Monthly Archives: June 2011

Death-knell for ‘dirty’ Hazelwood

Hazelwood coal power plant. AUSTRALIA’S ”dirtiest” large coal-fired power station, Hazelwood in the Latrobe Valley, could be bought out and shut down under a carbon price package expected to be announced within weeks. The Age believes the carbon price deal … Continue reading

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Australia in CO2 compensation deal on coal/power: report

CANBERRA, June 30 | Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:53pm EDT CANBERRA, June 30 (Reuters) – Australia’s Green and independent lawmakers negotiating a carbon price scheme to tackle climate change with the government have agreed to compensate the coal industry and … Continue reading

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Africa : Climate Change – Water Sources Need to Be Protected

Erick Kabendera 30 June 2011 Mbanane — Seventy-five-year-old Verdiana Protas is worried that the 20 cattle she bought with her pension money will soon die because the 10-kilometre-long river in her village in northwest Tanzania has been dry for two … Continue reading

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Is climate change a scientific hoax? : Nancy Abrams & Joel Primack : City Brights

Is climate change a scientific hoax? Senator James Inhofe Senator James Inhofe (R — Oklahoma) has claimed that human-caused global warming is a hoax perpetrated by scientists on the public, and many other climate-change deniers appear to agree. Rush Limbaugh … Continue reading

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Judge backs scientists on polar bears

By DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge on Thursday backed a finding by government scientists that global warming is threatening the survival of the polar bear. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled … Continue reading

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Is climate change a scientific hoax?

Is climate change a scientific hoax? Senator James Inhofe Senator James Inhofe (R — Oklahoma) has claimed that human-caused global warming is a hoax perpetrated by scientists on the public, and many other climate-change deniers appear to agree. Rush Limbaugh … Continue reading

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Why Bangladesh doesn’t want climate adaptation loans

This week in Cape Town, the World Bank will decide whether to approve new climate adaptation loans for five countries. In Bangladesh and around the world, campaigners are resisting these loans and urging their governments not to accept new debt … Continue reading

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With Climate Change Denial In Ascendancy, Skeptics Gather In Washington

This is a good time to be a Republican climate change skeptic — at least one who doesn’t live below sea level, in a flood plain or in the path of a deadly heatwave, tornado or hurricane. It’s strange, experts … Continue reading

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Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years, says …

Public release date: 29-Jun-2011 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Mark Shwartzmshwartz@stanford.edu 650-723-9296Stanford University IMAGE: Higher temperatures could hurt California and other premium wine-growing regions of the United States by 2040, according to a new study led by Noah … Continue reading

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?Consistent and unmistakable? need for action on global warming

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its annual “2010 State of the Climate” report, describing trends in more than 40 climate variables. NOAA said the report provides a “consistent and unmistakable signal from the top of … Continue reading

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