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| World Bank urges better cookstoves in developing states to curb deaths Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 03:04 PM PST  By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - (Release at 2301 GMT, Sunday Nov 3) Simple measures to reduce pollution from cooking stoves in developing nations could save a million lives a year and help slow global warming, a World Bank study showed on Monday. The study called for tough limits on pollution from methane and soot, which can settle on snow and ice and hasten a thaw by darkening the surface, in everything from cooking and heating to mining and flaring by the oil and gas industry. "The damage from indoor cooking smoke alone is horrendous - every year, four million people die from exposure to the smoke," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement of the study "on Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives." Many people in developing nations cook on open fires with wood or coal, exposing people - mainly women and children - to fumes that cause everything from respiratory problems to heart disease. "If more clean cook-stoves - stoves that use less or cleaner fuel - would be used it could save one million lives," the report said of the annual benefits. Full Story | Top |
| Freeze Warning Issued for East Haven Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 10:57 AM PST  After an unseasonably warm last few days, there definitely will be frost on your Halloween pumpkin come Monday morning, with temperatures expected to dip into the 20s overnight. The National Weather Service has Full Story | Top |
| Freeze Warning Issued for Branford Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 10:55 AM PST  After an unseasonably warm last few days, there definitely will be frost on your Halloween pumpkin come Monday morning, with temperatures expected to dip into the 20s overnight. The National Weather Service has Full Story | Top |
| Experts say nuclear power needed to slow warming Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 08:05 AM PST  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Some of the world's top climate scientists say wind and solar energy won't be enough to head off extreme global warming, and they're asking environmentalists to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution. Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Tensions with allies rise, but U.S. sees improved China ties Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 03:15 AM PST  By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With ties between Washington and many close allies strained because of eavesdropping revelations and differences over U.S. policies in the Middle East, the Obama administration can take some comfort from an improvement in ties with China. A year after China's President Xi Jinping took over the helm of the country's ruling Communist Party, senior U.S. officials say they see increased cooperation on a range of issues from climate change to North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions. On the economic front, Washington is focused on China's November 9-12 Communist Party conclave where Xi's blueprint for making the world's second-largest economy more open is expected to be unveiled. Both could help dent the $300 billion annual U.S. trade deficit with China. Full Story | Top |
| Report: Warming likely to make bad things worse Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 02:39 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts. Full Story | Top |
| Australia, US 'spied on Indonesia' during UN talks Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 11:21 PM PDT  Australia and the United States mounted a joint surveillance operation on Indonesia during the 2007 United Nations climate change conference in Bali, a report said Sunday. The Guardian newspaper's Australian edition cited a document from US whistleblower Edward Snowden showing Australian spy agency the Defence Signals Directorate worked alongside America's National Security Agency (NSA) to collect the phone numbers of Indonesian security officials. The revelation is likely to exacerbate already strained relations with Jakarta after reports last week that Canberra's overseas diplomatic posts were involved in a vast US-led surveillance network. Missions in Indonesia, as well as embassies or consulates in China, were reportedly used to monitor phone calls and collect data, sparking demands for an explanation from Jakarta and Beijing. Full Story | Top |
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