Global Warming Today articles from April 2006

Global Warming Today archives from April 2006

LLNL Says Changes in Ag Practices Could Help Slow Warming.
April 3, 2006... The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently announced that climate scientists with the lab have conducted modeling research which indicates that farmers planting more crops, increasing irrigation coverage and tilling the land...

U.K. Releases Provisional GHG Emissions Figures for 2005.
April 3, 2006... The U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) recently announced that figures produced by the British government reveal that emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases (GHGs) -- carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous...

EPA Ireland Reports Slightly Increased GHG Emissions for 2004.
April 3, 2006... Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions totaled 68.46 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2004, about 0.15 percent higher than 2003 levels. ...

Researcher Considers Link Between Cosmic Rays, Warming.
April 4, 2006... Local Ontario newspaper the Ottawa Citizen reported last month that new research conducted by former University of Ottawa professor Jan Veizer suggests that high-energy cosmic rays emanating from space are the primary driver of global warming,...

Scotland Expects to Exceed U.K. Climate Change Goal.
April 4, 2006... The Scottish Executive recently announced that the country expects to exceed its U.K. climate change contribution by reducing carbon emissions an additional 1 million tons in 2010. According to the executive, the recently published "Climate...

Cologne to Host Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference.
April 4, 2006... CARBON EXPO 2006: Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference, "the world's only trade fair and conference for emissions trading and the carbon market," will be held May 10 through 12 in Cologne, Germany. The event will open the morning of...

21 Senators Urge EPA to Issue Clean Air Act Waivers.
April 5, 2006... U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) recently joined 19 of their Senate colleagues in calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant California a waiver to the Clean Air Act, which would allow the state...

Progress Energy Releases Report on Global Climate Change.
April 5, 2006... Progress Energy recently announced the release of a new report on global climate change that calls for the development of a national climate change policy. According to Progress Energy, the report describes actions the company is engaged...

CSPP Releases Three New Papers on Climate Change.
April 5, 2006... The Washington, DC-based Center for Science and Public Policy (CSPP) recently released three new paper discussing energy and climate change issues. According to CSPP, the first paper, titled "Issues in the Current State of Climate...

CAT Finds Schwarzenegger Climate Change Goals Achievable.
April 6, 2006... The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) recently announced that a new report from the California Climate Action Team (CAT) finds that governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's goals for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions -...

CA Legislators Introduce Bill Designed to Curb Global Warming.
April 6, 2006... California State Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly member Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) joined earlier this month in introducing the "Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006," new legislation designed to help curb global...

Paleontologist Blames Climate Change for Mass Extinctions.
April 7, 2006... New research published in the April 1 issue of New Scientist magazine suggests that the majority of mass extinctions were caused by global climate change, rather than catastrophic asteroid impacts -- a finding that paleontologist Peter Ward of...

CCX Announces Demonstration Linkage With EU ETS.
April 7, 2006... The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) recently announced it will allow European Union (EU) carbon dioxide (CO2) emission allowances to be used in compliance with CCX commitments for 2005, "marking the first actual linkage between North America's...

New Poll Reveals U.S. Support for Combating Climate Change.
April 7, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that a new poll conducted by Ayres, McHenry and Associates indicates that a majority of U.S. respondents acknowledge the reality of global warming and are prepared to take steps to address the issue....

Weekly Update.
April 7, 2006... CARIBBEAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE (C3), April 10-12, 2006, Ritz Carlton Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica greenT FORUM: RAISING THE BAR ON VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT MARKETS, May 1-2, 2006, New York, NY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF...

Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Emission Caps.
April 10, 2006... Reuters recently reported that the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy heard testimony last week from a number of U.S.-based utilities and retailers on the potential impact that mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emission caps could have on their...

Maryland General Assembly Approves Healthy Air Act.
April 10, 2006... The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) recently announced the Maryland General Assembly's approval late last month of new legislation -- the Maryland Healthy Air Act -- which requires the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas...

New Report on U.S. Power Producers Finds Rise in GHGs.
April 10, 2006... The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently announced the release of a new report, titled "Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States 2004," which reveals that while overall emissions...

BAS Reports Rapid Temperature Increases Above Antarctic.
April 11, 2006... The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently announced that a new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years indicates that the Antarctic has the same "global warming signature" as that seen across the entire Earth, but is...

IRRI Considers Rice Genome's Role in Helping Reduce Warming.
April 11, 2006... The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently announced that while new evidence is emerging which suggests climate change could reduce both the world's ability to produce food and international efforts to cut poverty, "the recent...

Cornell Study Links Sweat Bee Social Behavior to Warming.
April 11, 2006... Entomologists at Cornell University recently released a new study which links the social behavior of many species of sweat bees to global warming. The researchers found that the social evolution occurred 20 million to 22 million years ago, more...

Russia Working to Implement JI Projects.
April 12, 2006... Russian news service RIA Novosti reported last week that the country's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade plans to submit a new draft rule for the approval of joint implementation (JI) projects to the Russian government "in a few...

Shaklee to Plant One Million Trees Across North America.
April 12, 2006... Pleasanton, CA-based natural nutrition company Shaklee Corporation recently announced plans to launch later this month, in commemoration of Earth Day 2006, an international tree-planting campaign designed to raise awareness of global warming....

NY School Launches 'Bright Idea' Energy Efficiency Campaign.
April 12, 2006... New York's North Babylon School District recently announced the launch of "Mr. Luna's Bright Idea," a nationwide campaign inspired by eighth-grade science teacher Kenny Luna which seeks to promote energy efficiency through the changing of light...

Study Suggests Warming Could Spark Mass Species Extinctions.
April 13, 2006... Conservation International (CI) recently announced that a new study published in the journal Conservation Biology indicates that "the Earth could see massive waves of species extinctions around the world if global warming continues unabated."...

Report Finds Plants Have Limited Ability to Reduce GHGs.
April 13, 2006... A new report coauthored by six scientists from three universities indicates that plants are more limited in their ability to help counteract global warming than previously thought. According to the report, which is based on an analysis of...

Kiehl's, NRDC to Promote Climate Change Awareness.
April 13, 2006... New York-based skin and hair care company Kiehl's recently announced that it will cooperate with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on fundraising and outreach programs to help raise awareness of the impact of climate change on...

CA Governor Supports Mandatory Reporting, Market-based System.
April 14, 2006... California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted a Climate Action Summit earlier this week during which he voiced support for a system that would require large companies to report their carbon emissions, as well as for a market-based system to...

New Research Finds U.K. Workers Willing to Fight Warming.
April 14, 2006... The U.K. Carbon Trust recently announced that the results of a new poll of 1,018 British employees reveal that more than three-quarters of the respondents consider it important to work for a company that has an active policy for reducing its...

ACCF Senior VP Rejects CA Climate Action Team Proposals.
April 14, 2006... The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), "a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the advocacy of tax and environmental policies that encourage saving and investment," recently announced that ACCF senior vice president and...

Weekly Update.
April 14, 2006... greenT FORUM: RAISING THE BAR ON VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT MARKETS, May 1-2, 2006, New York, NY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF CANADA'S (EIC) CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE: ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST...

PG&E Contributes $500,000 to UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center.
April 17, 2006... PG&E Corporation recently announced that it will award $500,000 in shareholder-funded contributions to the newly created Energy Efficiency Center at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) in support of various programs and projects...

Researcher Studies Effects of Climate Change on Alfalfa.
April 17, 2006... Spain's University of Navarra recently reported that a Department of Plant Biology researcher has conducted a study of the effects of climate change on the physiology of alfalfa, finding that the plant "adapts to increases in carbon dioxide...

NASA Announces New Climate Change Exhibits at Smithsonian.
April 17, 2006... NASA recently announced the opening of two new exhibits at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC -- "Atmosphere: Change in the Air" and "Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely." The exhibits, which are part of the...

Study Predicts Less Summer Rain in Caribbean, Central America.
April 18, 2006... Atmospheric scientists at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) recently conducted research which indicates that parts of the Caribbean and Central America are likely to experience a significant summer drying trend by the middle of...

New Website Enables Neutralization of Global Warming Impact.
April 18, 2006... CommonWealth Resource Management Corporation (CRMC) recently announced the launch of a new website that allows individuals and organizations to purchase and retire emissions credits or offsets for landfill methane. According to CRMC, the...

AES to Invest in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects.
April 19, 2006... Arlington, VA-based AES Corporation recently announced plans to invest approximately $1 billion over the next three years in its alternative energy business and the commercialization of new projects and technologies to reduce or offset...

EPA Releases New Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report.
April 19, 2006... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the release of its latest report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which indicates that "the United States is making progress in reducing the emissions of some critical gases as it...

DOE Revises Voluntary GHG Reporting Program Guidelines.
April 20, 2006... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced revised Voluntary Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program guidelines designed to help farmers and landowners estimate, report and register GHG reductions and carbon sequestration. According...

New Canadian Survey Uncovers Global Warming Fears.
April 20, 2006... The Canadian Press (CP) recently reported that a new survey conducted by Leger Marketing reveals that 23 percent of Canadians believe global warming will lead to destruction of the planet. According to CP, 31 percent of the opinion poll...

Cleantech to Host Venture Forum X in London, England.
April 20, 2006... Cleantech Venture Network, LLC will host the Cleantech Venture Forum X from June 7 through 9 at the Marriott Hotel-Grovesnor Square in London, England. On the evening of Wednesday, June 7, Cleantech will host a welcoming reception for all...

Head U.K. Scientist Warns of Steep Temperature Increase.
April 21, 2006... British newspaper The Times reported last week that Sir David King, the U.K. government's head scientist, has warned that global temperatures could increase by three degrees Celsius during the next century if carbon dioxide (CO2) emission...

British Airways Head Recommends EU Emissions Trading Approach.
April 21, 2006... British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh recently urged the European Commission (EC) "not to risk delaying the extension of its carbon trading scheme to airlines by making the arrangements too complicated." Speaking at the Irish...

Weekly Update.
April 21, 2006... greenT FORUM: RAISING THE BAR ON VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT MARKETS, May 1-2, 2006, New York, NY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF CANADA'S (EIC) CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE: ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST...

Duke Says Ancient, Modern Evidence Suggests Limits to Warming.
April 24, 2006... Duke University recently announced that a research team led by university scientists has reported that while instrumental readings made during the past century offer ample evidence that carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases in the...

Canadian Scientists Call for New Climate Strategy.
April 24, 2006... The University of Western Ontario (UWO) recently announced that 90 top climate scientists and oceanographers have joined together in calling on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to develop a national strategy on climate change. UWO...

AK House Supports Creation of New Climate Commission.
April 25, 2006... Alaskan legislators will establish a new commission to examine how global climate change is affecting the state's economy, natural resources and communities, if the state Senate endorses a new resolution the House of Representatives passed...

Australian Study Finds Climate Awareness Highest Among GOCs.
April 25, 2006... Government-owned corporation (GOC) executives better recognize climate change as an issue of corporate sustainability than their counterparts in either the public or the private sector, according to a new study from the University of Queensland...

Camco International Announces Appointment of New Chairman.
April 25, 2006... Camco International, Ltd., a codeveloper and originator of carbon credits, recently announced the appointment of David Potter as the company's new chairman. Potter previously served as the chairman and non-executive director of several...

BBC Reports Flaw in British Climate-Prediction Project.
April 27, 2006... Scientists working on a climate-prediction model that has been running on thousands of computers since February now say the model had not included an important climate factor and must be rerun. The Climateprediction.net project started two...

Ancient Antarctic Ice May Offer Insight Into Climate Trends.
April 27, 2006... Scientists from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research have extracted and brought to Japan a million-year-old sample of ice from a deep sheet in the eastern Antarctic. The ice, which is kept in a special minus 20 degrees Celsius...

NSIDC Reports Record Decline in Arctic Winter Sea Ice.
April 27, 2006... The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) recently announced that Arctic sea ice extended over less of the ocean this past winter than has ever been recorded since satellite monitoring began in 1979. According to NSIDC, center...

British Chancellor Speaks of Climate-Reduction Obligation.
April 27, 2006... U.K. chancellor Gordon Brown told BBC in a recent interview that he regards action to reduce global warming not only as an economic necessity, but an ethical and social responsibility for developed nations. Nevertheless, he said he would...

Conference Board of Canada Touts Adaptation Strategies.
April 27, 2006... The Conference Board of Canada recently announced the release of a new report which suggests that the country has not focused closely enough on developing strategies for adapting to the effects of climate change, arguing that adaptation is as...

New Poll Reveals Growing Concern Over Climate Change.
April 27, 2006... A new poll of more than 33,000 people in 30 nations has found that, on average, 90 percent perceive climate change as a serious problem. U.S. respondents most frequently expressed skepticism, with 21 percent dismissing the problem as not...

Federal Scientist Links Mega-Hurricanes to Global Warming.
April 28, 2006... Greg Holland, a senior meteorologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, fired a new volley in the climate change debate in a recent speech attributing the unprecedented number and strength of hurricanes in 2005 to greenhouse...

Canada, U.S. Discuss Cooperation on Greenhouse Gas Limits.
April 28, 2006... Although Canada has signed on with the Kyoto Protocol, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is assessing whether to join the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP), an alliance of six countries that formed...

Utah Senator Dismisses Climate Change as 'Science Fiction'.
April 28, 2006... U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) recently expressed doubts about the veracity of global warming claims, which he labeled "science fiction" in an interview at the Salt Lake Tribune last week. He said he had considered the cases for and against...

Weekly Update.
April 28, 2006... greenT FORUM: RAISING THE BAR ON VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT MARKETS, May 1-2, 2006, New York, NY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF CANADA'S (EIC) CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE: ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST...