NewsRack: flenvcenter/Air-and-Climate_National

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

Opinion: Kopp: Opponents of high-speed rail don't understand the law - San Jose Mercury News: Opinion

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Throughout California history, our economic might and transportation advances have led to progress and development — first with construction of railroads and ports, and later by large public investments in highways and airports.

Pilots Who Overshot Airport Could Regain Licenses - Wall St. Journal: US Business

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A pair of Northwest pilots who had their licenses revoked after losing contact with air-traffic controllers and flying roughly 100 miles past their destination airport last fall could return to the cockpit in months, under the terms of a settlement with federal regulators.

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

James Hansen's climate reckoning - rabble.ca - News for the rest of us

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In 2009, just before the Copenhagen conference, some scientists working on climate change models at the University of East Anglia were exposed for proposing that some data should be concealed. The chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was then widely criticized for predicting the precise year that Himalayan glaciers will disappear without any peer-reviewed evidence.

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.

Climate Skepticism Grows as Emissions Fall - Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com

ClimateBiz Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Gallup poll published last week found that overall, more Americans feel the media exaggerates the seriousness of climate change today than they did two years ago. At the same time, the EPA estimates greenhouse gas emissions dropped 3 percent in 2008.

Oil and Gas Companies Warm to Possibility of Higher Taxes at the Pump (CQPolitics.com) - Yahoo: Business

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

CQPolitics.com - As a rule, big business hates higher taxes. So it would come as no surprise to find the oil and gas industry upset about climate change legislation that would increase levies at the gas pump.

Vandana Shiva Says Relying on GM Crops to Battle Climate Change 'Suicidal' - Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Widespread adoption of GM varieties by small farmers would be "suicidal in terms of climate change," said Vandana Shiva, an Indian social activist, environmentalist and proponent of small-scale farming.

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Can Biotech Crops Feed The Developing World? - NPR: Talk of the Nation

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Biotech has promised innovations like drought-resistant corn and vitamin-packed cassava to the developing world. But how has it delivered on those dreams? Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of those projects, and how "technologies in a seed" fit in with other agricultural improvements.

How to Clean Up Freight? See our New Report "The Good Haul" - Main Feed - Environmental Defense

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Today, we released The Good Haul, a report that highlights how clean freight innovations improve reliability, while also reducing freight-related health and environmental risks. The U.S. freight system needs to be modernized in a way that reduces environmental impacts. The Good Haul [PDF] profiles 28 projects, programs, and technologies around the U.S. and internationally that do [...]

Nikolas Kozloff: Falklands Dispute: Argentine Sovereignty Won't Solve the Problem - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Nikolas Kozloff — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

For the sake of the marine environment and the Magellanic penguin, Britain and Argentina need to ratchet back oil development on the Falkland Islands, not promote further exploration.

Suzy Shuster: British Watchdog Group Rebukes Government for Climate Change Nursery Rhyme Advertisements - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Suzy Shuster — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In light of the British government's crackdown on exaggerated global warming claims, I did some "research" into some other subversive children's rhymes that might surprise you.

Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role - Environmental News Network

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A vast network of under-sea volcanoes pumping out nutrient-rich water in the Southern Ocean plays a key role in soaking up large amounts of carbon dioxide, acting as a brake on climate change, scientists say. A group of Australian and French scientists have shown for the first time that the volcanoes are a major source of iron that single-celled plants called phytoplankton need to bloom and in the process soak up CO2, the main greenhouse gas.

US EPA to regulate Green House gas emissions from cars - Climate Change News - ENN

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

US EPA to regulate Green House gas emissions from cars

Cold winter, lower pollution levels in Aspen - Vail Colorado: Editorials

Aspen Times staff report Aspen, CO Colorado — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

ASPEN - Aspen's February PM-10 particulate air pollution levels this year were the lowest for the month in at least a decade, thanks to reduced traffic and frequent snowfall, city officials said. It snowed 16 out of 28 days in February, keeping the air clean and the streets snow-covered. Levels were higher than in January, when there was even more snow to cover the dirt on roads. PM-10 levels were lowest on weekends when traffic is almost always lower, and higher on weekdays. The average level was 11 millionths of a gram of PM-10 in each cubic meter of air. The federal health standard is 150 millionths of a gram, though much lower levels are now known to possibly affect health. The worst day in February had a level of 22. It was one of ...

Continental Airlines to charge for food - San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

ATLANTA — Continental Airlines is ending free hamburgers, barbecue and sandwich rolls for many of its passengers in favor of a food-for-sale program that mirrors what other carriers are already doing.

Climate Legislation, Science and Activism - Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It is a very unfortunate fact that what the U.S. Senate does about the climate crisis, and when, is decisive when it comes to the possibility of an eventual solution to that absolutely critical issue. If the Senate does nothing, or very little, this year or for the next few years, the odds of staying this side of climate tipping points and avoiding climate catastrophe are definitely worsened, and they're not so good right now.

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Climate Change Isn't Just About Energy; It's About National Priorities - Truthout - All Articles

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Alaska Natives are in danger and need to be relocated due to warming Arctic weather, but the US government is dragging its feet.

Polls show conservatives on average are much more likely to doubt the existence of anthropogenic, or human-influenced, climate changes, a stance that usually means opposition to regulatory action on greenhouse gas emissions.

Why politics and climate change science do not mix - rabble.ca - News for the rest of us

Daniel Tseghay — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With climate change becoming an increasingly recognized – and feared – phenomenon, it"s remarkable just how indifferent, even contemptuous, the Canadian Conservative government appears to be of it. The government has recently made the decision to withhold further funding for the research organization, Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Science, making this its last year in operation. read ...

The 1,000 Day Siege of Gaza - Common Dreams: Views

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Ann Wright

This week marked 1,000 days of an Israeli and international siege on Gaza - 1,000 days of an open air prison where "inmates," the civilian Palestinian population of 1.5 million, cannot leave or enter at will - by land, sea or air, the tiny area known as the Gaza Strip.

Relying on GM Crops to Battle Climate Change 'Suicidal,' Indian Activist Charges - Common Dreams: Headlines

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Laurie Goering

LONDON - Faced with growing demand for food and increasingly unpredictable weather, many developing nations are debating whether to relax restrictions on the use of genetically modified crops.

Seed developers promise that a coming generation of genetically modified (GM) food crops will have climate-resilient features, from drought resistance to saltwater tolerance.

Ask Umbra on keyboard cleaners, automatic composters, and book club - From A to Green

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Send your question to Umbra! Q. Dear Umbra, I work in an office that is fairly environmentally conscious. However, we have a coworker who religiously sprays keyboard cleaner. How do I confront my coworker without sounding like an eco-turd? I’m just not thrilled about becoming infertile or dying. Suffocating in Seattle A. Dearest Suffocating, Is she spraying it into her mouth? Or worse yet, into your mouth? Is your coworker’s name Allison the Huffer? One of my fellow Gristies told me about an episode of A&E’s Intervention—I haven’t the stomach for that stuff myself—in which Allison the Huffer enjoyed getting high by spraying keyboard cleaner into her mouth. But I digress. Let’s say that ...

The Real Climategate: Why Are Some Environmental Groups Pushing Policies That Will Make Global Warming Worse? - AlterNet

Johann Hari, The Nation — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

They are supporting a system they know will lead to ecocide, because more revenue will run through their accounts, for a while, as the collapse occurs.

Wanted: Clean Energy Patriots - Switchboard, from NRDC

Rob Perks — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago -- and despite incredible progress on myriad environmental problems -- America is now faced with a failing energy policy that continues to reward polluters, undermines the health of the American people, threatens our national and economic security,...