"Climate Change Bill Faces Tough Senate Fight"
Despite a 60-vote Democrat majority, climate change legislation faces an uphill fight in the Senate. Are more offshore drilling and subsidies for nuclear plants the key?
Source: Hearst, 01/04/2010
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"Climate Pledge Tracker Compares Nations' CO2 Emissions Limits"
"Anywhere that people can go online they can trace the proposals and plans of countries to combat climate change through an online climate pledge tracker website newly established by the United Nations Environment Programme."
Source: ENS, 12/31/2009
"$100 Billion Opportunity for Waste-To-Energy Companies"
"Here's an opportunity to wisely spend some of the $100 billion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised at Copenhagen to cut the greenhouse gases of developing nations by aiding in the development of renewable energy infrastructure to by-pass fossil fuel dependence."
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009
"Ecosystems Strain To Keep Pace With Climate"
"Earth's various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile per year on average to keep pace with global climate change, scientists said in a study released on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009
"Quebec Adopts California's Auto Emission Standards"
"Quebec will become the first province in Canada to adopt California's strict auto emissions standards, the province's environment ministry said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009
"An Array of New Interests Joins Washington's Climate Change Debate"
"The next round of the battle over climate change policy on Capitol Hill will involve more than the usual suspects. Way more. Watch soup makers face off against steel companies. Witness the folks who pump gas from the ground fight back against those who dig up rock. And watch the venture capitalists who have money riding on new technology try to gain advantage in a game that so far has been deftly controlled by the old machine."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 12/29/2009
"China Defends Wen Jiabao's Role In Copenhagen Talks"
"China on Friday defended the role played by premier Wen Jiabao at climate change talks in Copenhagen this month after a barrage of international criticism blaming China for obstructing negotiations."
Source: Reuters, 12/29/2009
"UN Climate Chief Urges Avoiding Blame Over Summit"
"The top U.N. climate official said Wednesday that though the Copenhagen global warming summit went sour, countries should avoid blaming each other and get down to work on a better deal next year."
Source: AP, 12/24/2009
After Copenhagen: Many Climate Stories at Home Still Unwritten
For journalists not lucky enough to go to the Copenhagen climate talks, the good news is that climate will be news at home and abroad for years to come. Many regional, state, and local climate stories are still waiting to be written.
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Regional Climate Impacts and Implications — General Sources
Climate Wizard. A team of researchers from the Univ. of Washington, the Univ. of Southern Mississippi, and the Nature Conservancy has provided a tool for attempting to predict the effects of climate change at the regional and state level. They call their tool Climate Wizard, as noted in the June 10, 2009, TipSheet. The Web site allows users to check predictions based on varying degrees of climate change.
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