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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Wronging the Rights White House tries to interfere with right whale protections		01 May 2008	News
Posted at 6:27 AM on 01 May 2008 Photo: noaa.gov The White House has attempted to stymie a rule that would help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, documents show. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists recommended that large ships off the Atlantic coast be required to slow their speed to 10 knots (11.5 miles per hour) during certain times of the year to avoid deadly col ...
Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, scientific research, White House, wildlife (all these topics)

NOAA news isn't good news Atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane rise sharply in 2007	Joseph Romm	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (all these topics)

Who's watching the watchdog? Harassment reports against fishing observers double	Andrew Sharpless	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

NOAA: Greenhouse gases drove near-record U.S. warmth in 2006 El Niño was not the cause of 2006 warming patterns in the U.S.	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, greenhouse-gas emissions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States (all these topics)

The Climate Got Me High NOAA scientists say near-record U.S. temps in 2006 due to climate change		29 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
The Climate Got Me High NOAA scientists say near-record U.S. temps in 2006 due to climate change Scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said yesterday that the near-record annual average temperature in the Lower 48 states in 2006 was due to greenhouse gases and not to the weather phenomenon El Nino. By perusing weather records the researchers, ...
Topics: climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, United States (all these topics)

Now We Can Watch Them Go Up NOAA scientists unveil online emissions-tracking tool		23 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Now We Can Watch Them Go Up NOAA scientists unveil online emissions-tracking tool The U.S. might not be ready to cut its carbon emissions, but it's ready to measure them. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled a nifty new online tool that tracks carbon dioxide levels around the world. And guess what it's called? CarbonTracker. We're in love! ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

Shh ... It's Around the Corner As climate report downplays human impact, scientists struggle to speak freely		11 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Shh ... It's Around the Corner As climate report downplays human impact, scientists struggle to speak freely The U.N.'s new climate report will apparently lower the estimate of human impact on global warming by 25 percent. Skeptics may salivate, but as a top U.K. scientist says, "The bottom line is that the climate is still warming while our greenhouse-gas emissions have ...
Topics: climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, United Nations (all these topics)

Say NOAA to bad science Protesters head to court next week	Kate Sheppard	08 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: grassroots activism, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (all these topics)

Open and Shut Up Case Agencies investigate claims of muzzling by Bush administration		03 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Open and Shut Up Case Agencies investigate claims of muzzling by Bush administration Has the Bush administration tried to suppress climate-change research? We'd tell you, but there's a guy in a trench coat watching us type. Maybe inspectors general at NASA and the Commerce Department will have better luck as they investigate claims that climate scientists were muzzled ...
Topics: climate, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

The Quality of Commerce Is Strain'd Nature charges that Commerce Department blocked climate-change report		27 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
The Quality of Commerce Is Strain'd Nature charges that Commerce Department blocked climate-change report The Commerce Department blocked a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report indicating that climate change contributes to stronger hurricanes, the journal Nature reported yesterday. In February, a seven-member NOAA panel was directed to prepare a repor ...
Topics: climate, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

What the Fuqua? Emails show that Bush administration micromanaged scientist interviews		20 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
What the Fuqua? Emails show that Bush administration micromanaged scientist interviews Emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that the Bush administration micromanaged media requests for interviews with climate scientists after Hurricane Katrina, aiming to downplay the influence of global warming. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pre ...
Topics: climate, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

The Aye Yi Yi of the Storm NOAA predicts active hurricane season this year		23 May 2006	Daily Grist
The Aye Yi Yi of the Storm NOAA predicts active hurricane season this year This year's hurricane season, which starts June 1, will produce up to 10 hurricanes in the North Atlantic, up to six of which will be Category 3 (winds over 111 miles per hour) or above, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted yesterday. NOAA thinks it will be an above-average season ...
Topics: environmental planning, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

(Tell Me Why) I Don't Like Tuesdays Scientists report even less Arctic ice, even more greenhouse gas		15 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
(Tell Me Why) I Don't Like Tuesdays Scientists report even less Arctic ice, even more greenhouse gas In the wake of unprecedented summer melts, Arctic sea ice has failed to grow to its typical winter reach for the second year running. Researchers fear this signals -- stop us if this sounds familiar -- an irreversible amplification of the effects of climate change in the region. Dark, ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

What the Bleep Do They Know!? NOAA scientists join NASA's with accounts of global-warming censorship		16 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
What the Bleep Do They Know!? NOAA scientists join NASA's with accounts of global-warming censorship Government censorship: It's what's for dinner. Some climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose views on global warming contradict Bush administration policy say they're being prevented from giving particular interviews or being closely ...
Topics: Australia, climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, politics (all these topics)

Sonar, and Thanks for All the Fish References to naval sonar cut from report on mass whale stranding		20 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Sonar, and Thanks for All the Fish References to naval sonar cut from report on mass whale stranding Sonar who? A federal government report on the stranding of 37 whales on North Carolina's Outer Banks last year conspicuously fails to mention the possible influence of naval sonar. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration investigator Teri Rowles says that although she initially su ...
Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, NRDC, oceans (all these topics)

Is It Hot in Here, Or Is It Just Me? 2005 to be one of the hottest years recorded		16 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Is It Hot in Here, Or Is It Just Me? 2005 to be one of the hottest years recorded This year will go down as one of the hottest on record. NASA's Goddard Institute says 2005 will beat 1998, the current record-holder, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.K. Meteorological Office -- using the same land and ocean data as NASA, but crunching it in slightly different w ...
Topics: climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

Win, Lose, or Crawfish New Orleans-area fish, shrimp, crab are OK to eat; oysters, not so much		03 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Win, Lose, or Crawfish New Orleans-area fish, shrimp, crab are OK to eat; oysters, not so much Though few folks are there to eat it, much of the seafood from Lake Pontchartrain next to New Orleans seems safe for consumption, say state environmental officials. About 80 percent of the city's sewage-tainted floodwaters have been pumped into the lake, but so far no significant chem ...
Topics: Louisiana, marine life, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics)

A Friendly Conservation White House to greens: We should totally do this again some time	Jon Christensen	02 Sep 2005	Soapbox
Say anything. Uncle Sam wants you ... to cooperate on conservation. Not only that, he's willing to listen. At least that's what he says. Earlier this week, St. Louis hosted the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation. The invitation-only event was modeled after Teddy Roosevelt's 1908 Governors' Conference, which brought all the country's governors, Supreme Court j ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Interior, environmental planning, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Swimming With Parks John Emory Parks, international marine expert, answers readers' questions		03 Dec 2004	InterActivist
John Emory Parks of NOAA. What specific actions would you recommend for a family with four kids who really want to make a positive difference in their environment? -- Debbie Potts, Perry Hall, Md. Here are several minor things that we do at home with our kids, Debbie. While they are minor, they all really add up! I should mention that they are also things I did growing up. Plant and car ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

NOAA's Parks John Emory Parks, international marine expert, answers Grist's questions		29 Nov 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I'm an international affairs specialist with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal oceans agency. How does it relate to the environment? NOAA oversees a number of environmental duties in the U.S., from monitoring climate and forecasting weather to managing fish stocks within U.S. waters and protecting critical sites through a system of marine sanc ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

The Day After Tomorrow Never Dies Film plot rings true as NOAA runs up against White House	Amanda Griscom	03 Jun 2004	Muckraker
The brewing storm. Image: NOAA. Even after grapefruit-sized hail and monster tornadoes assault major cities in the Northern Hemisphere in the film The Day After Tomorrow, Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, still can't get the ballooning crisis of global warming through the thick skull of the vice president. "I thin ...
Topics: climate, climate science, green living, movies, Muckraker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, politics (all these topics)

Sound Science		16 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Sound Science In a triumph of the military over the environment, the U.S. Navy yesterday won approval to deploy two ships that use low-frequency sonar to detect distant submarines, despite ongoing fears that the system could injure whales and other marine mammals. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted the Navy an exemption from federal rules protecti ...
Topics: marine life, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans, United States (all these topics)

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