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Mar 12 | News
According to nonprofit group Sandbag, reports the AP, major European polluters are buying their way out of making big cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon offsets that pay for environmental programs in developing nations.
Feb 9 | News
The weather system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to intensify. The new Climate Service was announced this week, and it combines the various units of the Weather Service and Ocean Service that have been studying climate change. Pending congressional committee approval, the office will appear at the end of 2010.
Jan 20 | News
A U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were melting faster than any other place in the world and may be gone by 2035 was not backed up by science, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday—an admission that could energize climate change critics.
Jan 11 | RDBlog
How pure is our drinking water? The answer to that question varies by region, country, etc. But what has begun to scare me is the threat of toxins polluting drinking water everywhere.
Jan 11 | News
A strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes can quickly and inexpensively detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking water. Engineers at the Univ. of Michigan led the development of the new biosensor.
Jan 6 | News
The United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol to diversify its energy sources and increase energy security, according to a new policy paper by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Jan 4 | News
Loggers and real estate developers aren’t the only ones to have crossed Mother Nature’s most challenged wildlife. Now BrightSource Energy, which plans to build a solar-energy complex in the Mojave Desert, has been foiled by environmental groups looking to save rare tortoises. It’s a case of good project, bad location.
12/17/2009 | News
Even as countries like the U.S.
and China spar in Copenhagen, some
agreements have already been struck, including one to fund reduced emissions
from deforestation. But as researchers have recently pointed out, unless
safeguards are in place the funding could merely transfer carbon emissions to
another source rather than eliminate them.
12/14/2009 | News
Climate research e-mails stolen from a Univ. of East Anglia server amounted to 1 million in total, and a review by the Associated Press showed that apart from a clear effort to shape the message to be drawn from their studies, the most significant finding was that an effort may have been made to avoid sharing scientific data with critics skeptical of global warming.
12/11/2009 | News
The main elements of a global pact on climate change is in place, but in the areas of financing and greenhouse gas emissions cuts there remain open holes that world leads hope to fill in next week. The six-page document was distilled from 180 pages.