Arctic Warming Overtakes 2,000 Years of Natural Cooling

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Arctic temperatures have been dropping for the last 2,000 years. Since 1900, temperature anomaly has turned positive, indicating temperatures started becoming warmer than the long term average, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides new evidence that the Arctic would be cooling if not for greenhouse gas emissions that are overpowering natural climate patterns. The Summer temperature anomaly changed from about – 1 to + 1 which is a very large change.

New York launches green building program

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New York is the latest in a growing list of state and city governments mandating green building for government-owned facilities. Governor David A. Paterson has signed the State Green Building Construction Act and all new construction and major renovations must meet green building guidelines.

Do mention the ‘G’ word

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MOST people and nations now recognize the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid dangerous climate change. However, there is a growing fear that this fragile support for action could be at risk because Geoengineering is now receiving serious attention from scientists, policy-makers and the media.

Can Dirt Really Save Us From Global Warming?

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This month the Senate is set to take up the climate and energy bill that Congress began work on last spring. One provision will likely set up a system to pay farmers for something called “no-till farming.”

Schwarzenegger to Obama cabinet: Water… please!

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has demanded that President Barack Obama’s cabinet rethink federal policy that would divert water from parched farms and cities to threatened fish, his administration said on Wednesday.

Spot on Gulls’ Beaks Can Indicate Poisons

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In the wake of a massive oil spill from the tanker Prestige, poisoned seagulls displayed smaller red spots on their beaks than healthy birds, according to a new study.

Climate-change technology risks ‘catastrophic’ outcome

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Risky and unproven climate-changing technologies could have “catastrophic consequences” for the earth and humankind if used irresponsibly, according to a new report.

Climate-change technology risks ‘catastrophic’ outcome

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Risky and unproven climate-changing technologies could have “catastrophic consequences” for the earth and humankind if used irresponsibly, according to a new report.

Fed Takes 2nd Look at Threat to Desert Tortoise

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced in a 90 day status review that the Sonoran population of desert tortoise is a distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act and that listing, as threatened or endangered, under the Act may be warranted.

Japan’s annual dolphin cull disrupted by activists

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An animal rights campaigner who trained dolphins for the 1960s television series Flipper has managed to disrupt the first two days of the annual dolphin hunt in the Japanese town of Taiji, but accepts that as soon as he leaves the fishermen will resume the killing.