Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Cooler Weather Here To Stay, Low Rain Chances for North Texas
Tue,8 May 2012 01:43 PM PDT
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Canada won't attain greenhouse gas goals: government
Tue,8 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT
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A view of a northern Alberta oil sand fields in Fort McMurrayCanada will fail to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2020, according to a government report which predicted that emissions responsible for global warming will actually increase by seven percent over that time.


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Canada set to miss modest emissions goals: watchdog
Tue,8 May 2012 10:18 AM PDT
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Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver speaks at a news conference at the Automatic Coating Limited plant in TorontoOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is acting too slowly to combat climate change and has little chance of achieving its modest 2020 target for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, Parliament's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. The report by Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan is awkward for the right-of-center Conservative government, which green activists say is more interested in industrial development than in protecting the environment. ...


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Rain slows fieldwork in parts of Minnesota
Tue,8 May 2012 08:02 AM PDT
Associated Press - Rain and thunderstorms slowed fieldwork in some parts of Minnesota this past week. Full Story
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Showers & Cool Weather Across North Texas
Tue,8 May 2012 06:48 AM PDT
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The nation's weather
Tue,8 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT
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This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds pop up across the Central US as a trough of low pressure strengthens in the Plains. This system pulls moisture and energy in from the Gulf of Mexico and creates a warm front that produces severe thunderstorms across the Upper Midwest. At the same time, a cold front stretches southward from this system, bringing showers and thunderstorms to the Southern Plains as it moves eastward throughout the day. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, May 08, 2012. Active weather will remain in the eastern third of the country on Tuesday as a strong storm will move through the region. The associated cold front will drape itself from the Southern Plains through the Southeast and eastern seaboard. This front will produce scattered rain and thunderstorms throughout this region. In contrast of the past few days, no significant severe weather threat is expected from this storm. There is a small possibility that some of these thunderstorms could become severe with heavy rain and large hail. Residents should always monitor the progress of these storms and be prepared to take necessary precautions to protect life and property.


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Storm Chasers Help Warn During Severe Weather
Mon,7 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT
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Did farting kill the dinosaurs?
Mon,7 May 2012 03:36 PM PDT
The Week (RSS) - While scientists are touting a new study of dinosaur flatulence as a "major new climate finding," the media is greeting it with undisguised mirth. According to this research, the prehistoric beasts may have tooted so much methane into the air that they triggered a catastrophic climate change and, consequently, their own extinction. Here's a guide to the revolutionary — and, for some, giggle-worthy — findings:What's this new research? A study by a team of British scientists published in Current Biology argues that dinosaur flatulence "turned the Earth into one giant Dutch oven, contributing... Full Story
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Norway boasts world's largest carbon dioxide capture lab
Mon,7 May 2012 03:27 PM PDT
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Greenpeace activists burn a symbol of carbon dioxide in 2008Norway on Monday inaugurated what it called the world's largest laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide, a leading strategy for fighting global warming.


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Heartland's ballsy attack on climate-change theory: The fallout
Mon,7 May 2012 11:43 AM PDT
The Week (RSS) - The conservative Heartland Institute was going for shock value when it mounted a digital billboard in Chicago that combined a mug shot of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, with the message: "I still believe in Global Warming. Do you?" (See the full image below.) After the group faced a fiercer backlash than expected, however, it promptly took down the sign and canceled plans for similar ads. ... Full Story
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Did farting kill the dinosaurs?
Mon,7 May 2012 11:36 AM PDT
The Week - Gassy vegetarians like the Brontosaurus may have produced so much methane that they triggered global warming, possibly hastening their extinction Full Story
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EU nations get cold feet over climate change fund
Mon,7 May 2012 11:07 AM PDT
Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU nations have yet to come up with a plan on how to fill a multi-billion euro fund to help tackle climate change, even as the region's executive body hosts talks with countries likely to bear the brunt of extreme weather. The European Union recommitted to providing 7.2 billion euros for the fund over 2010-12, according to draft conclusions seen by Reuters ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers next week. ... Full Story
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The Facebook Addiction Test; Jurassic Farts Caused Global Warming
Mon,7 May 2012 10:54 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Discovered: The official medical scale for Facebook addiction, dino farts caused global warming, the high risk of assisted reproduction techniques, and a crocodile big enough to eat humans.  Full Story
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Voyage to the 'front line' of global warming
Mon,7 May 2012 09:31 AM PDT
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Voyage to the 'front line' of global warmingWhen Cameron Dueck set sail to the Canadian Arctic to witness what he calls "the front line of climate change", he did so knowing he would have to brave seas that have killed scores of sailors and reduced men to cannibals.


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Good day, bad day: May 7, 2012
Mon,7 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT
The Week - The maker of Angry Birds considers cashing in with an IPO, while dinosaur farts are blamed for ancient global warming — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle Full Story
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Warm weather has NJ beachfront businesses in black
Mon,7 May 2012 07:48 AM PDT
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In this April 17, 2012, photo, Sayuri Torrealba sits on the boardwalk at her clothing boutique in Belmar N.J. She says the unseasonably warm spring weather has business at her shop up 30 percent over what it normally would be at this time of year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)Tom Rogers is usually $15,000 to $20,000 in a hole this time of year, having laid out that much cash to stock supplies for his oceanfront food court in New Jersey.


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Heartland's ballsy attack on climate-change theory: The fallout
Mon,7 May 2012 07:43 AM PDT
The Week - A conservative think tank drafts the Unabomber for a short-lived ad attempting to chip away at the scientific consensus on man-made climate change Full Story
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Cool Weather & Storm Chances For DFW
Mon,7 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT
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Voyage to the 'front line' of global warming
Sun,6 May 2012 11:32 PM PDT
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Cameron Dueck's voyage through the Northwest Passage has been made by far fewer people than have climbed Mount EverestWhen Cameron Dueck set sail to the Canadian Arctic to witness what he calls "the front line of climate change", he did so knowing he would have to brave seas that have killed scores of sailors and reduced men to cannibals.


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Storify Timeline: Severe Weather Inches Toward DFW 5/6
Sun,6 May 2012 05:48 PM PDT
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Cooler Weather With Rain & Storms
Sun,6 May 2012 02:49 PM PDT
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Thunderstorms Could Be Ozone Factories
Sun,6 May 2012 09:08 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Thunderstorms not only clobber the Earth's surface with heavy rain and lightning, they also shake things up at cloud level. Full Story
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From Ancient Sediment, a Clearer Climate Change Picture
Sun,6 May 2012 09:08 AM PDT
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From Ancient Sediment, a Clearer Climate Change PictureA northern California lake is taking a team of biologists back to the future to study the effects of climate change on the region's plants and animals.


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Aspen Ski Area rallies to highlight climate change
Sat,5 May 2012 04:13 PM PDT
Associated Press - Aspen Ski Area hosted a ski race without snow Saturday to highlight the effect climate change has on the outdoor recreation industry. Full Story
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Japan holds development conference in Africa
Sat,5 May 2012 11:30 AM PDT
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Japan's Foreign Affairs Minister Koichiro GembaJapan is this year giving $1.3 billion in aid to African nations to help combat the effects of climate change, Japan's Foreign Affairs Minister Koichiro Gemba said in Morocco on Saturday.


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