The Denver Post – July 16, 2010
A National Academy of Sciences study released this morning quantifies potential impacts of climate change – linking water in rivers, crop yields and wildfire damage to specific temperature increases.
For example, for every 1.8 degrees of warming, Colorado can expect 5-10 percent less water in the Arkansas and Rio Grande rivers, the study found.
The study on likely future effects of climate change also anticipates 5-10 percent less total rain in Colorado and other southwestern states. And forest fires are considered likely to devour 3 times more land for each 1.8 degrees of warming.
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The Sacremento Bee – July 15, 2010
Supporters of California’s global warming law have raised more than $2 million so far to defend the landmark legislation in what’s shaping up as an expensive November ballot battle.
Filings with the California secretary of state show that environmental groups and clean energy advocates were big givers to the campaign against Proposition 23, which would suspend AB 32 until the unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent.
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Power-Gen Worldwide – July 19, 2010
“Currently, there are no adequate mechanisms under international law to balance the competing tensions climate change presents to state sovereignty. On one hand, climate change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive states of control over their domestic territories,” researchers in the United States report.
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U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.
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On Thursday, November 5th, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate change bill crafted by Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry. Republicans boycotted the committee and did not participate in the vote. However, the bill is already being upstaged by a more conservative alternative coordinated by Mr. Kerry; Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent; and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press revealed a trend of skepticism among Americans towards global warming. Only 36% of Americans believe that global warming is man-made and 33% say there is no solid evidence towards global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
European Union Finance ministers met on Friday, October 2nd, to discuss implementing carbon taxes in order to combat climate change. The carbon tax would most likely be applied to transport, agriculture, forestry, households along with other sectors that were unnamed.
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President Barack Obama spoke to the United Nations on September 22, 2009. Some of his remarks include:
“It is true that for too many years, mankind has been slow to respond to or even recognize the magnitude of the climate threat. It is true of my own country as well. But this is a new day. It is a new era. And I am proud to say that the United States has done more to promote clean energy and reduce carbon pollution in the last eight months than at any other time in our history.”
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