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Geotimes September 2006 Megan Sever |
Hockey Stick Climate Study Faces Scrutiny With one report recently released that criticizes the statistical methods behind the hockey stick climate analysis of the past 1,000 years, and another recent report taking a broader look at all evidence for climate change, Congress is considering how past changes fit into the climate future. |
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever |
Climate Policy -- Wading Into Heated Politics: Q&A with Gerald North An interview with National Academy of Sciences committee chair Gerald North about his experiences examining the hockey stick climate report, testifying about climate change before Congress, and about his thoughts on the climate policy debate. |
Salon.com January 26, 2001 Dawn MacKeen |
Overwhelming evidence of global warming Experts hope a startling new report will be enough to persuade President Bush to take action... |
Geotimes November 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Past warming for the future As the Bush administration prepares for a second term, only time will tell how its climate change policy will change in the next four years. In the meantime, discussions of the science behind climate changes abound in the journals and within the scientific community. |
Geotimes April 2007 Semans & de Fontaine |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Business World Looks at Climate Change Increasing momentum at the state and federal levels, along with the business community, is proof that we are now in the design phase for climate change legislation, and companies clearly expect regulations soon. |
Geotimes May 2007 Josh Trapani |
A Political Comment on ... Proposals to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the 110th Congress Establishing a nationwide market-based system for greenhouse gases may be one of the most difficult legislative steps for Congress to take, due largely to the potential environmental, economic and social consequences. |
Geotimes September 2003 Megan Sever |
Climate debate in the journals, on the Hill While few people disagree that Earth's surface has warmed over the past few decades, the arguments and accusations start flying when the discussion turns to whether or not the warming is an anomalous result of human activity or part of natural climate change. |
Geotimes August 2006 Steven Quane |
It's Not Hairspray: America's Need for Science Education We are facing real and immediate energy and environmental challenges that require genuine and progressive leadership to solve. Greater public understanding of science and sound scientific processes have the potential to transform our society. |
Scientific American October 2006 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Fiddling While the Planet Burns Will the Wall Street Journal's editorial writers accept a challenge to learn the truth about the science of global climate change? |
Geotimes December 2003 Megan Sever |
Humans impact the climate, says AGU The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has adopted a new position statement on climate change that recognizes the increasing alteration of the Earth's climate by human activities. |
Salon.com April 5, 2002 Damien Cave |
Watson, come here, I want to fire you Angry at his predictions of global warming, the Bush administration and the energy industry strive to unseat a prominent scientist... |
Reason October 2005 Sallie Baliunas |
Full of Hot Air Book review: A climate alarmist takes on "criminals against humanity" in Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis -- And What We Can Do to Avert the Disaster, by Ross Gelbspan. |
Geotimes March 2007 Linda Rowan |
A Change in Climate in Congress: To Act or Not To Act Because some state and local governments are taking action, Congress will need to set some federal standards in the near term. The nation can ill-afford a hodge-podge of regulations and policies on climate change across the country. |
Geotimes September 2006 Lee Gerhard |
Testing Global Warming Hypotheses Global climate change has been a natural phenomenon driven by natural processes for 4.5 billion years. Nevertheless, cultural pressures exist to identify a human cause for current global climate change. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Degrees of freedom The global nature of the climate change offers both opportunities and challenges. The US, for example, is keen to establish international cooperation and collaboration in climate change research |
Geotimes June 2007 Allyson K. Anderson |
A Political Comment On... Fire and Ice on Capitol Hill: Climate change and its impacts are being discussed with much fervor in the district these days. Nearly every congressional office has taken up the charge. |
Geotimes June 2007 Fred Schwab |
Plunging into the Debate on Climate Change Debate continues about whether the warming effects of greenhouse gases are overshadowed by natural events. |
Geotimes May 2006 Steven Quane |
The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Split opens up on Capitol Hill over science funding Science advocates and researchers that depend on government grants are particularly worried now that Republicans control both chambers of Congress. |
Geotimes May 2003 David Applegate |
Another Stab at Energy Legislation With Republicans now in control of both chambers, energy legislation is a top priority of the House and Senate leadership. |
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Heat on U.S. Climate Policy Recent events have focused a spotlight on the Bush administration's position on climate change on both the international and national stage. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 |
The Climate-Change Casualty List The incoming class of House and Senate Republicans include at least 47 who deny that scientific data prove human activity is warming the planet. Here's how they may complicate the Obama Administration's climate-change agenda. |
Geotimes August 2003 Megan Sever |
Climate change report reexamined One of the more controversial topics of the Bush administration's revised strategic plan for climate change research is the ongoing debate of how anthropogenic factors factor into global climate change. Discussion at a meeting this week between government scientists and the NAS proved no different. |
Popular Mechanics December 1, 2009 Peter Kelemen |
What East Anglia's E-mails Really Tell Us About Climate Change What stolen e-mails from climate scientists corresponding with East Anglia University tell us about global warming and what they don't. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2009 Andy Extance |
'Climategate' resolution underlines concern over data falsification Politicians in the US are raising the pressure on chemists and other scientists to ensure their work's legitimacy following the publication of emails suggesting unethical research practices at the University of East Anglia. |
Geotimes July 2006 Megan Sever |
Climate Resolution A resolution on global warming, stating that the House of Representatives recognizes that warming is real and caused by excessive greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, reached the floor of the House, but was blocked from a vote. |
Chemistry World April 2007 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Swindled? The bottom line is that just a few degrees increase in global average temperatures is likely to have a severe impact on human life. The silver lining of anthropogenic climate change is that, being man-made, at least we stand a chance of doing something about it. |
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2008 Stoss & Stoss |
Heating Up for Global Warming Research and Policy The critical actions in combating global warming call for individuals, neighborhoods, communities, and geopolitical entities to implement a concept of global warming ICE. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2009 John Carey |
Carbon Curbs: It's Business vs. Business As some powerful corporate groups fight a U.S. climate bill, others are leading a counterattack. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2014 |
Emissions must hit zero by 2100, says IPCC The International Panel on Climate Change says that carbon emissions will have to fall to zero by 2100, but that the means to achieve this are economically affordable. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Snyder & Chipman |
Global Warming Skeptics Ascend in Congress Cap-and-trade may be just the first casualty of the science-doubters in the House and Senate |
Salon.com November 28, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
Europe to U.S.: No deal on global warming A meeting in The Hague to negotiate reducing greenhouse gas emissions collapses without a deal -- but the world's still getting hotter... |
Science News April 11, 2009 Michel Jarraud |
Bracing For Global Climate Change Is A Local Challenge The secretary-general of the U.N. World Meteorological Organization discusses whether global climate change is real. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2007 William B. Gail |
Climate Control We will be able to engineer the Earth to our liking -- but we'd better start now. Before we picked a climate, we would need to evolve the political, commercial, and academic institutions to get us there. |
Geotimes April 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Wallace Broecker: Changes in the Atmosphere An interview with an expert on issues of climate change about his experiences advising politicians about the consequences of climate change and his hopes for new technologies of carbon sequestration. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2013 Angeli Mehta |
Australian climate body saved by crowd sourced donations Backing from the Australian public has helped resurrect a body set up to provide independent information on climate change to government and citizens. |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 John Carey |
Global Warming Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change. This has already sparked efforts to limit CO2 emissions. Many companies are now preparing for a carbon-constrained world. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 6, 2012 Toffel & Schendler |
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail Many companies receiving high marks in environmental sustainability are hurting the planet in other ways. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
Nobel winners call for energy R&D funding Thirty-four Nobel Prize winners are urging US President Obama to make good on his pledge to provide increased, stable funding for energy research and development. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 Stephen Barlas |
U.S. Climate Technology Plan The U.S. climate technology plan represents the first time that federal spending on greenhouse-mitigation technology has been detailed and combined into a complete plan. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2010 Karen Harries-Rees |
Australian emissions trading scheme on hold The Australian government has shelved plans for an emissions trading scheme until at least 2013, blaming the opposition's determination to block the legislation and slow international progress on a new climate change deal. |
Science News January 3, 2009 R.K. Pachauri |
Obama Administration Should Lead Energy Transition The director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi speaks about the changes he hopes to see from the Obama administration. |
Geotimes March 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Climate Report Points Finger at Fossil Fuels The world is warming, and the burning of fossil fuels is very likely to blame, according to a new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
Scientific American November 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Climate Change and the Law (Extended edition) Even the Bush administration has started to recognize U.S. legal obligations to fight global warming. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: More On Climate Change Climate change can present some healthy investment opportunities for your clients, even if you don't believe it's real. |
Industrial Physicist Aug/Sep 2004 Forest, Webster & Reilly |
Narrowing uncertainty in global climate change Unknowns hamper the initiation of climate-mitigation policies. |
Chemistry World October 21, 2013 Philip Ball |
Chemistry's climate of scepticism It could be important for chemists to consider whether (and if so, why) there is an unusually high proportion of climate-change doubters in their ranks. |
Geotimes December 2006 |
Top Climate News Stories of 2006 A new public face for climate change... Strong debate over storms... Thawing ice shifts water cycles... Methane climate menagerie... etc. |
Chemistry World April 3, 2014 Maria Burke |
Latest climate report sees a bigger role for adaptation The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that science can offer ways to adapt to climate change and reduce risk -- something that should be used in combination with cutting emissions. |
Geotimes February 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Trees Confound Global Warming The potential canceling-out effects of trees' low reflectivity for carbon sequestration raise questions as to whether tree planters should get carbon credits in North America, as outlined in the Kyoto Protocol. |