Palm Beach County creating job to tackle climate change – Sun-Sentinel

May 18, 2012

Palm Beach County creating job to tackle climate changeSun-SentinelMust have lobbying skills to convince local government and residents to invest in preparing for climate change. Al Gore-style PowerPoint abilities a plus. Palm Beach County is in the market for a climate change czar. While the actual job title and …and more » View full post on [...]

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LETTERS: Reasons for global warming denial – The Reporter

May 18, 2012

LETTERS: Reasons for global warming denialThe ReporterI was very pleased to read Michael Mann's piece in The Reporter on May 14 on the reality of global warming in response to Merrill Kratz's recent diatribe on this topic. Despite the fact that Dr. Mann provided a convincing rebuttal to the erroneous … View full post on [...]

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NFU: Climate change adaptation key for ag success – CattleNetwork.com

May 18, 2012

NFU: Climate change adaptation key for ag successCattleNetwork.comNational Farmers Union (NFU) submitted comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week regarding the agency's Draft National Water 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change. The agricultural organization emphasized the need for …and more » View full post on climate change – Google News

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Common Legal Regime to Tackle Climate Change By 2015 – AllAfrica.com

May 18, 2012

Mother Nature Network Common Legal Regime to Tackle Climate Change By 2015AllAfrica.comMeeting in Bonn, the 195 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) started to negotiate a new global pact – to be enacted by 2015 – that, for the first time, will place rich and poor under a common legal regime [...]

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Public Opinion Snapshot: Americans Still Support Environmental Protection

May 18, 2012

by Ruy Teixeira Given today’s economic problems, you’d think the public would be in a surly mood about environmental protection, seeing it as a secondary and perhaps conflicting priority to jobs and economic growth. That’s certainly what conservatives are hoping as they continue to push their environment-wrecking agenda. Turns out, though, the public didn’t get [...]

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Tahoe Nugget: Climate change & snowpack depletion – FoxReno.com

May 18, 2012

Tahoe Nugget: Climate change & snowpack depletionFoxReno.comWarnings about regional climate change were kicked up a notch earlier this month with the recently released report by Robert Shibatani, a Sacramento-based hydrologist who is also CEO of The Shibatani Group Inc. This new analysis offers dire predictions … View full post on climate change – Google News

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Battle of the climate-change billboards rages on – Mother Nature Network

May 18, 2012

Mother Nature Network Battle of the climate-change billboards rages onMother Nature NetworkAfter the Heartland Institute compared global warming to the Unabomber, two climate activism groups decided to strike back. By John PlattFri, May 18 2012 at 12:30 PM EST Only in America. Two weeks after the Heartland Institute erected billboards …Giving The Global Warming Bully [...]

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Climate Change is Leading to Rapid Boiler Innovation According to Boiler Guide – MarketWatch (press release)

May 18, 2012

Climate Change is Leading to Rapid Boiler Innovation According to Boiler GuideMarketWatch (press release)LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, May 18, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Changes to the world's climate and the ongoing activity surrounding climate change has had a significant impact upon boiler innovation according to Boiler Guide, the UK's leading online …and more » View full [...]

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New Research Blames Global Warming on Economic Growth – Living Green Magazine

May 18, 2012

New Research Blames Global Warming on Economic GrowthLiving Green MagazineIt's a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work. That's the implication of an innovative University of Michigan study examining the … View full [...]

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Climate research has a ring of truth – The Age

May 18, 2012

Daily Beast Climate research has a ring of truthThe AgeTheir tree rings – inner markings that reveal growth patterns through centuries – carry precise insights into changes in the world's climate conditions stretching back long before the advent of modern scientific measurement.Temperatures rise across the ditchTVNZ1000 years of climate data confirms Australia's warmingPhys.OrgAustralasia has hottest [...]

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