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.
Refiners face obstacles to processing
Wall Street Journal, Ana Campoy, 6.12.08
Refiners faced with rising prices for premium grades of crude oil are rushing to expand their ability to process less expensive, dirtier crudes, but their efforts face concerns about pollution and global warming.
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U.S. warms to climate change policies
Providence Journal (RI), Natalie Garcia, 6.12.08
It may take another year or two, but the federal government is getting closer to embracing climate change policy such as a cap and trade system on carbon emissions, which would monumentally change the global economy, and hopefully, peel back the already visible effects of global warming, said Vicki Arroyo, the director of policy for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, in Arlington, Va.
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More disease outbreaks in Europe with climate change: experts
Agence France-Presse, 6.12.08
Europe could face an increase in outbreaks of diseases carried by insects and rodents as the climate on the continent becomes hotter and wetter, EU health experts said Friday.
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Should the World Bank be left to manage climate change funds?
BusinessGreen (UK), James Murray, 6.12.08
The suitability of the World Bank as the administrator of two planned new multi-billion dollar climate change investment funds was openly questioned yesterday with the publication of a new report highlighting the bank’s continuing support for carbon intensive industries.
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