USA TODAY -
By David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama called Afghanistan counterpart Hamid Karzai today to "express his shock and sadness" at the shooting deaths of 16 Afghanistan civilians by a US soldier, the White House announced.
3.11.2012
WAKE UP PEOPLE: UK wants renewable energy target scrapped The Guardian
The Guardian -
The move would in effect remove the most important prop from the beleaguered renewable energy
Retreating ice leaves glacial species on the rocks Nature.com
Nature.com -
The rapid retreat of glaciers all over the world is a threat to insects that live in streams and rivers fed by melt water. The rapid retreat of glaciers is one of the most visible signs of Earth's changing climate, but the disappearance of the ice is ...
WOW: Greenland Ice Sheet More Sensitive to Global Warming Than Previously Known Bloomberg
Bloomberg -
Greenland's ice sheet is more sensitive to global warming than previously thought and may already be approaching a critical threshold, researchers in Spain and Germany found.
Obama Economic Adviser Warns Unemployment Could Rise ABC News
ABC News (blog) -
But President Obama's former economic adviser said today that this seemingly rosy economic picture probably won't last.
UK nuclear sites at risk of flooding, report shows - guardain
UK nuclear sites at risk of flooding, report shows
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/07/uk-nuclear-risk-flooding
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/07/uk-nuclear-risk-flooding
Fukushima: solar power and wind energy projects under way to replace nuclear ... REVE
REVE -
There is a plan to build huge wind power generators in the sea, for setting up wind turbines that are 200 meters tall.
Water crunch looms without action on waste, says UN report Economic Times
Economic Times -
They include providing clean water and sanitation to the poor, feeding a world population set to rise from seven billion to nine billion by 2050 and coping with the impact of global warming.
It's time for the gloves to come off on climate change greenbiz
It's time for the gloves to come off on climate change
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/03/08/taking-gloves-sound-alarm-climate-change
William Brent, GreenWiz, March 07, 2012
The people who accept climate change as a real threat need to accept that they have failed to get other people to accept climate change as a real threat.
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/03/08/taking-gloves-sound-alarm-climate-change
William Brent, GreenWiz, March 07, 2012
The people who accept climate change as a real threat need to accept that they have failed to get other people to accept climate change as a real threat.
11 percent of global population remains without access to safe drinking water vestnik kavkaza
vestnik kavkaza -
A report issued by the UN children's agency and the World Health Organization said over 2 billion people gained access to safe drinking water between 1990 and 2010.
Romney's 'Racist Religion' newyorker
New York Magazine -
By Andre Tartar The very first stop for Rick Santorum's campaign in Florida (where he came in third) was at Pompano Beach's WorldWide Christian Center, headed by the Reverend O'Neal Dozier, who was also his honorary Florida chairman.
Kennedys break bread with hunger strikers News Chief
News Chief -
Ethel Kennedy , wife of Robert F. Kennedy , greets farmworkers who have been on a hunger strike outside Publix corporate headquarters on Airport Rd.
UN Won't Back Down on Iran Nuclear Inspections Daily Beast
UN Won't Back Down on Iran Nuclear Inspections
Daily Beast -
In an exclusive interview, the head of the UN's nuclear agency says it will demand Iran allow access to a key military site—even if it escalates tensions.
US won't save Israel from hanging itself Haaretz
Haaretz -
First President Shimon Peres arrived as the representative of the "peace camp," and was followed immediately by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The "peace camp" has melted like ice after relying for years on strange mantras such as "the Americans ...
BRUTALLY KILL BABY, KILL: Experts predict surge in floods Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald -
Flood-proofing solutions are needed to face global warming: scientists. Photo: AFP/Queensland Police Service SPORTS fields, car parks and parklands will be important assets; houses will have walls that open, and some people might need to lose their ...
WeatherBELL Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi Denies Basic Physics: 'CO2 Cannot ... tpg org
ThinkProgress -
But here he is on Fox Business this morning, declaring that carbon dioxide “literally cannot cause global warming”: BASTARDI: CO2 cannot cause global warming. I'll tell you why. It doesn't mix well with the atmosphere, for one.
HOPE: Aspen businesses challenge green city's ties to US Chamber of Commerce Denver Post
Denver Post -
The city of Aspen is a national leader in municipal energy-efficiency programs that both reduce the effects of climate change and raise public awareness of the issue. Now a growing chorus is asking why the town's chamber - the 680-business Aspen ...
HOPE: GE rejects Republicans' climate change doubts Financial Times
Financial Times -
By Pilita Clark, Environment Correspondent General Electric has brushed aside the doubts leading Republican presidential contenders have raised about climate science.
WOW. EXTREMELY HOPEFUL: Labor unions rethinking their role in politics Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times -
The influential AFL-CIO almost certainly will endorse Obama for reelection, but many unions are increasingly financing their own efforts instead of writing large checks to the Democratic Party and its candidates.
Climate: New York seeks to reduce heat island effect Summit County Citizens Voice
Summit County Citizens Voice -
But from a climate and urban heat island standpoint, it makes a lot of sense to install bright, white roofs. That's why we say, 'Bright is the new black.
DRILL, RAPE, PLUNDER, DESPOIL... BABY...: Report: Great Lakes ice down 71 percent since 1973 Chicago Tribune
The State Column -
Climate change may be wielding its heavy hand of influence over the Great Lakes. According to a report from the American Meteorological Society, Great Lakes ice coverage has decreased by an average of 71 percent over the past 40 years.
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