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Tapes show concern before Ind. stage collapse
Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:35 PM PST
AP - A recording of dispatch radio calls shows that emergency workers were expressing concern about severe weather just minutes before winds ripped through the Indiana State Fair and caused a fatal stage collapse. Full Story | Top |
New Climate Report Claims Global Warming's Toll on Extreme Weather
Thu,1 Dec 2011 12:40 PM PST
Time.com - Maybe we should retire the term "global warming," which makes climate change sound like a nice, pleasant bath. It's true that climate change -- caused chiefly by the rapid increase in manmade carbon emissions -- will result in warmer temperatures, fewer cold days and longer and more intense heat waves. But the real damage, both economically and in human lives, is likely to be inflicted by an increase or amplification of extreme weather events -- floods, storms, droughts. Full Story | Top |
NH utilities defend response to October snowstorm
Thu,1 Dec 2011 07:20 AM PST
AP - The directors of the state's four major electric companies on Wednesday defended their response to an October snowstorm that cut off power to 315,000 customers, saying that the storm was unprecedented and that planning was hampered by a weather forecast that changed dramatically beforehand. Full Story | Top |
UK plans to convert plutonium reserve into MOX fuel
Thu,1 Dec 2011 06:56 AM PST
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The government wants to burn the country's huge stockpile of waste plutonium into mixed-oxide fuel (MOX) as part of a long-term nuclear strategy, it said on Thursday following a consultation that rejected other options. The world's largest civilian stockpile of used plutonium -- stored at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria -- would be converted into MOX fuel for possible use in a new generation of thermal light water reactors, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said. ...
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S.Africa's 2010/11 maize crop down nearly 20 pct
Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:59 AM PST
Reuters -  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's May 2010-April 2011 maize harvest fell nearly 20 percent from the previous season, in line with market expectations, due to unfavourable weather conditions, the Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Thursday. South Africa reaped 10.36 million tonnes of maize in the 2010/11 season, compared with the previous year's harvest of 12.815 million tonnes. The crop was lower than the committee's final forecast of 10.608 million tonnes and largely in line with traders' estimates of 10.3 million tonnes, according to a Reuters poll. ...
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Baobab lights
Wed,30 Nov 2011 04:07 PM PST
AFP -  South Africans light up a Baobab tree by riding bikes in Durban as part of a renewable energies display on the beach front, during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP17).
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U.N. Report Indicates 2011 to Be One of the Hottest Years on Record
Wed,30 Nov 2011 03:40 PM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - According to National Geographic, a United Nations report indicates 2011 is looking to be one of the 10 hottest years on record. The conclusion is especially problematic since this year is part of the La Nina period, a climate pattern marked relatively cooler global conditions. In addition, this year has had numerous extreme weather events, which are often a symptom of global warming and increasing average global temperatures. Full Story | Top |
Climate Alarmists Are At It Again
Wed,30 Nov 2011 09:55 AM PST
Fox Business (RSS) - Warm weather in the Northeast has brought out two undesirables -- cockroaches and global warming alarmists. The latter have been going through their usual wailing and beating of chests about the coming end of the world through devastating floods and violent hurricanes. Full Story | Top |
UN scientist: fighting climate change saves costs
Wed,30 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST
AP -  The U.N.'s top climate scientist cautioned climate negotiators Wednesday that global warming is leading to human dangers and soaring financial costs, but containing carbon emissions will have a host of benefits.
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Banks seen as climate culprits at global talks: report
Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:54 AM PST
Reuters -  DURBAN (Reuters) - Major global banks are exacerbating the fight against global warming by supplying power utilities and mining firms with ample funds to build coal-fired plants, according to a report released by non-governmental groups at the climate talks in Durban. The study examined the portfolios of 93 major banks and found that coal financing supplied by those institutions to the coal industry totalled 232 billion euros since 2005 when the Kyoto Protocol came into force. ...
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China decries Canada's "bad example" in climate talks
Tue,29 Nov 2011 11:38 PM PST
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Canada's failure to deny reports that it is about to ditch the Kyoto Protocol is "setting a bad example" to other developed nations as global climate change talks enter their third day, China's official news agency said on Wednesday. Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday that Kyoto was "the past", but he would not confirm media reports that Ottawa was planning to formally withdraw from the treaty, one of the main topics of global climate talks now under way in Durban, South Africa. . ... Full Story | Top |
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