Climate change to hit Pacific islands food security
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 26. Nov, 2009 | 2 Comments
Svetlana Kovalyova
Reuters
November 26, 2009
Rising sea levels, ocean warming, cyclones and droughts caused by climate change is set to hit hard food security in the Pacific islands, the United Nations’ food agency said, urging governments to take immediate actions.
Climate change is expected to act as a “threat multiplier” in the Pacific region, home to 14 Pacific [...]
Browner Shrugs Off Hot Debate on Climate Change Emails
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 26. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
Jonathan Weisman
The Wall Street Journal
November 26, 2009
White House energy and environment czar Carol Browner tried Wednesday to shrug off the swirling controversy over purloined British emails suggesting collusion on the part of climate scientists trying to stoke up fears of global warming. She hadn’t read them, she said, and besides, only a few have come [...]
Leaked emails mark dangerous shift in climate denial strategy
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 23. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Mark Lynas
Guardian.co.uk
November 23, 2009
The theft and web publication by climate change deniers of private emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit is an extremely worrying development in the tortured politics of global warming.
Although high-profile individuals have been targeted and unfairly vilified before – Pennsylvania University’s Michael Mann comes to mind, with his [...]
The Climate Email Hack Won’t Change the Regulations
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 23. Nov, 2009 | 2 Comments
Peter Judge
EWeek Europe
November 23, 2009
Critics are trying to use hacked emails to discredit climate change scientiests – but however that campaign plays out, UK companies will still have to deal with carbon credits next year, says Peter Judge
The more we look at the email hack at the Climatic Research Institute (CRU), the more it’s obvioulsy [...]
Mutated form of the virus detected in three Norwegians
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 20. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Rob Stein
Washington Post
November 20, 2009
The level of swine flu activity in the United States appears to be declining, although officials are worried about another increase of cases during the Thanksgiving holiday when many people travel and families gather.
The number of states reporting widespread activity of the H1N1 virus dropped to 43 from 46 in the [...]
U.N. Official Seeks Global Action on Iran
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 20. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
DAVID CRAWFORD and STEPHEN FIDLER
The Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2009
Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran’s continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear activities would likely force the international community to impose new sanctions.
Though he described sanctions as a “grievous violation of human rights” that “affect [...]