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Climate change media to6 January 2009
ENERGY & INNOVATION-------------
Coal: Save a bit here, ship a whole lot there
http://bravenewclimate.com/2008/12/26/save-a-bit-here-ship-a-whole-lot-there/
Barry Brook, Brave New Climate, 26 December 2008
Reduce 22 Mt here, add 673 Mt there. Yet Mr Rudd says this trade-off “…gets the balance right“.
Revealed: The cement that eats carbon dioxide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/31/cement-carbon-emissions
Alok Jha, Guardian, Wednesday 31 December 2008
Cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means of stripping the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, thanks to an innovation from British engineers.
A Japanese Town That Kicked the Oil Habit
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1867805,00.html
Coco Masters, Time, 22 December 2008
Shin Abe doesn't find it odd that the picturesque little Japanese town of Kuzumaki, where he has lived all his life, generates some of its electricity with cow dung.
Green groups take on clean coal claim with new website
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/green-groups-take-on-clean-coal-claim-with-new-website/2008/12/25/1229998694483.html
Marian Wilkinson, Brisbane Times,December 25, 2008
THE war of words over "clean coal" technology has escalated with the launch of a new website by US environmentalists proclaiming: "In reality, there is no such thing as clean coal."
POLITICS & POLICY-------------
One little word undoes the PM's claims on greenhouse gases
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/one-little-word-undoes-the-pms-claims-on-greenhouse-gases-20081222-73km.html
Tim Colebatch, The Age, December 23, 2008
We all think the Rudd Government's emissions trading scheme will cut Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 5 per cent relative to 2000 levels — right? No, we're wrong.
Why Obama's green jobs plan might work
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-greenjobs4-2009jan04,0,330188.story
Marla Dickerson, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2009
Some states -- including Michigan -- already see renewable energy as their future: It's the only sector that appears to be making room for more employees despite the recession.
Our planet is in peril: the time for patience is past
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/our-planet-is-in-peril-the-time-for-patience-is-past-20081227-75va.html
Melissa Fyfe, The Age, December 28, 2008
Patience is a virtue, they say. And when it comes to climate change, voters are inordinately virtuous.
Report maps out investment strategy for fighting climate change
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2233104/climate-change-investment
Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen, 24 December 2008
Paper recommends 2 per cent of global GDP should be spent on mitigating threat
Tough climate goals may be easier than feared
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKTRE4BL4SN20081222
Alister Doyle, Reuters, 22 December 2008
Tough targets for avoiding dangerous global warming may be easier to achieve than widely believed, according to a study that could ease fears of a prohibitive long-term surge in costs.
Climate scientists: it's time for 'Plan B'
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/climate-scientists-its-time-for-plan-b-1221092.html
Steve Connor and Chris Green, The Independent, 2 January 2009
Poll of international experts by The Independent reveals consensus that CO2 cuts have failed – and their growing support for technological intervention.
Think Again: Climate Change
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4585
Bill McKibben, Foreign Policy, January/February 2009
Act now, we’re told, if we want to save the planet from a climate catastrophe. Trouble is, it might be too late.
Climate Central
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/3/222555/9271?source=daily
Maywa Montenegro, Gristmill, 4 January 2009
Scientists and journalists team up to get the climate story straight
SCIENCE & IMPACTS----------
What we've learned in 2008
http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0901/full/climate.2008.142.html
Nature, 18 December 2008
Amanda Leigh Mascarelli looks at how far our understanding of climate change has come in the past twelve months.
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Researchers say 2009 to be one of warmest years on record
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE4BT49920081230
Reuters, Dec 30, 2008
AUSTRALIA recorded its 14th warmest year on record in 2008http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/climate/change/20090105.shtml
Ocean Acidification Hits Great Barrier Reef
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ocean-acidification-hits-great-barrier-reef
David Biello, Scientific American, 1 January 2009
Coral growth has been sluggish since 1990 due to an increase in both sea temperature and acidity as a result of global warming.
Soot reduction 'could help to stop global warming'
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/soot-reduction-could-help-to-stop-global-warming-1224481.html
Geoffrey Lean, The Independent, 4 January 2009
Cutting one of humanity's most common pollutants would have immediate cooling effect, Nasa claims
A sea of troubles
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12853926&CFID=36332336&CFTOKEN=13295531
The Economist editorial, 30 December 2008
Man is assaulting the oceans. They will smite him if he does not take care
Canada's forests, once huge help on greenhouse gases, now contribute to climate change
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-canada-trees_wittjan02,0,539661.story
Howard Witt, Chicago Tribune, 2 January 2009
Canada's vast forests, once huge absorbers of greenhouse gases, now add to problem
German Scientist Warns Climate Change Accelerating
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3907790,00.html
Deutsche Welle, 29 December 2008
Climate change is happening more rapidly than anyone though possible, the German government's expert, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, warned in an interview.
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1220-amazon.html
Rhett A. Butler, Mongabay, December 20, 2008
Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Himalayan_villagers_on_global_warming_frontline_9AFP, Dec 26, 2008
Standing in the Himalayan valley of Langtang, Rinjin Dorje Lama remembers where he used to play as a child in the 1960s.
AGU 2008: Evidence that Antarctica has warmed significantly over past 50 years
http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2008/12/agu_2008_evidence_that_antarct.html
Olive Heffernan, Nature blog, 19 december 2008
More than 2T tons of ice melted in artic since '03
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5io8-mhR216BbP-65r8IrK1C6y8ZQD953P87O0
Associated Press, Dec 16, 2008
More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming.
How the climate change changed Maasai culture
IPP Media, 28 December 2008
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2008/12/28/128857.html
Beauty spots to be surrendered to the sea
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3966183/Beauty-spots-to-be-surrendered-to-the-sea.html
Richard Gray, UK Telegraph, 27 Dec 2008
Thousands of acres of picturesque landscape are to be surrendered to the sea under government plans that are redrawing Britain's coastline.
SUSTAINABILITY------------
It's power to the people as self-help groups fight climate change
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/its-power-to-the-people-as-selfhelp-groups-fight-climate-change-20081227-75xg.html
Peter Munro, The Age, December 28, 2008
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James Hansen on why scientists should speak out
http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52965/james-hansen
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