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Baltimore nears adoption of climate plan: Hearing, vote set Thursday before city Planning Commission (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/28/12) National and International News 'Alarming' Year of Extremes as Climate 'Tipping Point' Looms: UN groups issue stark warnings at climate summit in Doha (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/28/12) Science under pressure as pesticide makers face MPs over bee threat: The debate over neonicotinoid insecticides has reached a crucial point, with MPs grilling chemical firms, out-of-date rules failing to protect nature and a row over scientific research (Damian Carrington, the [UK] Guardian, 11/28/12) BP Suspended By EPA From New Contracts With Federal Government (By Josh Lederman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/28/12) Sea-level Rise Outpaces Expert Predictions (By David A. Gabel, Environmental News Network, 11/28/12) Expiration Of Wind Tax Credit Kills Jobs, Senators Say (By Lucia Graves, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/28/12) Mississippi River Levels Decreasing to Near Record Levels: Could disrupt tourism, commerce (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 11/28/12) An open letter to governments and their negotiators: To really address climate change UNFCCC-COP18 should decide to leave under the soil more than 2/3 of the fossil reserves (By Bill McKibben, Nnimmo Bassey and Pablo Solon, 350.org, 11/28/12) The World Energy Report's scariest findings: The U.S. may surpass Saudi Arabia as the planet's leading oil producer -- and the cost could be catastrophic (By Michael Klare, TomDispatch.com as reported by Salon.com, 11/27/12) China planning 'huge fracking industry': Chinese plans to expand fracking for shale gas prompt fears over local water and international climate impacts (By Jaeah Lee, Mother Jones as reported by The [UK] Guardian, 11/27/12) UN: methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point - Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost (By Fiona Harvey, The [UK] Guardian, 11/27/12) Lamar Smith, Global Warming Skeptic, Set To Chair House Science Committee (By Amanda Terkel, The Huffington Post - Political Blog, 11/27/12) Hot and bothered: Global greenhouse-gas emissions and current trends (Economist.com, 11/26/12) Conservative Groups Team Up To Fight Renewable Energy: ‘We're Going To See A Knock-Out, Drag-Out Fight' (By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/26/12)
New Scientist Special Report: 7
Reasons Climate Change Is ‘Even Worse Than We Thought' (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org
- Climate Progress Blog, 11/26/12) |