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.
Analysis: Climate poses defense concerns
United Press International, Rosalie Westenskow
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) — U.S. lawmakers are heeding the warning of several retired military officers who say climate change poses a serious risk to national security.
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Climate change a threat to security
San Jose Mercury News, Frank Davies
WASHINGTON - Massive refugee migrations, bloody conflicts over water and other essential resources, and the U.S. military called in for huge relief efforts or as peacekeepers - this is one global prediction if governments don’t take serious action to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Coalition to make building energy-efficient
New York Times, Andrew Revkin and Patrick Healy
A coalition of 16 of the world’s biggest cities, five banks, one former president and companies and groups that modernize aging buildings on Wednesday pledged investments of billions of dollars to cut urban energy use and releases of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.
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Small particles’ big impact on climate
Christian Science Monitor, Peter Spotts
Vast clouds of dust, soot, and other tiny particles called aerosols migrate over the Pacific from eastern Asia to North America. Now a team of American, Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean scientists is in the midst of a two-month effort to conduct the most detailed study yet of this region’s air-pollution plumes.
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Deadlock at climate talks mars Kyoto hopes
New York Times – Reuters
BONN (Reuters) - Deadlock over how to bring the United States and big developing nations to the climate negotiating table frustrated U.N.-hosted talks this week, meant to lay the groundwork for a conference in Indonesia in December.
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Don’t meddle: Nation’s intelligence agencies should not have analyses shaped by political disputes
Columbus Dispatch
If the dire predictions of some prove true, the 21st century could experience drought, famine and population displacement resulting from global warming. Thus, the social, political and economic effects of climate change should be part of any careful intelligence estimate.
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