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Bob Ward boobs again over rainfall records
Posted by Telegraph: Christopher Booker on March 19th, 2011
Telegraph: What an odd fellow is Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director for the lavishly-funded Grantham Institute on Climate Change at Colonel Gaddafi' s favourite British university, the LSE. Mr Ward seems to see it as one of his main roles to act as chief attack dog for the global warming industry, firing off incessant complaints, letters and articles savaging anyone who dares question its cherished dogmas.
On our letters page last week, he yet again took me to task for suggesting that autumn 2000...
Mozambique and Mauritius to cooperate on environment
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 19th, 2011
allAfrica: The governments of Mozambique and Mauritius agreed on Wednesday in Maputo to extend bilateral cooperation to include environmental issues.
This was formalised through the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Mozambican Environment Minister Alcinda Abreu and her Mauritian counterpart, Devanand Virahsawmy, who is on a two-day visit to Mozambique.
Under the accord, both countries will cooperate on the environment, focusing on climate change, marine pollution, environmental education, the...
Japan Races To Reconnect Power To Nuclear Plant
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 19th, 2011
National Public Radio: Emergency workers in Japan scrambled to connect a new power line to the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex Saturday even as officials said the facility's tsunami-shattered equipment may be unable restart critical cooling systems.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. hoped to have power reconnected to four of the six reactor units, starting with reactor No. 2, on Saturday and another on Sunday.
It's an especially complex operation because workers must sort through Fukushima's badly...
Tanzania: Snows of Kilimanjaro defy global warming predictions
Posted by MassLive: Stan Freeman on March 19th, 2011
MassLive: If there is a poster child for global warming, it may be the vanishing snows of Kilimanjaro, which were predicted to disappear as early as 2015 in a widely-publicized report a decade ago.
However, the famed snowcap is stubbornly persisting on the African peak and may not fully vanish for another 50 years, according to a University of Massachusetts scientist who had a hand in the prediction.
The 2001 forecast was indirectly part of key evidence for global warming offered during the 2006 documentary...
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Posted by New York Times: Ken Belson, Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher on March 19th, 2011
New York Times: Scrambling to corral a widening crisis, engineers linked a power cable to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station early Saturday as they struggled to restart systems designed to prevent overheating and keep radiation from escaping. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs the plant, said it hoped to connect the electric cord to the cooling equipment inside the facility later Saturday in an attempt to stabilize the reactors that were damaged by the powerful earthquake and tsunami...
A Moment of Silence for Dying Millions on World Water Day
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 18th, 2011
Inter Press Service: When the international community commemorates World Water Day next week, perhaps it should ponder the words of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who once remarked he does not expect people the world over to stop what they are doing and observe a moment of silence, come Mar. 22. "But maybe they should," he added, considering the fact that every 20 seconds, a child dies from diseases associated with lack of clean water. "That adds up to an unconscionable 1.5 million young lives cut short each year,"...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 18th, 2011
Independent: Coming up this week: humanitarian and environmental actions mark the beginning and end of this week's events with World Water Day on March 22 and Earth Hour on March 26. In between these two events the latest smart, energy-saving technology will be on display at CTIA Wireless. After Earth Hour on March 26 environmentalists will look ahead to the Green Awards in Ireland on April 18 which honor sustainable businesses practices.
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 18th, 2011
New York Times: In recent weeks, President Obama`s foes in Congress and industry have sought to pin the blame for rising gasoline prices -- now averaging above $3.50 a gallon -- on his administration`s energy policies.
Specifically, his adversaries claim that the administration`s move to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, combined with the slow pace of permitting deep-sea drilling in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, are responsible for Americans` pain at the pump.
"At gas stations all across America,...
Battle Over Alaska Mining Project Heads to Washington
Posted by Greenwire: Manuel Quinones on March 18th, 2011
Greenwire: A large mining project proposed for southwest Alaska has sparked a lobbying battle between some area residents who say it would help the region's economy and others who fear environmental degradation to nearby Bristol Bay and its major salmon run.
The Pebble Project, located about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, is believed to contain large quantities of gold, copper and molybdenum, an element used as an alloying agent in cast iron and steel.
The Pebble Partnership, an alliance between London-based...
Nuclear power report: 14 ‘near misses’ at US plants due to ‘lax oversight’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 18th, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: Nuclear plants in the United States last year experienced at least 14 "near misses," serious failures in which safety was jeopardized, at least in part, due to lapses in oversight and enforcement by US nuclear safety regulators, says a new report.
While none of the safety problems harmed plant employees or the public, they occurred with alarming frequency – more than once a month – which is high for a mature industry, said the study of nuclear plant safety performance in 2010 by the Union of Concerned...
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