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Friday, May 4, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

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News: Summary Box: The downside of nuclear-free Japan Pepco 1Q profit rises 6 percent, but revenue falls New Billboards Compare Climate Scientists and Unabomber, Mass Murderers Think tank compares belief in global warming to Charles Manson, Osama Bin Laden, others Buckeye Partners 1Q profit drops 22 percent Ameren posts huge 1Q loss on warmer weather Federal coal sales in Powder River Basin draw suit The nation's weather Hot & Humid Weather Before Cold Front Farmers: Erratic weather devastating Mich. fruits Rwanda raises repo rate to 7.5 pct on inflation risks As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise Fuel for the Fire: Graphic Triplets Can Turn Out Just Fine; A Black Hole Murderer European climate change to hit Scandinavia and south hardest Climate impact on plants could be underestimated - study Three arrested during climate protest Progress Energy 1Q profit falls on warmer weather Uncertainty still clouds future of EU biodiesel South Korea approves emissions trading scheme Study: Texas Wind Farms Not Causing Global Warming Severe storms possible in Central Plains Wednesday Daredevil plans tightrope walk over Niagara Falls for June 15, direction depending on weather Climate impact on plants could be underestimated - study Plant study flags dangers of warming world Summary Box: The downside of nuclear-free Japan Fri,4 May 2012 01:28 PM PDT Associated Press - JAPAN'S CRISIS: The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors. Full Story Top Pepco 1Q profit rises 6 percent, but revenue falls Fri,4 May 2012 01:06 PM PDT Associated Press - Utility operator Pepco Holdings Inc. said Friday that its first-quarter profit rose 6 percent as lower taxes helped offset a 21 percent drop in revenue, as mild winter weather led to a decline in electric sales. Full Story Top New Billboards Compare Climate Scientists and Unabomber, Mass Murderers Fri,4 May 2012 10:48 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Update, 5:23 p.m Eastern Time: In a statement by Heartland president Joseph Bast, the organization announced that it will be taking down the Unabomber billboard after only 24 hours. Bast wrote that the billboard was an "experiment" meant to "turn the tables" on climate-change advocates.  Full Story Top Think tank compares belief in global warming to Charles Manson, Osama Bin Laden, others Fri,4 May 2012 10:46 AM PDT The Daily Caller - A free market think tank is taking its beef with climate change alarmists to the Chicago skies. Full Story Top Buckeye Partners 1Q profit drops 22 percent Fri,4 May 2012 10:20 AM PDT Associated Press - Buckeye Partners LP said Friday that mild winter weather hurt demand for refined petroleum products and pulled down its first-quarter profit by 22 percent. Full Story Top Ameren posts huge 1Q loss on warmer weather Fri,4 May 2012 08:17 AM PDT Associated Press - Utility Ameren Corp. on Friday reported a huge loss in the first quarter as it took big charges and the mild winter weather kept people from turning up the heat. Full Story Top Federal coal sales in Powder River Basin draw suit Fri,4 May 2012 07:59 AM PDT Associated Press - Citing worries over climate change, two environmental groups announced Thursday that they hope to derail government plans to sell leases on 2 billion tons of coal near a pair of major Wyoming mines. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri,4 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT Associated Press - Weather Underground Forecast for Friday, May 04, 2012. Full Story Top Hot & Humid Weather Before Cold Front Fri,4 May 2012 06:31 AM PDT CBS Dallas Fort Worth (RSS) - Full Story Top Farmers: Erratic weather devastating Mich. fruits Fri,4 May 2012 06:19 AM PDT Associated Press - A disaster is unfolding in Michigan orchards as erratic spring weather causes some of the biggest losses in decades of cherries, apples and other fruits, growers said Thursday. Full Story Top Rwanda raises repo rate to 7.5 pct on inflation risks Fri,4 May 2012 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate for the first time since November to head off risks to the inflation outlook in the east African economy. National Bank of Rwanda Governor Claver Gatete said although regional inflationary pressures were declining they remained high, while domestic food production had been hit by adverse weather conditions. Rwanda's inflation rate in urban areas is far lower than headline rates in other countries in the region such as Kenya and Uganda, but it has been creeping higher in recent months. ... Full Story Top As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise Fri,4 May 2012 01:39 AM PDT Associated Press - The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors. Full Story Top Fuel for the Fire: Graphic Thu,3 May 2012 05:01 PM PDT National Journal - In 2008, Obama campaigned on a pledge to enact a sweeping cap-and-trade law that would slash fossil-fuel pollution, mandate increased production of renewable electricity, and spend $150 billion on clean-energy research over a decade. The bill failed in the Senate, and "cap-and-trade" has become a politically toxic phrase, but Obama has continued to pursue elements of climate-change and carbon-reduction policy. He used his executive authority to issue Environmental Protection Agency regulations to cut fossil-fuel emissions from power plants and to ramp up fuel-economy standards for vehicles. ... Full Story Top Triplets Can Turn Out Just Fine; A Black Hole Murderer Thu,3 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Discovered: Triplets can turn out okay, a black hole murderer is on the loose, time to start a moderate jogging routine and plants will adapt to climate change better than expected. Triplets can turn out alright, after all. Being one of three triplet means having to share things among three, which can make a person turn out a little funny, probably. This research has no implications for the personality of triplets. But, there is some good news for the well being of those born in threes. ... Full Story Top European climate change to hit Scandinavia and south hardest Thu,3 May 2012 11:09 AM PDT AFP - Global warming in Europe this century will mostly affect Scandinavia and the Mediterranean basin, the European Environment Agency warned on Thursday. Full Story Top Climate impact on plants could be underestimated - study Thu,3 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT AFP Relax News - Experiments that try to simulate global warming's impact on plants badly under-estimate what happens in the real world, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Full Story Top Three arrested during climate protest Thu,3 May 2012 08:32 AM PDT AFP - Police arrested three people Thursday as hundreds demonstrated against rising fuel prices and climate change outside a London conference attended by energy company bosses. Full Story Top Progress Energy 1Q profit falls on warmer weather Thu,3 May 2012 08:27 AM PDT Associated Press - Progress Energy's profit fell 19 percent in the first quarter as an unseasonably warm winter drove down power demand across the entire utility industry. Full Story Top Uncertainty still clouds future of EU biodiesel Wed,2 May 2012 11:57 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Senior European Union officials failed on Wednesday to agree on how to measure the full climate impact of biofuels, prolonging uncertainty in a debate that threatens to wipe out large parts of Europe's biodiesel industry. The talks followed warnings from scientists that using biodiesel made from European rapeseed and imported palm oil and soybeans does nothing to prevent climate change and could actually accelerate it. ... Full Story Top South Korea approves emissions trading scheme Wed,2 May 2012 09:25 PM PDT AFP - South Korea's parliament has approved a long-delayed bill to start trading carbon dioxide emissions in 2015, joining the vanguard of countries battling climate change. Full Story Top Study: Texas Wind Farms Not Causing Global Warming Wed,2 May 2012 03:05 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - A study first reported by Reuters seemed to suggest large-scale wind farms in West Texas cause localized warming of the surface. The implication was the spread of such wind farms might cause rather than alleviate global warming. Full Story Top Severe storms possible in Central Plains Wednesday Wed,2 May 2012 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and very large hail could develop over the Central Plains later on Wednesday stretching from eastern Nebraska into western Iowa and southern Minnesota, the National Weather Service said. Conditions are ripe for three consecutive days of storms in the region. There were reports of tornadoes, large hail and high winds in parts of south-central Minnesota and in northwest Iowa on Tuesday, and more storms are possible on Thursday. ... Full Story Top Daredevil plans tightrope walk over Niagara Falls for June 15, direction depending on weather Wed,2 May 2012 11:43 AM PDT Associated Press - NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Daredevil Nik Wallenda says he'll cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope on June 15. Full Story Top Climate impact on plants could be underestimated - study Wed,2 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT AFP - Experiments that try to simulate global warming's impact on plants badly underestimate what happens in the real world, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Full Story Top Plant study flags dangers of warming world Wed,2 May 2012 10:18 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a significant impact on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some breeding, migration and feeding patterns, scientists say. ... Full Story Top

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