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George Soros delivers harsh words for climate change movement
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
Financial Post: Beyond billions in government support, what's really needed to tackle climate change is trillions in private financing, a panel at the opening ceremony of Climate Change NYC said today. To help with the effort, Steve Howard, CEO of the not-for-profit Climate Group and the panel's host, joked that anyone whose mobile phone rang during the hour of presentations would be assumed to be wishing to make a donation to the cause. Moments later, as Quebec Premier Jean Charest's began his ...
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Comments Off on George Soros delivers harsh words for climate change movementStudy: Human Exposure to BPA ‘Grossly Underestimated’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
New York Times: Americans are likely to be exposed at higher levels than previously thought to bisphenol A, a compound that mimics hormones important to human development and is found in more than 90 percent of people in the United States, according to new research. U.S. EPA says it is OK for humans to take in up to 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight each day. The new study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggests that we are exposed to at least eight times ...
Controversial Candidates on ‘Short List’ for EPA Fracking Panel
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
Greenwire: U.S. EPA is considering two former Halliburton Co. executives along with one of the most outspoken critics of hydraulic fracturing to provide independent expert advice on its study of the polarizing drilling practice. The EPA Science Advisory Board's "short list (pdf)" of 82 people to serve on a review panel could reignite a debate that dogged a previous fracturing study, in which a Halliburton employee served on a peer review panel that was criticized for being overloaded with people ...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Controversial Candidates on ‘Short List’ for EPA Fracking PanelGulf Well Is Capped, But Still ‘Hell To Be Paid’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 20th, 2010
National Public Radio: Its first act has concluded, but the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will continue to cause dramatic fallout for years to come. The blown oil well Macondo has been covered with cement and was declared "effectively dead" Sunday, but its legal, ecological and economic effects are only just starting. "It's great news that the BP blowout has finally been killed after five months," said Richard Charter, a marine policy adviser with Defenders of Wildlife, an environmental advocacy ...
United States: Panel stresses action by hunters, anglers
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Miami Herald: One of the largest impacts of global climate change will be to fresh- and saltwater fish and game animals in Florida, making the need of outdoors enthusiasts to get involved in their protection. That was the gist of remarks by a panel of local experts at the recent Florida Outdoor Writers Association meeting in Tallahassee. ``Climate change is going to be a big, big issue for Florida,'' said Nick Wiley, executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on United States: Panel stresses action by hunters, anglersBP permanently “killed” Gulf Macondo well: U.S. officials
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Reuters: With a final shot of cement, BP Plc permanently "killed" the runaway Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico that had unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the top U.S. spill official said on Sunday. The well flowed unchecked for 87 days after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of oil that marred the coasts of four Gulf Coast states and spurred a moratorium on all new U.S. offshore drilling. BP engineers sealed ...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on BP permanently “killed” Gulf Macondo well: U.S. officialsBP finally seals leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
BBC: The ruptured well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico has finally been sealed, US officials say. A pressure test showed a cement plug put in place by BP to permanently "kill" the well was holding. President Obama hailed the news, vowing to continue to help those affected. The worst offshore oil spill in US history began after the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up on 20 April, killing 11 workers and later sinking. 'Important ...
Indonesia: Oil palm plantations on peatlands won’t get carbon credits under CDM
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Mongabay: Plantations on peatlands will no longer be supported by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a framework for industrialized countries to reduce their emissions via projects in developing countries, reports Wetlands International. The decision, which came last Friday during the executive board meeting, will bar biofuel plantations established on peatlands from earning carbon credits that could then be sold to industrialized countries to "offset" emissions. The concern is that under ...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Indonesia: Oil palm plantations on peatlands won’t get carbon credits under CDMReport suggests increase in severe weather
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
Ames Tribune: Severe flooding, heat waves and storms could become increasingly common in Iowa due to the effects of global warming, according to a recent report. The report, titled "Global Warming and Extreme Weather: The Science, the Forecast and the Impacts on America,' was released by Environment Iowa, a citizen-based environmental advocacy group. The report highlights several recent extreme weather incidences, including the 2008 floods that caused between $8 billion and $10 billion in ...
China a beacon for foreign clean tech firms
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
AFP: In a laboratory in northern China, technicians are breeding billions of micro-organisms in test tubes to create enzymes -- proteins that can turn plant waste into clean-burning biofuels. The facility near the port city of Tianjin belongs to Novozymes, a Danish biotechnology company and one of a growing number of foreign firms in China benefiting from Beijing's massive investment in green energy. "The situation has never been better," Michael Christiansen, president of Novozymes ...