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A Scientist's Perspective: On Blogging, Comments … and Online Civil Discourse Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media.png This is a guest post authored by John Abraham, cross-posted with permission from the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. A recent posting on The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media website linked to a very long piece regarding climate change by Christopher Monckton. As a practicing scientist, I recognize and value ..
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House Republicans Attempt To Nix Military's Clean Energy Initiatives 20090217-army-solar-panel.jpg Republicans on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee have decided that the military’s push for clean, renewable energy has gone far enough, and have proposed for next year’s budget that the Pentagon not spend a dime on renewable energy sources that cost more than traditional dirty energy. This news comes on the heels of the Navy’s announc..
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New Shill Gas Study Published by SUNY Buffalo Institute With Heavy Industry Ties shutterstock_15465343.jpg When does a study on the unconventional shale gas industry become a "shill gas study" The quick answer: when nearly everyone writing and peer reviewing it has close ties to the industry they're purportedly doing an "objective" study on. The newest kid on the block: a recent study published by SUNY Buffalo's Shale Resources and Socie..
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Peter Sinclair's New Video Skewers Heartland's Offensive "Murderers, Tyrants and Madmen" Billboard Campaign Peter Sinclair, the creator of the "Climate Crock of the Week" series, has a new video posted at the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media documenting just how out of touch with reality the Heartland Institute's recent offensive Unabomber billboard campaign is. Featuring the calm and insightful comments of Margaret Thatcher, Sinclair shows the stupidity of Heartland's claim that all of us who acknowledge climate change scie..
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New National Standards Ask Schools to Teach Climate Change school-bus.jpg This is a guest post by Juanita Constible, Science and Solutions Director of The Climate Reality Project, cross-posted with permission. As a scientist, I know how important it is for our kids to get a top-notch science education. So it’s extremely significant that a new set of national science standards – the first to be released in over a decade – e..
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Fed by dry brush, wildfires persist in Southwest PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire whipped up by winds and dry conditions threatened to trigger more evacuations on Sunday, just as firefighters were nearly done battling the biggest of four blazes in the state. ..
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Analysis: New facilities spotlight next-generation biofuels (Reuters) - After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line. ..
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Tropical Storm Alberto loses strength, forecasters say Charleston, South Carolina (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Alberto churned off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Sunday, and heavy rain and dangerous surf were expected even though forecasters said it had lost strength. ..
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Guatemala volcano spits lava and ash GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Fuego volcano belched burning lava and black ash into the sky early Saturday, leading the government to issue an airplane advisory and close sections of highway. ..
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Apple to use only green power for main data center (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms. ..
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Ségolène Royal and Wikipedia duped by tale of anti-slavery activist Léon-Robert de L’Astran, an 18th-century shipowner, was praised for his noble refusal to participate in the slave trade. Sadly, however, it seems that he existed only as an internet hoax — duping Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, for three years, along with Ségolène Royal and others...
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Blowing South Africa’s Trumpet Shame on the visiting footballers and coaches who, before the World Cup has even begun, are whining about the noise made by vuvuzelas, the metre-long plastic trumpets with which South African football fans serenade and spur on their team!..
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Propaganda war latest: Tehran 3 Israel 0 As Iran’s leadership prepares to dispatch a Red Crescent flotilla to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, its propaganda organs are spreading one message throughout the Muslim world: the Jewish state, branded by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as “the Zionist stain of shame”, is heading for its inevitable destruction...
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Mandelson declares new Labour dead and promises to ‘ruffle feathers’ Video: watch Philip Webster on Peter Mandelson at www.thetimes.co.uk..
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The punk prophet of Ing-er-land It’s amazing the reaction you get when you tell people that Mark E. Smith has done a World Cup song. It’s a shock, like the first time the fiercely independent singer and his band appeared on Top of the Pops. The Fall have been going for 33 years and 28 studio albums, never signing contracts, never allowing themselves to be grouped in with a particular scene. At 53, Smith is the only constant member and the undisputed boss, having sacked several ..
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Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town Treece, Kan., has been torn down and may soon be erased from maps. But don’t tell that to the Busbys, who live there. ..
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Insurance Company Approved for Land Trusts The Land Trust Alliance has won nonprofit status from the Internal Revenue Service for an insurance company it is creating. ..
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Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects Cheap, plentiful natural gas provides utilities with little incentive to build coal-fired plants with a technology that traps carbon gas for storage or other uses. ..
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Brazil’s President Faces Defining Decision Over Forest Bill The bill awaiting action by President Dilma Rousseff would effectively give amnesty to landowners who illegally deforested areas before 2008. ..
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The Texas Tribune: Legislation Proposed to Extend Texas Helium Sales Deadline Congress has proposed legislation to help avoid a worldwide helium shortage, and some 30 percent of the global supply comes from a plant northwest of Amarillo. ..
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Whatever happened to Cameron, the idealistic young eco-warrior? David Cameron is today accused of doing no more than pay lip service to his boast that he would lead the "greenest government ever" and of leaving Britain vulnerable to the economic and environmental dangers of failing to tackle climate change...
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Protestors target energy conference Climate protesters and anti-cuts demonstrators have targeted a summit of major power firms over high energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions. ..
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Picture preview: Gideon Mendel – Drowning World In an attempt to search for ways to show the world the effects of climate change through a Drowning World, Gideon Mendel's only other camera on his journey was, alongside the lives affected, paralysed by flood waters...
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Asian mosquito 'could bring tropical diseases to Britain' An Asian mosquito that can transmit potentially dangerous tropical diseases could soon become established in southern England, according to scientists who have mapped changes to Europe's climate over the past 50 years...
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Danger from the deep: New climate threat as methane rises from cracks in Arctic ice A new source of methane – a greenhouse gas many times more powerful than carbon dioxide – has been identified by scientists flying over areas in the Arctic where the sea ice has melted...
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The EU must come together on the green climate fund (Analysis) Lives and livelihoods in vulnerable countries hang in the balance while rich countries bicker over who will disburse climate cash, argues Wendel Trio of Climate Action Network Europe. More '..
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Rising Asia and old Europe need to work together (Analysis) Europe should engage more firmly with Asia not only in trade but also in foreign policy, climate issues and resource efficiency if it is to regain its powerful role in the international arena, argue Giles Merritt and Shada Islam from Friends of Europe. More '..
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RHI put back to November start date ..
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Report stresses benefits of European energy 'supergrid' ..
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Renewables certification for Tesco ..
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Tanzania: Zanzibar Pushes to Join Island Alliance to Confront Climate Change [AlertNet] Migombani - The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win "environmental independence" from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean...
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Gabon: President Bongo Presents Strategy for Development [Office of the President of Gabon] London, 17th of May 2012 - The President of the Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba delivered a speech entitled 'Investing for the Future' at the world-renowned foreign policy think tank, Chatham House. Over the course of an hour, he presented his vision for economic development for Gabon to an audience of researchers and business leaders...
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South Africa: Gov't Continues to Back Eskom's Investments in Coal [Greenpeace] It was announced yesterday that Eskom's funding plan to 2017 had been approved. The utility company will spend R201.6 billion over the coming period, with R65 billlion budgeted for this year...
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Guidelines for incorporating free, prior and informed consent into REDD+ projects The right for indigenous people to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has recently been strengthened through the adoption .....
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Peatlands - guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable u... This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is aimed as a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others .....
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Algae Street Lamps French biochemist Pierre Calleja has created large-scale algae powered street lamps that can potentially absorb more than one ton of CO2 a year. ..
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Chainsaw Powered Bicycle This is a Russian version of a chainsaw-powered bicycle, though it seems a bit dangerous to leave the chainsaw on the engine - unless you really have to cut your way through the early morning commuter traffic. ..
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The Mercedes' F-Cell Car An “invisible” Mercedes-Benz B-Class (the F-Cell) is being used in an ad campaign to show off the zero-emissions features of their new fuel-cell powered vehicle. The Mercedes-Benz B-class F-Cell will be available in 2014 with a 386km (240 mile) range. ..
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Kid's Pedal Power Bus Dutch school kids get a healthy workout by pedaling themselves to school on a monster bicycle bus made by Netherlands' company Tolkamp Metaalspecials, who are also the makers of the Beerbike. ..
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Pipeline Deal And Gitxsan Occupy Many Gitxsan First Nation people and their supporters spent their Christmas holidays at the blockade outside of the Gitxsan Treaty Office (GTO) in New Hazelton, BC. On December 5, 2011, after consultation with their clan members, Chiefs and members converged on the Gitxsan Chief’s Office in response against a deal signed on December 2nd with Enbridge in support of the controversial Northern Gateway Project by hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick, a ne..
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Investment must not suffer in dash for growth, MPs warn All-party group accuses government of failing to grasp opportunity to invest in green economy in haste to cut 'red tape'Environmental protections must not be slashed in an "irresponsible" and "desperate dash for growth", an all-party group of MPs has warned. Green investment should play a key role in the UK's economic recovery, the group reports, but accuses prime minister David Cameron of a lack of leadership and George Osborne's Treasury as reg..
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Ministers must resist the siren call of spin Trying to tackle the huge challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harderNo one thinks it will be easy to slash the carbon emissions driving climate change while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harder.Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, ..
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Chic ladies' bikes: three stylish new models Caz Nicklin test drives the Bobbin Birdie, the Caféracer Doppio Lady and the Hob 3As a woman hell-bent on promoting cycling as a desirable lifestyle choice, I am always keen to hear about exciting new ladies' bikes. Five years ago, the choice for a female commuter like me was limited to uninspiring hybrids or expensive traditional bikes. This year, however, there are a gaggle of young, hip, independent bikes giving the bigger brands a run for the..
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Birds in Britain's cities: a spotter's guide Pigeons aren't our cities' only birds – there are gulls, swifts, peregrines and even parakeets ..
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Observers 'intimidated and bribed' Quota checks allegedly being compromised aboard Northwest Atlantic Fishery boats, as observers report surveillance and theftObservers monitoring European fish quotas are being regularly intimidated, offered bribes and undermined by the fishing crews they are observing, a Guardian investigation has discovered.More than 20 former and current observers on Portuguese and Spanish ships said that they had experienced tactics such as beingput under surv..
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Archi-future: 13 Green Buildings That Will Blow Your Mind (PHOTOS) As architects continue to envision the utopian cities of the future, one thing is certain: innovation means sustainability. In the midst of a global ecological crisis, architects and designers are relentlessly pursuing design strategies that manage to mitigate the toxic byproducts of our consumption habits, while maximizing our use of sustainable energy sources. Meeting these challenges means more deeply integrating green technologies l..
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: Let's End Polluter Welfare At a time when we have more than $15 trillion national debt, American taxpayers are set to give away over $110 billion dollars to the oil, gas, and coal industries over the next decade. Clearly, we cannot afford it. When the five largest oil companies made over $1 trillion in profits in the last decade, with some paying no federal income taxes for part of that time, they certainly do not need it. It is time we end this corporate welfa..
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Tropical Storm Alberto Hovers Off South Carolina Coast COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner. The first storm of the season that officially begins June 1 was not expected to approach landfall on the Carolinas' coast, but it had prompted a tropical storm watch and forecaste..
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WATCH: Chick Cozies Up To Cat Birds normally make great appetizers for hungry cats. But in this adorable YouTube video, our feline friend has no appetite for this chick of a neighbor. Cozying up to the cat without an ounce of fear, the fuzzy little guy chirps endlessly for attention. But the best part of the video is definitely the cat's annoyed expression. Clearly, taking a nap undisturbed is not happening any time soon. Can't get enough cute animals Check..
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Mathieu Young: Prey Lang: A Forest on the Brink of Destruction The forests of Cambodia, which the World Bank previously called its "most developmentally important natural resource," are being destroyed at an alarming rate, and to the financial benefit of the ruling elite. Global Witness calls Cambodia a 'country for sale', and according to a recent USAID report, without urgent action, Prey Lang, the largest evergreen lowland forest in Southeast Asia and home to an estimated 200,000 indigenous people..
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