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Dire outlook despite warming 'pause'

A GLOBAL warming "pause" over the past decade may invalidate the harshest climate change predictions for the next 50 to 100 years, a study says. ... [Published Herald Sun - 27 mins ago]
First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 12 reports

47% tariffs on solar panels 'grave mistake'

GERMAN Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said the European Commission made a "grave mistake" by agreeing to impose average punitive import duties of 47 percent on solar panels from China and urged the commission to work to prevent the eruption of a trade ... [Published Shanghai Daily - 1 hour ago]
First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

CO2 credits: The ultimate rebate?

Filed under: Government/Legal , Earnings/Financials , Tesla , Electric Time For Buyers To Have Some Skin In The EV Game Politicians know that $8- or $9-a-gallon gas like in Europe would end their careers. The back-and-forth between those writing ... [Published Autoblog Green - 1 hour ago]
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Clouds ‘Cool Earth Less Than Once Thought’

Memphis Commercial AppealSearch our databasesLONDON – Extra cloud cover caused by emissions of industrial pollutants is known to reduce the effects of global warming, but its impact in reducing temperatures has been over-estimated in the climate models, ... [Published Memphis Commercial Appeal - 1 hour ago]
First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Economic growth feeds China's insatiable appetite for foreign oil

China’s national oil companies are increasingly visible in the Middle East. Here’s why:China is the world’s most populous country and largest energy consumer. It is the second largest economy in the world. From 2001 to 2011, it experienced annual GDP ... [Published Abu Dhabi National - 1 hour ago]
First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

How Farm Waste May Make Biofuels Matter Again

leftover corn, wheat and wood chips can be used to power your car.That's the aim of cellulosic ethanol, a budding sector of the renewable fuel industry that finds itself struggling to reassert itself in a world of renewed popularity for oil and gas. The ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours ago]
First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster

Coastal erosion exposes columns for lights leading to the runway of Vance Amory International Airport in Nevis. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSThe Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, ... [Published Inter Press Service - 2 hours ago]
First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 reports

Manhattan’s climate change “killing season” to grow

The number of heat related deaths in New York will increase by 20% by the 2020s and as much as 90% by the 2080s, according to a new study.They also found the majority of deaths would not occur during the high summer according to the researchers. They ... [Published Responding to Climate Change - 4 mins ago]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 reports

Airline industry’s greenhouse gas emissions deal still at stake

LONDON: Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry’s greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union’s emissions trading sy ... [Published The Gulf Today - 4 mins ago]
First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Weighing the implications of carbon milestone

Editor's note: On May 9, global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, as measured at Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory, reached 400 parts per million for the first time since accurate measurements started there in 1958. University of Illinois atmospheric ... [Published News Gazette - 4 hours ago]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

America’s first climate refugees: How climate change eats the Alaskan coast

This story is part of a  Guardian series  on climate refugees. Read  parts 1 ,  2 ,  3 , and 4 . Travis S. The slow-moving disaster being visited on the village of Newtok is a familiar one in Alaska. People are losing the ground beneath their feet, ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - 8 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 9 reports

Air India, Jet Air face EU ban over excessive emissions

India is preparing to strongly oppose prospective fines to be imposed by the European Union on national carrier Air India as well as private carrier Jet Airways for not complying with EU emission norms.The European Commission said at its Brussels headquarters ... [Published domain-b - May 18 2013]

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"The German industry is very concerned and quite rightly," Roesler said. "I expect the commission to do everything to prevent a trade conflict. The commission has to seek a resolution with negotiations and dialogue instead of threats."
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CO2 credits: The ultimate rebate? [Published Autoblog Green - 1 hour ago]
Filed under: Government/Legal , Earnings/Financials , Tesla , Electric Time For Buyers To Have Some Skin In The EV Game Politicians know that $8- or $9-a-gallon gas like in Europe would end their careers. The back-and-forth between those writing ...
Opinion: CO2 credits: The ultimate rebate? [Published Autoblog - 1 hour ago]
Filed under: Government/Legal , Earnings/Financials , Tesla , Electric Time For Buyers To Have Some Skin In The EV Game Politicians know that $8- or $9-a-gallon gas like in Europe would end their careers. The back-and-forth between those writing ...
The Public and Science [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - 1 hour ago]
Last year I wrote about the complicated relationship of conservatives and science .  New events underscore this problem as of late. Max Tegmark, writing for the Huffington Post discusses an MIT survey on religion and science. We found that ...
Mission Impossible? [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 3 hours ago]
Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C. On Friday I had the honor of being the commencement speaker for Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group , where I obtained my Ph.D. 26 years ago. Here is a lightly edited version of ...
Climate change isn't AN issue, it's THE issue [Published Daily Kos - 4 hours ago]
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