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Biofuels

Producing crops for fuel releases more greenhouse gas than it saves: studies

Feb 8, 08 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Producing crops for biofuel releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than is saved by using the alternative energy, according to the findings of two surprising new studies. Converting US farmland from producing food to ethanol necessitates food production elsewhere, vastly increasing greenhouse gas emissions as forests and grasslands are... More »

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climate change • global warming • ethanol • corn • biofuel • farmland

Bishops' Bright Idea: Give Up Carbon for Lent

Brits urge faithful to fast to cut emissions, fight global warming

Feb 5, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - For many Christians, Lent is a time to forgo chocolate or ice cream, but two senior British bishops have a better idea: “fasting” away your carbon footprint. “The poor are already suffering the effects of climate change,” says Liverpool’s bishop. “To carry on regardless of... More »

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climate change • Christianity • carbon footprint • religion • chocolate • Church of England • Lent

Scientists ID Catastrophic Climate Change 'Tipping Zones'

9 danger signs that disaster is inevitable

Feb 5, 08 4:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have identified nine danger zones where global warming could be pushed past the point of no return within years, the Independent reports. The scenarios include the melting of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, the collapse of the Indian and West African monsoons, and the death of forests in... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Canada • Siberia • Arctic • Antarctica • monsoon • global weather • forests • Amazon.com

Rainforests Still Fall
at Shocking Rates

Summit proposes financial rewards for conservation efforts

Feb 3, 08 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Rainforests continue to vanish at "alarming" rates worldwide despite decades of scientific warnings, experts say. Tropical trees are falling at 60 acres per minute—up 10 from a generation ago—accounting for roughly 20% of Earth's carbon emissions. Environmental leaders plan to preserve forests with a carbon trading system,... More »

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climate change • environment • United Nations • rainforest • carbon • deforestation

Climate Change May Trigger Crop Failures

Major food shortages predicted for Africa,
Asia by 2030

Feb 3, 08 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Climate change could cause severe food shortages in South Asia and southern Africa, two of the poorest regions in the world, by 2030, National Geographic reports. "We were surprised by how much, and how soon, these regions could suffer if we don't adapt," said one of the study's... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • farming • hunger • Southern Africa • crops • South Asia • World hunger • global food market

Vanishing Snow Threatens West

Global warming blamed for shrinking snowpacks

Feb 1, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Blame for a dramatic decrease in Western mountain snowpacks rests squarely on global warming, researchers said yesterday. Using computer models of 50 years' worth of data, scientists confirmed warming is turning snowfall into rain, melting the packs earlier and drying up more rivers by summer. The trend threatens to trigger... More »

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climate change • global warming • Colorado Rockies • snow pack • western United States • Scripps Institution of Oceanography • University of California at San Diego • Oregon Cascades • Sierra Nevada • National Institute for Environmental Studies

Governator Endorses McCain

Schwarzenegger calls candidate
'a great American hero'

Jan 31, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed John McCain for the GOP nomination today at a Los Angeles solar energy company, calling his fellow Westerner a hero and a great American. Standing beside the candidate and new Mac backer Rudy Giuliani, Arnie stressed their shared concern over climate change, and praised McCain as “... More »

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climate change • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Super Tuesday • Arnold Schwarzenegger • GOP • Republican nomination • Republican candidate • endorsement • political endorsement • bipartisanship

Newt Argues a Conservative Green Plan

He debates critics in TNR over how to
spark fuel innovation

Jan 30, 08 9:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has triggered a debate in the New Republic over how to inspire eco-friendly fuel innovation. He argues that tax breaks and a billion-dollar prize can spark green entrepreneurs to usurp the "oligarchies and dictatorships" that control US oil dependence. But a pair of eco-authors wants more, and... More »

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climate change • Newt Gingrich • carbon taxes • trial lawyers

Arctic Ice Vanishing 'Like Mad'

Researchers find Baffin ice cap shrunk by half in last 50 years

Jan 30, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Ice caps on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic are "receding like mad" and could be gone completely within 50 years, LiveScience reports. The fields of ice have shrunk by half in the last 50 years and haven't been so small for at least 1,600 years, according... More »

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climate change • global warming • Canada • Arctic • Canadian Arctic

UPDATED

Bush Urges Economic Boost

In Union speech, prez also backs climate change accord and troop funding

Jan 28, 08 8:52 PM CST
(Newser) - In his final State of the Union speech, an upbeat President Bush plugged his $150 billion stimulus plan today and urged lawmakers not to "load up the bill," CNN reports. He also advised cutting $18 billion in "bloated" programs, promised to veto pork-barrel funding, and asked policymakers... More »

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Iraq • climate change • Congress • terrorism • global warming • troop surge • US economy • domestic wiretapping • State of the Union Address • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

Island Paradise Battles Global Warming

Republic of Maldives sounds alarm about rising sea levels

Jan 28, 08 4:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The Republic of Maldives has a lot to fear from rising sea levels, but the chain of tiny islands in the Indian Ocean is doing something to protect itself. The nation has built a concrete wall around the capital, Male, and constructed an entirely new island 7 feet higher than... More »

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climate change • tsunami • global warming • sea level • polar ice caps • Maldives • Maumoon Abdul Gayoom • Hulhumale

House's $89K in Carbon Offsets Do Virtually Nothing

Environmentalists call payments 'waste of taxpayer money'

Jan 28, 08 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Whatever the good intentions were, the $89,000 the House of Representatives spent on carbon offsets doesn’t seem to have done much, the Washington Post reports. Most of the money went to fund programs that were going on anyway or had already ended. “It demonstrated why offsets... More »

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climate change • Congress • carbon offsets • House of Representatives • carbon emissions

Green Group Blasts Media
for Backing Off

Of 3K questions to candidates, 6 were about climate change

Jan 28, 08 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Prime-time journalists have asked this year’s presidential candidates 2,975 questions, just six of which mentioned climate change, according to one conservation group’s tally. That puts global warming just ahead of UFOs (mentioned three times) in frequency, Salon reports. “We’ve gone through the longest primary in... More »

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climate change • media • global warming • presidential primaries • Election 2008

Despite Laws, Amazon Jungle Disappearing

Even president's tough new measures may not halt rapid deforestation

Jan 27, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The deforestation of the Amazon jungle is speeding up, and Brazil may be unable to stop it, Time magazine reports. Over the last five months an estimated 2,700 square miles of forest have been cleared—more than twice the size of Rhode Island. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... More »

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climate change • global warming • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • deforestation • rain forest • Amazon rainforest • Amazon.com

OPINION

For Nuke Cues, Look to France

US could benefit much from French approach to nuclear power, Times columnist writes

Jan 24, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Her name is Anne Lauvergeon, but because she’s spearheaded France’s nuclear revolution, commentators call her “Atomic Anne.” And the US desperately needs someone like her, writes the New York Times’ Roger Cohen. Thanks to Lauvergeon’s advocacy, France has thrown aside nuclear jitters, and now gets... More »

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climate change • nuclear power • coal • France • Chernobyl • Anne Lauvergeon • nuclear power plant • Atomic Anne

Econ Crash Could Deflate Climate Crusade

Governments could be 'distracted' by market woes, UN officials warn

Jan 23, 08 9:50 PM CST
(Newser) - As the global economy panics, leaders are in danger of abandoning lofty climate-change goals, top UN climate gurus warned today. At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Guardian reports, the pair urged politicians not to be “distracted” by the crisis. “This is the time to be bold... More »

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climate change • European Union • Bali • financial crisis

US Blunts Arctic Oil Warning

Report's recommendations cut on US, Swedish objections

Jan 23, 08 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A top researcher for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was poised this week to deliver a stern warning against the oil drilling operations sweeping the Arctic—until politicians pulled the teeth from his report, Der Spiegel reports. The report needed approval from the Arctic council that commissioned it—... More »

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climate change • United States • Arctic • Sweden • Arctic race • Arctic oil

Ancient Antarctic Volcano May Be Linked to Warming

Scientists make 'unique' discovery beneath continent's massive ice sheets

Jan 21, 08 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of what scientists are hailing as the first evidence of a volcanic eruption under Antarctica’s massive ice sheet may be linked to climate change, the BBC reports. British researchers, who discovered evidence of a volcano by analyzing radar data from an air survey, believe the eruption likely... More »

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climate change • environment • sea level • Antarctica • glacier • volcano • western Antarctic ice sheet • Nature Geoscience • British Antarctic Survey • volcanic ash

Scorching '07 Sets New Global Record

Hottest ever for global lands

Jan 16, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Last year was the hottest on record for global land masses, with temperatures almost 2 degrees warmer than usual, according to  the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scorching heat waves socked Asia, Europe and the USA, where 2,000 daily temperature peaks were busted. It's an undeniable trend with seven... More »

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climate change • heat wave • wildfires • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • global temperatures • National Climatic Data Center • global weather

Rare Snowfall Hits Baghdad

It's the first time in 100 years—some blame global warming

Jan 11, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Light snow flurries fell on Baghdad today for the first time in about 100 years, AFP reports. Residents were by and large delighted: "Snow falling in Baghdad in such a magnificent scene was beyond my imagination," said one retiree. A local baker agreed: "This snow will bring... More »

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Iraq • climate change • Baghdad • global warming

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