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User: flenvcenter Topic: Air and Climate-National
Category: Climate Change :: Climate Change Science
2 new since Jun 20 2013 03:26 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Building Confidence in Energy Savings Estimates to Unleash Energy Efficiency 20.6.2013 Switchboard, from NRDC
Peter Miller, Senior Scientist, San Francisco: Energy efficiency is California’s top priority and cheapest resource for meeting our energy needs, but controversy over how to evaluate the state’s energy-savings efforts is limiting their potential to save money and slash pollution. The lead commissioner overseeing energy efficiency...
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New FEMA Study: Climate Change Will Greatly Increase Flood Risk, Debt 19.6.2013 Switchboard, from NRDC
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in a study finally released last week after five years in the making, predicted that areas at risk of flooding in the United States would increase 45 percent by 2100, largely because of climate change....
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Obama Talks Climate Change In Berlin 19.6.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
BERLIN, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States understood it had to do more to fight climate change...
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David Suzuki: We Ignore Scientists at Our Peril 19.6.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Climate change deniers are out in full force, many employing methods common to those who reject science. Science isn't perfect, but it's one of the best tools we have for understanding our place in the cosmos.
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Report Highlights Climate-Poverty Link 19.6.2013 Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a...
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We ignore scientists at our peril 19.6.2013 rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of&nbsp; rabble.ca . read ...
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Reviving U.S.-India Cooperation on Climate Change During Secretary Kerry's Visit to New Delhi 19.6.2013 Switchboard, from NRDC
Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, San Francisco: Secretary of State John Kerry heads to New Delhi next week. The visit is a key opportunity for Secretary Kerry to reinvigorate U.S.-India cooperation on climate change and to continue to make progress under the Green Partnership, the landmark clean...
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UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling wins Blue Planet Prize 19.6.2013 LA Times: Environment
Daniel Sperling, a UC Davis civil engineering professor and international transportation expert, has won the Blue Planet Prize .
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The Jet Stream and Greenland 18.6.2013 Green Technology and Environmental Science News - ENN
There are many dynamics in the world. There are many global phenomena. Add the the jet stream to climate change. Research from the University of Sheffield has shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in the summer 2012. An international team led by Professor Edward Hanna from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography used a computer model simulation (called SnowModel) and satellite data to confirm a record surface melting of the GrIS for at least the last 50 years - when on 11 July 2012, more than 90 percent of the ice-sheet surface melted. This far exceeded the previous surface melt extent record of 52 percent in 2010.
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The Jet Stream and Greenland 18.6.2013 Climate Change News - ENN
There are many dynamics in the world. There are many global phenomena. Add the the jet stream to climate change. Research from the University of Sheffield has shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in the summer 2012. An international team led by Professor Edward Hanna from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography used a computer model simulation (called SnowModel) and satellite data to confirm a record surface melting of the GrIS for at least the last 50 years - when on 11 July 2012, more than 90 percent of the ice-sheet surface melted. This far exceeded the previous surface melt extent record of 52 percent in 2010.
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The Jet Stream and Greenland 18.6.2013 Environmental News Network
There are many dynamics in the world. There are many global phenomena. Add the the jet stream to climate change. Research from the University of Sheffield has shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in the summer 2012. An international team led by Professor Edward Hanna from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography used a computer model simulation (called SnowModel) and satellite data to confirm a record surface melting of the GrIS for at least the last 50 years - when on 11 July 2012, more than 90 percent of the ice-sheet surface melted. This far exceeded the previous surface melt extent record of 52 percent in 2010.
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Cleaning Up Diesel Trucks and Cooking Stoves Could Reduce Climate Change 18.6.2013 Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Zeroing in on black carbon may slow the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions.

Cutting our overall use of fossil fuels has proved a daunting challenge, but it might be possible to get some relief from the effects of climate change by selectively reducing the particulate pollution we produce. Recent research suggests that if we can clean up diesel engines and primitive cookstoves in India and China, for example, that could delay the effects of greenhouse-gas buildup even if pollution from coal-fired power plants persists. A study released last week concludes that if every country were to do what California has done in the last couple of decades to clean up diesel emissions, it would slow down global warming by 15 percent. Reducing similar pollution from sources such as ships and cookstoves—which weren’t included in the study—could help even more.
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Activists Await New Climate Plan Before Filing EPA Lawsuit 18.6.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Environmental groups and a dozen states and cities said Monday they will delay planned legal action...
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Selectively Targeting Aerosol Pollutants Could Reduce Climate Change 18.6.2013 Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Zeroing in on black carbon may slow the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions.

Cutting our overall use of fossil fuels has proved a daunting challenge, but it might be possible to get some relief from the effects of climate change by selectively reducing the particulate pollution we produce. Recent research suggests that if we can clean up diesel engines and primitive cookstoves in India and China, for example, that could delay the effects of greenhouse-gas buildup even if pollution from coal-fired power plants persists. A study released last week concludes that if every country were to do what California has done in the last couple of decades to clean up diesel emissions, it would slow down global warming by 15 percent. Reducing similar pollution from sources such as ships and cookstoves—which weren’t included in the study—could help even more.
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Sasha Lyutse: New Evidence That Cutting Forests to Burn for Electricity Is Even Worse for the Climate Than We Thought 18.6.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Previous studies have focused on emissions of the carbon that's stored in above-ground biomass (i.e., tree trunks, limbs, etc.) when it burned in a power plant. A new study looked at the carbon stored deep in forest soils and what happens to it when forests are chopped down to supply biomass to energy companies.
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Energy saving measures boost house prices, new research reveals 17.6.2013 Environmental News Network
Energy saving improvements made to a property could increase its value by 14 per cent on average - and up to 38 per cent in some parts of England - new research has shown. For an average home in the country, improving its EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) from band G to E, or from band D to B, could mean adding more than £16,000 ($25,000 USD) to the sale price of the property.
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Arabian Sea at High Risk of Quakes and Tsunamis 17.6.2013 Environmental News Network
Countries surrounding the Arabian Sea may be at a much higher risk of a major earthquake and tsunami than previously thought, say researchers. A tsunami in this area of the Western Indian Ocean could threaten the coastlines of India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and further afield. The scientists say further investigation should feed into hazard assessments and planning for such events in the region.
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Why 'The 3% Solution' is 100 percent right 17.6.2013 Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

A landmark study by WWF and the Carbon Disclosure Project aims to change the conversation in business about addressing climate change — primarily by showing how profitable it can be to do so.

Why 'The 3% Solution' is 100 percent right
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Pentagon Bracing for Public Dissent Over Climate and Energy Shocks 16.6.2013 Commondreams.org Views
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

Top secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the world with revelations of a comprehensive US-based surveillance system with direct access to Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants.

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Green diary rescue: Wolves under the gun, eyeballing damselflies & mapping the polar cyclone 16.6.2013 Daily Kos
Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 230 of these spotlighting more than 12,964 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to 50 more that appeared in the past seven days. That makes for lots of good reading during the spare moments of your weekend. [ Disclaimer: Inclusion of a diary in the rescue does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.] Green Diary of the Week Wolves: "Mission Accomplished" —by Agathena : "The original mission was wolf recovery begun in 1994 because of expiration (local extinction) of the grey wolf in many areas. Recovery goals of an equitably distributed wolf population containing at least 300 wolves and 30 breeding pairs in 3 recovery areas within Montana (MT), Idaho (ID), and Wyoming (WY) for at least 3 consecutive years were ...
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