Global Warming

Change. Warning: An increase in carbon dioxide at faster-than normal rate increases temperature of earth. The Copenhagen Conference, Bali Action Plan, Kyoto Protocol Although climate change due to global warming is a global issue and action needs to be  

ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) — Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. In a new approach, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel isobutanol, which holds great potential as a gasoline alternative. The...  

Terra do Sol ranch cattle graze in 2003 in western Brazil. Half of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions come from cattle ranchers clearing Amazon jungle for pasture, and from their herds passing methane, a new study prepared for the Copenhagen climate ...  

Right now, 10 countries — including the U.S., China and Russia — are responsible for 80 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. The United States is the world's second largest emitter (China ranks no. 1), sending around 5.8 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere a year. That's the equivalent to a year's worth of greenhouse gas emissions from 1.1 billion average passenger vehicles.  

The question of climate sensitivity to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is unsettled. If we only knew the correct level of temperature sensitivity to CO2 concentration we would have a much more accurate view of what is in store for our climate future. But no. A new paper argues that the climate is far more sensitive to CO2 changes than previously thought. The climate may be 30–50 percent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide in the...  

Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) Scientists have done the unimaginable — converting carbon-dioxide (CO2) into vehicular fuel that could also slash global warming. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers have modified a cyanobacterium (class of bacteria) to produce liquid fuel isobutanol out of CO2. This new method recycles CO2 by cutting down emissions from fossil fuels [...]  

Our future, our human future, is tied not to the stars but to bacteria:ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) — Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. In a new approach, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel...  

Al Gore has made millions of dollars from the Global Warming Hoax, and that is despite the fact that he is a major hypocrite, with a "carbon footprint" the size of Cleveland.  He travels the world in his private planes and gas guzzling limousines, he has a large energy inefficient estate in Tennessee where he lives with his family. Heck even during the "Earth Hour" promotion in March when all of the Moonbats turned off their electric for 60...  

Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. In a new approach, researchers have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce a liquid fuel precursor to isobutanol, which holds great potential as a gasoline alternative. The reaction is powered directly by energy from sunlight, or photosynthesis.  

Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. In a new approach, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have  

Andrea Mitchell interviewed Al Gore today to talk about climate-change deniers, since Copenhagen, with its many moving parts, has begun. And with the summit, the rash of climate-change and global-warming deniers has really stepped up. What makes these people deny proven science? Digby and Paul Krugman discuss the hatred of reality by conservative loons. Anyway, Gore asks the question that a Sarah Palin could never answer logically: Why are...  

Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. Link:  http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu  

As the debate over what to do about climate change heats up, RTI International has released a study claiming that the legislative measures proposed by the U.S. Climate Action Partnership are unlikely to affect long-term economic growth in the country. (DUK) (CAT) (GE)  

EPA's finding on greenhouse gases is a game changer By Ron Way | Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Its "endangerment" finding moves the issue of greenhouse-gas emissions into the concrete realm of direct health effects on you and me.  

Professor Plimer says that not only do Al Gore and algae sound alike: "They are both scum." Crikey's Matthew Knott interviews prominent global warming sceptic Ian Plimer straight from his Copenhagen Climate Change Challenge headquarters.  

by Mark Silva Al Gore, star of the Oscar Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth and Nobel Peace Prize-winner for his advocacy of averting climate change, says he cannot control the "noise machine'' of global-warming "deniers,'' but dismisses the emails that have...  

Nation’s Forests and Soils Store Equivalent of 50 Years of U.S. CO2 Emissions The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change. The lower 48 states in the U.S. hypothetically have the potential to store an additional 3-7 billion metric tons of carbon in forests, if agricultural lands...  

Ontario won't be able to meet its reduction targets for greenhouse gases to fight climate change, the province's environmental watchdog predicted Tuesday in a report that could deflate Ontario's crusade for tougher national targets.  

The U.N. Climate Change Conference is under way in Copenhagen with more than 15,000 participants, including delegates from 192 countries, attending. Its original goal was to conclude a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol and to set a global framework to curb greenhouse gas emissions between 2013 and 2020. The Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 2012, calls on the developed countries to reduce their total greenhouse gas emissions by 5...  

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important greenhouse gas regulated by the Kyoto Protocol. Human activities, such as fossil fuel burning and land use change, are major emitters of CO2, which is widely recognized as drivers of global warming and climate change.  

The Obama administration has declared greenhouse gases to be harmful pollutants, arming the government to wage war by administrative decree on the presumed threat of global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency’s pronouncement Monday is...  

Sherwin-Williams has pledged to reduce its total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by four percent from 2007 to 2012. The world's third largest paint company has committed to this reduction goal as a partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program, which the company joined in 2007. Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change...  

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday "said greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare in a decision that could eventually lead to new emissions regulations," the Wall Street Journal reports (Ball/Forelle/Talley, 12/7). According to the Associated Press/ABC News, the declaration on the opening day of the U.N. Climate Change Conference "signaled the [Obama] administration was prepared to push ahead for significant...  

The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed ... climate change that opened Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark. It signaled the administration was prepared to push ahead for significant controls in the U.S. if Congress doesn't ...  

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important greenhouse gas regulated by the Kyoto Protocol. Human activities, such as fossil fuel burning and land use change, are major emitters of CO2, which is widely recognized as drivers of global warming and climate change. In the past decades, the field campaign and research program were only conducted at a few sites in China by different agencies...  

On Monday, the EPA moved to regulate six “greenhouse gases” by finding that their contribution to Global Warming constitutes a hazard to human health. One of those gases is methane, the lightest and most abundant hydrocarbon, chemical symbol CH4. This finding by the EPA unmasks an unscientific charade and a regulatory power-grab. U.S. Agency to Regulate Greenhouse Gases The announcement was made late Monday and paves the way for federal...  

Monday’s declaration by the Environmental Protection Administration that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health is apparently a regulatory fraud. It was made after EPA regulators refused to consider a report from a leading EPA scientist rejecting the theory that emission of greenhouse gases causes global warming. The EPA’s highly-publicized action declared, “…GHGs [greenhouse gases] are the primary driver of climate...  

As the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit continues, two Vanderbilt researchers suggest that regardless of whether or not the meeting is successful in bringing public governance measures to bear, significant carbon reductions can be achieved by creating private incentives to reduce carbon emissions.  

From a joyous Associated Press: EPA: Greenhouse gases endanger human health By Dina Cappiello And H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people’s health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. EPA Administrator [...]  

Via Docuticker. America’s Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants in 2007 Source: Environment America From press release: The nation’s power plants emitted 2.56 billion tons of global warming pollution in 2007, which is equivalent to the pollution from nearly 450 million of today’s cars – nearly three times the number of cars registered in the United [...]  

As world leaders began gathering in Copenhagen Monday to draft a new climate change treaty, the EPA formally declared greenhouse gases to be a threat to public health and the environment. The widely anticipated move -- which singled out vehicle emissions -- sets the stage for the agency to begin regulating the emissions blamed for climate change.  

by KC Golden A specter hangs over the U.S. negotiators at the ClimateSummit: the Kyoto Syndrome. Conventional wisdom holds that the ClintonAdministration, and Al Gore in particular, blew it by agreeing to the KyotoAccords without building the foundation for the Senate to ratify it, which itnever did. (See, e.g., “How toPrevent Climate Change Summit from Failure”).“Americalost a lot of credibility when then-Vice President Al Gore promised...  

The Environmental Protection Agency declared on Monday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are dangerous pollutants that threaten human health and welfare. That action sets the stage for federal regulation of industrial CO2 sources like coal-fired power plants, refineries and factories. With world leaders meeting on climate change in Copenhagen, the EPA announcement "couldn't come at a more important time," said Sierra Club...  

Washington—After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Dec. 4 that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. GHGs are the primary driver of climate change, which can lead to hotter, longer heat...  

The Environmental Protection Agency today announced officially that greenhouse gases damage public health and the environment and therefore threaten the welfare of the American people. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson made the administration's new perspective public today at a press conference timed to coincide with the start of the global climate change conference in Copenhagen. Jackson made reference to the so-called "climategate" scandal...  

COPENHAGEN – Delegates left the Bali climate change talks in December 2007 with high hopes that a grand bargain on reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be secured by now. But today, as the latest round of climate change talks begin with representatives from more than 190 countries gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, expectations are far more modest. The biggest decision – a binding international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions...  

In a move that will undoubtedly seal the proposed 35.5mpg standard for light passenger vehicles, the Environmental Protection Agency has officially declared that greenhouse gases are hazardous pollutants. Although greenhouses gases have been blamed for global warming for the past several years, the EPA has never officially recognized them as dangerous pollutants. However, a recent [...]  

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if neces...  

New York Daily NewsQuestions and Answers About EPA Action on WarmingABC NewsAP A big meeting in Copenhagen. A cap-and-trade bill in Congress. And now, a determination by the Environmental Protection Agency that global warming pollution is a threat to public health — a move that clears the way for ...EPA takes step on greenhouse gases | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/08/2009Philadelphia Inquirerepa's carbon dioxide emissions ruling could raise...  

The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there is compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.  

In a press release obviously timed to coincide with the opening of the Copenhagen climate change summit, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people: 12/07/2009: EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment / Science overwhelmingly shows greenhouse gas concentrations at unprecedented levels due to human activity. EPA’s endangerment...  

Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gases are the primary cause of climate change. EPA research shows greenhouse gas concentrations at unprecedented levels due to human activity, including greenhouse emissions from on-road vehicles, and prompting concerns for the health of the sick, poor or elderly. - As the United Nations Climate Change Conference gets underway in Copenhagen, the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Dec...  

A new type of natural-gas electric power plant could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than conventional natural-gas plants, and even to coal-burning plants. But that can only come about if and when a price is set on the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases -- a step the US Congress and other governments are considering as a way to halt climate change.  

guardian.co.ukEPA: Greenhouse Gases Are a Public ThreatWall Street JournalThe Environmental Protection Agency said greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare in a decision that could eventually lead to new emissions regulations. The so-called "endangerment ...EPA: Global warming is a threat to Americans' healthFort Worth Star TelegramEPA declares greenhouse gases pose health riskSan Francisco ChronicleEPA Declares Greenhouse...  

Climategate scandal will have no effectWhite House spokesman Robert Gibbs is denying suggestions that the timing of the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to regulate carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant had anything to do with President Obama's upcoming appearance at the Copenhagen global warming summit. After all, Obama can now tell the summit that his administration will crack down on carbon dioxide emissions even if Congress...  

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that global warming pollution endangered the health and welfare of Americans and must be reduced, a move that seemed timed to signal that the U.S. is serious about joining an international bid to reduce the risks of damaging climate change.  

The European Union (EU) is establishing a greenhouse gas emission trading scheme for the cost-effective reduction of such emissions in the Community. This scheme should enable the Community and the Member States to meet the commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions made in the context of the Kyoto Protocol. Installations operating in the energy sector, iron and steel production and processing, the mineral industry and the paper and board...  

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday "said greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare in a decision that could eventually lead to new emissions regulations," the Wall Street Journal reports (Ball/Forelle/Talley, 12/7). According to the Associated Press/ABC News, the declaration on the opening day of the U.N. Climate Change Conference "signaled the [Obama] administration was prepared to push ahead for significant...  

by Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday declared carbon blamed for global warming a public health threat, paving the way to regulate the emissions for the first time.Administrator Lisa Jackson said that the agency was “now authorized and obligated to make reasonable efforts” to cut greenhouse gas emissions.“These long-overdue findings cement 2009’s place in history as the year when the United States...  

The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that global warming pollution endangered the health and welfare of Americans and must be reduced, a move that seemed timed to signal that the U.S. is serious about joining an international bid to reduce the risks of damaging climate change.  

That's "duh" because it's not much of announcement to anyone who's been following the climate change issue for years and years.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said Monday that "greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people."...  

WASHINGTON The Environmental Protection Agency's declaration Monday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions endanger the public's health could deeply affect Kentucky's multimillion-dollar coal economy. The announcement, which comes as a historic climate change conference gets under way in Copenhagen, could set the groundwork for broader cap-and-trade policies in the United State the kinds of policies the state's coal...  

The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday cleared the way for regulation of greenhouse gases without new laws passed by Congress, reflecting President Barack Obama's commitment to act on climate change as a major summit opened in Copenhagen.The EPA ruling that greenhouse gases endanger human health, widely expected after it issued a preliminary finding earlier this year, will allow the agency to regulate planet-warming gases even...  

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that global warming pollution endangered the health and welfare of Americans and must be reduced, a move that seemed timed to signal that the U.S. is serious about joining an international bid to reduce the risks of damaging climate change.  

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced its “endangerment finding” declaring that carbon dioxide, the very substance we humans exhale, is a danger to public health.  That this was done just before the president departed to attend the Copenhagen global warming summit is, presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs assured us yesterday, completely coincidental. The Obama administration would like to to ignore the doctored “science...  

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed to build momentum toward an agreement at the international conference...  

The Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gases are the primary cause of climate change. EPA research shows that greenhouse gas concentrations have reached unprecedented levels due to human activity, including greenhouse emissions from on ...  

“The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans’ health. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed to build momentum toward an agreement [...]  

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 :The Obama administration has moved a step closer to regulating greenhouse gases. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency said six gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, endanger the environment and public health. The move would allow the EPA to take action against greenhouse gases without needing congressional approval. We host a discussion on US climate change policy with Damon Moglen, global warming...  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will formally declare that greenhouse gases endanger human health on Monday, allowing President Barack Obama to show his commitment to act as a major climate change summit opened in Copenhagen  

Dear Habib, That is correct. Still, the question is if it is in the overall interest of the global climate to relativise emission limits in such a way, taking economic factors into account when considering CO2 emissions. An increase seems uncalled for no matter which country we are speaking of, regarding the overall perils of global warming. Yours, Vilhelm  

WASHINGTON | The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories. It declared there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from man-made greenhouse gases endangers Americans’ health. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed to build momentum toward an agreement at the international...  

This is why the first priority of the current administration should be to make sure the US economy is strong. We must be prepared for a future where we won't be able to prevent climate change, and I don't see how labeling C02 a hazard to humans and implementing cap-n-trade will do this? Here's what I believe is a must-do list for America wrt our security and climate change:1) Ensure our alliances are strong (we may be buying our food from...  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Monday cleared the way for regulation of greenhouse gases without new laws passed by Congress, reflecting President Barack Obama’s commitment to act on climate change as a major summit opened in Copenhagen  

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration yesterday declared there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from man-made greenhouse gases endangers Americans’ health. It was a major step toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories.The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed to build momentum toward an agreement at the international...  

The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was clearly timed to build momentum toward an agreement at the international conference on climate...  

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) urged the Legislative Yuan to pass a greenhouse gas control act as a legal basis for facilitating efforts to curb carbon dioxide emissions and coping with the new situations that may arise from a global convention on climate change.  

The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. The announcement came as the Obama administration looked to boost its arguments at an international climate conference that the United States is aggressively taking actions to combat global warming, even though Congress has yet to act on climate legislation...  

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. The EPA finding clears the way for rules that eventually could force the sale of more fuel-efficient vehicles and require plants to install costly new equipment or shift to other forms of energy.  

WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward regulating greenhouse gases today, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. The announcement came as the Obama administration looked to boost its arguments at an international climate conference that the United States is aggressively taking actions to combat global warming, even though Congress has yet to act on climate...  

Lisa P. Jackson is director of the federal Environmental Protection Agency.WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without...  

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from ...  

The agency finally agrees that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health. The Environmental Protection Agency released a historic finding Monday that greenhouse gases are endangering public health and welfare. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), an outspoken critic of the theory of climate change and of congressional attempts to cut carbon, responded by issuing a statement...  

UPDATED: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson scheduled a news conference for later Monday to announce the so-called endangerment finding, officials told The Associated Press, speaking...  

Which of the following statements best matches your view of global warming? This whole global warming thing is a hoax. 29% I don't know whether global warming is real, but the government should limit carbon dioxide emissions just to be safe. 5% Global warming is real, it's a threat, and the government should limit carbon dioxide emissions. 10% Whether or not global warming is real, it doesn't justify more taxes or regulations. 26% Global...  

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson scheduled a news conference for later Monday to announce the so-called endangerment finding, officials told The Associated Press, speaking privately because the...  

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency's declaration Monday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions endanger the public's health could deeply impact Kentucky's multimillion-dollar coal economy. The announcement, which comes as an historic climate change conference gets underway in Copenhagen, could set the groundwork for broader cap-and-trade policies in the United State — the kinds of policies the state's coal...  

WASHINGTON | The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.  

The agency finally agrees that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health. The Environmental Protection Agency released a historic finding Monday that greenhouse gases are endangering public health and welfare. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), an outspoken critic of the theory of climate change and of congressional attempts to cut carbon, responded by issuing a statement...  

BBC NewsEPA Calls Greenhouse Gases a Public ThreatWall Street JournalThe Environmental Protection Agency said greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare in a decision that could eventually lead to new emissions regulations. The so-called "endangerment ...EPA finds greenhouse gases dangerous, plans regulationKansas City StarCopenhagen, EPA, and climate change: Obama's false moveChristian Science MonitorEPA: Greenhouse Gases...  

guardian.co.ukEPA: Greenhouse gases a public health threatCNNGlobal Warming: Trick or Truth? Tune in to "Campbell Brown" tonight for a look into the science, skepticism, and secrets surrounding global climate change. CNN, tonight 8 ET. Washington (CNN) -- Greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health ...WH: Obama Favors Legislation on Global WarmingNew York TimesIndustry: EPA climate regs would make energy more expensive and cut...  

The announcement came as the Obama administration looked to boost its arguments at an international climate conference that the United States is aggressively taking actions to combat global warming, even though Congress has yet to act on climate ...  

Washington, Dec 7(ANI): Former US Vice President Al Gore, America’s most strident crusader against climate change, has penned a poem predicting how the world will suffer, if leaders fail to act on rising carbon dioxide emissions. The poem features in Gore’s new book, “Our Choice - A plan to solve the climate crisis”, The Telegraph reported.He [...]  

The US edged towards regulating greenhouse gas emissions with a government agency confirming that global warming threatened public health and welfare and was the direct result of human activity.Related StoriesEight dead in China school stampedeItaly denies rift over Knox verdictAfghans told: We're in this to winGerman soldiers record onlineVenezuela prepares its defences  

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that global warming pollution endangered the health and welfare of Americans and must be reduced.The move seemed timed to signal that the U.S. is serious about joining an international bid to reduce the risks of damaging climate change. Monday's finding means that the EPA will proceed with preparations to regulate large producers of greenhouse gas emissions. Those rules could take...  

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that greenhouse gases spewed by power plants, oil refineries and vehicles constitute a public health threat, a verdict that positions the government to set new limits on global-warming ...  

What are Cap and Trade and greenhouse gases? Carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered a greenhouse gas because it’s thought to trap the sun’s energy (IR) from escaping back into space, therefore holding heat in the earth’s atmosphere and causing anthropogenic (man-made) global warming. CO2 is produced when hydrocarbons are burned.  

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration took a major step toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants, and factories yesterday, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from man-made greenhouse gases endangers Americans’ health.  

The Obama administration has moved a step closer to regulating greenhouse gases. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency said six gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, endanger the environment and public health. The move would allow the EPA to take action against greenhouse gases without needing congressional approval. We host a discussion on US climate change policy with Damon Moglen, global warming campaign director for...  

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson dismissed GOP calls to delay a critical finding on greenhouse emissions in light of hacked e-mails from climate scientists. EPA documents released Monday state that greenhouse gases threaten human health — a finding that is a precursor to planned regulations controlling emissions from power plants, vehicles and other sources.  RELATED ARTICLES EPA finds greenhouse gases endanger...  

The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.   The price could be steep for both industry and consumers. The EPA finding clears the way for rules that eventually could force the sale...  

CQPolitics.com - The EPA on Monday found that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten public health, a strategically timed action that is likely to resonate internationally as the world begins talks on a climate change treaty at a U.N. summit in Copenhagen.  

In 2007 the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA had the authority to regulate greenhouse gases unless "it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change."  But of course, greenhouse gases do contribute to climate change, and the EPA is now close to finalizing a finding that says exactly that.  Big business is not happy: An "endangerment" finding by the Environmental Protection Agency could pave the way for the government to...  

From AP: The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people’s health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson scheduled a news conference for later Monday to announce the so-called endangerment finding, officials told The Associated Press, speaking privately because the...  

CQPolitics.com - The EPA is expected Monday to release a strategically timed announcement declaring carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, a move that would resonate internationally as the world begins talks on a climate change treaty at a U.N. summit in Copenhagen.  

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded such gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, officials tell The Associated Press. The move signals the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary.  

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from ...  

A noted geologist who coauthored the New York Times bestseller Sugar Busters has turned his attention to convincing Congress that carbon dioxide emissions are good for the Earth and don't cause global warming. Leighton Steward is on Capitol Hill this week armed with studies and his book Fire, Ice and Paradise in a bid to show senators working on the energy bill that the carbon dioxide cap-and-trade scheme could actually hurt the environment by...  

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy. That is the finding of a new study of natural stands of quaking aspen, one of North America's most important and widespread deciduous trees.  

Now that climategate has exposed global warming to be the greatest scientific and political fraud in history, the new demon is carbon dioxide .............exhale (whoops, I just polluted!) Blame the SCOTUS: "The way was opened for the EPA to use the Clean Air Act to cut climate-changing emissions by the Supreme Court in 2007, when the court declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Act. But the court said...  

Another climate crook is called onto the carpet. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) lay into the most outrageously arrogant liar on the face of our supposedly endangered planet, The Goracle himself: If you liked watching Enron collapse,...  

Washington, December 5 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) may be fueling more than climate change, as it could also be making some trees grow like crazy. The study, by scientists from the ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming ...  

The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade ...  

According to the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" stipulated in Kyoto Protocol, developed countries must be held liable for their historical cumulative emissions and high per capita emissions. At the same time, developing countries' rights to development should be taken into account in global response to climate change.  

The emails and computer files from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) in Great Britain may prove to be of some importance to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) current attempts to control greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. This is because the EPA — perhaps at the urging of others in the Obama administration — has proposed to regulate GHG emissions on the basis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports … and...  

Some of the world's largest carbon dioxide emitters will suffer the most from ocean acidification as a result of global warming according to a new study by the advocacy group Oceana. Japan, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia -- among the top 10 polluters -- are the most vulnerable to the condition in which carbon dioxide emissions decrease the pH of seawater, killing coral and marine life. The United States and China...  

1750 - Before Industrial Revolution, atmosphere holds 280 parts per million of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2).1898 - Swedish scientist Svante Ahrrenius calculates that CO2 from coal and oil burning will warm the planet.1955 - U.S. scientist Charles Keeling finds atmospheric CO2 has risen to 315 parts per million.1971 - First international conference on climate change is held in Sweden. 1986 - Atmospheric CO2 reaches 350 ppm.1988 - NASA...  

Andrew WaldenProblems in the collection of atmospheric CO2 data parallel other absurdities in the global warming fraud. The Climategate scandal is exposing the massive and systematic fraud behind the fabrication of the worldwide temperature record necessary to make the case for global warming. But what about the record of atmospheric CO2? The U.S. NOAA openly admits to producing a CO2 record which "contains no actual data." NOAA temperature...  

State climate change policies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 536 million metric tons by 2020, about 7 percent of the United States' 2007 emissions, a new report from Environment America concludes. The environmental group's research arm ...  

The "global warming" hoax has now been exposed to the world. All of the "scientists" who contributed to this huge, evil scandal should be fired on the grounds they are dishonest people just pretending to be scientists. Al Gore, the leader of this fraud, should be shunned. His dishonest "documentaries," along with his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to prove a myth, should be thrown into the trash. This may be the biggest hoax in the...  

I just did it to see if I could, honest. I clicked on Google Followers to check out the widget functionality, and was promptly invited to befriend my own site. Sure - one can't have too many friends. Global Warning Climate Change Energy  

Yale Environment 360The recent controversy over hacked e-mails in the climate science community has emboldened global warming skeptics who dismiss the notion that humanity is dangerously heating...  

WorldChanging TeamBy Fiona Harvey & Ed Crooks Carbon-trading schemes now function from Europe to California, but abundant deficiencies are evident. Any global market will look rather...  

WorldChanging Teamby Manish Bapna Barack Obama and Manmohan Singh need to overcome the mistrust that has characterised recent US-India relations on climate change and energy. From...  

WorldChanging Teamby Ian Traynor Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy announce €2.4bn funding to help poor countries cope with climate change A global tax on financial transactions...  

Joe Romm Copenhagen, where the United Nations international climate change summit convenes this week. This piece by CAP's Rebecca Lefton, Andrew Light, Kari Manlove, and Daniel...  

WorldChanging Team Climate migration will be one way in which humans adapt to global warming and it has numerous humanitarian, security, and legal implications that present...  

Sarah KuckJust in time for COP15, a new set of resources for effectively communicating climate change have been released from the University of California Berkeley. The...  

WorldChanging TeamA draft Copenhagen climate agreement prepared by the hosts Denmark that was leaked to the Guardian Read the news story here Datablog: the Danish text...  

WorldChanging Team Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity...  

WorldChanging TeamNot everyone agrees that there is a direct link between climate change and increased conflict, in an academic debate that goes all the way to...  

WorldChanging Teamby Kofi Annan Global warming does not respect borders. A mindset shift is required if world leaders are to save us from ourselves The UN...  

Joe RommPresident Obama and other world leaders will gather in Copenhagen next week to discuss climate change. Though this is a global issue, it’s also a...