Current News Items of Interest Regarding the Fate of the World

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• Global warming: James Delingpole claims green zealots are destroying the planet
  In his new book JAMES DELINGPOLE argues the green movement is a multi-billion-pound folly that does more harm than good.
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:36:36 -0800


• Global warming: the scientific facts
  On Monday of last week, over 100 citizens from Mathews and surrounding counties attended a forum titled “Global Warming—Myth or Fact.” Three presentations were offered.
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:57:00 -0800


• Global warming activists seek to purge ‘deniers’ among local weathermen
  Concerned that too many “deniers” are in the meteorology business, global warming activists this month launched a campaign to recruit local weathermen to hop aboard the alarmism bandwagon and expose those who are not fully convinced that the world is facing man-made doom.
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:23:04 -0800


• Reality of global warming
  By: Jeremy Hoffman, Andrea Allan, Josh CuzzoneGuest Column The following is in response to Tuesday, Jan. 31's column 'The other cause of global warming.' Before addressing the scientific weaknesses of 'The other cause behind Global Warming,' it mus...
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:23 -0800


• Money $marts: The global warming energy follies
  Global warming, also known as climate change, is the theory that the earth is warming rapidly (in relative historical terms) due to the growing concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases emanating from mankind’s burning of fossil fuels — coal and oil in particular — for energy.
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:14:00 -0800


• Editorial: Climate data chills global-warming alarmism
  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.That forecast would be just another failed...
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:27:08 -0800


• Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case
  The Virginia Supreme Court has recently granted rehearing of a closely followed legal case involving global warming, The AES Corp. vs. Steadfast Insurance Company. The court says its previous decision on the case has been “set aside.” On Jan. 17, …
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:13:55 -0800


• They could have been saved by global warming
  A reminder that global warming could actually save lives, since cold is deadlier than warmth:
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:11:00 -0800


• New map for what to plant reflects global warming
  Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.It's ...
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:39:39 -0800


• Global warming skeptics to take center stage in Portland (poll)
  The decision by the Oregon chapter of the American Meteorological Society to host three global warming critics comes as skepticism has gained ground politically and with the U.S. public.
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:30:19 -0800


• China Greenhouse Gas Emissions Set to Rise Well Past U.S.
  By 2015, China will emit nearly 50 percent more greenhouse gases than the United States, a top Chinese energy researcher said yesterday. [More]
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:49:04 -0800


• New web-based tool details greenhouse gas emissions for 6,700 facilities nationwide
  How many tons of greenhouse gases are coming out of that smokestack? For the first time, people around the U.S. can get answers to that question instantly with a new online interactive tool — the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:46:51 -0800


• NASA Report: Greenhouse Gases, Not Sun, Driving Warming
  This article was updated at 10:42 a.m. EST on Feb. 2.
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:20:06 -0800


• Jefferson, Shelby, Mobile counties lead state in greenhouse gases output
  The three counties lead the state, in part, because they are home to large coal-fired power plants.
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:43:39 -0800


• Site tracks firms' greenhouse gas
  Curious to know how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are released annually by major emitters in the Toledo area -- or anywhere else in the United States, for that matter? For the first time, that information is available on a federal Web page.
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:38:22 -0800


• Database Tallies U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  By Jeff Tollefson of Nature magazine Keeping track of a country's greenhouse gases is an accounting problem of epic proportions. [More]
  Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:37:46 -0800


• Survey: Brunner Island among the top producers of greenhouse gases
  The Brunner Island plant in York Haven was among the top 100 emitters of greenhouse gases in the United States, according to a new survey by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:39:00 -0800


• Texas ranks No. 1 in greenhouse emissions
  Texas ranks No. 1 in greenhouse emissions Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 03:15 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 The Environmental Protection Agency released the data by industrial facility for the first time as part of a broader effort to reduce emissions linked to global warming.
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:13:48 -0800


• PSE&G Bergen station tops emission list
  PSE&G's Bergen Generating Station in Ridgefield releases more greenhouse gases into the air each year than any other large industrial source in New Jersey, according to a new federal report.
  Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:30:53 -0800


• PSE&G power plant releases more greenhouse gases than any N.J. large industrial source, EPA says
  The Environmental Protection Agency says the Bergen Generating Station in Ridgefield emits 2.6 metric tons per year, or the equivalent of emissions from more than 500,000 passenger vehicle
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:33:54 -0800


• Want a film on climate change: Abhishek Bachchan
  By Priyanka Sharma, New Delhi, Feb 4 : After being part of entertaining films, Abhishek Bachchan is keen now to make a movie on climate change but says it is important to have the right story that can strike a chord with the audiences.
  Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:58:48 -0800


• Climate-change effects on malaria risk
  A new study suggests that climate change, driven by greenhouse-gas emissions and land-use changes, will cause patterns of malaria infection to change over the next 50 years.
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:02:27 -0800


• Storm over climate change among weather forecasters
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:47 -0800


• Research and Markets: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0800


• Cedars succumb to climate change
  PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Yellow cedars, a culturally and economically valuable tree in Alaska and British Columbia, have been dying off because of shifting climate, researchers say.
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:31:26 -0800


• Island nations want climate change in world court
  Small island nations, whose very existence is threatened by the rising sea levels brought about by global warming, are seeking to take the issue of climate change before the International Court of Justice.
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:45:00 -0800


• Wall Street Journal rapped over climate change stance
  Leading scientists, including climate change experts, complain about opinion piece akin to 'dentists practising cardiology' The Wall Street Journal has received a dressing down from a large group of leading scientists for promoting retrograde and out-of-date views on climate change. In an opinion piece run by the Journal on Wednesday, nearly 40 scientists, including acknowledged climate change ...
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:25:43 -0800


• Primeval Bison Bones Unravel Mystery of Climate Change Adaptation
  A recent discovery of 30,000 years old bison bones at a Canadian goldmine have unraveled the mystery of climate change adaptation and are helping scientists understand how animals adapt to rapid environmental changes.
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:01:53 -0800


• California two other states tell insurers to disclose climate change responses
  Insurance commissioners in California, New York and Washington state will require that companies disclose how they intend to respond to the risks their businesses and customers face from increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change, California's commissioner said last week.
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:46:42 -0800


• Calif., two other states tell insurers to disclose climate change responses
  California, other states require companies to respond to risk survey
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:20 -0800

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