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Quotes from Exxon CEO speech on climate, energy
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:09 AM PDT
Associated Press - In a speech Wednesday, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson addressed three major energy issues: Climate change, oil and gas drilling pollution, and energy dependence. He said the fears about all three are overblown. Full Story | Top |
3 Endangered Hawaiian Bird Species Expanding Range
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:04 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  Three of Hawaii's rarest birds have been detected at lower elevations along the volcanic summits for the first time in 30 years, a sign the endangered species may be holding their own against introduced diseases and climate change, scientists say.
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Tropical Storm Debby rains misery on flooded Florida
Tue,26 Jun 2012 02:53 PM PDT
Reuters -  TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby weakened as it drifted ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday, dumping more rain on flooded areas and sending thousands of people fleeing from rising rivers. After stalling in the Gulf for two days, the large and ragged storm finally began moving eastward. The center crossed the shore late Tuesday afternoon near Steinhatchee, in the Big Bend area where the Panhandle joins the peninsula. Most of the thunderstorms and rain were northeast of the storm center and had already dumped 2 feet of rain over parts of Florida. ...
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Federal court upholds EPA's global warming rules
Tue,26 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases could be controlled as air pollutants.
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Retirement Spots With Year-Round Pleasant Weather
Tue,26 Jun 2012 10:02 AM PDT
U.S.News & World Report LP - Many people dream of a retirement in which they will never again have to shovel snow or defrost a car. But at the same time, not many retirees want to swelter through or pay the air conditioning bills associated with several months' worth of 95-degree days. Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Kuwait to weather crisis but faces long-run instability
Tue,26 Jun 2012 06:43 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Kuwait is likely to face more instability in the long run even when it emerges from its latest crisis, as its opposition pushes for more say in governing the major oil exporter and U.S. ally. The Gulf state has escaped the kind of mass popular protests that forced four Arab dictators out of office in 18 months. But the success of those uprisings has heightened opposition calls for a full parliamentary democracy in Kuwait in which governments are chosen by elected majority blocs. ... Full Story | Top |
Court Upholds EPA Climate-Change Rules
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:25 AM PDT
National Journal - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations to reduce greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, throwing out legal challenges by states and industry groups that argued the EPA had exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act by declaring that carbon emissions endanger public health. Full Story | Top |
Exercise Reduces Breast Cancer Risk; Is Facebook Better Than Sex?
Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  Discovered: Exercise reduces breast cancer risk, Facebook is better than sex?, parents aren't careful enough about kid allergies, and it just takes two degrees of warming for bit climate change.Exercise reduces breast cancer risk. What sounds like an easy way to cut back one's risk of the disease is actually a lot harder than it sounds. Those who exercised 9 to 17 hours per week, meaning more than one hour per day, reduced their breast cancer risk by 30 percent. Looking at 3,000 women those who exercised during their 20s and 30s, were less likely to develop the disease during ...
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Forecasters: Debby's threat to La. decreases
Sun,24 Jun 2012 01:53 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The National Weather Service has discontinued a tropical storm warning for Louisiana after forecast models indicated that the state is under less of a threat from Tropical Storm Debby than initially thought.
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Tropical storm threat shuts some U.S. Gulf oil output
Sun,24 Jun 2012 04:29 AM PDT
Reuters - HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil and gas producers ramped up production shutdowns and evacuated workers in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as Tropical Storm Debby became the first named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season to disrupt operations in the prolific basin. BP Plc said late on Saturday that it had issued instructions to shut down oil and gas production at its seven platforms in the Gulf and stepped up worker evacuations as weather conditions worsened. "Those unable to evacuate will shelter in place for the tropical storm," BP said. ... Full Story | Top |
Climate activists scale gates of Buckingham Palace
Sat,23 Jun 2012 11:48 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Four climate change activists scaled gates at Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace home on Saturday and locked themselves to railings in a protest demanding more urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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