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| 'Blast furnace' heat engulfs U.S. West into weekend Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:26 PM PDT  PHOENIX (Reuters) - An "atmospheric blast furnace" engulfed the sunbaked U.S. West in dangerous triple-digit temperatures on Friday, forecasters said, raising concerns for homeless people and others unable to escape near record temperatures expected over the weekend. An excessive heat warning is in effect for the sun-baked deserts of southeast California, parts of Nevada and southern Arizona through Sunday, as a large area of high pressure traps hot air across the area, the National Weather Service said. ... Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Images of the western US heat wave Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:08 PM PDT  A high pressure system hanging over the West this weekend is expected to bring temperatures that are extreme even in a region used to baking during the summer. The National Weather Service called for 118 in Phoenix, and 117 in Las Vegas on Sunday — a mark reached only twice in Sin City. Full Story | Top |
| The Coal Lobby's Fight for Survival Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:51 AM PDT For a century, coal dominated America's energy landscape, cheaply fueling the factories of the Rust Belt and lighting up homes across the country. King Coal also enjoyed almost unrivaled influence in Washington. On Capitol Hill, the muscular coal lobby routinely rolled its opponents. In particular, the clout of the coal lobby—and the money it doled out—was a major reason Congress has never enacted a serious climate-change law. Full Story | Top |
| Climate Change May Radically Transform Desert Bacteria Friday, Jun 28, 2013 07:13 AM PDT  Climate change may transform the community of microbes that forms the crucial top layer of soil, known as a biocrust, in deserts throughout the United States, new research suggests. Full Story | Top |
| Climate Change May Stop Invasive Ant Cold Friday, Jun 28, 2013 07:13 AM PDT  An aggressive ant species so vicious that in groups it can eat bird hatchlings alive may see its territory decline in the coming decades as climate change takes its toll on its habitats. Full Story | Top |
| Prolonged Stretch Of Unsettled Weather Friday, Jun 28, 2013 06:40 AM PDT Full Story | Top |
| Obama's environmental nominee in jeopardy from Senate Republicans Friday, Jun 28, 2013 06:20 AM PDT  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a plea this week for the U.S. Senate to confirm his choice to head the agency that will oversee the core of his new climate change plan, but nominee Gina McCarthy's prospects seem increasingly in doubt. McCarthy was nominated by Obama in March to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she is currently the top air quality official. She has yet to receive a vote in the full U.S. Senate after narrowly being approved by the Senate Committee for the Environment and Public Works on a party-line vote. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kenya raises 2013 tea output forecast on good weather Friday, Jun 28, 2013 05:48 AM PDT  By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has raised its tea production and export earnings projections for this year thanks to good weather, while prices were expected to rise in the second half of the year, the regulator Tea Board of Kenya said on Friday. The east African producer, which is the world's biggest exporter of black tea, expects to produce 410-415 million kg of tea, up from 369 million kg last year, the board said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Time Is Ticking for Obama’s Climate Agenda Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:07 PM PDT As President Obama reboots his campaign against climate change, his most formidable obstacle is no longer the coal industry or congressional Republicans. It's the calendar. Full Story | Top |
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