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Nobody's Using Cookstoves; Pollution Is Making Us Fat
Mon,23 Apr 2012 11:28 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Today in Green Research: Cookstoves aren't saving humanity, pollution's making us fat, climate change is going to mess with the corn market, a highly endangered plant. Fresh news and ideas about our planet's futureSee full coverage Nobody's using those cookstoves that are supposed to save humanity. If a great idea falls into the laps of millions of households and nobody uses it, it doesn't count as a great idea, which is exactly what's happening with the cookstove movement. ... Full Story | Top |
Winter returns with a blast as snow pounds U.S. Northeast
Mon,23 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT
Reuters -  BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A spring storm struck the U.S. Northeast on Monday, dumping wet snow in western Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and western New York and bringing heavy rains to the Eastern Seaboard. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from West Virginia northward into western New York, a flood watch for central New Hampshire and eastern Maine and flood advisories for eastern Massachusetts. As much as 12 to 18 inches of snow could fall in the mountains of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, the service said. ...
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No Warm Feelings for 'Frozen Planet'; Fish Labels Are Fishy
Mon,23 Apr 2012 08:53 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - The New York Times on the controversy surrounding Frozen Planet Irony alert: for all the sharp, HD details of Frozen Planet, one of those stunning nature documentaries cut from the same cloth as Planet Earth, it glosses over something awfully big: why the Earth is warming. As Brian Stelter explains, the series adresses how Arctic and Antarctic creatures have been affected by global warming without getting into the reasons why the world's heating up -- i.e., man-made carbon emissions. ... Full Story | Top |
Weather-driven demand boosts UK gas prices
Mon,23 Apr 2012 04:41 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British prompt gas prices rose on Monday morning as supply lagged demand amid colder-than-average temperatures forecast until the end of the month, while curve gas slumped with weakening oil prices. However, average summer temperatures across Europe will be higher-than-normal between May and July, with the exception of south-eastern parts of the continent, forecaster Weather Services International (WSI) said. ... Full Story | Top |
UK, U.S. to agree to work on floating wind turbines
Mon,23 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT
Reuters - DON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States will agree to collaborate on developing floating wind turbine technology at a clean energy ministerial meeting in London this week, the UK's department of energy and climate change (DECC) said on Monday. Energy ministers from 23 of the world's biggest economies meet Wednesday and Thursday to discuss how to speed up the move to cleaner energy technologies. ... Full Story | Top |
Winter punches back with snow, heavy rain in Northeast U.S.
Sun,22 Apr 2012 03:30 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Wintry weather was set to make a comeback with as much as a foot or more of snow on the way in the northeastern United States on Sunday, while other parts of New England faced the threat of flooding. After a relatively mild winter, winter storm warnings were in effect in parts of Pennsylvania and New York for Sunday night through Wednesday. Heavy snow was expected to start falling late Sunday with up to 14 inches possible, potentially causing downed trees and power outages, according to the National Weather Service. ... Full Story | Top |
8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World
Sat,21 Apr 2012 12:42 PM PDT
LiveScience.com - Over the last 100 years, global temperatures have warmed by about 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit (0.74 degrees Celsius) on average. The change may seem minor, but it's happening very quickly — more than half of it since 1979, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Full Story | Top |
Bad weather halts Westwood's charge in Indonesia
Sat,21 Apr 2012 07:55 AM PDT
Yahoo! Sports - Lee Westwood of England celebrates sinkling a birdie putt on the 18th green during final round play in the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar Full Story | Top |
EU delays vote on labeling oil sands oil dirty
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:07 PM PDT
Associated Press - The European Commission will delay asking members to approve a measure that would label oil from oil sands as worse for climate change than crude oil — a temporary victory for Canada, where such oil is produced. Full Story | Top |
Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:22 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur more often during cold periods, possibly because people look for scapegoats to blame for crop failures and general economic hardship. Fitting the pattern, scholars argue that cold weather may have spurred the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692. Full Story | Top |
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