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10:44:09 PM Global warming alarmism
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand

OPINION: Roughly one person in two is concerned about man-made global warming. Why? Because vivid, alarming forecasts are persuasive only for a time. We've seen it all before. Take the alarm over mercury in fish. In 2004, a United States Environmenta [more]

10:44:09 PM Al Gore, Press Critic
Slate

Gore begins complaining about press coverage of global warming but then marbles his essay with a couple of history lessons and sections complaining about campaign-finance regulation, the economic crisis, the number of hours people watch television, . [more]

5:57:20 PM Arctic sea ice headed for another major melt
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The precipitous decline of Arctic sea ice during the past 30 years of the satellite record (and longer, when other data is taken into consideration) has been one of the most striking manifestations of global climate change, and it's ushering in a new [more]

5:03:15 PM Wingnut Watch: Rick Santorum Says 'There's No Such Thing As Global Warming'
Rolling Stone - USA

... as a "beautifully concocted plan" ginned up by liberals to justify government spending. Last week, Santorum outdid himself while visiting with his pal Glenn Beck by saying, simply, "There's no such thing as global warming." Check out the video he [more]

5:03:15 PM Half the truth on emissions
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

There is no mystery or guesswork about the cause of recent global warming - it can be directly measured. Satellites observe less radiation escaping to space at those exact wavelengths that carbon dioxide absorbs radiation. Less heat escaping to space [more]

5:03:15 PM Supreme Court Slaps Gore, Sleeps Again, Ignores Global Warming Alarm
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Ronald Czarnecki | June 26, 2011 7:53 PM EDT Most of the media's global warming advocates remained tight-lipped and severely depressed last week as the Supreme Court defiantly slapped the face of Super Hero Al Gore, champion and chief spokesperson [more]

2:18:12 PM August, Dry Season Peak
BeritaJakarta.com

Climatology Meteorology and Geophysics Board (BMKG) predicted that the peak of dry season this year will occur in mid-August. However, BMKG stated that the current air temperature is still in normal conditions, that is 32-34 degrees Celsius. ... [more]

1:59:34 PM Standard Solar to be Recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative for
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Business Wire (press release) ... Clinton to raise sufficient capital to build a company that would “enable American homeowners to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and purchase affordable residential solar electric systems so they can fight glob [more]

1:56:57 PM What if Al Gore Flew Coach?
Nashville Scene - TN, USA

I assume you all saw our own Al Gore's big essay in Rolling Stone about how the battle over global climate change is something like the Royal Rumble, with folks like him being the good guys getting dicked over by the ref, and the evil corporations an [more]

12:46:23 PM Supreme Court's Global-Warming Decision Keeps The Cause Alive
Forbes - NY,USA

Getting warmer: The Supreme Court rejects global-warming suit while reaffirming need for action. On June 20 the US Supreme Court decided against the rights of six States, New York City and three private land trusts to sue under federal common law to  [more]

10:57:11 AM Global warming decreasing salt in sea
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa

Professor Chris Reid, of the Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, who was involved in the study, said: “Due to global warming, it is predicted there will be an increase in precipitation in the river basins that flow into the Baltic Sea. ... [more]

10:57:11 AM Global warming drives evolution of Columbian ground squirrels
Guardian - UK

In this short video, Dr Carin Bondar interviews postdoctoral fellow, Dr Jeff Lane (University of Edinburgh), to learn how environmental changes affect the world around us. In particular, she tells us about a population of Columbian ground squirrels,  [more]

8:30:53 AM Spurring the EPA on greenhouse gases
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

(Chris Carlson / Associated Press) When the Supreme Court rules in favor of power plants in a global warming case, the initial reaction is dismay. But the effort to control carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions won't be greatly set back b [more]

8:23:13 AM Dissapointing Weekend Blues (soggy Monday, summer heat is 72 hours away)
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

... change in 2006: "The scientific evidence is clear; global climate change caused by human activity is occurring now, and is a growing threat to society....the pace of change and the evidence of harm have increased markedly over the last five years [more]

4:39:58 AM Global Climate Change May Make Our Oceans Stinkier
Treehugger - New York,NY,USA

by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 06.26.11 With the melting ice caps, desertification, and extinctions associated with climate change, it's fair to say that global warming stinks -- but according to ocean researchers, it may literally sme [more]

4:19:13 AM Activism - Cuccinelli rides again
Richmond Times Dispatch

That should add another campaign ribbon to his increasingly crowded chest: He already has sued Washington over climate-change regulations and Obamacare, and gone after climatologist Michael Mann's e-mails in an attempt to bring about Climategate II.  [more]

2:08:54 AM Global warming reintroduces gray whale, algae species to Northern Atlantic
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

Scientists believe the unprecedented melting of the earth's polar caps due to global warming over the last few decades is responsible for the reintroductions. The melting opened up what is known as the Northwest Passage, a (relatively short) ocean .. [more]

1:01:09 AM Towards green low-carbon growth?
The Malaysia Star - Malaysia

Nevertheless, the spotlight has very much been on China, not least because its high economic growth on top of its economic weight means what happens in the country has a significant impact on global climate change. The conference was meant to open .. [more]

1:01:09 AM Great Global Energy Struggle to Come: The New Thirty Years' War
Pacific Free Press - Victoria,BC,Canada

Two barriers stand in the way of preserving the existing energy profile: eventual oil scarcity and global climate change. Most energy analysts expect conventional oil output -- that is, liquid oil derived from fields on land and in shallow coastal .. [more]



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