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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

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News: Will Happer on Global Warming US sets new carbon standard for power plants Summary Box: Wheat price falls as weather improves Yellowstone elk herd declines another 10 per cent as weather, predators, hunters take toll SBA offers disaster aid to W.Va. storm victims Wheat prices fall as weather prospects improve 2C warming target 'out of reach' - ex UN climate chief Cities on front line of climate change Cities on front line of climate change EPA Proposes First-Ever Climate Rules March Weather Going Out Like A Lamb NASA launches suborbital rockets after several weather delays Xstrata wins approval for Australia's biggest coal mine Revionics and Planalytics Enhance Weather-Driven Demand Intelligence Pricing Solution The nation's weather North Korea gives details of "weather" satellite launch First Major Climate Regs from Obama EPA Sure to Heat Up Political Debate Extreme Weather All About Global Warming; Why We Love Tear-Jerkers Federal government offers millions in research grant for climate change study Aerosmith unveils North American summer tour Decade of Extreme Weather Bears Fingerprint of Climate Change Warm weather a headache for Mich. asparagus farms Warmest Weather Since Last October Redford puts star power behind Colorado River film DaVita Advises Dialysis Patients to Prepare for Spring Weather Will Happer on Global Warming Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | A Wall Street Journal article today put the truth out about global warming. Will Happer, Professor of Physics at Princeton University and noted climate change skeptic, noted nature's lack of cooperation with the notion of a warming Earth. Full Story Top US sets new carbon standard for power plants Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:21 PM PDT AFP - The United States on Tuesday set the first nationwide carbon standards on power plants, seeking to curb emissions from the burning of coal and revive the flagging fight against climate change. Full Story Top Summary Box: Wheat price falls as weather improves Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:35 PM PDT Associated Press - RAINS IN THE PLAINS: Recent rainfall in key growing states has made investors more optimistic about this year's wheat crop. The rain comes just as wheat is ending its winter dormancy period and needs moisture. Full Story Top Yellowstone elk herd declines another 10 per cent as weather, predators, hunters take toll Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:30 PM PDT Associated Press - BILLINGS, Mont. - A major elk herd that migrates between Yellowstone National Park and Montana suffered another steep decline last year due to a hard winter, predator attacks and hunting, state and federal scientists said Tuesday. Full Story Top SBA offers disaster aid to W.Va. storm victims Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:13 PM PDT Associated Press - The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering disaster assistance to businesses, homeowners and renters affected by recent severe weather in southern West Virginia. Full Story Top Wheat prices fall as weather prospects improve Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:29 PM PDT Associated Press - Wheat futures are closing down 3 percent as recent rainfall in crop-producing states makes traders more optimistic about this year's harvest. Full Story Top 2C warming target 'out of reach' - ex UN climate chief Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:09 PM PDT AFP - The UN's former climate chief on Tuesday said the global warming pledge he helped set at the Copenhagen Summit little more than two years ago was already unattainable. Full Story Top Cities on front line of climate change Tue,27 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PDT AFP - The world's cities face the brunt of climate change but some are starting to respond vigorously to the threat, experts say at a conference here staged ahead of the June Rio summit. Full Story Top Cities on front line of climate change Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:40 AM PDT AFP Relax News - The world's cities face the brunt of climate change but some are starting to respond vigorously to the threat, experts say at a conference here staged ahead of the June Rio summit. Full Story Top EPA Proposes First-Ever Climate Rules Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:17 AM PDT National Journal - The Environmental Protection Agency proposed limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from new power plants on Tuesday, taking the first major regulatory action to address climate change as promised by President Obama's administration soon after he took office in 2009. Full Story Top March Weather Going Out Like A Lamb Tue,27 Mar 2012 06:30 AM PDT CBS Dallas Fort Worth (RSS) - Full Story Top NASA launches suborbital rockets after several weather delays Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:28 AM PDT Associated Press - ATLANTIC, Va. - NASA has launched five rockets to study the upper level jet stream after several delays. Full Story Top Xstrata wins approval for Australia's biggest coal mine Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:46 AM PDT Reuters - PERTH (Reuters) - An Australian court ruled in favor of global miner Xstrata on Tuesday in a case which sought to halt the company's plans to build the country's largest coal mine on the grounds that it would contribute to climate change. The objection against the A$6 billion ($6.3 billion) Wandoan mine was filed by environmental group Friends of the Earth and landowners, and comes amid increasing resistance to Australia's coal industry from green campaigners. ... Full Story Top Revionics and Planalytics Enhance Weather-Driven Demand Intelligence Pricing Solution Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:00 AM PDT Business Wire - Revionics, Inc., the leading provider of retail life cycle price optimization solutions which are optimizing 30,000+ retail stores weekly, and its partner, Planalytics Inc., the singular global source of Business Weather Intelligence®, announced today enhancements to its weather-driven demand intelligence feature, which is integrated into Revionics' cloud-based Life Cycle Price Optimization suite that includes base, promotion and markdown pricing management and optimization solutions. Full Story Top The nation's weather Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:55 AM PDT Associated Press - Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, March 27, 2012. A pair of storms will move through the country Tuesday, producing pockets of active weather. Full Story Top North Korea gives details of "weather" satellite launch Mon,26 Mar 2012 06:53 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea gave details for the first time of a "weather satellite" it plans to send into orbit next month, a launch the West sees as a disguised ballistic missile test which has prompted criticism from the reclusive state's only major ally, China. The North's KCNA news agency described it as an "advanced geostationary meteorological satellite data receiver" as world leaders gathered in the South Korean capital, Seoul, for a nuclear security summit. ... Full Story Top First Major Climate Regs from Obama EPA Sure to Heat Up Political Debate Mon,26 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT National Journal - The Obama administration is expected to unveil long-awaited global-warming regulations as soon as Tuesday in a move that will make a big splash politically but won't have real environmental or economic impact until long after the 2012 elections. Full Story Top Extreme Weather All About Global Warming; Why We Love Tear-Jerkers Mon,26 Mar 2012 03:04 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Discovered: Crazy weather has a lot to do with climate change, why we like sad movies, another invisibility cloak (sort of), what made humans start walking less like apes and more like humans and black holes are rude. Confirmed: Crazy weather has a lot to do with climate change. We knew this beautiful, freaky weather was far too good to be true. "The question is whether these weather extremes are coincidental or a result of climate change," explains researcher Dim Coumou. That is the question. But what is the answer? It's bad. ... Full Story Top Federal government offers millions in research grant for climate change study Mon,26 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PDT Associated Press - MONTREAL - The federal government is offering millions in research money to universities to study climate change. Full Story Top Aerosmith unveils North American summer tour Mon,26 Mar 2012 12:42 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran rockers Aerosmith will bring their Global Warming Tour to 18 North America cities starting in June, continuing the concert series they played in South America and Japan last year, the band said on Monday. Aerosmith, helmed by frontman and "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler, will play in cities from Toronto to Oakland, California and Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets go on sale starting March 30. The band, formed in Boston in 1970, is made up of Tyler, guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer. ... Full Story Top Decade of Extreme Weather Bears Fingerprint of Climate Change Mon,26 Mar 2012 12:24 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Droughts, heat waves, flooding — humanity has faced the effects of extreme, disastrous weather throughout history. But this past decade set itself apart — thanks, at least in part, to human-caused climate change, according to scientists. Full Story Top Warm weather a headache for Mich. asparagus farms Mon,26 Mar 2012 08:04 AM PDT Associated Press - Asparagus is rising from the ground because of Michigan's extraordinarily warm weather, a condition that could eventually ruin the crop due to a lack of labor and inevitable frost. Full Story Top Warmest Weather Since Last October Mon,26 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PDT CBS Dallas Fort Worth (RSS) - Full Story Top Redford puts star power behind Colorado River film Mon,26 Mar 2012 06:14 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actor and director Robert Redford, a longtime environmental activist, has teamed with his son to film a documentary about the Colorado River system, which conservationists believe is endangered by decades of development and global warming. Redford, 76, who lives in Utah, traveled to Washington, D.C. along with Jamie Redford, a Northern California resident, to discuss the urgency of the message in their film, "Watershed," featured recently at the D.C. Environmental Film Festival. ... Full Story Top DaVita Advises Dialysis Patients to Prepare for Spring Weather Mon,26 Mar 2012 06:00 AM PDT Business Wire - DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced important emergency preparedness information and resources for dialysis patients during upcoming tornado, hurricane and flood seasons this spring. Full Story Top

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