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Tom Steyer On Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 24th, 2014
National Public Radio: David Greene talks to billionaire financier and liberal activist Tom Steyer about his position on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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United Kingdom: Ed Miliband: Climate change a ‘national security issue’
Posted by Blue and Green: None Given on February 24th, 2014
Blue and Green: Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the flooding crisis should be seen as a wakeup call for Britain to act on climate change, while criticising prime minister David Cameron for creating a “false economy” over the government’s flood aid measures.
The leader of the opposition hit out at the prime minister, who recently said that money would be “no object” in helping those affected by the recent storms, bad weather and flooding. Miliband said that Cameron wasn’t going far enough to help future...
Costs of natural disasters in China surge to $69 billion
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 24th, 2014
Reuters: Natural disasters including droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China 421 billion yuan ($69 bln) in 2013, official data showed on Monday, nearly double the total in the previous year.
China has always been prone to natural disasters but a changing climate is causing more extreme weather, which hits food production, threatens scarce water resources and damages energy security, according to the government.
Data released by the National Statistics Bureau showed flooding and mudslides cost China...
Global Warming and Potential Water Contamination Resulting from Fracking for Hydrocarbons: A Relationship?
Posted by EP Online: None Given on February 24th, 2014
EP Online: Contaminated water, presumed to be from drilling into and fracturing (fracking) hydrocarbon-bearing rock strata, has been in the news for some time now. And so have global warming and air pollution issues associated with transporting and burning fossil fuels. Are these headliners connected? Of course.
Before I delve into the issues, be it known that we all use fossil fuels. I don't know of any exception. Here's the basic scenario: find the fossil fuel sources, recover them, and then process, distribute,...