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.
Burned up about the other fossil fuel
Washington Post, Dana Milbank, 6.24.08
Here’s something to ponder as you park your Prius: What if gas guzzling isn’t the problem?
That rather counterintuitive theme emerged yesterday from a visit to Washington by James E. Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute and one of the first to sound the alarm about global warming in a congressional hearing 20 years ago yesterday. As he undertook a commemorative, I-told-you-so tour, from Diane Rehm’s radio show to ABC News to the National Press Club to the House of Representatives, he made a point of saying the biggest worry isn’t what we put in our cars, but what we put in our power plants.
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NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’
Associated Press, Seth Borenstein, 6.23.08
Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world’s only hope is drastic action.
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Warming climate outpaces long-distance migratory songbirds
Environment News Service, 6.23.08
Many bird species migrating to Massachusetts from points south are arriving earlier each spring as temperatures warm along the east coast of the United States. Some of those species migrate thousands of miles from South America, but a new study shows that the farther the birds travel, the less likely they are to keep pace with the rapidly changing climate.
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Study finds major cities can take climate change lead
Reuters, Jeremy Lovell, 6.23.08
The world’s major cities are also among the planet’s worst polluters but they have the solutions to most of their problems at their fingertips, a leading environmental consultancy said on Monday.
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