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News From Wednesday, March 31, 2010
8:55:39 PM UK Parliament clears climatologists, calls for more openness
Ars Technica - USA

There's little here to suggest that the conclusions of most climatologists should be called into question. Nevertheless, climatology has reached a point of ... [more]

8:20:15 PM Lights out at UMD part of a global effort
Statesman

People around the globe were asked to turn off their lights for one hour to make a remark about global climate change and to have their silence heard. .... [more]

8:14:25 PM Greenpeace Questions iPad's Role in Global Warming
Marketing Pilgrim - Raleigh,NC,USA

and global warming. Apple is not alone in this claim as Google, Facebook and others' feet are being held to the fire because of the environmental impact of ... [more]

6:55:55 PM NJ rainfall breaks state records
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA

AP • March 31, 2010 State climatologist David Robinson says New Jersey has seen its wettest March on record with 9.26 inches of rain, an average calculated ... [more]

6:54:05 PM Ancient Climate Record Could Be Lost Within 10 Years
Treehugger - New York,NY,USA

The study would help climatologists form a more complete climate record, allowing them to build more accurate models for understanding current and future ... [more]

6:10:15 PM Sarah Silverman Injects Some Funny Into Global Warming Debate
OnEarth Magazine

.... director and producer of a film called "Not Evil, Just Wrong: The True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria": "Why do you hate polar bears? ... [more]

5:57:45 PM Microsoft Responds to Greenpeace Cloud Computing Report
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.... dropped some big caca into the water with an announcement just before April Fools' Day about Cloud Computing and its effect on Global Climate Change. ... [more]

5:17:57 PM Your Turn: A Global Warming Whitewash?
CBS News - USA

.... it had seen no evidence supporting charges that data was tampered with or the peer review process perverted to exaggerate the global warming threat. ... [more]

5:01:16 PM Climate Denialism a 20-Year-Old Industry?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA

They include: Sallie Baliunas and Willie Soon, both Harvard-Smithsonian Institute astrophysicists; Richard Lindzen, a climatologist at MIT; Patrick Michaels ... [more]

4:20:53 PM Model Predicts Shifts in Carbon Absorption by Forest Canopies
Agricultural Research - Beltsville,MD,USA

.... help pinpoint the effectiveness of trees in offsetting carbon releases that contribute to higher atmospheric temperatures and global climate change. ... [more]

3:24:18 PM Survey shows TV meteorologists have doubts about global warming
NBC Augusta - Georgia,South Carolina,USA

An extensive new survey of television meteorologists shows their support for the concept of human induced global warming is not very strong. ... [more]

2:39:15 PM Bad economy could delay implementation of California's global warming bill
California Independent Voter Network

by Alan Markow California's effort to fight global warming may be caught on the horns of a dilemma. While the state (and especially Governor Schwarzenegger) ... [more]

2:30:00 PM TV Weather Forecasters Deny Climate Change, Just Not in the Northwest
Seattle Weekly

To put it another way, many TV weathercasters don't have the necessary background to really understand the science of global climate change and their ... [more]

2:21:09 PM NJ rainfall totals during record-setting month
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

.... was the soggiest spot in the state. Here's a look at how Long Hill compares with other locales. (Sources: NJ State Climatologist; Accu-Weather) [more]

11:38:42 AM Climate change debate is fierce: Phillips
Canada East - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada

David Phillips of Toronto, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, tackled the controversial subject of climate change during an address yesterday to ... [more]

11:17:52 AM Lovelock: Humans Can't Fix Global Warming
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

.... Lovelock told Hickman that "modern democracy" was partially to blame for the lack of legitimate response to the global warming issue, and that it should ... [more]

10:55:59 AM Greenpeace Report on Cloud Computing Veers on Incoherence
SYS-CON Media (press release)

The issue of global climate change, is indeed a serious topic. It requires a much more serious report than this latest effort from Greenpeace, in my opinion ... [more]

10:05:55 AM UN Climate Chief:Mexico Summit Must Boost Global Warming Fight
NASDAQ - New York,New York,USA

.... on climate change in Mexico at the end of the year must accelerate action against global warming, the United Nations Climate Chief said Wednesday. ... [more]

9:05:54 AM JOHN CARLSON - Did global warming fill cellars, and flood streets?
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

They're “getting skeptical about Global Warming skepticism,” the intense, befuddling resistance to GW's mere possibility. That's hard to digest, ... [more]

8:43:42 AM Right-wing parties playing ostrich on global warming
Edmonton Journal

The research is in, and most trained climatologists are in agreement. Yes, we need thoughtful second thought, but I hope that when the next asteroid is ... [more]

7:20:02 AM SD Legislation creates national spotlight
USD Volante Online - Vermillion,SD,USA

By ROB NIELSEN South Dakota's 85th Legislative Session has recently landed the state in the spotlight of the global climate change debate. ... [more]

6:52:05 AM University of East Anglia refused to share information on global warming
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Sceptics claim that the emails showed scientists were willing to manipulate the data behind global warming, sparking a worldwide scandal that became known ... [more]

6:47:01 AM Local weatherman takes on global warming 'alarmists'
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

By Michael Norton/State House News Service Invoking the claims of an MIT climatologist, a veteran Boston-area TV meteorologist has cited “alarmists” in the ... [more]

5:41:10 AM GUEST COLUMN: The Governorship and Global Warming
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

By Richard Frenkel The current party line of what might be called the Sarah Palin conservatives is that global warming is the result of "natural climate ... [more]

3:23:03 AM Inquiry backs scientists in global warming row
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News

Sceptics claimed the messages showed evidence scientists were trying to exaggerate the case for global warming in the run-up to December's UN climate talks. ... [more]

3:22:14 AM No protest here: A snow-free March
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada

“I'd bet $100 that we'll see some snowfall at some point in April,” Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips said Tuesday. ... [more]

1:17:53 AM House of Commons: No "Climategate"
Seattle Post Intelligencer

A multiparty committee of Britain's House of Commons has reported that climate researchers did not misrepresent data on global warming and that the ... [more]

12:28:24 AM Poll: Support for Nuclear Energy Hits Record High
Environment News Service - USA

Moreover, air pollution is a greater concern than global climate change, although some respondents care very much about climate change. ... [more]

12:16:07 AM Battle of the TV weathercasters vs. climatologists on global warming
Mother Nature Network - Atlanta,GA,USA

A divide in opinion over global warming between TV forecasters and climate scientists could affect the American public's standpoint on the issue, ... [more]



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