Natural Gas a Weak Weapon Against Climate Change, New Study Asserts National Geographic

Natural Gas a Weak Weapon Against Climate Change, New Study Asserts

National Geographic - ‎Mar 14, 2012‎

Although natural gas burns more cleanly than coal, a new study argues that replacing all the world's coal power plants with natural gas would do little to slow global warmingthis century. "There are lots of reasons to like natural gas, but climate ...

Na. Gas - Bridge fuel to Hell: As natural gas production grows, questions arise about methane leaks Charleston Gazette

As natural gas production grows, questions arise about methane leaks

Charleston Gazette - ‎13 hours ago‎

It's generally agreed, however, that there isn't good data on how much methane is entering the atmosphere from natural gas operations. "Even small leaks can wind up undoing most of theglobal warming benefit we think we're getting when we substitute ...

JUST SIT THERE. LET THE EPA TWIST IN THE WIND! Judge Overrules EPA Denial of Mountaintop Removal Coal Permit AllGov

Judge Overrules EPA Denial of Mountaintop Removal Coal Permit

AllGov - ‎59 minutes ago‎

Arch Coal had received approval for the permit from the EPA in 2007, during the administration of President George W. Bush, but EPA in January 2011 revoked the permit, marking the first time the agency had ever done so. EPA concluded that the Spruce No ...

Judge: EPA veto of W.Va. mine permit overreachedBusinessWeek

Judge Overturns EPA Ruling Against Arch Coal MineWall Street Journal

P. Obama, QUIT FIGHTING CORP WELFARE! EPA plan could cost three Montana plants $90 million Great Falls Tribune

EPA plan could cost three Montana plants $90 million

Great Falls Tribune - ‎2 hours ago‎

Proposed EPA rules will cost the Colstrip power plants an estimated $80 million. Cement plants near Montana City and Three Forks would also face cleanup costs.

GOP Ignoring Its Own Climate Scientists About Climate Change Huffington Post

GOP Ignoring Its Own Climate Scientists About Climate Change

Huffington Post - ‎Mar 22, 2012‎

According to a fascinating article by Katherine Bagley prosaically titled "GOP Not Listening to its Own Climate Scientists on Climate Change," a group of prominent conservative scientists, many of them evangelicals, approached conservative politicians ...

ABC Weatherman to Talk About Climate Change The Ithaca Independent

ABC Weatherman to Talk About Climate Change

The Ithaca Independent - ‎16 hours ago‎

Sam Champion will present "Beyond the Daily Forecast: Covering Weather Disasters and Climate Change" on Thursday, Mar. 29 at 7:30 pm in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall.

Have we reached the climate change point of no return? Wisconsin State Journal

Have we reached the climate change point of no return?

Wisconsin State Journal - ‎20 minutes ago‎

I'm a little freaked out about this uncommonly warm stretch of weather we're having and whether it represents something of a point of no return from that most recent of doomsday narratives: climate change. Yes, I know it's not prudent to blame any one ...

Manmade Climate Change Accelerated In 2001-2010, World Meteorological ... ThinkProgress

Manmade Climate Change Accelerated In 2001-2010, World Meteorological ...

ThinkProgress - ‎20 hours ago‎

In addition, WMO also announced preliminary findings of the soon to be released Decadal Global Climate Summary, showing that climate change accelerated in 2001-2010, which was the warmest decade ever recorded in all continents of the globe.

UN spotlights role of weather and water services in addressing climate change ...UN News Centre

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION CONFIRMS CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATED IN PAST ...East County Magazine

RARE SANITY HERE!!! Why Obama Shouldn't Defend Gay Marriage (For Now) Daily Beast

Why Obama Shouldn't Defend Gay Marriage (For Now)

Daily Beast - ‎12 hours ago‎

There are all sorts of reasons why Obama should come out in favor of gay marriage before the 2012 election. But the arguments on the other side are far stronger.

Gee, imagine if he'd had a Heart when he was VP! Cheney had heart transplant USA TODAY

Cheney had heart transplant

USA TODAY - ‎15 minutes ago‎

2011 photo by Richard Drew, AP 2011 photo by Richard Drew, AP That's according to his office. It released a statement Saturday disclosing the surgery, and saying that Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months.

Germany's $270 Billion Renewables Shift Biggest Since WarBloomberg

Investors are Making Money on Renewable Energy

Forbes - ‎Mar 20, 2012‎

This attractive investment opportunity may surprise those who have seen sharp drops in share prices of companies that make the hardware used by renewable energyprojects. Global manufacturers of wind turbines and solar panels have been facing stiff ...

Germany's $270 Billion Renewables Shift Biggest Since WarBloomberg

Germany's $263 Billion Renewables Shift Biggest Since WarBusinessWeek

Lung Doctors Expect Respiratory Diseases will Worsen with Global Climate Change EP Magazine

Lung Doctors Expect Respiratory Diseases will Worsen with Global Climate Change

EP Magazine - ‎Mar 16, 2012‎

"These include more smoke and particulate matter from more wildfires, which are known to increase in frequency as the climate warms, and the presence of airborne particles from dust storms caused by desertification." The position paper outlines a ...

Doctors Expect Climate Change to Worsen Lung DiseasesCapital Notes (blog)

Solar Thermal - NC Turkey farm Prestage saves more than $200,000 a year in water heating costs – a savings of about 35 percent

Prestage saves more than $200,000 a year in water heating costs – a savings of about 35 percent

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/03/23/3121636/nc-company-building-gigantic-solar.html#storylink=cpy

The 'Game' IS Long: Obama's Long Game on Energy National Journal

Obama's Long Game on Energy

National Journal - ‎15 hours ago‎

By Major Garrett, John Aloysius Farrell and Josh Kraushaar AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Sun king: Obama preaches solar energy in Nevada.

President Obama Visits Solar Power PlantProduct Design & Development

Obama Singes Critics at US Solar 'Epicenter'ABC News (blog)

In Depth:Obama visit highlights Nevada's green jobs planBusinessWeek

Natural Gas Wells Proliferation Poisoning Children's Air, Research Suggests Huffington Post

Natural Gas Wells Proliferation Poisoning Children's Air, Research Suggests

Huffington Post - ‎18 hours ago‎

If everything goes as planned, Angie Nordstrum's son may look out the window of his second-grade classroom at Red Hawk Elementary this fall and see a full-scale natural gas drilling operation. He and his classmates, Nordstrum noted, will then have no ...

Israeli Target Shooting: Israel 'turning blind eye' to West Bank settlers' attacks on PalestiniansThe Guardian

Israel 'turning blind eye' to West Bank settlers' attacks on PalestiniansThe Guardian

US Solar Energy Growing Despite Bad Press NASDAQ

Semiconductor Industry Solar Energy Growing Despite Bad Press

NASDAQ - ‎Mar 23, 2012‎

(RTTNews.com) - A new study for Strategy Analytics has revealed that the semiconductor industry solar energy sector is continuing to grow despite a recent spat of bad press.

Some Clean-Energy Loans Raise FlagsWall Street Journal

Awaiting Abound Solar's efficiency playNorthern Colorado Business Report

1.2 Billion People Live in Extreme Poverty - The Rockefeller Foundation and Institute ... MarketWatch

1.2 Billion People Live in Poverty - The Rockefeller Foundation and Institute ...

MarketWatch (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2012‎

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On April 3, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute for the Future (IFTF) will join forces with people across the globe and ask them to help solve global poverty through an interactive ...

Your Water footprint? Water Security, Global Health and Chocolate Bars Huffington Post

What's Your Water footprint? Water Security, Global Health and Chocolate Bars

Huffington Post - ‎21 hours ago‎

We flush our toilets with drinking water. The world is eating more and more meat, which takes surprisingly massive amounts of water to produce.

AND THE HIDDEN AQUIFER DEPLETION BOMB? World on Track to Meet MDG Safe Water Target, But Challenges Remain Huffington Post

World on Track to Meet MDG Safe Water Target, But Challenges Remain

Huffington Post - ‎Mar 22, 2012‎

By Susan Blumenthal, MD Safe and sustainable drinking water is essential for the health and economic well-being of the world's population, and yet 99 percent of the world's water supply is unsafe or unavailable to drink. Despite the challenges this ...

The Future Of U.S. Water Supplies Is Anything But CertainOPB News

1.8 bln people still drinking contaminated waterNewstrack India

In Depth:Why has water and sanitation aid fallen even as global aid has increased?The Guardian

World Tuberculosis Day 2012: Stopping Tuberculosis in Our Lifetimes Huffington Post

World Tuberculosis Day 2012: Stopping Tuberculosis in Our Lifetimes

Huffington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎

It is estimated that one-third of the world's population currently has latent tuberculosis [6]. Significant progress has been made in the fight against TB in recent decades.

TB: Promise Of New Diagnosis Technology Seattle Post Intelligencer

On World TB Day Project HOPE Hails Promise Of New Diagnosis Technology

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎16 hours ago‎

About one-third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb), the bacterium that causes TB.

New software tool to assess global freshwater stress R & D Magazine

New software tool to assess global freshwater stress

R & D Magazine - ‎Mar 23, 2012‎

A new method to make better use of vast amounts of data related to global geography, population and climate may help determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. While several recent studies suggest that much of the ...

no det 'You, I have SACRED DUTY TO UP SET folks on the Children's behalf to Save Home Earth. NOW. Duty.' sLoving

Saudi Arabia pumped its fossil ( nonreplenishible) aquifers dry - its last wheat crop - inquirer

Decisive turn

Inquirer.net (blog) - ‎13 hours ago‎

Saudi Arabia pumped its fossil ( nonreplenishible) aquifers dry, Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute notes. Riyadh harvested last year its last wheat crop.

Only $110 Billion a Year to Restore Earth's Support Systems SustainableBusiness.com

Only $110 Billion a Year to Restore Earth's Support Systems

SustainableBusiness.com - ‎Mar 21, 2012‎

Restoring the economy's natural support systems - reforesting the earth, protecting topsoil, restoring rangelands and fisheries, stabilizing water tables, and protecting biological diversity- would cost just $110 billion a year, says Lester Brown in ...

READ SHARE NOW: '70 DAY HUNGER STRIKE ENDS. INDIA. RIVER IS WORTH OUR LIVES.

Ganga crusader breaks epic 70-day hunger strike as government blinks

Daily Mail - ‎21 hours ago‎

By Mail Today Reporter It took a nearly two-and-ahalf month-long hunger strike by an aging environmentalist to stir the government into action on the crucial issue of Ganga's conservation.

Save Ganga activist Swami Agarwal, 80, ends fast in DelhiNDTV

Save Ganga activist GD Agarwal ends fastindiablooms

Highly Cited:Penance for GangaFrontline

From India:Swami ends fast after Centre's written promiseTimes of India

we want Ganga to be saved, even at the cost of our lives.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2119480/Ganga-crusader-breaks-epic-70-day-hunger-strike-government-blinks.html#ixzz1q3eZINlC

LISTEN UP! Isreal's teaching us about morality!Netanyahu calls Human Rights Council decision 'hypocritical' The Jewish Journal

Netanyahu calls Human Rights Council decision 'hypocritical'

The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. - ‎Mar 22, 2012‎

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at a UN Human Rights Council decision to investigate Jewish settlements, calling it “hypocritical” and detached from reality.

Netanyahu says UN rights council 'hypocritical'The Daily Star

UN human rights group 'hostile to Israel' for probe into settlements: NetanyahuNational Post

From Israel:Turkey: Israel's settlement enterprise unacceptableYnetnews

Isreal sad to find that Palestine is too weak for their GANG RAPING to be stopped. huffpo

Palestinian Statehood: Economy Not Stable Enough, Israeli Government Report Finds

Huffington Post - ‎Mar 18, 2012‎

Members of the Palestinian community in Colombia demonstrate against Colombia's position of not to vote the recognition of a Palestine statehood by the UN, at Bolivar Square in Bogota on October 11, 2011. (CAICEDO/AFP/Getty Images) JERUSALEM -- An ...

Israelis shooting Palestinian 'Rats,' uh, children -The Muslim News

Palestine: Two children injured by Israeli army fire near Ramallah

The Muslim News - ‎9 hours ago‎

A Palestinian child was wounded in the face by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli soldiers who attacked nonviolent protesters against the Wall and Settlements in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; a second child ...