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Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

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News: GOP delays convention business due to Isaac RNC chairman: Convention will convene Monday, then recess until Tuesday afternoon due to Isaac GOP Delays Convention Start Republicans Delay Convention Start to Tuesday Due to Weather Concerns Green Climate Fund to hold next meeting in South Korea New Space Weather Video Shows Sun Waking Up Stormy Weather Thwarts 2nd Launch Try for NASA Radiation Probes Storms spoil NASA's 2nd launch bid for satellites Chris May And Eyewitness Weather Team Host 'Eye On Extreme Weather' On Anniversary Of Hurricane Irene In Romney plan, oil drilling unfettered by politics Climate vs. weather: Extreme events narrow doubts The nation's weather Drought, food supply fears boost small-scale irrigation: study Air Board: Weather conditions helped disperse Chevron smoke plume Organizers meet to create $100b climate fund Obama vs. Romney: Energy--Graphic UN green climate fund, meant to aid poor, holds first talks Oil Companies May Have Been Helping Combat Climate Change (a Little) Warmer temperatures eyed in devastation of Massachusetts butterflies Australian cricketers will handle UAE weather: coach Tropical storm expected to form near the Lesser Antilles Philippines sets up climate change fund Favorable weather helps ND crop progress There Is No Reasonable Explanation for Weather App Addiction ICF to support climate change programs GOP delays convention business due to Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT Associated Press - The Republican Party is delaying the bulk of its convention until Tuesday afternoon because of the severe weather expected from Tropical Storm Isaac. Full Story Top RNC chairman: Convention will convene Monday, then recess until Tuesday afternoon due to Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT Associated Press - TAMPA, Fla. - The Republican Party will delay the bulk of its convention until Tuesday afternoon because of the severe weather forecast from Isaac. Full Story Top GOP Delays Convention Start Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:06 PM PDT National Journal - Severe weather pushes GOP convention to Tuesday.GOP officials are delaying the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa to at least Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Isaac, according to a memo released by Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus.The convention will officially convened Monday, and then immediately recessed until Tuesday, to accomodate travelers expected to encounter "severe transportation difficulties." Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to strike the Tampa Bay region Monday, bringing with it sustained rain and high winds. ... Full Story Top Republicans Delay Convention Start to Tuesday Due to Weather Concerns Sat,25 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT National Journal - Republican officials are delaying the start of their convention until at least Tuesday as Tropical Storm Isaac bears down on the Tampa Bay region, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Saturday in a memo. Full Story Top Green Climate Fund to hold next meeting in South Korea Sat,25 Aug 2012 11:24 AM PDT AFP - The Green Climate Fund, which will help poor countries fight global warming, will hold its next meeting from October 18 to 20 in South Korea, the body said Saturday. Full Story Top New Space Weather Video Shows Sun Waking Up Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT SPACE.com - A new video from a sun-watching spacecraft shows just how much our star has woken up in the last three years. Full Story Top Stormy Weather Thwarts 2nd Launch Try for NASA Radiation Probes Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:11 AM PDT SPACE.com - NASA delayed the launch of two new space radiation probes for the second day in a row Saturday (Aug. 25), this time due to stormy weather. Full Story Top Storms spoil NASA's 2nd launch bid for satellites Sat,25 Aug 2012 01:36 AM PDT Associated Press - Thunderstorms have ruined NASA's second attempt to launch a pair of science satellites. Full Story Top Chris May And Eyewitness Weather Team Host 'Eye On Extreme Weather' On Anniversary Of Hurricane Irene Fri,24 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT Full Story Top In Romney plan, oil drilling unfettered by politics Fri,24 Aug 2012 09:31 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - In unveiling his energy policy on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tapped into the oil industry's giddy optimism about shale drilling to paint a rosy picture of U.S. economic renaissance fueled by hydrocarbons. A 21-page energy policy white paper distributed by the Romney campaign is also notable for what it doesn't address: The document contains no mention of climate change, few proposals to curb U.S. fossil fuel demand, and sparse paragraphs on the merits of renewable energy. The promise of a drilling frenzy takes center stage. ... Full Story Top Climate vs. weather: Extreme events narrow doubts Fri,24 Aug 2012 04:54 AM PDT AFP - Heatwaves, drought and floods that have struck the northern hemisphere for the third summer running are narrowing doubts that man-made warming is disrupting Earth's climate system, say some scientists. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri,24 Aug 2012 02:51 AM PDT Associated Press - Weather Underground Forecast for Friday, August 24, 2012. Full Story Top Drought, food supply fears boost small-scale irrigation: study Thu,23 Aug 2012 10:42 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Farmers in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly taking up small-scale irrigation schemes as drought threatens the security of food supplies, a report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said. "With food security back on the international agricultural agenda, and climate change increasing the uncertainty of rainfall, it is an opportune time to reconsider investments related to irrigated agriculture," the study said on Friday. ... Full Story Top Air Board: Weather conditions helped disperse Chevron smoke plume Thu,23 Aug 2012 02:32 PM PDT Full Story Top Organizers meet to create $100b climate fund Thu,23 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT Associated Press - A new global fund on climate change that aims to channel $100 billion a year in aid to poor countries selected officials from South Africa and Australia as its leaders at its first meeting Thursday. Full Story Top Obama vs. Romney: Energy--Graphic Thu,23 Aug 2012 08:53 AM PDT National Journal - CLIMATE CHANGE In 2008, Obama campaigned on a pledge to enact a sweeping cap-and-trade law that would slash fossil-fuel pollution, mandate increased production of renewable electricity, and spend $150 billion on clean-energy research over a decade. The bill failed in the Senate, and "cap-and-trade" has become a politically toxic phrase, but the president has continued to pursue elements of climate-change and carbon-reduction policy. ... Full Story Top UN green climate fund, meant to aid poor, holds first talks Thu,23 Aug 2012 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Leaders of a U.N. green fund meant to channel billions of dollars to help developing economies cope with climate change met for the first time on Thursday after months of delays. The 24-strong board began 3-day talks in Geneva, trying to decide where the fund will be based and other details, officials said. Ways to extract planned new aid from the anaemic economies of rich countries will be left for later meetings. ... Full Story Top Oil Companies May Have Been Helping Combat Climate Change (a Little) Wed,22 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT Scientific American - Oil Companies May Have Been Helping Combat Climate Change (a Little) Full Story Top Warmer temperatures eyed in devastation of Massachusetts butterflies Wed,22 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The devastation of native cold weather butterfly species in Massachusetts and the arrival of southern subtropical species is likely tied to climate warming and signals a massive shift in the butterfly population of the U.S. East Coast, a new study shows. The research, published in the current issue of the journal Nature Climate Change, shows 17 of 21 species of butterflies whose habitat is centered north of Boston have declined since 1992 - some by as much as 90 percent. ... Full Story Top Australian cricketers will handle UAE weather: coach Wed,22 Aug 2012 08:50 AM PDT AFP - Australia's acting coach Steve Rixon on Wednesday hoped his players will adjust to the hot conditions in United Arab Emirates during their matches against Afghanistan and Pakistan. Full Story Top Tropical storm expected to form near the Lesser Antilles Tue,21 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - A tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, prompting tropical storm warnings across several Caribbean islands, and forecasters predicted it will strengthen into a hurricane later this week. The swirling mass of thunderstorms was located about 580 miles east of Guadeloupe and moving at 20 miles per hour toward the Lesser Antilles, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The depression had top winds of 35 mph. ... Full Story Top Philippines sets up climate change fund Tue,21 Aug 2012 02:57 AM PDT AFP - Philippine President Benigno Aquino has signed a law creating a one billion peso (about $24 million) "survival fund" to combat the effects of climate change, a government official said Tuesday. Full Story Top Favorable weather helps ND crop progress Mon,20 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT Associated Press - Favorable weather has continued to help harvest progress in North Dakota, but precipitation is needed for most row crops. Full Story Top There Is No Reasonable Explanation for Weather App Addiction Mon,20 Aug 2012 01:35 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Smartphones are magical little computer boxes, capable of things both high tech and useful and yet the number one most popular thing people do with their amazing smartphones' technology is... Check the weather. That's according to a Online Publishers Association survey (via AllThingsD's Peter Kafka), which finds that 90 percent of respondents use their phones to "access information. ... Full Story Top ICF to support climate change programs Mon,20 Aug 2012 12:57 PM PDT Associated Press - Government services contractor ICF International Inc. has been awarded a $23.5 million contract to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Division. Full Story Top

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