Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
Planes fly more, emit less greenhouse gas
USA Today, Thomas Frank, 05.09.08
The U.S. aviation industry has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13% since 2000, even as the amount of flying has reached record levels, government data show.
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Survey: U.S. consumers aren’t going green
The Miami Herald, Queenie Wong, 05.09.08
Americans rank last in a new National Geographic-sponsored survey released Wednesday that compares environmental consumption habits in 14 countries.
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Naming names: Heartland ‘outs’ climate doubters; they beg to differ
The Wall Street Journal (Environmental Capital blog), Keith Johnson, 05.08.08
The Heartland Institute, a New York-based non-profit that disputes the idea of man-made global warming, has raised hackles by publishing a list of 500 scientists who research climate changes throughout history. Heartland said its list is a growing who’s-who of scientists who question reigning climate-change orthodoxy. Problem is, many of them don’t—and they are steamed to be included in a list of global-warming skeptics.
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Is global warming to blame for Burma cyclone?
USA Today – AP, Michael Casey, 05.08.08
It was Asia’s answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia’s deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland.
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