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Hot Weather's Return Brings Ozone Warnings
Mon,30 Apr 2012 07:48 PM PDT
HealthDay - MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Health risks from ground-level ozone pollution spike between March and October, lung specialists at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston have found. Full Story | Top |
Hotel company sues government over Tenn. flooding
Mon,30 Apr 2012 05:14 PM PDT
Associated Press - Gaylord Entertainment Co. filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House during flooding in 2010. Full Story | Top |
Study Finds Increased Warming Over Wind Farms
Mon,30 Apr 2012 03:37 PM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network - According to Science Daily, scientists at the State University of New York at Albany published a study in the journal Nature Climate Change that concludes large wind farms might have a warming effect. Researchers assessed satellite data of the areas surrounding large wind energy farms in Texas over a span of nine years from 2003 to 2011. Here are the details. Full Story | Top |
Do wind farms actually cause climate change?
Mon,30 Apr 2012 11:04 AM PDT
The Week (RSS) - Here's a curveball on climate change: New research published in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate. Many countries are rapidly expanding their capacity to generate electricity using wind-driven turbines as they try to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases created by the burning of fossil fuels. But are wind farms contributing to the very problem they're supposed to help solve? Here, a brief guide: How much do wind farms heat up the air? Researchers at the State University of New York at ... Full Story | Top |
Warm weather can add to US growth or weaken it
Fri,27 Apr 2012 10:26 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The U.S. economy grew more slowly in the first three months of this year. Governments spent less, and businesses cut back on investment. But consumers spent at the fastest pace in more than a year.
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Weird Weather is Making America Antsy
Fri,27 Apr 2012 08:25 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Is your house driving you buggy? If so, you're not alone. A national survey in the U.S. found that 84 percent of American homeowners experienced a pest problem in the last 12 months, which could make this a good year for pest control professionals. Slightly more than half of all homeowners think it's essential to use the services of a pest control company. Full Story | Top |
Kenya Q1 tea output falls 15 pct on extreme weather
Fri,27 Apr 2012 02:13 AM PDT
Reuters -  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's tea production for the first three months of this year fell 15 percent to 72 million kg compared with the same period in 2011, hurt by extreme weather conditions, the Tea Board of Kenya said on Friday "The fall is mostly weather related. The drought was quite severe this time around. Initially there were cases of frost and we had about 3,000 hectares under attack," Sicily Kariuki, the board's managing director, told Reuters. Kenya is the world's leading exporter of black tea, and the commodity is its tope foreign exchange earner.
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Deckers ' 1st-qtr profit falls short of forecasts
Thu,26 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT
Associated Press - Deckers Outdoor Corp. said Thursday that the unusually warm winter weather hurt demand for its Ugg boots, which helped send its first-quarter profit down 59 percent. The shoe maker also lowered its full-year guidance, and its shares plunged more than 15 percent after hours. Full Story | Top |
Chesapeake Wyoming well response delayed by weather
Thu,26 Apr 2012 02:11 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s crews have delayed their attempt to control a well blowout in Wyoming until the weather improves, the company said on Thursday. Chesapeake lost control of the well near Douglas, Wyoming on Tuesday leading to a blowout that leaked natural gas and drilling mud. "We're waiting for the wind direction and speed to change," Chesapeake spokeswoman Kelsey Campbell said. She declined to specify the exact weather issues stalling the company's response to the blowout. ... Full Story | Top |
Obama Throws Environmentalists a Bone; Get Ready for 'Agent Orange Corn'
Thu,26 Apr 2012 10:14 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - The Washington Post on Obama and climate change For those who've complained about President Obama's mum-ness on climate change, the commander-in-chief has broken this silence on the issue, somewhat. The editorial board at The Washington Post discusses comments made by the president to Rolling Stone, in which he said, of the upcoming election, "I will be very clear in voicing my belief that we're going to have to take further steps to deal with climate change in a serious way. ... Full Story | Top |
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