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.
Report on climate predicts extremes
Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin, 6.20.08
As greenhouse-gas emissions rise, North America is likely to experience more droughts and excessive heat in some regions even as intense downpours and hurricanes pound others more often, according to a report issued yesterday by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
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Climate change could give scientists new ways to play in the park
9NEWS.com (CO), Tiffani Lupenski, 6.20.08
Climate changes predicted for the Rocky Mountain National Park area could provide scientists with both new challenges and new opportunities in this living laboratory.
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Will new environmental legislation cause U.S. job losses? No
Kansas City Star (MO), Larry Schweiger, 6.19.08
When it comes to protecting the polar bear from extinction, we need a short-term survival strategy and a long-term solution that addresses the root of the problem: global warming.
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Ice cores reveal abrupt climate change
Swissinfo (Switzerland), 6.20.08
Studying data from Greenland ice cores, the researchers said the information could prove groundbreaking for forecasting sudden changes to the climate in future.
The researchers - using a Swiss-developed system – looked at the ice year for year over a 3,000 year period, according to a report in the journal Science published on Friday.
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Climate change ‘could cost Mediterranean up to $35 bln’
Adnkronos International Italia, 6.20.08
Unless Mediterranean countries take action, climate change could cost them 30-35 billion dollars by the end of this century, according to a new study to be presented in Paris next month.
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EPA may limit fuels’ greenhouse emissions
Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Hughes, 6.20.08
The Environmental Protection Agency’s staff, under pressure to deal with climate change, is considering whether to set limits on greenhouse-gas emissions associated with gasoline and other transportation fuels.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 9:56 am
This is just another reason why we need to move as quickly as possible, (much as in the same manner as Kennedy’s challenge to get a man on the moon) to alternative energy vehicles.
I know, I know, we will have to build more electrical plants. B.S!!!
I know of little old engineers that power their cars on solar energy right out of their homes. Don’t tell me we aren’t smart enough!!!