Books on Science: “Insectopedia,” by Hugh Raffles - NY Times: Science

By KATHERINE BOUTON — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A new book is as inventive, wide ranging and full of astonishing surprises as the insect world itself.

Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy - Boston Globe: Latest

Julie Pace, Associated Press Writer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy

Republican AG Trying to Kill Health Reform at State Level Is a Birther? - AlterNet

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This post was originally published on Think Progress. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R-VA) has positioned himself as the leader of a state-based movement on the right to invalidate key progressive reforms. Announcing a lawsuit to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate carbon emissions, Cuccinelli recently filed a petition claiming that global warming [...] ...

Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy - AP Politics

By JULIE PACE — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's second trip to Asia since taking office is unlikely to result in tangible accomplishments, but the two-country sojourn could be an important step in restoring U.S. influence in the region....

Observatory: In Climate Change Fight, Iron Enrichment at Sea Could Be Toxic - NY Times: Science

By HENRY FOUNTAIN — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A study suggests that promoting the growth of certain organisms could result in the harmful production of a neurotoxin.

Essay: For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight - New York Times Health

By HARRIET BROWN — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Stigmatizing fat people has become not just acceptable but, in some circles, de rigueur.