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CHINA EMISSIONS STUDY SUGGESTS CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE FASTER THAN THOUGHT

Submitted by theadminx on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 17:04

Reuters June 10, 2012
 
China’s carbon emissions could be nearly 20 percent higher than previously thought, a new analysis of official Chinese data showed today, suggesting the pace of global climate change could be even faster than currently predicted.
 
China has already overtaken the United States as the world's top greenhouse gas polluter, producing about a quarter of mankind's carbon pollution that scientists say is heating up the planet and triggering more extreme weather.
 

CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE TO HIT AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITHIN A DECADE

Submitted by theadminx on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 18:04

March 26, 2012 Melbourne, Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-26/scientists-may-have-underestimated-climate-change/3913288/?site=melbourne%20

A new study suggests climate scientists may have underestimated the effect of greenhouse gases, with global temperatures now predicted to rise by between 1.4 and 3 degrees Celsius by 2050.

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY WARNS THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE FAILING TO AVERT CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE

Submitted by theadminx on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 17:53

The Guardian April 24, 2012
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/25/governments-catastrophic-climate-change-iea
 

CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSES NUCLEAR, COAL POWER PLANT SHUTDOWNS

Submitted by theadminx on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 10:24

USAToday  June 4, 2012

By Wendy Koch

Climate change, by warming water and reducing river flows, has caused production losses at several nuclear and coal-fired power plants in the United States and Europe in recent years and will lead to more power disruptions in the future, researchers report.

A CLIMATE OF CORPORATE CONTROL: How Corporations Have Influenced the U.S. Dialogue on Climate Science and Policy

Submitted by theadminx on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 13:48

Written by the Union of Concerned Scientists (Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions). Published May 2012.

http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/a-climate-of-corporate-control-report.pdf

This report examined the activities of twenty-eight large, publicly traded companies between 2002-2011, comparing the corporations’ stated positions vs. their lobbying efforts and contributions to politicians and organizations.

DEADLOCK BREAKS AT UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE TALKS, MISTRUST REMAINS

Submitted by theadminx on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 09:48

Reuters May 25, 2012
 
BONN (Reuters) - More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations climate talks on Friday, breaking a deadlock over procedure, but mistrust remains that could threaten progress for the rest of the year.
 
"(The workplan) was not an easy issue to agree (on)," U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres told reporters after the negotiations held at Bonn in Germany.
 

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