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News From Monday, September 22, 2008
8:38:24 PM Opinion: Proposition 10 fights global warming.
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

... exercise considerable leadership on fighting global climate change through the enactment AB"‰32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. ... [more]

6:58:26 PM Global warming could help protect grey nurse shark from extinction
ABC Online - Australia

But according to a group of leading shark scientists, global warming could help save them. Associate Professor Corey Bradshaw is from the University of ... [more]

6:12:35 PM NASA uses rubber ducks to fight global warming
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

Rubber ducks are the latest weapons in the fight against global warming, according to NASA. NASA scientists have dropped 90 of the ducks into holes in the ... [more]

5:22:23 PM Global warming could save endangered sharks
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

New research in Australia has found that while global warming is bad news for many species, it could benefit one critically-endangered animal - the grey ... [more]

3:47:49 PM MD And DE Work To Monitor Global Warming
WMDT - Salisbury,MD,USA

By ELAINA ATHANS -- WMDT 9/22/2008 A group of 10 states, including Maryland and Delaware, are taking steps to monitor global warming. ... [more]

2:13:28 PM Doing the weather
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India

In the process, they have compiled a remarkable data collection that has become a climatological treasure chest. The weather has been taken in exactly the ... [more]

1:05:02 PM The Hartford Named To Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
MarketWatch - USA

"As a nearly 200 year old company, The Hartford is committed to understanding and managing the risks associated with global climate change," said Alan ... [more]

11:58:06 AM COLORADO STATE RESEARCHERS HELP MONGOLIANS ADDRESS THE EFFECTS OF ...
Colorado State University (press release) - Fort Collins,CO,USA

Scientists expect that Mongolia will be significantly affected by global climate change. The country is home to an impressive area of intact temperate ... [more]

11:46:56 AM General Motors Continues to Send Mixed Messages on Global Warming
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Steven brought up global warming. It made for good shtik. Regardless of what his intentions were (and his intentions are questionable), the result was the ... [more]

11:06:33 AM Global warming has ecosystem double whammy
United Press International - USA

RENO, Nev., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- US scientists have found one abnormally warm year can suppress the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by some grassland .... [more]

9:06:30 AM Farm stories for September 22nd
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada

Publication spokesperson Jack burnett says they predict the weather based on local atmospheric conditions, climatology or long-term trends, ... [more]

8:37:42 AM The Climate is Right for Trains: Bombardier Transportation ...
MarketWatch - USA

.... comes at a time when rail operators are increasingly challenged by the pressures of rising energy costs, operating efficiency and global climate change. ... [more]

8:19:16 AM Global warming threatens tourism industry
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Nairobi,Kenya

The PS said during a press briefing in her office that, global warming is affecting many ecosystems. Nabutola said rising sea levels and beach erosion is ... [more]

7:46:54 AM Pension funds see potential in climate investment
ClimateChangeCorp.com - London,UK

Schroder’s Global Climate Change Fund targets firms that help companies to mitigate and adapt to climate change – such as silicon wafer supplier MEMC, ... [more]

7:32:55 AM Palin Misrepresented global warming science on Endangered Polar ...
The Gloucester County Times - Woodbury,NJ,USA

.... opposition to federal protections for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act, due to global warming and melting of the bear's polar ice habitat. ... [more]

7:02:17 AM Today's forecast: Bright and breezy morning; high clouds with ...
Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA

... rainy outlook next week to a warm and dry prognosis. Some early-fall rain is certainly a possibility to watch. But climatology suggests it’s too early. [more]

5:59:24 AM Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA

Meanwhile, in his twice-weekly syndicated column he’s written more and more about energy and the closely-related issue of global climate change. ... [more]

5:31:12 AM How to stop global warming
Economic Times - India

There is no longer any doubt that we have a problem. Last year, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that global temperatures have been ... [more]

3:55:59 AM Alcoa, Pew Center Launch 'Make an Impact' Climate Change Program
Industry Week - USA

22, 2008 -- Alcoa and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change have launched a program called, "Make an Impact," which provides tools for Alcoa’s employees ... [more]

3:33:56 AM ‘Dot Earth’ Science Blog Wins Journalism Prize For Global Warming ...
RushPRnews.com (press release) - Montreal,Quebec,Canada

While many climate change denialists post comments on his blog, proclaiming that global warming is a hoax, hundreds of other comments by people who take the ... [more]

3:12:43 AM EU takes a step toward a fair climate deal
New Europe - Brussels,Belgium

.... following the adoption of his report on the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) by the Development Committee in the European Parliament. .... [more]

2:57:52 AM Farmers' almanac predicts 'mini ice age' to come
Nelson Leader - UK

.... staff use the weather prediction method devised by almanac founder Robert B. Thomas, using a combination of solar sciences, meteorology and climatology. ... [more]

2:36:19 AM TV Review: Earth: The Climate Wars, BBC Two, Sunday 21 September, 9pm
TV Scoop - London,UK

Running their models, climatologists predicted the ash from the volcano would cause a global average cooling of half a degree, and it would last for about 2 ... [more]

2:23:35 AM Fall is here, so let the grousing commence
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA

Iowa State University Extension climatologist Elwynn Taylor will start the discussion about winter, cranking it up with a little La Nina talk: "Just when we ... [more]

1:52:44 AM Biochar: Grow Bigger, Better Veggies While Slowing Global Warming
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany

Because it sequesters carbon, it could also help mitigate global warming. There’sa new player on the organic gardening front. It's called biochar, and it ... [more]

1:08:14 AM Global warming and cleaner skies are making it rain more
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

.... scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, have determined that global warming and cleaner skies are making it rain more. .... [more]

12:20:43 AM Utilities shrink the role of coal on global-warming worries
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY The power industry is stepping up its shift away from coal-fired electricity amid global-warming concerns, as some utilities ... [more]



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