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Ernest Moniz, MIT physicist, is to be nominated as energy secretary (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Business/Economy, 3/4/13) Obama announces nominees for energy secretary, EPA chief and budget director (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post - Energy & Environment, 3/4/13) How extreme weather acts as a catalyst for climate concern: As the impacts of global warming start to hit home, we are seeing weather-related variation in public perceptions (By Adam Corner, The [UK] Guardian, 3/4/13) The Environmental Impact of the Sequester Cuts (By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog as reported by CommonDreams.org, 3/4/13) Splash and grab: The global scramble for water (By Fred Pearce, New Scientist Magazine, 3/4/13) Keystone XL pipeline report slammed by activists and scientists: Sierra Club leads angry response to 'deeply flawed' State Department report into proposed oil sands pipeline (By Paul Harris, The [UK] Guardian, 3/2/13) NYT cancels Green blog: No explanation from editors following surprise announcement (By Curtis Brainard, The Columbia Journalism Review, 3/1/13) IPCC urges Obama to raise awareness of science behind climate change: Rajendra Pachauri says US president should push for improving public's understanding of man-made global warming (By Severin Carrell, The [UK] Guardian, 2/28/13) Public concern in environment lowest in 20 years: Levels of public concern were lowest since 1992 in 12 countries, according to an international poll (By Adam Vaughan, The [UK] Guardian, 2/28/13) King Tides Offer California a Preview of Sea Level Rise (With Photo Slideshow) Recent King Tides in the San Francisco Bay area gave a glimpse of what sea level rise could look like. (By Brook Meakins, Alternet.org in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org, 2/28/13) Climate-caucus redux: New group isn't the first (By Emily Heil, The Washington Post, 2/27/13) 6 Ways the Sequester Will Mess Up the Environment: National parks, food inspection, and clean-energy development are just a few of the programs that will take a major hit. (By Zaineb Mohammed, Mother Jones magazine, 2/27/13) The New Abolitionists: Global Warming Is The Great Moral Crisis Of Our Time (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 2/27/13) Apparently nobody cares about the environment anymore (By Lloyd Alter, Treehugger.com - Business/ Environmental Policy, 2/27/13) Study: Over 100 Million Americans Drinking 'Toxic Trash' Water: New analysis from Environmental Working Group shows carcinogenic chemical lurking in nation's public water (By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 2/27/13) Climate change could kill big U.S. reservoirs (By Susie Cagle, Grist.org, 2/26/13) Australian climate outlook remains bleak with Tony Abbott out for revenge: Australian elections on 14 September threaten a rollback of years of climate change progress. The time to act is now (By Alexander White, The [UK] Guardian, 2/25/13) The 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' Is Running Dry: Minnesota's depleting aquifers show consequences of climate change, unsustainable water management (By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org, 2/25/13) |