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newsclips -- Newsclips for November 24, 2009
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:03:20
California Air Resources Board Newsclips for November 24, 2009 . This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. CLIMATE CHANGE California's preliminary 'cap and trade' plan is due today. The state Air Resources Board today plans to unveil a preliminary draft of the nation's first "cap and trade" program for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. Posted. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1349195.html Carbon will mature as inflation hedge. LONDON (Reuters) - The $126 billion global carbon market will mature so that investors will use it as a hedge against equities and inflation, Bache Commodities Ltd.'s emissions trading head told Reuters in an interview. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AN35420091124 Seven Global Warming Misconceptions. A variety of misconceptions about human-induced global warming still make the rounds of media and cocktail conversation. The 26 world class climatologists who wrote the Copenhagen Diagnosis decided to dispel seven of the most common of them in the report, which is the first comprehensive update of leading peer-reviewed climate science in the three years since the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was finalized. Posted. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/global-warming-common-misconceptions/story?id=9159877 Polluters under pressure as US ponders climate talks target. WASHINGTON — The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit. Posted. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hIPLgd843zEGTkJPMU6LMD5MBHdg Over 100 floating icebergs spotted: Global warming a factor. Wellington, New Zealand – A maritime warning was issued today after at least 100 icebergs were spotted floating towards New Zealand. Orion captain Andy Nielsen told The Associated Press, the largest iceberg is reported to be about 1.2 by 0.9 miles and more than 425 feet high and are floating in a major ocean shipping lane. Posted. http://www.examiner.com/x-28320-World-News-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Over-100-floating-icebergs-spotted-Global-warming-a-factor EPA Weighs Going After Big Carbon Polluters. With the Senate caught up in an intense health care debate, it is becoming increasingly likely that the upper chamber will not take up a climate bill for full consideration before the upcoming UN climate talks in Copenhagen, let alone before the end of the year. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/mnCorporateResponsibility/idUS361599571720091124 Climate change quickens, seas feared up 2 metres. OSLO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Global warming is happening faster than expected and at worst could raise sea levels by up to 2 metres (6-1/2 ft) by 2100, a group of scientists said on Tuesday in a warning to next month's U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. Posted. http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSGEE5AN1H2 A deal on climate change? Not exactly. PARIS (Fortune) -- Lars G. Josefsson showed up at the UN General Assembly in New York City in September with a petition signed by 244,500 people that called for action on climate change, including the fixing of a global price for carbon emissions. Posted. http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/23/news/economy/climate_change.fortune/ Turning a Lens on Climate Change. After studying geography in college, James Balog embarked on a nature-photography career that merged his love of mountaineering, science and art. Mr. Balog has photographed everything from nuclear missile silos in the agrarian West to figure studies of chimps. His latest project, "Extreme Ice Survey," is a time-lapse photographic record of climate change as seen through glacial melting at 15 sites in the northern hemisphere. Edited excerpts follow. Posted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704779704574553860954043166.html Is a change in climate unstoppable? It sounds utterly contrary to what we might think: If we use less energy, civilization will actually increase the emissions blamed for global warming. That's one of the controversial findings of the University of Utah's Tim Garrett, who applied simple physics in an unconventional way to look at worldwide energy use. Posted. http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13852986 FUELS World’s largest landfill gas-to-liquid natural gas plant on line. Waste Management and Linde North America have commissioned what they say is the world’s largest landfill gas-to-liquid natural gas plant at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Calif., producing enough fuel to power about 300 Waste Management waste and recycling collection vehicles. Posted. http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3256 Growth Energy Wants California's Public Comment Period Reopened. Growth Energy has called on the California Air Resources Board to allow the public to comment on all documents pertaining to their low-carbon fuel standard rulemaking that were not disclosed and should influence the final rule. Posted. http://californiafarmer.com/story.aspx?s=33389&c=8 ENERGY Nuclear power regains support. LONDON -- Nuclear power -- long considered environmentally hazardous -- is emerging as perhaps the world's most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the backing of even some green activists who once campaigned against it. Posted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112303966.html BLOGS Biggest California CO2 emitter is… The biggest greenhouse gas emitter in California isn’t in California. A string of PacifiCorp power plants are the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide included in the state’s 2008 inventory of carbon sources tied to state use. Posted. http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/11/23/biggest-california-co2-emitter-is/ Does “Cool Cars” Rule Block Wireless Signal? Cali Says No. A new rule in California meant to help keep vehicles cool in the sun (and thus cut the need for fuel-chugging air conditioners) could interfere slightly with signal reception for GPS devices, but probably won’t block most mobile phone signals. Posted. http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/24/does-cool-cars-rule-block-wireless-signal-cali-says-no/ Green Business and Indigenous Rights. A new report released over the weekend calls attention to the plight of indigenous communities affected by climate change mitigation measures. Posted. http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/green-business-and-indigenous-rights/