10Mar

Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, New York Times, News, United Nations

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The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.

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09Mar

China and India Join Climate Accord

Posted by ADMiN as China, Copenhagen (Denmark), Global Warming, India, New York Times, News

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The countries are the last two major economies to sign up to join the agreement reached in December, which calls for limiting the rise in global temperatures.

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04Mar

Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets

Posted by ADMiN as Christians and Christianity, Creationism and Intelligent Design, Evolution, Global Warming, New York Times, News, Religion and Belief, Science and Technology

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Critics of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to climate change, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools.

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03Mar

Shifting Soil Is Threat to a House’s Foundation

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, Housing and Real Estate, New York Times, News, Soil, Weather

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Extreme weather possibly linked to climate change, as well as construction on less stable ground, have provoked unprecedented foundation failures in houses nationwide.

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03Mar

Scientists Taking Steps to Defend Work on Climate

Posted by ADMiN as Environment, Global Warming, New York Times, News, Research, Science and Technology

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Grudgingly, many climate scientists are beginning to engage critics, admit mistakes and open up their data.

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24Feb

Signs of Life, and Change, in Climate Inquiry

Posted by ADMiN as Climate Change, Global Warming, New York Times, News, Science, disasters, ipcc, pielke jr.

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Some signs that climate science, recently bruised, is emerging stronger for its battles.

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23Feb

Back to Basics on Climate and Energy

Posted by ADMiN as Climate Change, Global Warming, New York Times, News, Science, basics, climate files, crichton, energy, ipcc, skeptics, watts

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An effort to cut through the heat and find points of agreement on climate and energy.

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18Feb

U.N. Climate Chief Resigns

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, New York Times, News, Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, United Nations

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Yvo de Boer, the Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years, is resigning his post as of July 1.

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17Feb

Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama

Posted by ADMiN as Center for American Progress, Environment, Global Warming, New York Times, News, Nuclear Energy, Obama, Barack

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For some environmentalists, optimism for President Obama is giving way to resignation, or even anger.

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17Feb

Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit and Environment

Posted by ADMiN as Carbon Dioxide, Ebba Maersk, Environment, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, International Trade and World Market, New York Times, News, Ships and Shipping, Speed Limits and Speeding

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Halving a container ship’s top speed cuts fuel consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases.

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11Feb

Climate-Change Debate Is Heating Up in Deep Freeze

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, New York Times, News, Snow and Snowstorms, United States Politics and Government, Weather

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The two sides are seizing on record-setting snows to bolster their arguments.

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09Feb

Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel

Posted by ADMiN as Conflicts of Interest, Global Warming, Gore, Al, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, New York Times, News, Pachauri, Rajendra K, United Nations

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Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.

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03Feb

Panel Absolves Climate Scientist

Posted by ADMiN as Global Warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Mann, Michael E., New York Times, News, Pennsylvania State University, Research, University of East Anglia

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An academic board has largely cleared Dr. Michael E. Mann of misconduct arising from the unauthorized release of more than 1,000 e-mail messages.

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01Feb

Countries Submit Emission Goals

Posted by ADMiN as Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, New York Times, News, Treaties, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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A total of 55 developed and developing countries restated earlier pledges to curb emissions by 2020.

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26Jan

Courts as Battlefields in Climate Fights

Posted by ADMiN as Alaska, Connecticut, Courts, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mississippi, New York Times, News, Suits and Litigation, United States

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Lawsuits against energy companies, like one brought by an island village in Alaska, are picking up steam.

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26Jan

Wind Power Grows 39% for the Year

Posted by ADMiN as American Wind Energy Association, Energy and Power, Global Warming, New York Times, News, United States Economy, Wind Power

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The growth was spurred by a federal stimulus package, but the advance could slow this year as the effects of the 2009 recession kick in.

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25Jan

The Ozone Hole Is Mending. Now for the ‘But.’

Posted by ADMiN as Antarctic Regions, Global Warming, New York Times, News, Ozone

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The hole in the Earth’s ozone layer is slowly mending, a big victory for environmental policy makers. But a new report says its repair may contribute to global warming.