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U.S. Geological Survey: Warmer Springs Causing Loss Of Snow Cover Throughout The Rocky Mountains	17.5.2013	Think Progres
U.S. Geological Survey: Warmer Springs Causing Loss Of Snow Cover Throughout The Rocky Mountains
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Industry Groups Urge Supreme Court To Ban EPA From Regulating CO2	17.5.2013	Think Progres
Industry Groups Urge Supreme Court To Ban EPA From Regulating CO2
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Worsening A Warming-Fueled Wildfire Season, Sequestration Threatens Firefighting Efforts	16.5.2013	Think Progres
Worsening A Warming-Fueled Wildfire Season, Sequestration Threatens Firefighting Efforts
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Taxpayers Get $96 Billion Bill For 2012 Extreme Weather = One-Sixth of Non-Defense Discretionary Spending	16.5.2013	Think Progres
Taxpayers Get $96 Billion Bill For 2012 Extreme Weather = One-Sixth of Non-Defense Discretionary Spending
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May 15 News: Insurance Industry ‘Heavily Dependent On Scientific Thought,’ See Rising Climate Costs	15.5.2013	Think Progres
May 15 News: Insurance Industry ‘Heavily Dependent On Scientific Thought,’ See Rising Climate Costs
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'Green News Report' - May 14, 2013	15.5.2013	BradBlog
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Sequester budget cuts hit federal firefighting response during an early wildfire season; More good news for Tesla Motors, bad news for loser Mitt Romney; Scientists accidentally discover new way to make cleaner steel; Another city votes for solar on all new construction; PLUS: Sec. of State ...
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May 13 News: Loss Of Rain Forest Leads To More CO2, Less Hydroelectric Power	14.5.2013	Think Progres
May 13 News: Loss Of Rain Forest Leads To More CO2, Less Hydroelectric Power
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GROVER the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet	14.5.2013	New Scientist: Opinion
GROVER the NASA rover takes on Greenland ice sheet
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Open thread for night owls: Climate change will displace hundreds of millions—soon	14.5.2013	Daily Kos
Stern had some more bad news last week after the average 24-hour measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crossed the 400 part per million threshold for the first time. At the Guardian, Robin McKie writes Climate change 'will make hundreds of millions homeless' . Now that in itself isn't news. Several reports have been saying that for years. But what's different is that what was thought to be decades away is much closer to happening than previously thought by all but the pessimists: Nicholas Stern It is increasingly likely that hundreds of millions of people will be displaced from their homelands in the near future as a result of global warming. That is the stark warning of economist and climate change expert Lord Stern following the news last week that concentrations of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere had reached a level of 400 parts per million (ppm). Massive movements of people are likely to occur over the rest of the century because global temperatures are likely to ...
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Not The Onion: Wall Street Journal Hits ‘Rock Bottom’ With Inane Op-Ed Urging ‘More Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide’	13.5.2013	Think Progres
Not The Onion: Wall Street Journal Hits ‘Rock Bottom’ With Inane Op-Ed Urging ‘More Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide’
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One-third of animal species will be hit by climate change, scientists warn	13.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Plant and animal species could see dramatic losses as habitats become unsuitable and ecosystems collapse One-third of common land animals could see dramatic losses this century because of climate change, scientists predict. More than half of plants could be hit the same way as habitats become unsuitable for numerous species. The collapse of ecosystems would have major economic impacts on agriculture, air quality, clean water access, and tourism. Global temperatures are set to rise 4C above preindustrial levels by 2100 if nothing is done to stem greenhouse gas emissions. This could have a hugely destructive effect on thousands of common as well as rare and endangered species around the world, according to the researchers. An estimated 57% of plants and 34% of animals were likely to lose half or more of their habitat range. But the damage would be greatly reduced if emissions were scaled down in time, the study shows. Losses are reduced by 60% if global warming is cut to 2% ...
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We've Hit the Carbon Level We Were Warned About. Here's What That Means.	13.5.2013	Mother Jones
This interactive explainer originally appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Over the last couple weeks, scientists and environmentalists have been keeping a particularly close eye on the Hawaii-based monitoring station that tracks how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere, as the count tiptoed closer to a record-smashing 400 parts per million. Thursday, we finally got there : The daily mean concentration was higher than at any time in human history, NOAA reported Friday. Don't worry: The earth is not about to go up in a ball of flame. The 400 ppm mark is only a milestone, 50 ppm over what legendary NASA scientist James Hansen has since 1988 called the safe zone for avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, and yet only halfway to what the IPCC predicts we'll reach by the end of the century. "Somehow in the last 50 ppm we melted the Arctic," said environmentalist and founder of activist group 350.org Bill McKibben, who ...
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New York City Allocates Nearly $300 Million Of Sandy Funds For Climate Change Resiliency Plan	11.5.2013	Think Progres
New York City Allocates Nearly $300 Million Of Sandy Funds For Climate Change Resiliency Plan
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Drumbeat: May 10, 2013	10.5.2013	The Oil Drum
At Least 9 More Decades for North Sea Oil Oil and gas production in the UK North Sea can continue until the end of this century provided the right government policy decisions are made, according to Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. ..."In domestic terms, the [Scottish] industry is having a second major opportunity with a huge number major new developments going ahead, some of which are extensions of existing developments. For example, the Clair Ridge field has the potential to produce oil until 2055 according to BP." ..."The Clair field was actually discovered in 1977, and that's ironic because we were told by London that the oil would run out in the 90s, and then in the 90s that it was going to run out in the Noughties," Ewing said. "I think it's a theme that's losing credibility because if BP comes along and says the Clair Ridge field will continue to produce until 2055 it's a bit liberal to say the oil is going to run out because it ain't." Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude ...
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Why You Can’t Talk About Fixing The Electric Grid Without Talking About Climate Change	10.5.2013	Think Progres
Why You Can’t Talk About Fixing The Electric Grid Without Talking About Climate Change
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Recent study examines effects of climate change on cutthroat trout	9.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Colorado’s cutthroat trout live life on the edges, at high elevations and in isolated pockets other trout haven’t been able to reach. It appears to have toughened them up, according to a recent study looking at climate change’s impact on the species.
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Climate funds: first come, least served (Cached)	9.5.2013	Le Monde Diplomatique
As the debate on climate change continues, the impacts of pollution on vulnerable continents have been brought to the fore. The most pressing case is Africa, a continent located on the frontline of climate devastation. The African Development Bank's head of climate change, Anthony Nyong, has said that the continent will soon require $40bn per annum to counter hostile climates, including $30bn in adaptation, and $10bn in mitigation. Unfortunately, such requests, lobbied via the United (...) - Open page
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Oxford students and alumni to protest over Shell Earth sciences funding	9.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Campaigners say the partnership undermines the university's credibility and conflicts with its work on climate change Students and alumni of Oxford University will protest this afternoon at the opening of a new lab in its Earth sciences department that is funded with £5.9m from oil company Shell. Campaigners say the partnership – which will see the climate and energy secretary, Ed Davey, attend the Shell Geoscience Laboratory's official opening on Thursday – undermines the university's credibility and conflicts with its work on climate change. Oxford alumni including environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt and solar entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett yesterday called Shell "a particularly inappropriate choice of funder" in a letter published in the Guardian . The funding over five years will include research into "unconventional hydrocarbons", including the geological impact of the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", for shale gas, which is currently at the ...
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Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports: Friend Or Foe?	9.5.2013	Think Progres
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports: Friend Or Foe?
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A Price Is Right: Carbon Tax Has Very Broad, Bipartisan Support (Outside Of Congress)	9.5.2013	Think Progres
A Price Is Right: Carbon Tax Has Very Broad, Bipartisan Support (Outside Of Congress)
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