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Making sense of the impasse on U.S. climate change policy
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31.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Opinion |
| Evidence continues to mount about climate change and its possible consequences. Jeffrey Sachs marvels at the lack of progress as U.S. leaders seem paralyzed by special-interest groups. Real leadership is needed to break the logjam. |
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[irge304 :: High Temperatures]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
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Just who is Ken Cuccinelli?
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31.7.2010 |
Washington Post |
| Just who is Ken Cuccinelli? |
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[newstrust :: Amendments]
[newstrust :: Illegal Immigrant]
[newstrust :: Citizenship]
[newstrust :: Family Quota]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Generic]
[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: Generic]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
[flenvcenter :: Health System]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[newstrust :: Capital Punishment]
[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
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Are Our Oceans Dying?
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29.7.2010 |
Common Dreams: Headlines |
| Microscopic marine algae which form the basis of the ocean food chain are dying at a terrifying rate, scientists said today.
Phytoplankton, described as the 'fuel' on which marine ecosystems run, are experiencing declines of about 1 per cent of the average total a year.
According to the researchers from Dalhousie University in Canada the annual falls translate to a 40 per cent drop in phytoplankton since 1950.
The research into phytoplankton comes as a separate report today offered evidence that the world has been warming for the past 30 years.
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[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Generic]
[newstrust :: Glacier]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Ecosystems]
[newstrust :: Species]
[flenvcenter :: Ethanol]
[flenvcenter :: Ethanol]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Generic]
[demo :: Glacier]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
[demo :: Species]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[newstrust :: Biodiversity Threats]
[newstrust :: Species Loss]
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Phytoplankton in decline: bye bye food chain?
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29.7.2010 |
New Scientist: News |
| Phytoplankton in decline: bye bye food chain? |
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[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Ecosystems]
[flenvcenter :: Plants]
[flenvcenter :: Insects]
[subbu :: Climate change]
[subbu :: Agriculture]
[subbu :: Ecosystems]
[sailendram :: Conservation]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
[tushargupta101 :: Conservation]
[tushargupta101 :: Climate]
[tushargupta101 :: WaterGeneral]
[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: Climate]
[arghyam :: WaterGeneral]
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Greenpeace exposes Indonesian palm oil firm's 'broken' rainforest pledge
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29.7.2010 |
Guardian: Environment |
| New evidence shows country's largest palm and pulp group is breaking its environmental commitments by destroying critical habitats
Greenpeace said today it had fresh evidence that palm oil firms linked to Indonesian agribusiness giant Sinar Mas have bulldozed rainforest and destroyed endangered orang-utan habitats in Kalimantan.
The charges were denied by palm oil firm PT SMART Tbk, part of Sinar Mas, which has already said it would stop clearing critical forests.
The accusations, levelled by Greenpeace in a new report , are the latest chapter in a long and bitter dispute between the conservationists and a key player in one of Indonesia's biggest industries, palm oil.
The high-stakes battle has already led to top palm oil-buyers ... |
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[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Forest]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Ecosystems]
[servelots :: energy-conservation]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[Genecampaign :: Climate change]
[Genecampaign :: Greenhouse Gases]
[Genecampaign :: Forest]
[Genecampaign :: Agriculture]
[Genecampaign :: Ecosystems]
[subbu :: Climate change]
[subbu :: Greenhouse Gases]
[subbu :: Forest]
[subbu :: Agriculture]
[subbu :: Ecosystems]
[newstrust :: Biodiversity Threats]
[newstrust :: Endangered Species]
[newstrust :: Conservation Efforts]
[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[irge304 :: Endangered Species]
[irge304 :: Conservation Efforts]
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Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara
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29.7.2010 |
AP Politics |
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
2010-07-29T07:02:21Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The resulting "Earth Day" the following year kick-started the modern environmental movement and shaped the way Americans thought about their air, water and soil....
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[irge304 :: Oil Exploration]
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[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Generic]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Generic]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
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Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara
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29.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Business & Technology |
| In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The resulting "Earth Day" the following year kick-started the modern environmental movement and shaped the way Americans thought about their air, water and soil. |
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[irge304 :: Oil Exploration]
[subbutest :: All]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Generic]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
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Climate managers in Panchayat hold key to tackle global warming
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29.7.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[demo :: Sea Level]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[tushargupta101 :: Agriculture]
[tushargupta101 :: Climate]
[tushargupta101 :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[Bhupendra :: Uttar_Pradesh]
[arghyam :: Main-Portal-Feed]
[arghyam :: Climate]
[subbu :: Climate change]
[subbu :: Global warming]
[subbu :: Sea Level]
[subbu :: Agriculture]
[subbu :: India Specific]
[fredericknoronha :: panchayat]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[Genecampaign :: Climate change]
[Genecampaign :: Global warming]
[Genecampaign :: Sea Level]
[Genecampaign :: Agriculture]
[Genecampaign :: India Specific]
[phemk23 :: Northern Plains]
[sunder :: Panchayat water]
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Gulf good news: BP's getting its act together; Gulf bad news: Senate sits on its hands over climate and oil policy
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29.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Opinion |
| Who poses a greater threat to America's Gulf Coast ecosystem: the U.S. Senate or BP? It's the Senate, writes Thomas Friedman. BP's cleaning up its mess in the Gulf; the Senate has done nothing to mitigate climate change or diminish our addiction to oil. |
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[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Generic]
[demo :: Storm]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
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Scientists say global warming is continuing
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29.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Obama renewed his call for climate legislation. |
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[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Glacier]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
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Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline
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28.7.2010 |
MSNBC |
| Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide. ... |
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[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Species]
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Key base of ocean food web dropping dramatically
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28.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Business & Technology |
| New research shows that levels of plankton in the world's oceans are declining sharply. |
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[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
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Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline
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28.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Business & Technology |
| Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide. |
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[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Species]
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Rising Temperatures Harm Ocean Plant Life
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28.7.2010 |
Wall St. Journal: World |
| Rising sea temperatures can have a harmful effect on the tiny plant life that forms the base of the marine food chain and also likely affects marine diversity, new research has found. |
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[flenvcenter :: Ethanol]
[irge304 :: Biodiversity]
[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[flenvcenter :: Biodiversity]
[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
[demo :: Species]
[irge304 :: Pollution]
[subbutest :: WSJ CC]
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Warming threat to marine food chain
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28.7.2010 |
Guardian: Science |
| Numbers of phytoplankton - the microscopic organisms that sustain the marine food chain - are plummeting as sea surface temperatures rise
Phytoplankton might be too small to see with the naked eye, but they are the foundations of the ocean food chain, ultimately capturing the energy that sustains the seas' great beasts such as whales.
A new study though has raised the alarm about fundamental changes to life underwater. It warns that populations of these microscopic organisms have plummeted in the last century, and the rate of loss has increased in recent years.
The reduction – averaging about 1% per year – is related to increasing sea surface temperatures, says the paper, published tomorrow in the journal Nature .
The decline of these ... |
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[subbu :: Global warming]
[subbu :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[demo :: Climate change]
[Genecampaign :: Global warming]
[Genecampaign :: Agriculture]
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Scots seabird numbers take a dive
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28.7.2010 |
BBC: Front Page |
| The populations of some Scottish seabirds have almost halved in the past decade, according to a new report. |
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[demo :: Generic]
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[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[irge304 :: Conservation Efforts]
[irge304 :: Wildlife Protection]
[irge304 :: Legislation]
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Nothing Grows Forever
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27.7.2010 |
Mother Jones |
| PETER VICTOR is an economist who has been asking a heretical question: Can the Earth support endless growth?
Traditionally, economists have argued that the answer is "yes." In the 1960s when Victor was earning his various degrees, a steady rise in gross domestic product (GDP)—the combined value of our paid work and the things we produce—was seen as crucial for raising living standards and keeping the masses out of poverty. We grow or we languish: This assumption has become so central to our economic identity that it underpins almost every financial move our leaders make. It is to economics what the Second Law of Thermodynamics is to physics.
But Victor— now a professor at York University in Toronto—felt ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Green Purchasing]
[flenvcenter :: Youth and Children]
[flenvcenter :: Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: Social Justice]
[flenvcenter :: Reduce]
[flenvcenter :: Four Corners Region]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Forest]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Floods n Droughts]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
[newstrust :: Farm Bill]
[newstrust :: Jobs]
[newstrust :: Third World Poverty]
[newstrust :: Unemployment]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[irge304 :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
[flenvcenter :: Marketing]
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How to make merry without spending a penny
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27.7.2010 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Fretting endlessly about your carbon footprint is no fun. So relax. The Moneyless Man knows how to party for free
There's got to be more to life than carbon footprints, climate change and peak oil. The new design for society many of us want shouldn't just be better for the environment, it should be a shedload more fun into the bargain. As Emma Goldman, a hugely influential early 20th-century political philosopher and activist, once said: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."
If life doesn't inspire me to get up and do a little Irish jig every morning before breakfast, what the hell is the point of it?
Living without money and having a great time are by no means mutually exclusive. If anything, it wasn't ... |
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[demo :: Forest]
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Opinion: Environmental regulations threaten minority community jobs
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27.7.2010 |
San Jose Mercury News: Opinion |
| California is known as a leader, a progressive state that is regularly in the forefront on a wide variety of issues. |
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[demo :: Housing]
[flenvcenter :: Community Development]
[flenvcenter :: Local Economies]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[newstrust :: Emissions]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
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Scientists see climate change prompting mass migration to U.S.
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27.7.2010 |
Twincities.com: Nation |
| LOS ANGELES — Climbing temperatures are expected to raise sea levels and increase droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires. |
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[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Sea Level]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Sea Level]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Floods n Droughts]
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