Tag Archives: Environment
From the Global Warming Cafe
I joined about 15 others for a “global warming cafe” in West Medford yesterday, and was glad to be among my peeps for a couple of hours. Generally, these were people who are clued into the needs and demands of climate change, and many...
California Air Regulators Target Big-Rig Pollution
California’s Air Resources board released draft rules on Friday aimed at curbing pollution from the more than 1 million trucks that shuttle goods along state roads. The air board will vote Dec. 11 on whether to adopt two rules, which...
Bob Metcalfe Cheers Global Warming Bubble
Self-described “Internet tycoon” and venture capitalist Bob Metcalfe said that the world can solve global warming by transferring Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship to the plodding energy field.
Metcalfe on Monday reprised his...
Water, Pollution Limits OK’d for Plant
The company planning to build a gas-fired power plant in Waldorf has reached an agreement with state regulators, clearing the way for final approval by the state’s Public Service Commission.
Competitive Power Ventures announced Monday...
Global Warming Affecting Seabird Population
The sudden decline in the population of seabirds on the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding waters is being viewed as the result of global warming, a new research has revealed.
Tens of thousands of seabirds were unable to breed due to warmer...
Global Warming Sending Tropical Species Uphill: Study
Global warming is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place, ecologists argue in this week’s issue of Science.
In a rare study on the impact...
Palin on global warming
Here at RealClimate we understandably have an intense interest in the positions of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates regarding global warming and carbon emissions. What the stance bodes for future action on climate change is...
Cattle Burping Can Lead to Global Warming
That cattle herd sitting in the middle of the road, contently chewing away as you honk, is not just traffic nuisance. Research has revealed that cattle belching is speeding up global warming as well!Methane, which ruminating animals like cattle...
Global Warmings Fish-Sex Effect
A small increase in water temperature among sensitive fish like the South American pejerrey can result in a population that is 98% male.
Once scientists began studying the impact of global warming on everything from tourism to asthma, it was...
The disbenefit of the doubt
Poor old Ofcom. It knew full well what mire it would enter when it took on the task of adjudicating the wide array of complaints leveled at The Great Global Warming Swindle, the programme shown on Channel 4 in March 2007 that gleefully attacked...
