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4:15:21 PM Financial Middlemen Muddle Climate Commitments
IPS - Italy

"In addition to the bilateral climate related assistance the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) remains the main vehicle for the Commission to deliver assistance to the LDCs," EU sources told IPS. From 2008-2011, the GCCA, an EU initiative providi [more]

12:14:21 PM Our environmental challenge
Juneau Empire

.... and a commitment by Catholic individuals, families, parishes, organizations and institutions to live our faith by protecting God's creation and advocating on behalf of people in poverty who face the harshest impacts of global climate change. [more]

11:21:53 AM Probing Question: What is the Jet Stream?
Gant Daily

The jet stream could be viewed as something like that, except in the upper atmosphere instead of the ocean, said climatologist Paul Knight, senior lecturer in meteorology at Penn State. “The jet stream is a current or river of wind, usually about 200 [more]

9:14:11 AM Colorado scientists collecting data on record-setting hail
Denver Post

State climatologist Nolan Doesken, who has been tracking Colorado hail data for more than 30 years, recorded a 4.5-inch stone July 30, 1979, but there are at least 18 similar reports, some better-documented than others. Scores of Coloradans would arg [more]

1:07:56 AM Warming's final mystery: clouds
China Daily

By Justin Gillis (The New York Times) IT IS The greatest remaining mystery in climate science: How will clouds change with global warming? Most scientists believe that clouds will probably have a neutral effect or even amplify the warming, ... [more]



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