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July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Woodall, Reuters, Los Angeles Will End Use of Coal-Fired Power
7/03/09 Loney, Reuters, Loss of World's Seagrass Beds Seen Accelerating
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Gill, BBC, Climate change is shrinking sheep
7/02/09 Klapper, AP, Extinction Looms, Study Says
7/02/09 Hamilton, Guardian, How to create a drought-friendly garden
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Adam, Guardian, ExxonMobil continuing to fund climate skeptic groups, records show
7/01/09 Reuters, Permafrost Melting a Growing Climate Threat: Study
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Walker, BBC, Huge declines in woodland birds
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Fogerty, Reuters, Crops Face Toxic Timebomb in Warmer World: Study
6/29/09 Schmid, AP, Increasing dust speeds melting of mountain snow
6/29/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Rising sea level to submerge Louisiana coastline by 2100, study warns
6/29/09 EDIE, New role for Spaans Babcock Archimedes screws generating electricity
6/29/09 EDIE, 'Zero carbon hierarchy' for homes outlined
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Tandon, BBC, India heat wave sparks protests
6/28/09 Clark, Miami Herald, Keys ill-prepared for rising sea
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 Samuelson, CSM, How does cap-and-trade work?
6/27/09 Samuelson, CSM, What a national cap-and-trade program might look like
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Nichols, Nation, House Passes "Weak" Climate Change Bill
6/26/09 EDIE, Britain on health alert as temperatures soar
6/26/09 Monbiot, Guardian, Why do we allow the US to act like a failed state on climate change?
June 25, 2009
6/25/09 Chevez, Lexington Herald-Leader, Report: Coal industry costs state government
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Dloughy, SF Chron., Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
6/22/09 Harkinson, MoJo, Waxman-Markey: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
6/22/09 Fusche, Guardian, Rapid growth in European cod farming prompts fears from green groups
6/22/09 EDIE, Government comes under fire on clean coal
6/22/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, NATO's War Plans For The High North
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 BBC, World hunger 'hits one billion'
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Adam, Guardian, Floods, droughts and soaring temperatures: Met Office predicts how climate change will affect UK
6/18/09 Black, BBC, UK maps climate change forecasts
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Rampell, NYT, The Economic Impact of Climate Change
6/16/09 Mattern, IPS, SCIENCE: Hybrid Chestnut Trees Hold Promise as Carbon Sponges
6/16/09 Palmer, BBC, Hydrogen car to be 'open source'
6/16/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Obama targets US public with call for climate action
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Criscione, CSM, The next 'moon landing?' Norway plans deep-sea CO2 storage.
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Lam, IPS, VIETNAM: Saltwater Intrusion Adds to Water Woes
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Adam & Goldenberg, Guardian, US says it will not demand binding carbon cuts from China
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Black, BBC, 'Boom and bust' of deforestation
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement. CARE. May 2009. research copy (36pgs)
6/10/09 AFP, Water Stress, Ocean Levels to Unleash 'Climate Exodus'
6/10/09 Borenstein, AP, Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down
6/10/09 Basu, CNN, Climate change may displace up to 200 million
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Watts, Guardian, China Alone Could Bring World to Brink of Climate Calamity, Claims US Official
6/09/09 Blumenthal, McClatchy, Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans
6/09/09 Borger & Watts, Guardian, China launches green power revolution to catch up on west
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 AP, Forecasters say El Nino may be developing
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Cevallos, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: Bolster Natural Carbon Absorption, Says UN
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Moss, FPIF, Managing World Water
May 30, 2009
5/30/09 Peltz, AP, Hurricane barriers floated to keep sea out of NYC
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 EDIE, Arctic provides litmus test for global climate change response
5/29/09 Leahy, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: More Subsidies for Fossil Fuels in Recovery Plans
5/29/09 Whiteman, CNN, Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'
5/29/09 Pachuari, Guardian, This silent suffering poor and global warming
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Ansari, CNN, Survey: Arctic may hold twice the oil previously found there
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Veal, IPS, ENERGY: Geothermal Is Not So Clean
5/26/09 BBC, Brazil floods displace thousands
May 24, 2009
5/25/09 Macalister, Guardian, Climate Change Summit Hijacked by Biggest Polluters, Critics Claim
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Painter, BBC, Chile faces climate change challenge
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Litvinsky, IPS, Lobbyist Ranks Swell With Advent of Climate Bill
5/21/09 Wysham, ITT, What's Wrong With the New Climate Bill
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 IntelDaily, White House announces national vehicle emissions policy
5/20/09 Fraser, AlterNet, Glaciers Go, Leaving Drought, Conflict and Tension in Andes
5/20/09 Watts, Guardian, "We Have Taken Every Measure We Can Think of to Stop the Desert Moving Closer and Submerging Our Crops and Villages"
5/20/09 Telegra[h, World's first battery fuelled by air
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 BBC, Obama to curb vehicle emissions
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Huq, FPIF, Bridging the Climate Change Gap
5/18/09 EDIE, Australia to build World's largest solar power station
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Leahy, IPS, Deep CO2 Cuts May Be Last Hope for Acid Oceans
5/15/09 Lillis, Wa. Independent, Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Boseley, Guardian, Climate change biggest threat to health, doctors say
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 CNN, Carter pushes energy reform plan to Congress
5/12/09 BBC, Rare island species 'undervalued'
May 11, 2009
5/12/09 Downing, Sac Bee, Economic, environmental hurdles block critical California water transfers
5/11/09 Sibaja, AP, Floods ease in Brazil, but 300,000-plus homeless
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Schmid, AP, Warning: Sunspot cycle beginning to rise
5/08/09 Enders, McClatchy, Glacier in Bolivia _ gone
5/08/09 Bhandari, IPS, AUSTRALIA: Climate Change - Further Threat to Aboriginals
5/08/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US denies polar bears protection from climate change
5/08/09 EDIE, Copenhagen 'the world's last chance' - Dimas
5/08/09 Herbert, AP, Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Hayes, Mercury News, Harvesting the Rain: An Old Idea Takes on New Life
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 Chin, NYT, Climate Change in Pictures
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US climate change denier James Inhofe joins Al Gore in fight against soot
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Johnson, Guardian, Web providers must limit internet's carbon footprint, say experts
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Rising, AP, Huge ice chunks break away from Antarctic shelf
4/30/09 Pearce, Guardian, Greenwash: Fujitsu's green laptop costs the earth
4/30/09 Connor, Independent, Climate Chaos Predicted by CO2 Study
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 Madrigal, Wired, Humans Halfway to Causing Dangerous Climate Change
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Leahy, IPS, RIGHTS: Indigenous Wisdom Against Climate Change
4/28/09 Vidal, Guardian, Climate change hitting entire Arctic ecosystem, says report
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Casey, AP, Study: SE Asia will be hit hard by climate change
4/27/09 Weiser, SacBee, Water Controversies Boil Over
4/27/09 Leahy, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: Burden Lies with Rich Polluters, Native People Say
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Revkin, NYT, Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate
4/24/09 The Age of Stupid
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Schmid, AP, Rivers shrinking: Flow of many rivers in decline
4/21/09 Bluemink, ADN, Climate Concern Unites Natives at UN Conference in Anchorage
4/21/09 Fimrite, SF Chron, Gore: 2009 Turning Point in Environment Battle
April 19, 2009
4/19/09 AP, Energy secretary: Islands could disappear
4/19/09 Davies, Guardian, Antarctic cruise tourists lose out as soaring numbers alarm scientists
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Cappiello, AP, Congress weighs far-reaching global warming bill
4/18/09 Beamish, AP, Solar finds it hard to squeeze water from desert
4/18/09 Al Jazeera, 'Mega-droughts' forecast for Africa
4/18/09 Kinver, BBC, Key role of forests 'may be lost
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Galbraith, NYT, A Plan for U.S. Emissions to Be Buried Under Sea
4/17/09 Schoof, McClatchy, EPA declares fossil fuel emissions a health threat
4/17/09 Reuters, EPA poised to declare dangers of greenhouse gas
4/17/09 Thill, AlterNet, Sea Levels Are Rising: It's Time to Decide Which Coastal Cities Are Worth Saving
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 BBC, Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'
4/16/09 OneWorld, Across the United States, Waters in Crisis
4/16/09 Schmid, AP, Bacteria found thriving beneath Antarctic glacier
4/16/09 CNN, Obama unveils high-speed passenger rail plan
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 Adam, Guardian, World Will Not Meet 2C Warming Target, Climate Change Experts Agree
4/14/09 Borenstein, AP, Study: Cuts in greenhouse gas could lessen warming
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Kormann, A;terNet, Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Mitchell, AP, Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
4/10/09 Tankersley, LAT, Global warming endangers U.S. corn production, study says
4/10/09 Sloan, Kentucky.com, Environmentalists say costs are too high for new plant
April 9, 2009
4/10/09 Sieff. UPI, Water Crisis Rocks LA, Mexico City; Who's Next?
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 McGregor, Ottawa Citizen, Former Oilsands Exec Named Head of Climate Working Group
4/08/09 Painter, BBC, Americas on alert for sea level rise
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Borenstein, AP, Arctic sea ice thinnest ever going into spring
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 BBC, Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic
April 4, 2009
4/04/09 Stark, AP, As West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Harrabin, BBC, US to be 'pragmatic on climate'
4/03/09 EDIE, Climate change action plan created
4/03/09 Schmid, AP, Study: Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected
4/03/09 EDIE, Water could be key to carbon capture
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Lydersen, ITT, Global Warming Accelerates
4/01/09 Aldred, Guardian, Thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins found along Bangladesh coast
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Stein, MoJo, Climate Bill Kick Off
3/31/09 Wintour et al, Guardian, Climate Change Experts Call on G20 Members to Commit to Action
3/31/09 AP, New plan to reduce planes' C02 emissions
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 CNN, Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Vestel, NYT, Do New Bulbs Save Energy if They Don't Work?
3/27/09 BBC, Russian 'Arctic military' plan
3/27/09 Rousseau, AP, Lights out in 84 countries for Earth Hour 2009
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Simon, LAT, Feinstein wants desert swath off-limits to solar, wind projects
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Zabrenko, Reuters, As climate changes, is water the new oil?
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 Torros, IPS, Women's Special Water Needs Find Voice
March 20, 2009
3/18/09 Adam, Guardian, Leading Climate Scientist: "Democratic Process Isn't Working"
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 CNN, Many bird populations in trouble, report says
3/19/09 McGourty, BBC, Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 BBC, China seeks export carbon relief
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Harkinson, MoJo, The Saline Solution
3/16/09 EDIE, Protect water to save money
3/16/09 EDIE, Rising sea levels threaten one in ten people by 2100
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Borenstein, AP, Northeast US to suffer most from future sea rise
3/15/09 Toros, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Preparing for Water Quarrels, if not Wars
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, America Unprepared for Climate Change, Say Policy Advisers
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Adam, Guardian, Severe global warming will render half of world's inhabited areas unliveable, expert warns
3/12/09 AP, Climate change effects seen in Antarctic winds
3/12/09 Kay, SF Chron, Ocean Expected to Rise 5 Feet Along Coastlines
3/12/09 Knudson, SacBee, Dire scenarios presented on global warming
3/12/09 Monbiot, Guardian, Time to change 'climate change'
3/12/09 McGrath, BBC, Climate scenarios 'being realised'
3/12/09 Adam, Guardian, Europe 'will be hit by severe drought' without urgent action on emissions
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Harribin, BBC, Threats from ocean acidification
3/11/09 Alleyne, Telegraph, Obama Faces 'Revolution' If He Imposes Tough Carbon Targets, Warns IPCC
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Adam, Guardian, Greenland ice tipping point 'further off than thought'
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 McCarthy, Independent, Carbon Cuts 'Only Give 50/50 Chance of Saving Planet'
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 McKie, Guardian, Scientists to Issue Stark Warning Over Dramatic New Sea Level Figures
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 BBC, Adapting to climate change in Archangel
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Al Jazeera, Arctic ice 'could melt by 2013'
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Lorinc, NYT, Do C.F.L.s Increase Greenhouse Gases?
3/05/09 AP, Senate clears way to reverse polar bear rule
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Bartelme, Post&Courrier, EPA Urged to Toughen Coal Ash Rules
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 CNN, Scientists discover new species in ocean's depths
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Guardian, The Making of The Age of Stupid
3/02/09 Lee, Indypendent, Thousands of Youth Demand New Climate Change Policy
3/02/09 EDIE, Google Earth map to boost US renewable energy production
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 BBC, California in drought emergency
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
2/27/09 Tavares, LA Sun, Adapting to Water Woes
2/27/09 Szakacs, Reuters, World faces last chance to avoid fatal warming: EU
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Pearce, Guardian, Greenwash: Why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate change oxymoron
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Engeler, AP, Study: Antarctic glaciers slipping swiftly seaward
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Expert; Carbon dioxide emissions could last millenniums
2/24/09 AFP, Climate Change Risk Underestimated: Study
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Schmid, AP, Global warming danger threat increased
2/23/09 Piette, BBC, Drought sucks life from Argentina's farm
2/23/09 Hanley, AP, Ministers get close look at Antarctic ice threat
2/23/09 Vedantam, WP, Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/23/network-coal-burning-protest-washington">Why I'll get arrested to stop the burning of coal
2/23/09 EDIE, New advice on nuclear safety published
2/23/09 BBC, Deadly Australian bushfires flare
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 Jha, Guardian, Nasa to launch Earth's first carbon dioxide tracking satellite
2/21/09 Hanley, AP, Mass migrations and war: Dire climate scenario
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 MSNBC, Federal Water May Be Cut off From Calif. Farms
2/20/09 Roosevelt, LAT, Bubbles of warming, beneath the ice
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Adam, Guardian, Bigger Trees Helping Fight Against Climate Change
2/19/09 gRAY, tELEGRAPH, Trees Absorb a Fifth of Carbon Emissions Pumped out by Humans
2/19/09 Leahy, IPS, HEALTH: Warmer Climate Gives Malaria New Hunting Grounds
2/19/09 Mannak, IPS, Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods Along Africa's Coast
2/19/09 BBC, China lets it snow to end drought
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Wetlands Decline Along East, Gulf Coasts, Report Shows
2/18/09 Bryson, ADN, Beaufort Sea rapidly washes away shoreline
2/18/09 Fouche, Guardian, Melt-pools 'accelerating Arctic ice loss'
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Dodge, Olympian, Challenge aims to reduce emissions
2/17/09 BBC, Australia fire deaths rise to 200
February 15, 2009
2/15/09 BBC, Global warming 'underestimated'
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Warner, NYT, Is America Ready to Quit Coal?
2/14/09 Revkin, NYT, Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mining
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 TimesOnline, Penguins in peril as food search turns into marathon
2/13/09 Valente, IPS, SOUTH AMERICA: Tenacious Drought Puzzles Climate Experts
2/13/09 Morgan, BBC, Bleak forecast on fishery stocks
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Wall, Wired, Orbiting Carbon Lab to Provide Missing Climate Data
2/12/09 Hanna, AP, Kansas House Panel Endorses Bill on Coal Plants
2/12/09 Macalister, Guardian, Britain should prepare for massive loss of landmass, warn engineers
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Fogarty, Reuters, Australia Fires a Climate Wake-up Call: Experts
2/11/09 McKinnley, NYT, Texas Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought
2/11/09 Gelineau, AP, Turtle's shell melts in Australia's fires
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 Cappiello, AP, Study: Birds shifting north; global warming cited
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, NATO's, Pentagon's New Strategic Battleground: The Arctic
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 McDonald, AP, China fights drought with chemical cloud-seeding
2/08/09 Ahmed, CNN, Scores killed in raging Australia bushfires
February 6, 2009
2/05/09 AP, Sea level rise may be worse than expected
2/06/09 Loy, ADN, Council outlaws Arctic fisheries
2/06/09 Partlow, Wp, A Protected Forest's Fast Decline
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Obama's Energy Secretary Outlines Dire Climate Change Scenario
2/05/09 Ritter, AP, Sweden changes course on nuclear power
2/05/09 BBC, China declares drought emergency
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Zeller, NYT, A Tough Week for Coal
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Morgan, BBC, Liberian crop pest mystery solved
2/03/09 Waughray, BBC, ,a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7790711.stm">The pending scramble for water
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Jha, Guardian, Biofuels More Harmful to Humans Than Petrol and Diesel, Warn Scientists
2/02/09 Keim, Wired, Rising Ocean Acidity Could Disorient Fish
2/02/09 de Tarczynski, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: New Findings Show Antarctic Warming
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Doward, Guardian, Britain 'must revive farms' to avoid grave food crisis
2/01/09 Black, BBC, Water - Another Global "Crisis"?
2/01/09 Kiem, Wired, Melting Arctic Prompts Calls for 'National Park' on Ice
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 McCarthy, Independent, Rainforest Razed so Cattle Can Graze
1/31/09 Gonzalez, CNN, Water cutbacks on tap for Mexico City
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Lithium could be Bolivia's future, if politics don't get in way
1/30/09 BBC, Acid oceans 'need urgent action'
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 Stringer, AP, Arctic's thaw brings security risks for NATO
1/29/09 EDIE, Experts slam media global warming claims
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Coal Wins Big in Senate Stimulus Package
1/28/09 Schmid, AP, Report: Some climate damage already irreversible
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Eilperin, WP, Long Droughts, Rising Seas Predicted Despite Future CO2 Curbs
1/27/09 Kinver, BBC, UK gets biofuels research centre
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Madrigal, Wired, March of Penguins Turning Into Trail of Tears
1/26/09 Kanter, NYT, Analysts Warn Emissions Are Growing
1/26/09 Hickman, Guardian, Carbon comparison site launched
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 McDonald & Hanley, AP, China dams reveal flaws in climate-change weapon
1/25/09 Rosenberg, Open Left, USGS Report: "Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems"
1/25/09 Macan-Markar, IPS, SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Businesses Cold to Climate Change Says Study
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Talmage, AP, Japan launches rocket with greenhouse-gas probe
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Squires, CSM, Venice floodgate plan: boon or boondoggle?
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Borenstein, AP, Study: Antarctica joins rest of globe in warming
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 CNN, Surveyed scientists agree global warming is real
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Jowit, Guardian, Many Glaciers Will Disappear by Middle of Century and Add to Rising Sea Levels, Expert Warns
1/19/09 Eilperin & Hsu, WP, White House Directive Guides Policy on Arctic
1/19/09 Mannak, IPS, AFRICA: Climate Change Threatens Food Security
1/19/09 EDIE, Carbon problem 'worse than we thought' - think tank
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 AP, Last year ranked in top 10 for heat
1/16/09 McKibben, Grist, Fiddling While the Coal Burns
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 Black, BBC, Challenge to plant methane link
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Revkin, NYT, In Parting Move, Bush Sets Arctic Priorities
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Sample, Guardian, Billions Face Food Shortages, Study Warns
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Tewary, BBC, India flood victims still suffering
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Coal ash spill reveals risks, lapses in waste regulation
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Allix, Le Monde, A Floating Island to Welcome Climate Refugees
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Broder, NYT, In Obama's Team, 2 Camps on Climate
1/02/09 Kavanaugh, AP, Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 Randerson, Guardian, Slowdown of coral growth extremely worrying, say scientists
1/01/09 Randerson, Guardian, Climate change policies failing, Nasa scientist warns Obama