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Keystone: What We Know
huffingtonpost.com
3 mentions — 7 hours ago
Ever since the Keystone fight began, the smart money has insisted the pipeline will be approved. But so far: no pipe. And the opposition got a serious boost this week, when Republicans in the House of Representatives forced a vote on a symbolic measure approving KXL. It passed,
Exclusive: New York Sandy ‘Climate Resilience’ Plan Won’t Address Climate Pollution
ThinkProgress
5 mentions — 12 hours ago
The nearly $300 million climate-resiliency initiative established by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg using Sandy relief funds will not address climate pollution, according to a city official.The New York City Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR), formed in November 2012, will release a report this month ...
Limiting Methane Leaks Critical to Gas, Climate Benefits
Climate Central
3 mentions — 2 days ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Flooding Destroys Roads, Home In Underhill
Vermont Public Radio
2 mentions — 9 hours ago
State officials are adding up the total damage after heavy storms dumped rain on eastern Chittenden County last night, causing localized flooding.Governor Peter Shumlin says the state is trying to determine if the damage in Jericho, Underhill, Essex and Cambridge exceeds a million dollars – that’s the threshold ...
Switch to low-carbon future would save households £1,600
The Independent
6 mentions — 2 days ago
British households will save £45bn, or £1,600 apiece, if the government hitches its electricity supply to low-carbon sources such as wind and nuclear rather than gas, a parliamentary advisory committee has estimated.Overturning the general consensus that green electricity is more expensive than gas-generated power, the committee finds that ...
Obama to visit Oklahoma, tour Jersey Shore with Gov. Chris Christie
The Ticket - Yahoo! News
2 mentions — 7 hours ago
A battered sign stands outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. (Charlie Riedel/ … President Barack Obama will travel to Oklahoma City on Sunday "to see first-hand the response to the devastating tornadoes and severe weather" that ravaged the area, meet with families affected ...
Saint Lucia signs up for the Carbon War Room’s ‘Ten Island Renewable Challenge’
Renewable Energy Focus
2 mentions — 14 hours ago
Launched at Rio+20 Summit in June 2012, by Branson's entrepreneur initiative Carbon War Room and Christiana Figueres, Executive Director of the UNFCCC, the Ten Island Challenge aims to work with pioneering island economies to reduce dependency on fossil fuels through the acceleration of commercial opportunities on islands , attracting expert engineering firms and investment.“Solving the energy challenge and marine conservation challenge in the Caribbean go hand-in-hand. I am very pleased that Saint Lucia has decided to join the Challenge – and hope more neighbouring islands will follow,” said Branson."We are ...
Russia abandoning ice station
Arctic Sea Ice
2 mentions — 1 day ago
In a new indication of the dangers of climate change, Russia has ordered an "urgent" evacuation of it's drifting ice station that sits on top Arctic sea ice, because of disintegrating sea ice.
Royal family squeeze out climate change in US media coverage
guardian.co.uk
4 mentions — 17 hours ago
Analysis shows royals crowding out coverage of global warming, as Prince Charles makes his strongest climate warning yetPrince Charles: 'We can't wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying.' Photograph: Steve Parsons/PAPrince Charles, heir to the British throne, made one of his strongest speeches yet on ...
World on course to run out of water, warns Ban Ki-moon
guardian.co.uk
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Freshwater supply and water quality under pressure, warns UN secretary general on International Day of Biological DiversityWoodland stream Snowdrop Valley, Exmoor. 'Although seemingly abundant, only a tiny amount of the water on our planet is easily available as freshwater,' said Ban Ki-moon. Photograph: Martin Fowler/AlamyBan Ki-moon has warned ...
Weather Satellite Outage Points to Larger Problems
Climate Central
3 mentions — 10 hours ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Screwed by climate change: 10 cities that will be hardest hit
Grist
4 mentions — 2 days ago
Here at Grist, climate change is our bread and melting butter. But this month, we’re feeling especially hot and bothered. As part of our in-depth look at the warming planet, we’ve compiled a list of the U.S. cities that we think will be in the hottest water as ...
Feb. 13 - Civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
Civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar san...
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Feb. 13 - Civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipelineSign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to like 350org's video.Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to dislike 350org's video.Sign in with your ...
#ChatFC con Christiana Figueres
Finanzas Carbono
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Nos complace anunciar la inauguración de unanueva sección en la Plataforma Finanzas Carbono, #ChatFC, que estará orientada a responder preguntas de los usuarios a los actores más relevantes en asuntos de cambio climático y financiamiento climático. En esta oportunidad, nos honrará con su presencia Christiana Figueres, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático.A través de este espacio, la Lic. Figueres responderá preguntas que han sido realizadas por los usuarios y moderadores de la Plataforma Finanzas Carbono en nuestro primer #ChatFC, una sesión de ...
Offshore Drilling In Virginia Would Threaten Coastal Economy, Environment, And Naval Operations
ThinkProgress
3 mentions — 8 hours ago
Fleet Composite Squadron 6 conducts boat operations off coast of Naval Station Norfolk, VA. (Credit: U.S. Navy)Yesterday Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, revealed newfound support for oil and gas exploration off the Commonwealth’s coast. The Washington Post reported that he now backs legislation sponsored by Virginia’s Democratic ...
Don't delay on renewable energy, government told
guardian.co.uk
8 mentions — 2 days ago
Committee on Climate Change says the sooner the UK invests in low-carbon power generation the cheaper it will beMany on the right of the Tory party have been clamouring for an end to onshore windfarms. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAInvesting in new renewable power generation, rather than a "dash for ...
Fracking could ruin German beer industry, brewers tell Angela Merkel - Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk
3 mentions — 2 days ago
The Brauer-Bund beer association is worried that fracking for shale gas, whichinvolves pumping water and chemicals at high pressure into the ground, couldpollute water used for brewing and break a 500-year-old industry rule onwater purity. Germany, home to Munich's annual Oktoberfest - the world's biggest folkfestival which attracts ...
Poll Finds Strong Support For Clean Energy, 68% Of Independents Want To Regulate CO2 As A Pollutant
ThinkProgress
4 mentions — 11 hours ago
The Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University released their most recent survey this week:The Yale survey, “Public Support for Climate and Energy Policies in April 2013,” dates back to 2008 and is an important barometer for public opinion on clean energy and climate issues.In ...
Former NY Army Corps Commander On Post-Sandy Reality: ‘Climate Change Is Real,’ ‘We’ve Got To Stop Ignoring It’
ThinkProgress
4 mentions — 1 day ago
At a May 16 televised forum on the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, a former top military infrastructure official called on Americans to “stop ignoring” climate change and “realize it’s the new reality.”At the Sandy town hall organized by public television stations NJTV and WNET, John Boulé, the former ...
College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
bigstory.ap.org
4 mentions — 2 days ago
College students and supporters hold up signs at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 2, 2013. In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop ...
May 24 News: Autsch! Fracking Threatens The German Beer Industry.
ThinkProgress
3 mentions — 14 hours ago
German brewers are sounding the alarm that allowing fracking could pollute water and ruin German beer. [Telegraph]German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country’s cherished beer industry.The Brauer-Bund beer association is worried that fracking ...
I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore, Keystone
prospect.org
3 mentions — 2 days ago
It’s rare for environmental organizations to lead outside spending in an election. Even the largest don't have that much cash to burn. But in last month's Senate primary in Massachusetts, no other interest group spent more. 350.org Action Fund, the young political arm of the climate campaign group ...
The Congressional Budget Office Says We Need A Price On Carbon Emissions
ThinkProgress
4 mentions — 1 day ago
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) thinks putting off efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions risks “catastrophic” losses for the United States’ economy and society. That’s according to a new report on the economic and environmental effects of a carbon tax CBO published Wednesday.The CBO is the group of ...
Lobster Boat vs. Coal Ship
Lobster Boat vs. Coal Ship
2 mentions — 1 day ago
The reality that my nearly 20 years of climate activism has taken a dramatically different tack was crystallized in an instant with the metallic sound of a rifle being chambered. My friend, Jay O’Hara, and I had anchored our 32-foot, Beale Island lobster boat, the Henry David T.,
Global majority faces water shortages 'within two generations'
guardian.co.uk
3 mentions — 14 hours ago
Experts call on governments to start conserving water in face of climate change, pollution and over-useMost of the areas where water will be scarcest soonest are in poor countries, which have little resilience to cope. Photograph: Stuart FreedmanThe majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will live ...
Oklahoma Tornado Shows Progress in Weather Warnings
Climate Central
4 mentions — 1 day ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Climate Change and South Korean Cap and Trade Market
The Energy Collective
2 mentions — 6 days ago
With roughly 18 months until launch, South Korea appears ready to create the world’s most ambitious cap and trade market, with the highest global price on carbon.These findings jump from a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) white paper analyzing how potential market designs could affect the nation’s carbon ...
Frog, toad and salamander populations plummeting, U.S. survey finds
The Washington Post
4 mentions — 2 days ago
???initialComments:true! pubdate:05/22/2013 19:46 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:6/5/13 7:46 EDT! currentDate:5/22/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:true! displayComments:true!Provided by Colorado Division of Wildlife/AP - Boreal toads are found at high elevations. The endangered species is at risk from a fungus as well as human populations and climate change. Frogs, toads and salamanders continue ...
Optimism for Crops in Midwest; Dire Straits in the West
Climate Central
3 mentions — 1 day ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
A mission on climate change
The Washington Post
6 mentions — 20 hours ago
???initialComments:true! pubdate:05/23/2013 19:44 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:6/6/13 7:44 EDT! currentDate:5/23/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:true! displayComments:true! President Obama should spend his remaining years in office making the United States part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem. If Congress sticks to its policy of obstruction and willful ...
Watch 62 Years of Global Warming in 13 Seconds
Climate Central
2 mentions — 3 days ago
Stupid sounding statements like “clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants that had a cooling effect on the climate” become easy ways for scientist to push their agendas.Today, we fear climate change as much as we feared the Ozone hole in the 80’s.We create models and make them ...
2013 Hurricane Season Could Be Extremely Active: NOAA
Climate Central
3 mentions — 1 day ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Hurricane Sandy's Untold Filthy Legacy: Sewage
Climate Central
7 mentions — 4 weeks ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
Making Sense of the Moore Tornado in a Climate Context
Climate Central
4 mentions — 3 days ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
The conversation about climate change is stuck. This American Life investigates why.
TreeHugger
3 mentions — 2 days ago
If you're not familiar with This American Life, you should know that it is one of the most popular radio programs and podcasts around. That's why it is important to note that the most recent episode, "Hot In My Backyard ", covers climate change.PHOTO: CAMARILLO, CA - MAY ...
College Fossil-Fuel Divestment Movement Builds
ABC News
4 mentions — 2 days ago
In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. The Fossil Free campaign argues that if it's wrong to pour pollution into the air and contribute to climate change, it's ...