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Dugger, Celia W. "South Africa Energy Needs Collide With U.S. Policy." New York Times. 6 Apr. 2010. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/science/earth/07safrica.html>.
Africa is finally getting a loan worth 3.75 million dollars from the World bank. This money is supposed to be going to a Coal Plant. Officials in South Africa say they have needed this loan for a while due to their economy crashing, this plant will create jobs and more money for the country. Although a coal plant is being built South africa says they will lower their carbon footprint by 34% by 2020.
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Unknown. "Rising Sea Level Will Affect Animals on Small Islands." The Westerly Sun. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. <http://thewesterlysun.com/news/article_97550384-43df-11df-9224-001cc4c03286.html>.
In the next century, the IPCC predicts sea levels will rise 3.5-34.6 inches and islands will be hit the hardest because of these rises. A collection of 42 small, low-lying islands called the Alliance of Small Island States, located in the Bahamas, Kiribati, and Maldives, reports to the UN that the rising sea levels could be a threat for much of the life and agriculture on the islands. Although there are many consequences, probably the biggest one is habitat loss. Thousands of species including the penguins in the Galapagos, the Tuamotu sandpiper of Tuamotu Island, the seabird colonies from the Kerguele, will become extinct if we continue to emit carbon and sea levels keep rising. The IPCC says that at this point marine reserves are a “useful management option” and probably the most effective.
Camille’s Article
Broder, John M., and Clifford Krauss. "Texas Oil Firms Oppose California Climate Law." The New York Times. 7 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/science/earth/08energy.html?scp=4&sq=climate change&st=cse>.
The Valero Energy Corporation, an oil refinery and retailer from Texas, has financed a petition to suspend California’s climate change law, which is likely to influence national efforts on global warming. They have given $500,000.The law is supposed to reduce emissions by 15% before 2020, by various means, including a state cap-and-trade system. Maviglio, a spokesman for Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs has said that “This is a strategic effort by the oil companies to try to unravel this law before it spreads throughout the country. The theory is if they can kill it here, they can kill it everywhere.”
By Hana
Dennison, Mike. "U.S. Military Takes Steps to Address Climate Change; Buys Renewable Jet Fuel from Montana Source." 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010.
"Senate Republicans Move to Bar NEPA Analysis of Climate Change Impacts." New York Times. 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/20/20greenwire-senate-republicans-move-to-bar-nepa-analysis-o-53404.html>.
The Republicans in the senate have recently introduced legislation that will attempt to stop the White House efforts to make federal agencies consider climate change when proposing their projects. The bill states that the Nation Environmental Policy Act should not document or predict the climate effects of federal action, such as burning fossil fuels. Agencies must look over a project that will produce over 25000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually. Agencies must also take into account the effects of climate change on their projects, such as building close to the sea, as the sea is rising. The Republicans state that what the White House is doing could stop road construction, delay domestic energy production and hurt jobs.
Posted By MaryKathryn
None. "Bulgaria Antarctic Expedition Partakes in Climate Change Research." Www.novinite.com. Www.novinite.com, 19 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=115383.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=115383
Bulgaria has many studies in Antarctica that are seeing differences from stuff a couple of years ago to things now. The found out that flowering plants need to live where the climate is warmer, and that has made the number of them increase by 20%. They also found out that a penguin called the Antarctic Penguins population has gone up because they live in areas that don't have glaciers. They also did a few other studies like these.

Posted by James
"Senate Republicans Move to Bar NEPA Analysis of Climate Change Impacts." New York Times. 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/20/20greenwire-senate-republicans-move-to-bar-nepa-analysis-o-53404.html>.
hurt jobs.

Posted By MaryKathryn
None. "Bulgaria Antarctic Expedition Partakes in Climate Change Research." Www.novinite.com. Www.novinite.com, 19 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=115383.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=115383
Bulgaria has many studies in Antarctica that are seeing differences from stuff a couple of years ago to things now. The found out that flowering plants need to live where the climate is warmer, and that has made the number of them increase by 20%. They also found out that a penguin called the Antarctic Penguins population has gone up because they live in areas that don't have glaciers. They also did a few other studies like these.

The U.S. military is trying to get the word out about Global Warming. They have just purchased biofuels, to help stop climate change. They want to reduce our dependency on fuels from other countries so "we can become better war-fighters." They are trying to do more then let people know about it there trying to fight global warming and stop it. One of their jets will take off for its first flight using biofuel on earth day.
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2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/20/20greenwire-senate-republicans-move-to-bar-nepa-analysis-o-53404.html>.
The
The Republicans in fossil fuels. Agencies must look over a project that will produce over 25000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually. Agencies must also take into account the effects of climate change on their projects, such as building close to the sea, as the sea is rising. The Republicans hurt jobs.

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The U.S. military is trying to get the word out about Global Warming. They have just purchased biofuels, to help stop climate change. They want to reduce our dependency on fuels from other countries so "we can become better war-fighters." They are trying to do more then let people know about it there trying to fight global warming and stop it. One of their jets will take off for its first flight using biofuel on earth day.
Posted by James
"Senate Republicans Move to Bar NEPA Analysis of Climate Change Impacts." New York Times. 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 21 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/20/20greenwire-senate-republicans-move-to-bar-nepa-analysis-o-53404.html>.
The Republicans in the senate have recently introduced legislation that will attempt to stop the White House efforts to make federal agencies consider climate change when proposing their projects. The bill states that the Nation Environmental Policy Act should not document or predict the climate effects of federal action, such as burning fossil fuels. The Republicans state that what the White House is doing could stop road construction, delay domestic energy production and hurt jobs.

Broder, John M., and Clifford Krauss. "Texas Oil Firms Oppose California Climate Law." The New York Times. 7 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/science/earth/08energy.html?scp=4&sq=climate change&st=cse>.
The Valero Energy Corporation, an oil refinery and retailer from Texas, has financed a petition to suspend California’s climate change law, which is likely to influence national efforts on global warming. They have given $500,000.The law is supposed to reduce emissions by 15% before 2020, by various means, including a state cap-and-trade system. Maviglio, a spokesman for Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs has said that “This is a strategic effort by the oil companies to try to unravel this law before it spreads throughout the country. The theory is if they can kill it here, they can kill it everywhere.”
By Hana
Dennison, Mike. "U.S. Military Takes Steps to Address Climate Change; Buys Renewable Jet Fuel from Montana Source." 20 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_c32a96a2-4cce-11df-ab60-001cc4c03286.html
The U.S. military is trying to get the word out about Global Warming. They have just purchased biofuels, to help stop climate change. They want to reduce our dependency on fuels from other countries so "we can become better war-fighters." They are trying to do more then let people know about it there trying to fight global warming and stop it. One of their jets will take off for its first flight using biofuel on earth day.

Camille’s Article
Broder, John M., and Clifford Krauss. "Texas Oil Firms Oppose California Climate Law." The New York Times. 7 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/science/earth/08energy.html?scp=4&sq=climate change&st=cse>.
Energy Corporation, an oil refinery and retailer from Texas, global warming. So far theyThey have given $500,000. Valero is one of the country’s biggest independent oil refiners and retailers. The$500,000.The law is cap-and-trade system. The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has said that “It’s outrageous,” that companies in Texas are trying to change policies and laws in California. A Valero spokesman has said that “It would have tremendously bad impacts on the California economy,” As a company based in Texas, it is questionable that they should care about California’s economy quite that much. Steven Maviglio, a

Unknown. "Rising Sea Level Will Affect Animals on Small Islands." The Westerly Sun. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. <http://thewesterlysun.com/news/article_97550384-43df-11df-9224-001cc4c03286.html>.
In the next century, the IPCC predicts sea levels will rise 3.5-34.6 inches and islands will be hit the hardest because of these rises. A collection of 42 small, low-lying islands called the Alliance of Small Island States, located in the Bahamas, Kiribati, and Maldives, reports to the UN that the rising sea levels could be a threat for much of the life and agriculture on the islands. Although there are many consequences, probably the biggest one is habitat loss. Thousands of species including the penguins in the Galapagos, the Tuamotu sandpiper of Tuamotu Island, the seabird colonies from the Kerguele, will become extinct if we continue to emit carbon and sea levels keep rising. The IPCC says that at this point marine reserves are a “useful management option” and probably the most effective.
Camille’s Article
Broder, John M., and Clifford Krauss. "Texas Oil Firms Oppose California Climate Law." The New York Times. 7 Apr. 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010. <www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/science/earth/08energy.html?scp=4&sq=climate change&st=cse>.
The Valero Energy Corporation, from Texas, has financed a petition to suspend California’s climate change law, which is likely to influence national efforts on global warming. So far they have given $500,000. Valero is one of the country’s biggest independent oil refiners and retailers. The law is supposed to reduce emissions by 15% before 2020, by various means, including a state cap-and-trade system. The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has said that “It’s outrageous,” that companies in Texas are trying to change policies and laws in California. A Valero spokesman has said that “It would have tremendously bad impacts on the California economy,” As a company based in Texas, it is questionable that they should care about California’s economy quite that much. Steven Maviglio, a spokesman for Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs has said that “This is a strategic effort by the oil companies to try to unravel this law before it spreads throughout the country. The theory is if they can kill it here, they can kill it everywhere.”

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Dugger, Celia W. "South Africa Energy Needs Collide With U.S. Policy." New York Times. 6 Apr. 2010. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/science/earth/07safrica.html>.
by 2020.
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Unknown. "Rising Sea Level Will Affect Animals on Small Islands." The Westerly Sun. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. <http://thewesterlysun.com/news/article_97550384-43df-11df-9224-001cc4c03286.html>.
In the next century, the IPCC predicts sea levels will rise 3.5-34.6 inches and islands will be hit the hardest because of these rises. A collection of 42 small, low-lying islands called the Alliance of Small Island States, located in the Bahamas, Kiribati, and Maldives, reports to the UN that the rising sea levels could be a threat for much of the life and agriculture on the islands. Although there are many consequences, probably the biggest one is habitat loss. Thousands of species including the penguins in the Galapagos, the Tuamotu sandpiper of Tuamotu Island, the seabird colonies from the Kerguele, will become extinct if we continue to emit carbon and sea levels keep rising. The IPCC says that at this point marine reserves are a “useful management option” and probably the most effective.

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Dugger, Celia W. "South Africa Energy Needs Collide With U.S. Policy." New York Times. 6 Apr. 2010. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/science/earth/07safrica.html>.
Africa is finally getting a loan worth 3.75 million dollars from the World bank. This money is supposed to be going to a Coal Plant. Officials in South Africa say they have needed this loan for a while due to their economy crashing, this plant will create jobs and more money for the country. Although a coal plant is being built South africa says they will lower their carbon footprint by 34% by 2020.

Welcome to the Climate Change Inforama website. This is where you will post your current events articles about climate change, sustainability and the environment. You need to include your name with each entry, complete source documentation (in bibliographical format), a link to the article on the Internet and a brief summary of the article (5 lines or less). Your entries are due on Wednesday of each week. Questions for the News Bowl on Friday will be based on the articles submitted to this site. Please do not post your questions on the website. Send them to me via email by Wednesday.
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Jabr, Ferris. "Hunting for Projects to Help Fish and Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change: Scientific American." Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American. 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hunting-for-climate-change.
Hunting and fishing groups have now formed a coalition to spread the facts about climate change. They are focused on helping more animals than the ones that humans hunt. They beleive that as fish and wildlife go, so does the quality of human life. They published a report called "Beyond seasons end" which told hunters and fisherman that they needed to be doing more to help the environment, it told ways that individuals can help and ways that the government can help. The bill that they want to be passed is cap and trade because they will get funds from the bill. They say "What happens to game species like pheasant, duck, elk and trout happens to non-game species."
Week of 22-27:
John Mellen writes:
Press, Associated. "Everglades Dying along with Crist?"
Current Environmental News. MSNBC. Web. 10 Mar.
2010. <http://http:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35803049/
ns/us_news-environment/>.
Governor Charlie Crist are planning to receive the great
everglades by buying back the land. The everglades
are starting to slowly die. They have not bought this
and the states proposal is paying up to 536 million
dollars to buy 73 acres of land. The proposal has
already been cut by more than half from the original
plan announced in 2008, which was $1.75 billion for
about 180,000 acres and the company's intention.
Even though the state is voting to keep this alive
the governor has had many critics about his plan.
Early when they sold the everglades they had no
intentions to make the unemployment rate at a
all time high and to lower Floridas economy.
Posted By Ben
The Times. TIMESONLINE, 21 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. Solution to a thirsty world. <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7069743.ece>.
This article talks about the transforming of Salt Water to Fresh Water. Neil McDougall of Modern Water says its the answer to the water shortage crisis. Officails met in Vienna to talk about the idea. The earth is 75% water, so this is would be a very big accomplishment to climate change. 70% of the worlds population lives within 50km of the sea. Al Khaluf, they started a plant that will help 80,000. According to this article, in 20 years, 5.3 billion people will face water shortages. 97.5% of the water on the planet is salt water, so this is very key in reducing our footprint.
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1. UNKNOWN. "WWF and IKEA Join Hands to Support Earth Hour." WWF and IKEA Join Hands to Support Earth Hour. WWF, 17 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. <http://www.panda.org/wwf_ news/?190882/WWF-and-IKEA- join-hands-to-support-Earth- Hour>.
Last year almost half of IKEA's retail countries participated in Earth Hour, now, the aim is higher (I don't know how high, I couldn't find it). IKEA has 123,000 co-workers and 525 million visitors, so they can make a big impact by participating in Earth Hour, Thomas Bergmark, IKEA's sustainability manager has noticed. On March 27 the world will go dark and IKEA stores around the world will have a variety of activities ranging from turning off the non-essential lighting inside and outside the store, offering "solar-powered-lit" dinners, and competitions among customers and co-workers to highlight climate change and Earth Hour.
2 Nelson, Bryan. "The World's Only Immortal Animal."Http://green.yahoo. com/blog/guest_bloggers/26/ the-world-s-only-immortal- animal.html. Yahoo Green, 6 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010.
Scientists have discovered a type of jellyfish called the turritopsis nutricula that is thought to be the world's only immortal animal! It's capable of cycling from an adult stage to an polyp stage (its first stage of life) and back again, its the only known animal that can repeatedly do that, so there may be no natural limit to its life span! It does it by a process called transdifferentiation, where one type of cell is transformed into another type of cell. Researchers are studying the jellyfish to discover how it is able to reverse its aging process. Inevitably, since they're able to escape death, the number of these jellyfish is spiking and they're now silently invading oceans around the globe, rather than just being found in their native Caribbean waters.
3. The Click Green Staff. "Female Leaders Show the Way for Earth Hour 2010." Female Leaders Show the Way for Earth Hour 2010. Click Green, 20 Mar. 2010. Web. 20 Mar. 2010. <http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/ events/events/121150-female- leaders-show-the-way-for- earth-hour-2010.html>.
Earth hour is coming soon, on March 27, and prominent women across the world are encouraging the people of the world to show what can be done to fight climate change. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, First Lady of Peru, Princess Sita Norodom of Cambodia, The First Lady of Belize, Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, Chinese Actress Li Bingbing, Singer Leona Lewis, Panda Ambassador in Chengdu, Mei Lan, and many others have all spoken out, encouraging people to join earth hour, and save the world. Liz Potter, Earth Hour director, says. “It is empowering that some of the great women of the world are helping to unite the many voices from all over the globe who are taking action for a better planet.”
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Carpenter, Murray. "Climate Change Presents A Burr For Coffee Growers." National Pubic Radio. 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125005431>.
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The coffee bean is a very sensitive plant. It doesn’t like air that is too hot, cold, dry, humid, sunny, or shady. The coffee bean plant needs the just right temperature, but the effects of climate change are affecting the coffee beans’ needed temperature. Last year, Columbia had a lot of rain, which lessened coffee production. If the temperature is too warm, the beans flower early and the water decreases, leaving less production of beans. To fix these serious coffee bean issues, researchers want to adapt the beans to warmer dryer temperatures, but that would take a long time. The only option is to move the planting.
Posted by Tanja
Wassener, Bettina. "Record Air Pollution in Hong Kong." The New York Times. 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/science/earth/23hong.html?ref=earth.
On Monday, March 22, pollution levals in Hong Kong reached record highs since 1995 (when they first starting recording them) covering the city in a thick blanket of gray pall. Hong Kongs air pollution levals reached over 400 points which is incredibly high considering the fact that even something around 100 is classified as "very high" and anything over 200 is "severe" and can lead to coughing, phlegm, and sore throats. The current high levals were partly caused by a recent sand storm that came in from Mongolia. It affected 270 million people and added to the growing desert area (1.6 millon square kilometers of desert, about 80,000 square kilometers of grassland became desert in the past few decades). But it wasn't only the sand storms fault, scientists said it was also mainly from thier horrible roadside pollution which is also their biggest threat.
Ben Siegel
Duhigg, Charles. "Saving U. S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly." The New York Times. N.p., 14 Mar. 2010. Web. 21 Mar. 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/us/15water.html?ref=earth
Today in 2010 a water line bursts in one place in the country every two minutes according to the New York Times data. As a result of this there is a lot of damage done and pollutants end up in drinking water. Because of this, in the last year, federal lawmakers have given more than $10 billion to water infrastructure programs, this is one of the largest commitments in history. In states around the country it is estimated that $36 billion dollars per state will need to be spent in the next 20 years just on wastewater systems. In many cities people are complaining about rate increases for water and sewer services so these increases have been delayed in many cities.
By aidan brooks
“New Light Shed on North Pole Ice Trends.” Editorial. The New York Times. N.p., 22 Mar. 2020. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. <http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/‌2010/‌03/‌22/‌new-light-shed-on-north-pole-ice-trends/‌?scp=4&sq=climate%20change&st=cse>.
My article is on the decades long trend of thinning ice in the arctic. With the green houses gasses and soot the ice is very variable in the summers. When the arctic reached a record low on ice in 2007 people thought it was the beginning of a death spiral in the Arctic. A new study finds that the wind also had an affect on how the ice is shaped year so that it could just be ice moving not melting. Scientist have concluded that half of the changes to the sea ice have been from wind. And has accounted for about a third of the overall downward trend.
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1.) Claybrook, Heather. "Plains Flooding and Climate Change Linked?" Public News Service. Mar. 22 2010. Web. Mar 22 2010.
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/13168-1
This Article was about how the plains have been flooding recently and scientists predict it is because of global warming. Scientists think that loosing our dependance on Fossil Fuel, and using more forms of sustainable energy, such as wind energy and solar energy could lessen the risks of flooding and stop it from happening. In some areas global warming is said to cause droughts, but some scientists argue that it is not viable to have drought and heavy rain, snow and flooding.
2.) Unknown. "Plastiki sets sail to cross the Pacific" Global Adventures. Mar. 22 2010. Web. Mar 21 2010
http://www.global-adventures.us/2010/03/21/plastiki-pacific/
This article was about how a boat called the, " Plastiki" was going to set sail and travel from California to Australia. This boat was made out of a bunch of recycled water bottles filled with carbon. It was also made out of other recycled materials. The power is generated by solar panels and underwater sea turbines. The person who is running the ship, David de Rothschild, wants to raise awareness about climate change and want to show that plastic waste can be used and recycled not just thrown away. the "Plastiki" was made on the San Francisco water front in 2009. If you want to look at a website that provides updates on the voyage here is the link...http://www.theplastiki.com/
3.) Unknown, "British Solar Panel Sales to Increase 1000 Percent in Two Years" CalFinder. Mar 22 2010. Web. Mar 19 2010.
http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/news/british-solar-panel-sales-to-increase-1000-percent-in-two-years/
This article explains that in England solar power is increasing. Sharp Corporation predicts that the industry will pick up. The Japanese electronics and solar giant expect the number of solar homes in England to increase from 28,000 to 250,00, because solar energy is becoming much more profitable. The british government is also giving out loans that will let people pay for solar energy. Sharp general manager thinks that in 2014 there will be 400,000 houses that will have solar energy.
Posted by Rose:
Unknown. "Taiwan Eyes Carbon Credits." Yahoo News. 18 Mar. 2010. Web. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100318/sc_afp/environmentclimatewarmingtaiwan_20100318160034>.
Although Taiwan is not a member of the UN, its government has decided to start an international carbon trading system helped by their allies, Africa and the Asia Pacific. Taiwan plans to set up an offshore company so they can take part in carbon trading to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. They are in no formal requirement to reduce their emissions but have started a system where to get carbon credits you promote ‘green’ technology such as solar energy plants and bio-fuel power plants. By 2020 the island aims to reduce their carbon emissions to its 2008 levels.
News Bowl Summary
Vanessa Barnes
Zuckerman, Wendy. "Global Warming Changes Natural Events:First Causal Link." New Scientist. 18 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18671-global-warming-changes-natural-event-first-causal-link.html>.
The Brown Butterfly is being tremendously affected by Climate Change. Since the drastic risen in temperatures Butterflies have been
waking up earlier because they think that winter is over. The Brown Butterflies egg laying cycle starts in summer when the female lays
its eggs then at the second the fifth stage it must be cold weather in order for the Butterflies to stay alive. Many scientists have conducted
studies to watch the cycle of the Butterflies to see how Climate Change effected them.
htmldiff66Becca 1: Rosenthal, Elisabeth. "Barcelona-Madrid Journal - High-Speed Rail Gains Traction in Spain." The New York Times . 15 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. < http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/science/earth/16train.html?ref=earth >.
An upscale kind of train known as the AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola; in english the Spanish High Speed), has become very popular in Spain. The train is better enviormentally than flying, and for a moderate amount of travel it is just as nice as a plane would be. The train travels at about 186 miles per hour, and cuts the time it would take to travel in a car by over half. 90% of people who traveled from Barcelona to Madrid 2 years ago used to fly, but now the amount of train passengers is more than the passengers on a plane. The train's main goal is not to get people to lower their emissions, but they're simply making the lower emission transportation option more appealing. Spain plans to give about half it's transportation budget of 160 billion to rail travel by 2020.
Becca 2: htmldiff75Zeller Jr., Tom. "When ‘Green’ Consumers Decide,‘ I’ve Done Enough’ - NYTimes.com." htmldiff76The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia htmldiff77. 21 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. htmldiff78http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/business/energy-environment/22green.html?ref=earth htmldiff79.
======A recent study in Toronto observed what kind of consumers are buying environmentally green products. In one experiment, participant were either told to rate or "buy" products from a green or more mainstream store. Afterwards, they did an exercise where they gave money to others (voluntarily). It turns out that people who bought the green products shared less money then those who simply rated them. This leads to the conclusion that because that group had 'done their part' by buying green, they no longer felt a need to give afterwards. Commentators apply these and other experiments the research group did to the bigger picture, because rich westerners feel less inclined to help stop the climate crisis because the crisis mostly affects the poor so they only feel the need to help to a small degree.======
Becca 3: Miller, Claire C. "In Cement, the Stirrings of a Potential Trap for Some Carbon." The New York Times . 21 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. < http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/business/energy-environment/22cement.html?ref=earth >. htmldiff67
A new company called Calera, is making a profitable method of trapping carbon- into cement. The company says that they will mix the C02 with the regular ingredients in cement, and sell the paste for construction uses; in this process the C02 is made benign. This seems like a good idea because not only does cement production contribute a lot to the carbon emissions in the air, but also demands for cement are steady enough to make the process a profitable one. Skeptics say that it is highly unlikely that this plan will work and be profitable, because researchers has been trying to find a way to trap C02 in cement for 15 years. So far in their demonstration plant, Calera has been able to trap 86% of the C02 in a flue gas in an Dynegy natural gas nearby, connected by pipes.
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Chipman, Kim, and Simon Lomax. "Graham Says Climate-Change Legislation May Be ‘Very Difficult’." Business Week. BLOOMBERG L.P., 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-23/graham-says-climate-change-legislation-may-be-very-difficult-.html>.
Senator Lindsey Graham said that climate change legislation will be hard to pass this year because of the tension caused by the recently passed healthcare bill. Graham, John Kerry and Joe Liberman are working on a bill that won’t be introduced until next month. Senator Olympia Snowe form Maine said that it will be especially hard to pass a major bill, like cap and trade because of the environment caused by a rare voting strategy employed by the Democrats. Normally two thirds of the people in the house are required to pass a bill, but there were certain aspects of the budget of the bill that nullified this rule. Although a version of the bill will be written by April, it is highly unlikely that it will be passed this year.
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The Mid-Atlantic region is facing many snowstorms. It is facing it’s third at the moment. The weather we have been facing lately is changing people’s opinions on if climate change is real or fake. The Republican Party believes that climate change doesn’t exist; because of the weather we are experiencing. In 2009 the U.S. Climate Impact reported that these types of storms have been gradually tracked into the north of the U.S. for the past 50 years.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1962294,00.html
Walsh, Bryan. "Another Blizzard: What Happened to Global Warming?" 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010.
Woody, Todd. “Chevron Testing Solar Technologies.” Green Inc. New York Times, 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <[[http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/‌2010/‌03/‌22/‌chevron-testing-solar-technologies/‌?pagemode=print]] >.
Chevron, a major oil refinery company, has invested in solar technologies recently. They have built a testing facility at an old and out of use refinery site in California. They have installed 7,700 solar panels that include seven types of photovoltaic panels. The panels will be tested for three years, and after that period of time, Chevron will decide on the most efficient type to install in their plants across the globe.
Brigid
UNKNOWN. "Biomass." EIA Energy Kids. U.S Energy Information Administration. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=biomass_home-basics-k.cfm>.Biomass is burning plant materials, wood, wood waste and animal waste and using it as fuel.
Even though burning wood is not new, throughout the 1800’s was the main source of energy. Wood still is a big part of energy through the development stages. The United States uses wood and wood waste, (this is bark, sawdust and others,) for at least 2% of the energy we use every day. In the U.S. about 84% of the wood waste and wood is consumed by the industry, commercial business and electric power producers. The rest of this is used mostly in homes for heating and cooking. A lot of manufacturing plants in the paper and wood industry like to use wood waste to make their own electricity and steam. This saves the company bunches of money because they won’t have to buy so much electricity or dispose of their waste products.
Camille 1:
Revkin, Andrew C. "From Wishful Thinking to Real-World Action on Climate - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com." Natural Resources and the Environment - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com. The New York Times, 21 Mar. 2010. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. <http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/from-wishful-thinking-to-real-world-action-on-climate/?scp=12&sq=global%20warming&st=cse>.
Some believe that the possibility that we might ever fix the problem with climate change is simply wishful thinking, and that the problem of global warming will be "at best 'managed, but not fixed'". One major factor contributing to global warming that rerely gets addressed is population. By 2050 the population is expected to reach 9 billion. Andrew Revkin runs a blog called Dot Earth, which tracks relevant news often related to climate change. In 1992 he wrote a book on the subject, called Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast.
Camille 2:
Webster, Ben. "Public Scepticism Prompts Science Museum to Rename
Climate Exhibition - Times Online." Times Online | News and Views
from The Times and Sunday Times. Times, 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010.
<[[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7073272.ece>.]]
A very old museum in London, called simply the Science Museum, is reflecting the recent skepticism towards climate scientists based on climate gate by changing the name of their gallery from the Climate Change Gallery to the Climate Science Gallery. The museum has chosen to go with a more neutral position towards global warming than the one it held previously, which was geared more towards convincing people of the truth oin the threat of global warming. A museum spokesperson has said that “We have come to realise, given the way this subject has become so polarised over the past three to four months, that we need to be respectful and welcoming of all views on it.”
Camille 3:
Unknown. "China to Build 28 More Nuclear Power Reactors by 2020
(Update2) - BusinessWeek." BusinessWeek - Business News, Stock Market
& Financial Advice. Bloomberg Business Week, 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23
Mar. 2010.
<[[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-23/china-to-build-28-more-nuclear-power-reactors-by-2020-update1-.html>.]]
China has recently announced that they will build 28 more nuclear power reactors by 2020, as a way to increase clean energy and accelerate development of the industry. Each will cost about 2.1 billion dollars.
Each reactor is one gigawatt, which is enough to power 800,000 average U.S. homes. 20 of the 28 reactors have already begun being built. China already has 9 gigawatts of nuclear capacity working.
Daniel
Unknown Author “The Ominous Beef Cover Up: The Hidden Truth Behind the Meat on Your Plate” Food Consumer March 23 2010
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Opinion/Comments/the_ominous_beef_cover_up_2303100754.html
Summary
Out of all the animals humans eat cows influence climate change the most. They not only consume more energy-intensive feed than other livestock, they also produce more methane. However grass-fed cows have the opposite effect. While eating all the grass they cut the blades spurring new growth. Also their manure helps keep the soil rich. Rich soil holds CO2 under the ground preventing it from going to the atmosphere. 99% of cattle in the US spend the last month of their life in a feedlot where they are stuffed with corn and soybeans. This adds a lot of carbon emissions to the cow because it requires fossil-fuel-based fertilizers, pesticides, and transportation. Even though grass-fed cattle produce more methane than normal ones, their net emissions are lower because they help the soil sequester carbon.
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1. Dodd, Scott. "Can a Giant Prehistoric Snake Teach Us About Climate Change?" The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post Inc, 9 Feb. 2009. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-dodd/can-a-giant-prehistoric-s_b_164717.html>.
A while ago scientists discovered the remains of a horrifically large snake that lived millions of years ago in Columbia. They believe, due to its size, that the climate back in the Paleocene period was 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the climate now. The warmer the temperature is, the larger cold blooded animals can grow to be. The snake was about the size of a school bus. That period in time was probably in a warming trend similar to the one we are facing today. moral of the story is unless we stop climate change the world will be overrun by school-bus sized snakes. Ours might even get to be bigger because of all the CO2 we put in the air.
2. Unknown. "Environmental Impact of Coal Industry and Thermal Power Plants in India." Science Direct. El Sevier Inc. Web. 23 Mar. 2010 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VB2-49JX8M4-2&_user=10&_coverDate=12/31/2004&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1264620481&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=58a65bfcd597dff55c64fe243e55a056>One of the most abundant resources that India has is Coal. Still 40% of their people live without electricity. 70% of their energy generation is through coal 25% is hydro power and 5% is from nuclear power. The coal power plants damage the environment greatly but India is trying to develop as fast as possible so its first concern is for everyone to have access to electricity. The article says that how much climate change occurs in the next century is influenced by how developing countries like India will handle their energy generation plans. They will have to be responsible about how they generate power.
3. "Coke Showcases Sustainability in Nation’s Capitol." Environmental Leader. Environmental Leader, 29 Apr. 2009. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/04/29/coke-showcases-sustainability-in-nations-capital/>.3.
Coke has chosen Washington DC to show how committed it is to sustainability and energy efficiency. At all levels of the company (from manufacturing warehouses to sales) it has added innovations to increase energy efficiency. These innovations include Hybrid electric delivery trucks, climate-friendly coolers and a recycling program for the National Mall. Coke is going to deploy up to 1800 of the coolers around the U.S in Canada but first they are going to test them in the house of representatives. Coke is going to have 327 hybrid delivery trucks around the U.S but they are starting with 20 in Washington.
michael
"Early Polar Bear Discovered in Arctic Tundra - ScienceNOW." Science/AAAS | News - Up to the Minute News and Features from Science. Web. 24 Mar. 2010. <http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/03/early-polar-bear-discovered-in-a.html>
When digging in the Svalbard archipelago, scientists dug up a ancient polar bear. It is the oldest polar bear ever it lived about 120000 years ago. It lived at the same time as wooly mammoths. This bear is also important because it shows the process of one species turning into another. Polar bears can weigh up to 700 kilograms.
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Black, Richard. "UN Body to Look at Meat and Climate Link." News.bbc.co.uk. News.bbc.co.uk, 24 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8583308.stm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8583308.stm
A study was done that said that meat production causes 18% of the greenhouse gas emissions. This subject was brought up by several people, including Paul McCartney. There was also a study that was done saying that transportation emissions caused 26%. But people questioned the meat study, because it seemed like it was too high a number. The studies were done differently. The meat one used everything including the fertilizer. The other one only used the basic transportation information.
Quirmbach, Chuck. "Hunting Groups Want Climate Change Taken Seriously |." Superior Telegram | Superior, Wisconsin. 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/40972/group/News/>.
As you can probably guess, hunters and the hunting type are not the most inclined to believe in something like climate change, but many hunting and conservation groups want climate to be taken serioWhusly. Hunters are very big on conservation because if there are no animals alive there won't be any to hunt, so the conservation groups are very worried about what might happen to species of birds. Two groups that have been voicing their concern about climate change are Ducks Unlimited and The Boone and Crockett club. There are many more besides these two though. They are also distributing a book called "Beyond Seasons End" which is about the fish and wildlife era of climate change. They also hope that some of the climate change bills in congress will have money to help wildlife.
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(okay I posted this on Monday but something happened so yeah, now I’m reposting)
Steele, Jeanette. "Bear habitat takes aim at climate change." The San Diego Union-Tribune. N.p., 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/22/zoo-frames-pollution-fight-as-a-polar-bear/>.
Polar Bear Plunge, the new exhibit The San Diego Zoo will be opening on Friday, is like the old Polar Bear display, but now incorporates information on the danger of global warming to these animals and what we can do to help. Including activities such as hopscotch games where ice flows slowly diminish as you step on them, the zoo expects this exhibit to attract a lot of visitors and, hopefully, inform many of them of climate change and its dangers. It was only recently that The San Diego Zoo began involving itself more and more into this matter, but so far, they’ve done a good bit. Sending out a 2009 climate change themed calendar to 250,000 people, posting a carbon calculator on their home webpage, and working with the zoo manager to lower their own carbon emissions.
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... Like Leah, mine got messed up, too... so here it is again.
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Cement, a high carbon emitting source, could potentially be more than "Carbon-Nuetral." Scientists at Calera company have invested $50 million dollars into putting carbon dioxide coal emissions into their cement. Calera is using this in Dynegy Coal company in Monterey Bay. The carbon substance is a thick, milky white liquid and is consuming 86% of Dynegy's flue gas, or murky gray smoke coming from their power plant. Some problems this new green cement could run into include it not being durable, not working on a large scale production, and the acid made by it can make it difficult to dispose of.
Patrick
I've already put one in for news bowl but I found this article and thought it was interesting. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_sc/as_india_disappearing_island
George, Nirmala. "Disputed Isle in Bay of Bengal Disappears into Sea - Yahoo! News." The Top News Headlines on Current Events from Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_sc/as_india_disappearing_island>.
India and Bangledesh have been in a dispute over a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. The problem has been solved, the island is gone. Due to rising sea levels the island is now underwater.
Posted by Courtney (I posted this on Tuesday but someone deleted it!!!!! but i found it!!!)
Bolstad, Erika. "Activists Critical of Murkowski Arrested in Washington: Sen. Lisa Murkowski | Adn.com." Alaska News, Jobs and Advertising from the Anchorage Daily News | Anchorage, Mat-Su Valley, Kenai Peninsula. 8 Mar. 2010. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. <http://www.adn.com/2010/03/08/1173759/activists-critical-of-murkowski.html>.
Just recently, three activists from Greenpeace were arrested because of hanging up a poster of Senator Lisa Kurkowski in the Senate Hart Office building. The nearly 90-foot-tall poster had a picture of Murkowski on it, and it said "Lisa Murkowski, Happily matched since 2004". Beneath the text were the logos of Exxon, Chevron, and Southern Co. The Greenpeace activists, affiliated with "Polluter Harmony", put up the banner in reference to a campaign that's been pointing out Murkowski and other lawmakers' connections to energy interests. The three Greenpeace activists' names are Rachel Humphreys, Alec Rothman, and Samantha Corbin.
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"China Amasses War Chest to Confront Its Environmental Nightmares -- Xin and Stone 327 (5972): 1440 -- Science." Science/AAAS | Scientific Research, News and Career Information. Web. 22 Mar. 2010. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5972/1440-a
China’s government has put the environment at the front of their to-do list. At the National People’s Congress the leaders said that some of the priorities include new energy sources, energy conservation, environmental protection, and marine technology. The plans say that they need $20.7billion to be spent mostly on engineering on environmental problems.
Patrick
Quirmbach, Chuck. "Hunting Groups Want Climate Change Taken Seriously |." Superior Telegram | Superior, Wisconsin. 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/40972/group/News/>.
As you can probably guess, hunters and the hunting type are not the most inclined to believe in something like climate change, but many hunting and conservation groups want climate to be taken seriously. Hunters are very big on conservation because if there are no animals alive there won't be any to hunt, so the conservation groups are very worried about what might happen to species of birds. Two groups that have been voicing their concern about climate change are Ducks Unlimited and The Boone and Crockett club. There are many more besides these two though. They are also distributing a book called "Beyond Seasons End" which is about the fish and wildlife era of climate change. They also hope that some of the climate change bills in congress will have money to help wildlife.
Cole
1 of 3) Jolly, David. "UN Groups Rejects Shark Protections." New York Times. 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/science/earth/24shark.html?hp>
The United Nation recently turned down three out of four proposals that would regulate, but not ban shark fishing. The bills were proposed by the United States, and the Micronesian island of Palau. The two countries who were opposed to the bill are China and Japan. They come from the viewpoint that the globe should not get involved in what they do. They just want to keep fishing. This was really all sparked when a man walked into an open air market in the Ivory Coast, and tried to sell a hammerhead shark. The only proposal that passed, was one from the European Union, and the island of Palau. This bill passed by a margin of 86 to 42.
2 of 3) Wassener, Bettina. "Hong Kong Issues Warning as Air Pollution Sets Record." New York Times. 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/science/earth/23hong.html?ref=science>.
On Monday, and well into Tuesday, a new record was set for pollution levels in Hong Kong. The Chinese government has made a statement warning to avoid outdoor, or Physical activity. The levels of pollution in the city have reached twelve to fourteen times the worse than the recommended level, as advised by the World Health Organization. there is a scale for measuring this sort of thing, and anything over 100 is considered a hazard, and anything over 200 points is considered severe. The pollution in Hong Kong has reached 300 points, and is still climbing. This shatters the previous record, which was set in July of 2008.
3 of 3) Duhigg, Charles. "US Bolster Chemical Restriction for Water." New York Times. 22 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/business/23water.html?ref=science>.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, that it would put tighter restrictions upon what you can, and cannot dump into water. If the new policies are applied, they will make more local water systems use more effetive cleaning technology. In a speech Monday, Lisa P. Jackson said that "there are a range of chemicals that have become much more prevalent in the human body over the last 50 years". They have begun to make proposals like this one, because there have been many nationwide complaints that people fear that their tap water is not safe to drink.
Nathan's Article:
Nelson, Bryan. "11 Extinct Animals That Have Been Photographed Alive." EcoLocalizer. Unknown Publisher, 2 Apr. 2009. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/11-extinct-animals-that-have-been-photographed-alive/
The current rate of extinction is from 100 to 1000 times higher than the average rate, making this the 6th major mass extinction in the planet’s history. So far, 11 species of animals have been known to have gone extinct. They include: the Tasmanian Tiger, the Quagga, the Passenger Pigeon, the Golden Toad, the Caribbean Monk Seal, the Pyrenean Ibex, the Bubal Hartebeest, the Javan Tiger, the Tecopa Pupfish, the Syrian Wild Ass, and the Baiji River Dolphin. The last Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine, known to have existed was named Benjamin, and died in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, Australia. Although it was the very last of its kind, it likely died by being locked out of its shelter in extreme weather. Tasmanian Tigers, although they look like canids (dogs) and are called "tigers", are actually very large marsupials.
Will Feldman
Hartman, Ben. "Landau: Invest in alternative energy to fight radical Islam."
Jerusalem Post 19 Mar. 2010: n. pag. The Jerusalem Post. Web. 19 Mar.
2010. <http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171328>.
Israel's national infastructure minister Uzi Landau called for America and the international community to switch to alternative energy to help fight radical Islam. He says that a large portion of what we pay at the pump (gas) goes to terrorist organisation or other forms of radical Islam. Qoute “addiction to oil” made the issue of alternative energy of paramount importance and “if we don’t find a substitute for Arab oil, their ability to wage extortion will rise along with the price of oil. We need to create these substitutes not by 30 years from now, not by 20 years from now; we need to create them now,” he says we need to change not for enviromental issues but for security.The annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference meeting in Tel Aviv is this sunday.
Cole, Diane. "Climate Change Could Harm Penguins and Polar Bears."Http:www.usnews.com/articles/news/energy/2009/03/23/climate-change-could-harm-penguins-and-polar-bears.html//. 23 Mar. 2010. Web. 23 Mar. 2010.
This article is about how polar bears, and penguins are going to be affected by climate change. Polar bears are losing
land and ignoring their instincts and are swimming farther to get food, and some times they are succeeding and then since they
are already crazy from not having food. They are killing more things then they need to survive, which they don't normally
do.