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Growing America’s Fuel An Innovation Approach to Achieving the President’s Biofuels Target. Vision: "New jobs and greater economic vitality in rural America, increased energy independence, reduced economic vulnerability to volatile oil prices and uncertain supplies, technological and industrial leadership in...
"Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed new legislation that would impose stricter air-quality standards for ground-level ozone concentrations. If implemented, counties and states would have up to 20 years to comply with the new regulations, which would work...
News release: "A combination of man-made global warming and a moderate warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean, a phenomenon known as El Niño, means it is very likely that 2010 will be a warmer year globally than 2009. Recently released...
Jose Antonio Vargas, Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post: "This is the transcript of a wide-ranging, two-part, three-hour interview with Al Gore, touching on the impact of technology and the Internet in politics, both in the U.S. and abroad; the...
Melting snow and ice: a call for action, A report commissioned by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore and Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre, Centre for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems, Norwegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, NO–9296...
UN: The State of World Population 2009 - Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate "Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of...
CBO Economic and Policy Brief: The Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, November 23, 2009 "Human activities around the world are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) resulting from the consumption of fossil fuels and deforestation....
News release: "A recent Pew Research survey showing a sharp decline in the proportion of the public saying there is solid evidence of global warming has triggered considerable speculation about why these views are changing. The poll was released a...
Arctic Report Card 2009 - Tracking Recent Environmental Changes - Warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread, and in some cases, dramatic. Linkages between air, land, sea, and biology are evident, October 2009 - "It is apparent that the...
"Nuclear power could play a role in reducing global warming emissions because reactors emit almost no carbon while they operate and can have low life-cycle emissions. Partly for that reason, advocates are calling for a nationwide investment in at least...
MBL Scientist Finds Carbon Dioxide Makes Poison Ivy Worse: "Carbon dioxide is getting a bad rap lately for all that it contributes to global warming. Now rising CO2 levels may exacerbate another problem: poison ivy. New research by an MBL...
News release: "A federal judge on Friday approved a settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requiring the agency to decide whether ice-dependent ringed, bearded, and spotted seals deserve legal protection under the...
Global Warming Bringing More Extreme Heat Waves - More Extremely Hot Days Projected – 30 Large Cities Especially Vulnerable, Published August 25, 2009: "More extremely hot summer days are projected for every part of the country, detailed in a new...
Rebuilding America - A National Policy Framework for Investment in Energy Efficiency Retrofits - Bracken Hendricks and Benjamin Goldstein, Center for American Progress - Reid Detchon and Kurt Shickman, Energy Future Coalition, August 2009. "This report is a detailed examination...
Ira Flatow, NPR: "Replacing dark roofing and pavement with lighter, more reflective materials could reduce temperatures in cities and offset significant quantities of carbon dioxide emissions. In an article published in the journal Climatic Change [Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban...
News release: "The most authoritative report providing a blueprint for how communities can tackle global warming was released by the California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The report is a guide to California’s...
"H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 21, 2009 would make a number of changes in energy and environmental policies largely aimed at reducing...
"Air pollution continues to threaten the lives and health of millions of people in the United States despite great progress since the modern Clean Air Act was first passed in 1970. Even as the nation explores the complex challenges of...
News release: "The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would rise, the most dangerous potential aspects...
An Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Reductions in Medicare's Payment Rates for Physicians Called for Under Current Law, March 27, 2009 Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.: "This letter responds to your request for an assessment...
News release: "House Committees on Science and Technology, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming are the first four Congressional Committees to join Twitter. These Committees use Twitter as a new...
From the journal Nature, via a New York Times article, this new fee based report, Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year, for which Figures and tables as well as Supplementary info are available to...
The Clean Coal Smoke Screen by Daniel J. Weiss, Nick Kong, Sam Schiller, Alexandra Kougentakis | December 22, 2008. Data Analysis for Clean Coal Smoke Screen, by Daniel J. Weiss, Nick Kong, Sam Schiller, Alexandra Kougentakis | December 22, 2008...
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey news release: "The United States faces the potential for abrupt climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt. "Abrupt" changes...
In following posting today, Interior Publishes Final Changes to Endangered Species Act Regs, this news release: "The announcement by the Interior Department of a new rule eliminating Congress’s authority to prevent new mining on public lands escalated concerns about the...
Follow up to related postings on "midnight regulations," this news release and report: "In 2001, the Bush administration began its radical, anti-environmental agenda by rescinding, changing, or issuing rules that degraded America’s environment. From refusing to reduce the arsenic levels...
House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Final Staff Report for the 110th Congress Staff, October 21, 2008: "The scientific debate on the cause of climate change is over. A clear scientific consensus now holds that global warming...
News release: "As part of its ongoing effort to increase and diversify America's energy supply, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management today published final regulations to establish a commercial oil shale program that could result in the...
Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline: "The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. While above the record minimum...
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.2, September 2008. "This U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Product provides a...
World Wildlife Fund - Increasing Vulnerability to Hurricanes: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts "The destructive potential of tropical storms in the North Atlantic has increased by about 50 percent since the 1970s. This increase,...
University of Florida News: "Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, making it a potentially mammoth contributor to global climate change depending on how quickly it thaws. So concludes a group...
"The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history as climate change has made it possible to circumnavigate the Arctic ice cap. The historic development was revealed by satellite images taken last week showing that...
News release: "Investors engaging with U.S. companies on the financial risks and opportunities from climate change achieved breakthrough results during the 2008 proxy season. A record 57 climate-related shareholder resolutions were filed with U.S. companies, of which nearly half were...
News release: "In response to Chairman Waxman’s inquiry, EPA provided analyses EPA had conducted of reductions that would be necessary from the transportation sector to meet a range of global warming goals." The Potential Energy and GHG Implications of Plug-in...
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems, Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6, U.S. Climate Change Science Program And the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, July 2008 [284 pages, PDF]. "This...
News release: "An investigation by the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has found that members of government at the highest levels, including the office of President George W. Bush’s Chief of Staff and numerous heads of Cabinet...
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 25 June 2008. National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030. Statement for the Record of Dr. Thomas Fingar,...
"When you search with Google News, you'll now see a list of related searches at the bottom of the results page. For example, a search for [global warming] will show more news results for topics such as carbon dioxide, Al...
News release: "Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a revolutionary new global warming bill today that would reduce global warming pollution according to scientific targets, reinvest any revenue back to American workers and technology, and would re-establish America as a...
"As oil prices reached a new all-time high today of $130 a barrel for light sweet crude, and executives from the top 5 oil companies come to Congress for a second time this year, a new report details decisions by...
James Randerson, science correspondent, The Guardian, Monday March 24 2008: "Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to research published today. So-called "black carbon" could cause up...
News release: "On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, a new report from Oil Change International, entitled A Climate of War - The war in Iraq and global warming, quantifies both the greenhouse gas emissions of the Iraq War...
Follow up to previous postings on the status of protection for polar bears, this March 10, 2008 news release, "the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace sued the Bush administration for missing the legal...
News release: "The United States WatchList, a joint project between American Bird Conservancy and the National Audubon Society, reflects a comprehensive analysis of all the bird species in the United States. It reveals those in greatest need of immediate conservation...
"You've heard about global warming with its subsequent impending ecological disasters, but what's the real story? By connecting you with scientists in the field, current news and visual representations of data from NOAA and NASA, Earth Live will explore climate...
Follow up to previous posting on listing the polar bear as a threatened species, this January 18, 2008 press release: "Select Committee Chairman Rep. Edward Markey...sent a letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne reinforcing the message that the Secretary should...
Follow up on January 7, 2008 posting Federal Fish and Wildlife Statement for Polar Bear Decision, additional information and links. San Francisco Chronicle: Groups cite oil leases in U.S. delay on rating polar bear's status, by Jane Kay: "Environmental groups...
California Air Resources Board Technical Assessment, January 2, 2008: Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Reductions Under the CAFE Standards and ARB Regulations Adopted Pursuant To AB1493. "In public comments explaining his denial of a waiver under Sec. 209(b) of the Clean...
Nuclear Power in a Warming World - Findings and Recommendations in Brief: "Global warming demands a profound transformation in the ways we generate and consume energy. Because nuclear power results in few global warming emissions, an increase in nuclear power...
"For the past 16 months, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been investigating allegations of political interference with government climate change science under the Bush Administration. During the course of this investigation, the Committee obtained over 27,000 pages...
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: "For the past 16 months, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been investigating allegations of political interference with government climate change science under the Bush Administration. During the course of this investigation,...
Press release: "A report released today by the Washington, DC-based National Environmental Trust demonstrates that many U.S. states individually emit more greenhouse gases than hundreds of developing nations combined. The report, Taking Responsibility: Why the United States Must Lead the...
Press release: "A coalition of environmental groups, states and regional governments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today urging the agency to address the effects of vast amounts of global warming pollution from the world's aircraft fleet. The petitions...
"The IPCC has launched the first three volumes of its assessment report “Climate Change 2007” and is currently finalizing its Synthesis report [Fourth Assessment report ("AR4"]. The Synthesis Report [was] launched in Valencia, Spain, 17 November 2007 during a press...
"We are pleased to announce the launch of the Carbon Monitoring for Action database at www.carma.org. CARMA provides the world’s most detailed and comprehensive information on carbon emissions resulting from the production of electricity. Power sector emissions make up 25%...
Press release: "At the request of Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a new analysis released [November 9, 2007] by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) found that legislative language in the energy bill currently being considered by the Congress would...
Ceres: "Global warming and the growing incidence of extreme weather events pose an enormous challenge to the insurance industry. This summer's devastating floods in Europe and wildfires in the West are only the latest reminder of why investors and consumers...
Press release, October 4, 2007: "Two conservation organizations, the Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed a lawsuit today against Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne for failing to take into account the latest information on global...
"The Environmental Protection Agency has ignored the recent Supreme Court decision that CO2 is an air pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and approved a permit for a new coal-fired power plant without regulating its CO2 emissions or considering...
Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, National Research Council - U.S. Climate Change Science Program Making Good Progress In Documenting And Understanding Changes, But Study Of Impacts On Humans And Communication With Decision Makers Lag:...
Follow up to September 7, 2007 posting, Scientists Predict Global Warming Kills 2/3rds of Polar Bear Populations by 2050, today ABC News reports: "An area of Arctic sea ice the size of Florida has melted away in just the last...
Press release: "Future reduction of sea ice in the Arctic could result in a loss of 2/3 of the world's polar bear population within 50 years according to a series of studies released today by the U.S. Geological Survey." Related...
National Wildlife Federation Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Report Card: "Two years after Hurricane Katrina much has become clear. We know that the devastation in New Orleans and surrounding areas was less a natural than a man-made disaster. Katrina’s surge into New...
"On June 18 Climate Science Watch published a white paper report criticizing the administration’s failure to address aviation’s contribution to global warming in the federal multiagency NextGen aviation planning and development program. The report highlights the administration’s inattention to quantifying...
Press release: "The drought and dry conditions currently gripping half the country are a taste of things to come, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) assessing the effects of global warming on water supplies...
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee hearing to Examine Allegations of Political Interference with Government Climate Change Science (Part II) - [Link to Part 1]. "This hearing examined evidence and allegations of political interference with the work of...
Press release: "Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, together with over 125 House colleagues, introduced the “Safe Climate Act of 2007.” The legislation is based on what scientists have concluded the United States must do to avoid dangerous, irreversible warming of...
Pew Center on Global Climate Change - What's Being Done in the States - "Across the country, states and regions are adopting policies to address climate change. These actions include increasing renewable energy generation, selling agricultural carbon sequestration credits, and...
Press release: "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has sued the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today for its failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to global warming science and...
"The IPCC Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers (SPM) is now available for download in PDF format. Note: Text, tables and figures given in the SPM are final but subject to checking and copy-editing and editorial adjustments...
Climate Risk Disclosure by the S&P 500, January 2007 (80 pages, PDF: "This report assesses how S&P 500 corporations from 11 key industries disclose the risks and opportunities they face from climate change. The report finds that over half of...
Full Committee Hearing: EIA Analysis of Draft Global Warming Legislation, January 24, 2007: "The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on analysis recently completed by the Energy Information Administration, Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to...
Related Files: Discussion Draft Discussion Draft Supporting Information GDP Impacts EIA Analysis CBO Report...
Press release: "United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) urges lawmakers to enact a policy framework for mandatory reductions of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions from major emitting sectors, including large stationary sources, transportation, and energy use in commercial and residential buildings....
Pelosi Announces the Creation of Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Janaury 18, 2007...
AP: "The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, who study everything from caribou mating to global warming, subjecting them to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of...
Press release today: "U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) on Friday introduced aggressive bipartisan legislation to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The legislation sets forceful greenhouse gas emissions targets that the best...
Rep. Waxman Releases Internal Commerce Department E-Mails on Climate Change, Tuesday, September 19, 2006 -- "Rep. Waxman requests Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez explain emails that appear to show that his office denied a media request to interview a NOAA scientist...
From Ceres..."te largest coalition of investors, environmental and public interest organizations in North America," tbis new report, From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively and Profitably Manage Climate Change, addresses how "...climate change poses unprecedented risks to the insurance...
World Resources Institute: 2006. Hot Climate, Cool Commerce: A Service Sector Guide to Greenhouse Gas Management. "A guide on managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that details the various steps necessary to manage track, and reduce GHG emissions."...
Follow-up to a series of recent postings on the growing controversy concerning NASA's policy to limit public access to accurate scientific documents on global warming. New York Times - Call for Openness at NASA Adds to Reports of Pressure: "Top...
Follow-up to postings on government censorship of dissemination of scientific data, this February 11, 2006 article from the Washington Post - Censorship Is Alleged at NOAA Scientists Afraid to Speak Out, NASA Climate Expert Reports: "James E. Hansen, the NASA...
Suspicions Confirmed: This January the Warmest Ever Recorded in America and Scientists Warn of Melting Ocean Ice and Rising Oceans in the Arctic Because of Global Warming....
In the Kingdom of the Half-Blind, by Bill Moyers. "This is the prepared text of the address delivered on December 9, 2005, by Bill Moyers for the 20th anniversary of the National Security Archive, a non-governmental research institute and library...
New York Times Magazine, September 4, 2005: Political Science Related references: Questions Surround Editing of U.S. Report on Global Warming Science Advisor to President Works Amidst Controversy...
From the LA Times, June 17, 2005: "The Bush administration altered critical portions of a scientific analysis of the environmental impact of cattle grazing on public lands before announcing Thursday that it would relax regulations limiting grazing on those lands,...
On June 9, I posted Questions Surround Editing of U.S. Report on Global Warming, linking to reports on, and documents related to, the "editing" of climate change research prior to publication of a government report on the issue. Another relevant...
On June, 2005 the New York Times published this article, Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming, which states that Philip A. Cooney, White House Council on Environmental Quality's chief of staff, formerly with the American Petroleum Institute,...
From the Politics and Science website, presented by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office: A new report, August 2003, Politics and Science, (40 pages, pdf) "finds numerous instances where the Administration has manipulated the...
From a press release dated August 6, 2003: "The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed suit in federal court against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for refusing to implement the Federal Data Quality Act in regard to...
From the US Climate Change Science Program: The US Climate Change Science Program. Vision for the Program and Highlights of the Scientific Strategic Plan. From the World Wildlife Foundation: "The ten year research proposal for the US Climate Change Science...