"Global Cooling Is Bunk, Draft NASA Study Finds"
"Global warming has neither stopped nor slowed in the past decade, according to a draft analysis of temperature data by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies."
Source: Daily Climate, 03/22/2010
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"Offshore Drilling Revenue Sharing Takes Hold in Senate Climate Bill"
"Coastal states that agree to oil and gas drilling off their shores would be offered one-quarter of the revenue, under the latest draft of the new climate and energy bill, sources on and off the Hill say."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/22/2010
"Farmers Hurt By Collapse Of Carbon Credits Market"
"With the cap-and-trade legislation aimed at curbing global warming stalled in Congress, there's an almost-complete collapse of the market for carbon credits. That means profits are drying up for people who are paid to create those carbon credits -- like farmers who manage their land in ways that capture carbon dioxide in the soil."
Source: NPR, 03/19/2010
UN Chief: "Bad Water More Deadly Than War"
Bad water kills more people than wars or earthquakes, UN officials declared, as they prepared to celebrate World Water Week next week.
Source: IPS, 03/19/2010
"Syncrude Trial Goes Far Beyond Ducks"
A legal case over the effects of oil sands operations in Alberta by Syncrude Canada Ltd. on ducks is shaping up to be an environmental show trial.
Source: Financial Post, 03/19/2010
"U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Industry Primed to Explode"
"The utility-scale solar industry is ready for what one executive today called 'explosive growth,' and new national polling data released today shows that 75 percent of those surveyed support the development of solar energy plants on public lands."
Source: ENS, 03/19/2010
"Climate Change Cited as Montana Leases Suspended"
"A federal judge has approved a first-of-its-kind settlement requiring the government to suspend 38,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana so it can gauge how oil field activities contribute to climate change."
Source: AP, 03/19/2010
Asian Glaciers: "The Big Melt"
"It's the only explanation that makes sense to Jia Son, a Tibetan farmer surveying the catastrophe unfolding above his village in China's mountainous Yunnan Province. 'We've upset the natural order,' the devout, 52-year-old Buddhist says. 'And now the gods are punishing us.'"
Source: National Geographic, 03/19/2010
"EPA Launches National Study of Hydraulic Fracturing"
"Responding to reports of environmental contamination in gas drilling areas across the country, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a nationwide scientific study to determine if the problems are caused by the practice of injecting chemicals and water underground to fracture the gas-bearing rock."
Source: ProPublica, 03/19/2010
"Safety Issues Linger as Nuclear Reactors Shrink in Size"
"MOSCOW -- When the Soviet Union introduced its Alfa class submarine -- at the time, the world’s fastest -- the subs were the bane of American sailors. Now, the reactors that powered those submarines are being marketed as the next innovation in green power."
Source: NYTimes, 03/19/2010
