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USM Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Initiative |
Scientists Confirm: Arctic Sea Ice 'Collapse' at Our Door: Warming planet and new evidence portend future of ice-free Arctic (By Jacob Chamberlain, CommonDreams.org, 2/15/13) Secret funding of climate sceptics is not restricted to the US: In the UK, wealthy rightwing donors also finance campaigns against policies to reduce greenhouse gases (By Bob Ward, The [UK] Guardian, 2/15/13) Habitat Loss and Changing Climate Driving Reptiles to Extinction: New report finds nearly one in five reptiles under serious threat (By Lauren McCauley, CommonDreams.org, 2/15/13) Thawing Permafrost May Be "Huge Factor" in Global Warming (By Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service, 2/14/13) VIDEO: Boston Meteorologist Links New England Blizzard To Climate Change (By Jeff Spross, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 2/14/13) Obama: If Congress won't act on climate change, I will (By Lisa Hymas, Grist.org, 2/13/13) Nearly 50 Climate Activists Arrested Outside Obama's White House: We're not protesting against Obama, say groups, we're applying the pressure he's requested (By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 2/13/13) Obama Climate Change Poll Finds Majority Supports 'Significant Steps' To Tackle Problem (By Luke Johnson, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 2/13/13) GOP ‘Savior' Marco Rubio Mocks Climate Change (By Adam Peck, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress blog, 2/13/13) Arrests Underway as Climate Activists Pressure Obama Outside White House We're not protesting against Obama, say groups, we're applying the pressure he's requested (By Jon Queally, CommonDreams.org, 2/13/13) Cars and Robust Cities Are Fundamentally Incompatible (By Chris McCahill and Norman Garrick, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 2/12/13) Extreme weather, climate change linked (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post - Post Politics, 2/12/13) Colourful 'solar glass' means entire buildings can generate clean power: British firm develops colourful, transparent solar cells that will add just 10% to glass buildings' cost (By Adam Vaughan, The [UK] Guardian, 2/12/13)
How
to Build a Better Bike Lane (and Get More People Out on Bikes) (By Sarah
Goodyear, The Atlantic Cities Blog, 2/12/13) |