Jul 13, 2009Climate Change News
Forthwith the KTCSG will cease publishing its monthly listing of links climate change news articles. The links below provide access to current information in this voluminous, rapidly advancing field of study.
The National Wildlife Federation provides a Global Warming News...
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Apr 1, 2009Climate Change News - April 1, 2009
According to a report from the Pacific Institute, California may lose up to 31 square miles of coastal property by 2100. The report says that a 1.4 meter sea level rise could impact 480,000 people and cost CA over $100 billion by 2100.
George Monbiot notes that because...
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Mar 25, 2009Climate Change News
UN climate chief says Obama administration like a change from night to day .
Human activities are overwhelming natural systems according to the President of AAAS.
Carbon emissions have been increasing at 3.5 percent per year since 2000 and are now greater than any that were considered...
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Feb 11, 2009Climate Change News
The health of the world's oceans is critical to a sustainable future. Here are some forward thinking policy suggestions for the Obama administration from the Ocean Conservancy . However, ocean "dead zones" are expanding and, with more global warming, they may persist for...
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Jan 4, 2009Climate Change News
What happened at the critical climate meeting at Poznan? Here is a report from Dec 10th and here is a report from Dec 12th , after the conclusion of the meeting. Apparently, the progress in preventing deforestation that was reported in the last Climate...
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Dec 11, 2008Climate Change News
The Atlantic hurricane season of 2008 set 5 records , including the first time 5 consecutive storms hit the US mainland and the first time a major hurricane formed in 5 consecutive months of the hurricane season. For information on the increasing risk from hurricanes for the East...
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Nov 3, 2008Climate Change News - November 3, 2008
The New Scientist , the popular science magazine from the UK, has multiple articles on "The Folly of Growth: How to Stop the Economy Killing the Planet." SC's very own Gus Speth has a fascinating article on how conventional environmentalism cannot compete with surging global...
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Oct 22, 2008Climate Change News - October 22, 2008
Can the economic crisis perhaps be a doorway into a much more sustainable world? See also this article . However, Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Climate Secretariat, thinks it will make it harder for developing countries to begin moving toward decreasing...
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Oct 6, 2008Climate Change News - October 6, 2008
Andy Revkin, the author of the DotEarth blog at the NYT , has received a prestigious journalism award for his long labors addressing climate change and global warming. His links to some of his early articles are especially interesting.
RealClimate has had some interesting...
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Sep 21, 2008Climate Change News - September 21, 2008
It looks like Congress will let the ban on off shore drilling expire .
Some argue that "the environmental movement" must commit to "a path of justice and global equity," both of which are necessary for a transition to sustainability. Andy Revkin has a blog about this at...
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Jul 25, 2008Climate Change News
EPA issues regulations for CO2 sequestration. This article has some interesting information about the US's capacity for deep underground storage of CO2 - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/epa_carbon_storage The big question is whether or not it is feasible. ...
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