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Yes, Virginia, There Is Global Warming
Va. governor asks climate skeptic to avoid state climatologist title |
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21 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Yes, Virginia, There Is Global Warming Va. governor asks climate skeptic to avoid state climatologist title Patrick Michaels is a noted skeptic about global warming, cited frequently in the mainstream press and funded amply by fossil-fuel interests. He goes by the title of "Virginia state climatologist." That makes the commonwealth of Virginia uncomfortable, apparently, and it seems determined to distance itself from the ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, Virginia (all these topics) |
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Capitalism v. environmentalism: a poll
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Kit Stolz |
17 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Don Boudreaux, an economist, argues that doing nothing is the best policy for global warming. As David, biodiversivist, Tim Lambert, and ThinkProgress point out, this argument has a lot of screws loose. (ThinkProgress also has a picture of Boudreaux, who looks slightly insane. He is also, by sheerest chance, with the Cato Institute, which according to a book by two University of Colorado law school scholars, "receives most of its financial support from entrepreneurs ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, insanity, politics (all these topics) |
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How's That Mars Exploration Going?
News flash: as world warms, weather gets worse |
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15 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| How's That Mars Exploration Going? News flash: as world warms, weather gets worse As the globe warms, the risk of more frequent and severe forest fires, droughts, and floods rises. So says, well, the entire scientific community, forever. But a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is being billed as the most comprehensive look yet at the effects of climate change. With data from 52 climate simulation ... |
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| Topics: climate, deforestation, news (all these topics) |
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Foot the Bill
Getting a toehold on your company's climate footprint |
Joel Makower |
15 Aug 2006 |
Toiling Point |
| "What's your company's climate footprint?" It's a hot question these days -- one being asked increasingly of companies by customers, investors, activists, regulators, and others. OK, it may not be exactly that question, but it's probably in some form, like, "What's your company doing to reduce its climate impacts?" Or, "How do you call yourself environmentally responsible w ... |
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| Topics: business, climate (all these topics) |
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Sheet Happens ... Faster
Greenland melting faster than five years ago, study says |
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11 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Sheet Happens ... Faster Greenland melting faster than five years ago, study says We hate to give you bad news without some good, so here goes. The bad news from a study published this week in Science is that, by comparing satellite data from 2002-2005 to earlier data, researchers have determined that Greenland's ice sheet is melting about three times faster than it was five years ago. Put another way, about 57 cubic ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate, Greenland, news (all these topics) |
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Tim Flannery on Big Picture TV
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Chris Schults |
11 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I don't know how they do it, but Big Picture TV has added author and Australian scientist Tim Flannery to their impressive list of talking heads. Tim Flannery wrote The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means For Life on Earth which was reviewed by Grist back in March. In this four-part series, Flannery chats about the carbon debt, action for solutions, the end of denial, and taxing carbon. |
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| Topics: climate, TV (all these topics) |
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But 82 Percent Would Still Grab a Brewski With Him
Poll finds growing disenchantment with Bush environmental policy |
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04 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| But 82 Percent Would Still Grab a Brewski With Him Poll finds growing disenchantment with Bush environmental policy A new poll finds a rise in the number of people who think President Bush is not doing enough to protect the environment -- 56 percent, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey, up from 41 percent in 2001. Most want more action on environmental problems, and by a more than two-to-one margin, they think Democra ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Will Evolution Be Next?
Heat waves linked to climate change; even Pat Robertson is convinced |
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04 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Will Evolution Be Next? Heat waves linked to climate change; even Pat Robertson is convinced Experts agree: damn, it's hot! And you might as well get used to it. At the rate global temperatures are rising, blistering heat waves like the ones that have recently baked parts of the U.S. and Europe will become more frequent and severe, according to climate researchers. Of course, no individual weather event can definit ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Bawh-Chikka-Baaawh
Report accuses U.K. media of indulging in global-warming 'porn' |
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03 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bawh-Chikka-Baaawh Report accuses U.K. media of indulging in global-warming "porn" The first comprehensive analysis of climate-change coverage in the U.K. media has deemed it "confusing, contradictory, and chaotic." Produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research, the report, "Warm Words," accuses media outlets of presenting apocalyptic pictures and portents as a kind of " ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The Bill Factor
Bill Clinton teams with cities to fight climate change |
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02 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Bill Factor Bill Clinton teams with cities to fight climate change Yesterday, ex-Prez Bill Clinton announced a new international effort to fight climate change. The Clinton Climate Initiative is a partnership between the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group -- a group of 22 of the world's largest municipalities -- and the Clinton Foundation. The latter will help the former pool purchasing power to get l ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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To Sir, with Exasperation
On writing to reps about climate change |
Umbra Fisk |
02 Aug 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I want to send a letter to my local representatives about global warming and how our whole city and state should take part in stopping it, but I don't know what to say or how to approach this. Please help! Hillary Schwartz Birmingham, Ala. Dearest Hillary, Hmm, I can think of a few things to say. But you might get escorted out of Alabama if you put them in a letter. Post haste. Photo: iStock ... |
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| Topics: advice, Alabama, Ask Umbra, climate, politics (all these topics) |
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Update on Blair & Schwarzenegger's climate kissypoo
Leaders agree to share technology; carbon-trading system a possibility, not a done deal |
Lisa Hymas |
31 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The AP overstated the extent of the climate agreement announced today between British PM Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (and thus Daily Grist overstated it too). Now that the deal's been officially unveiled, a few clarifications: The two didn't agree to launch a new trans-Atlantic carbon-trading market, though they will look into the possibility. Rather, they said the U.K. and California would cooperate on research into cleaner fuels and technologies ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, international politics, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Drop It Like It's Hot
Heat wave shuts down nuclear reactors in Europe |
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31 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Drop It Like It's Hot Heat wave shuts down nuclear reactors in Europe Remember how nuclear power was going to save us from global warming? Heh. Funny story. As Europe has gotten, you know, warm lately, a handful of nuclear power plants have been forced to reduce or stop production. Seems the continent's relentless heat wave has warmed the rivers that cool the reactors. Some power producers in Germany and Franc ... |
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| Topics: climate, European Union, news, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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Arnie on Blairoids
Blair and Schwarzenegger joining forces to fight climate change |
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31 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Arnie on Blairoids Blair and Schwarzenegger joining forces to fight climate change Perhaps finally sensing he's been poodling to the wrong pseudo-manly Republican, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided to wag his tail for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: The two leaders are planning to create a trans-Atlantic cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide allowances. The all ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Docket Science
Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters |
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27 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Docket Science Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters As global warming's effects reverberate across the planet, expect an uptick in litigation against governments and companies. Pacific Islanders whose homes are being swallowed by the ocean, African farmers with withered crops, and ski-resort owners resigned to offering mountaintop waterskiing may seek redress. "If the evidence [of ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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And the Wind Cries Scary
Pacific Northwest ocean dead zone getting larger |
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27 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| And the Wind Cries Scary Pacific Northwest ocean dead zone getting larger Researchers believe global warming is behind a recurring low-oxygen "dead zone" in the Pacific Northwest ocean. Triggered by north winds, a process called upwelling encourages the growth of phytoplankton blooms; when the water calms, the phytoplankton die for lack of nutrients, sink to the bottom, and rot, using up oxyg ... |
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| Topics: climate, Louisiana, news, oceans, Pacific Northwest (all these topics) |
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So That's Why It's Called Death Valley
Climate change threatens national parks in the western U.S. |
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26 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| So That's Why It's Called Death Valley Climate change threatens national parks in the western U.S. Glacier National Park without glaciers? If global warming keeps on keepin' on, 12 of the most famous U.S. national parks are at serious risk, says a report released yesterday by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Temperatures in the Western U.S. have risen twice as fa ... |
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| Topics: climate, national parks, news, NRDC, West (all these topics) |
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Fire Straits
Wildfires are raging -- why isn't concern about climate change? |
Maywa Montenegro |
25 Jul 2006 |
Soapbox |
| Earlier this month, Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert delivered a provocative Los Angeles Times op-ed explaining why the public is more scared of terrorism than global warming. Gilbert's basic premise was that human beings are conditioned by evolution to react most strongly to situations that have certain characteristics: they must be personal (have a face or an intention attached), mor ... |
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| Topics: climate (all these topics) |
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'Cane Do Spirit
Hurricane researchers unite in call to curb coastal development |
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25 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| 'Cane Do Spirit Hurricane researchers unite in call to curb coastal development The media has made much of the disagreement among hurricane researchers about the effects of global warming on storm strength. So much, in fact, that it's starting to annoy the hurricane researchers. Yesterday, 10 prominent experts in the field -- who have disagreed among themselves about the climate question -- released a statement saying that the m ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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NASA Lapso
NASA deletes planet-protecting phrasing from mission statement |
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24 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| NASA Lapso NASA deletes planet-protecting phrasing from mission statement The phrase "to understand and protect our home planet" was quietly deleted from NASA's mission statement in February; the agency's mission now is "to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research." NASA's 19,000 employees were neither consulted nor informed ahead of time of the deletion. The pl ... |
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| Topics: climate, James Hansen, news (all these topics) |
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Come Fry With Me
Heat wave causing deaths, power outages |
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24 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Come Fry With Me Heat wave causing deaths, power outages North America and Europe are suffering under a sweltering heat wave that's caused deaths, widespread irritability, and a powerful thirst. So far, some 21 deaths are reported in France, two in Spain, and at least 29 in the U.S. In southern England, they're facing what may be the worst drought in a century. On the upside, the U.K. bottled-water in ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, European Union, news, North America (all these topics) |
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Making the Trade
Britain looks into carbon trading system for individuals |
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20 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Making the Trade Britain looks into carbon trading system for individuals British Environment Secretary David Miliband has endorsed the idea of a carbon trading system for individuals, requiring people to limit personal emissions and allowing energy-savers to sell back unused carbon allowances for a profit. "Imagine a country where carbon becomes a new currency," Miliband said. Each citizen would carry a bank card w ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The Writing on the Wal-Mart
Al Gore takes his green message to Wal-Mart headquarters |
Amanda Griscom Little |
19 Jul 2006 |
Muckraker |
| Picture Al Gore standing in a modest auditorium deep in America's heartland before an exultant crowd of Wal-Mart employees, comparing their campaign to lighten the company's environmental footprint to the Allies' righteous struggle in World War II. This after Rev. Jim Ball, head of the Evangelical Environmental Network, likened the giant retailer's greening efforts to the wo ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, business, climate, Muckraker, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Home Sweat Home
Heat wave leads to record power use in U.S. |
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18 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Home Sweat Home Heat wave leads to record power use in U.S. Many areas of the U.S. broke record highs for power use yesterday, as a coast-to-coast heat wave caused sweaty citizens to crank up the AC. Power grid operators are calling for conservation, and the utility industry is declaring a national need for more power plants and transmission lines. California used 46,561 megawatts of powe ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, energy, news, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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Early warning system set up to detect global warming
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Chris Schults |
17 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| This sounds cool: MOUNT ALBION - University of Colorado biologists began installing an alarm system atop this craggy summit Friday, near the Continental Divide west of Boulder.Like the alarm systems in your car or home, this one is designed to detect intruders.But in this case, the invaders are tundra plants moving up from lower elevations in response to global warming. The alarm system is a cluster of mountaintop vegetation plots that will be monitored periodically ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Colorado, scientific research (all these topics) |
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