El Nino Could Develop as Hurricane Season Opens
"The El Nino weather pattern, which can bring global weather chaos such as droughts and floods, could develop within weeks, [NOAA's] Climate Prediction Center ...ssid."
Source: Reuters, 06/05/2009
International
Obama May Go to Copenhagen
"President Obama may attend world climate talks in Copenhagen this December, marking the first visit to the annual U.N. conference by a sitting U.S. president since George H.W. Bush's 1992 trip to Rio de Janeiro."
Source: Greenwire, 06/05/2009
Oil Nears $70 Barrel
"Oil prices on Thursday set a new high for the year, buoyed by a weaker dollar and the first drop in unemployment since January."
Source: AP, 06/05/2009
"Forest Carbon Market Already Shows Cracks"
"It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and the international community backs it. But a plan to pay tropical countries not to chop down trees risks being discredited by opportunists even before it starts."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009
"Small Islands Win UN Vote On Climate Change Security"
"Small Pacific islands vulnerable to rising sea levels won a symbolic victory at the United Nations on Wednesday with the passage of a resolution recognizing climate change as a possible threat to security."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009
"U.S. Envoy Sees Climate Partnership With China"
"The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009
"Companies Not Disclosing Climate Risks: Studies"
"Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009
Climate-Change Skeptics In Europe? Mostly Missing In Action
By PAUL D. THACKER
Where are the global warming skeptics in Europe?
If you canvas a wide variety of news (what journalist doesn't?) and read some newspapers in Europe, you'll notice something about their coverage of global warming: no skeptics. That's right. The media coverage of high-profile global warming skeptics is pretty much an American phenomenon, according to some noted journalists who cover the issue outside the United States.
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"Spain’s High-Speed Rail Offers Guideposts for U.S."
The high-speed rail system in Spain is a huge success, and offers some lessons for Obama administration officials seeking to develop something similar in the U.S.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
Column: "Few Rules for Recycling Electronics"
A company that collects used electronic equipment for "recycling" comes under fire from activists who say the waste is sent to developing countries and mishandled.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
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