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Living On Earth 05 Feb
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Other NewsStorm over forecasters.Reuters 03 Feb EditorialsGlobal warming alarmists chilled.The Earth's temperature hasn't increased significantly in about 15 years, which wouldn't be big news except global warming extremists had predicted temperatures would soar during that time because of manmade greenhouse-gas emissions. Marysville-Yuba City Appeal-Democrat 05 Feb Can Californians afford cleaner cars?California's history-bending rules will do what they are designed to do - reduce pollution and cut greenhouse gases - only if the public buys the clean cars in the volumes predicted. That's the big uncertainty. Modesto Bee 03 Feb Climate change should have effect on politics.Azaleas are budding and daffodils can be found in full bloom along rural roads around West Alabama. Is that proof of global warming? Hardly, but that doesn’t mean evidence of sustained, rapid climate change isn’t mounting. Tuscaloosa News 02 Feb Climate data chills global warming alarmism.The Earth's temperature hasn't increased significantly in about 15 years. Yet governments around the world used the threatened overheating as an excuse to regulate, tax and subsidize in order to curb greenhouse gases. Orange County Register 02 Feb Buyers will be key to state goal of cleaner cars.The California Air Resources Board has pushed the envelope yet again. But the history-bending rules will do what they are designed to do – reduce pollution and cut greenhouse gases – only if the public buys the new clean cars in the volumes predicted. That's the big uncertainty. Sacramento Bee 01 Feb Bullet train becoming 'Moonbeam Express.'In a brazen denial of the obvious, Gov. Jerry Brown now insists the proposed California high-speed rail can be built for much less than its own business plan stipulates, and wants to use anti-global-warming carbon taxes to underwrite the proposal, whose price tag has nearly tripled in the three years since voters approved it. Orange County Register 01 Feb Mr. O'Malley's misguided effort to aid Maryland wind projects.Gov. Martin O’Malley wants to erect wind turbines off Maryland’s coast, eventually generating perhaps a third of the state’s electricity. But it’s a bad deal for nearly everyone in Maryland — including people who believe, as we do, in moving away from fossil fuels. Washington Post 31 Jan In defense of clean energy.After months of standing by as Republicans tried to gut environmental laws and discredit his clean energy initiatives, President Obama blasted Republicans for their single-minded commitment to fossil fuels, argued the case for a diversified energy strategy and dared to talk about climate change. New York Times 28 Jan OpinionEd Davey's promotion is a great opportunity for a greener future.A new energy secretary for the UK means a new chance for Prime Minister David Cameron to mend fences with the coalition and reaffirm his commitment to making "the greenest government ever." The Guardian 07 Feb Climate consensus cracking open - or not.Is there or isn't there a scientific consensus on climate change? And does it matter? A problem is the absence of clarity over which consensus we are talking about; consensus that the Earth is warming, consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are the main reason, or consensus that it's a problem requiring urgent solution, to name but three? BBC 07 Feb Co-operation in a world of scarce resources.From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to enter a new - and perhaps unprecedented - phase. Al Jazeera 06 Feb Britain's green-minded climate change minister resigns: Why that's good for the environment.From a distance it must be hard to feel excitement at the news of the resignation of Britain's energy and climate change secretary. But this domestic hiccup matters to anyone with an interest in the fate of climate change targets agreed by EU countries back in 2007. Economist 06 Feb How to fool people using 'cherry-picked' climate data.The climate drives the weather. People care about the weather – what happens day to day – our weather can bring us joy or misery. It is time to care about the climate as well, because our decisions and actions today will reverberate in our weather for centuries to come. Forbes 06 Feb Carbon bubble: Bank of England's opportunity to tackle market failure.The depth of the financial system's exposure to high carbon and environmentally unsustainable investments could be a systemic risk that threatens economic security. The Guardian 06 Feb Chris Huhne's exit gives Cameron the chance to end the scourge of wind turbines.Under Mr Huhne’s stewardship, Britain has been saddled with the most fanatical deep green energy policy in the world. Those who have been horrified by this lunacy are pinning their hopes on Mr Huhne’s successor, fellow Lib Dem Ed Davey. London Daily Mail 06 Feb Lack of climate justice puts world at risk.Deep diplomatic despondency seems to characterize our time, and we need books that are brutally honest about what is at risk. Such a book is Praful Bidwai’s The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis. The book asks how India will combine the task of fighting poverty with promoting global justice. New Delhi Asian Age 05 Feb |
UK Labour party accuses Tory right of 'contempt' for the environment.Labour has accused the chancellor of the exchequer of "actively revelling in contempt for environmental protection", in the latest broadside in the row over green policies that has consumed the coalition since the resignation of Chris Huhne on Friday. The Guardian 07 Feb Anti-nuclear Tokyo mayor challenges big utilities.Setagaya’s mayor is determined to turn this city ward of 840,000 people, the largest in Tokyo, into the front-runner of a movement that will put an end to Japan’s reliance on atomic power and accelerate the use of renewable energy. Wall Street Journal 07 Feb Climate protesting president of Maldives resigns under political pressure.Mohamed Nasheed, the president of Maldives who resigned Feb. 7, was best known as a passionate advocate of climate change, going as far as holding the world's first underwater cabinet meeting to highlight the cause. Al Jazeera 07 Feb Use Rio 20 to overhaul idea of growth, urges EU climate chief.The world must use a landmark environmental summit this year to change forever the current damaging model of economic growth, Europe's climate chief has warned, or face future crises as severe as the one currently enveloping the eurozone. The Guardian 07 Feb Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA.A day before Colorado Republicans voice presidential preferences at the caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels. Colorado Independent 07 Feb Big Coal attacks Penn State scientist (again).We've documented the long-term effort to malign Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann here rather extensively. Now a coal-backed group is running a smear campaign targeting an upcoming speaking event Mann is holding on campus. Mother Jones 07 Feb China carriers won't pay fees for emissions.China on Monday said it prohibited its airlines from paying for carbon emissions under the European Union's new system to limit greenhouse emissions, in an escalation of Beijing's opposition to the plan. Wall Street Journal 07 Feb Europe holds China to carbon tax payments.European officials are insisting that Chinese airlines will have to pay for their carbon emissions, rebuffing an attempt by Beijing on Monday to shield them from a controversial emissions trading scheme. Financial Times 07 Feb UN panel promotes carbon tax, eco-based prices.Governments must craft a global pact that promotes a carbon tax and prices goods based on ecological costs, politicians and U.N. panelists urged Monday. Associated Press 07 Feb Kelly Blynn: Activists not "letting the pressure off" on Keystone pipeline.Along with Bill McKibben and a small cadre of passionate environmental activists, Kelly Blynn co-founded the climate activism group "350." The group has been hard at work to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Mongabay 07 Feb Mitt's Solyndra? He handed out renewable energy subsidies, too.Republicans are pounding Barack Obama on Solyndra, but it may be a complicated argument for their front-runner to maintain: While Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts also picked some winners and losers with energy subsidies. Politico 07 Feb Energy industry dollars flow to Romney .The energy industry is beginning to coalesce around Mitt Romney as its preferred candidate for president, according to an E&E Daily review of contributions to the various presidential candidates and political action committees associated with them. E&E Daily 07 Feb Government: REDD payments to benefit communities.The Tanzanian government has agreed to let 80 per cent of payments done under Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) to go to communities that protect forests. Dar es Salaam Daily News 07 Feb UK committed to green economy, new secretary says.Though greenhouse gas emissions from the United Kingdom were up, London aims to meet its overall climate objectives, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said. United Press International 07 Feb Subsidy cuts could pull the plug on community green energy schemes.Community scale green energy projects could be put out of business by Scottish Government plans to slash subsidy support for onshore wind and hydro schemes, the SNP has been warned. Edinburgh Scotsman 07 Feb Nick Clegg defends wind power subsidies after Tory-led attack.Nick Clegg has led a fightback against concerted attacks by Conservative MPs on government subsidies to support wind power. The Guardian 07 Feb It's the economy. And politics. And not much else.Economics and political cues dictate climate change concern for a public that has a remarkably short attention span on the topic, researchers find. Science-based education efforts have 'only a minor effect.' Daily Climate 06 Feb China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax.China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change. Associated Press 06 Feb Carbon tax only a good start: report.A carbon price alone will not be enough for Australia to meet its target of a dramatic cut in greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an analysis by the Grattan Institute has found. Sydney Morning Herald 06 Feb Dueling claims on Obama's energy record ignore production boom and reasons for it.You wouldn’t know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. And you wouldn’t know it from President Barack Obama, but he has very little to do with that. Associated Press 06 Feb UK's new energy secretary confirms green targets.Britain's newly-appointed Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey on Monday confirmed the country's commitment to its green energy targets and its focus on growing the offshore wind power generation capacities. Reuters 06 Feb 100 Tories call for wind-farm subsidy cuts.The Scottish Government has launched a robust defence of its flagship green energy policy after concerns were raised by more than 100 Tory politicians about the cost of subsidies paid for onshore wind farms. Edinburgh Scotsman 06 Feb On Keystone pipeline, GOP plays Buffett card to counter Dems' Koch claims.Senior Capitol Hill Democrats battling the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline are casting the project as a sop to the Koch Brothers, billionaire industrialists who pour money into conservative causes. The Hill 06 Feb China bans airlines from EU carbon scheme.China banned airlines from taking part in a European Union carbon-emissions system designed to curb pollution, saying the program violates international rules. India, the U.S., and global airlines have also raised objections to the levy, arguing it will raise costs and be less effective than a global solution. Bloomberg News 06 Feb China 'bans' airlines from joining EU carbon tax scheme.China has "banned" all airlines in the country from joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme aimed at cutting carbon emissions. BBC 06 Feb China bans airlines from paying EU carbon charges.China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States. Agence France-Presse 06 Feb China bans airlines from joining EU emissions scheme.The Chinese government said on Monday it has barred the country's airlines from joining a European Union scheme to charge for carbon emissions from flights into and out of Europe and prohibit airlines from charging customers extra because of the EU plan. Reuters 06 Feb Pacific Rim countries eye climate-change plan.Pacific-Rim countries belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation plan to map out strategies to adapt to and mitigate the ill effects of climate change on agriculture via a symposium which kicked off in Pasig City on Monday. BusinessMirror 06 Feb |
