Global Warming Today articles from February 2007

Global Warming Today archives from February 2007

Gore receives nobel peace prize nomination.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 2, 2007... Former Vice President Al Gore has received a nomination for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his "wide-reaching efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of global warming," a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday. "A prerequisite for...

MIT Researchers target concrete nanostructure to reduce emissions.(Industry Report)
February 2, 2007... A group of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working on the nanostructure of concrete; the production of cement, the primary component of concrete, accounts for 5-10% of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions. ...

UN climate panel says global warming intensifies hurricanes.
February 2, 2007... Global warming has made stronger hurricanes, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Thursday. During meetings in Paris, the panel approved language that said an increase in hurricane and tropical cyclone strength since 1970...

Weekly update.(Conferences)
February 2, 2007... Weekly Update PointCarbon's Carbon Market Insights 2007 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 13-15 (EIN STAFF: 02/02)

UN climate panel takes stance on global warming.(International Report)
February 2, 2007... The world's top climate scientists said Friday that global warming was man-made and called for government action to prevent severe and irreversible damage from rising temperatures. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

US think tank seeks debate on UN Climate Change Panel report.(Industry Report)
February 2, 2007... The American Enterprise Institute is offering $10,000 dollars to scientists and economists to dispute the climate change report released Friday by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change., according to the UK's Guardian newspaper,...

Bush administration reacts to UN Climate Change Panel report.
February 2, 2007... The Bush administration Friday expressed continued opposition to mandatory reductions in heat-trapping greenhouse gases. US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and other administration officials praised a UN Climate Change Panel report...

Report: sea levels rising faster than predicted.(Industry Report)
February 5, 2007... Sea levels are rising even faster than scientists predicted, according to a global analysis published in the journal Science. Researchers from the Hadley Center for Climate Chance indicate in the report that between 1993 and 2006, sea...

Democrats say report will help pass legislation.(Industry Report)
February 5, 2007... Democratic senators Barbara Boxer and Jeff Bingaman said last week they were optimistic that Congress could pass important environmental bills this year. Boxer, chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Bingaman,...

Report: global warming threatening Australian coral.(International Report)
February 5, 2007... Australia's Great Barrier Reef will be "functionally extinct" by 2050, according to a draft report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released last week. "Climate change is clearly a threat to the corals and the tiny...

Report: renewables can help US reduce greenhouse gases.(Industry Report)
February 6, 2007... The US can significantly cut its emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases by aggressively pursuing energy efficiencies and renewable energy technologies, according to a new report from the American Solar Energy Society in Washington, DC....

UN Secretary General says world's poor to suffer most from global warming.(International Report)
February 6, 2007... The world's poor will suffer the most from climate change, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told environment ministers from around the world Monday. In comments read on his behalf at the start of a major week-long gathering in the Kenyan...

Chinese official says China lacks resources to reduce emissions.(International Report)
February 6, 2007... China is concerned about global warming but lacks the money and technology to significantly reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions that are worsening the problem, a top government scientist said Tuesday. Qin Dahe, chief of the China...

Canadian think-tank responds to UN climate change report.(International Report)
February 7, 2007... The Fraser Institute, a Canadian think-tank, has released an alternative, independent review of the scientific evidence on which the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, released last week, was based. The institute said...

Chinese Foreign Ministry says industrialized nations have 'unshirkable responsibility' to combat climate change.(International Report)
February 7, 2007... Rich industrialized nations must take the lead in cutting greenhouse gases, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiang Yu said Tuesday. "It must be pointed out that climate change has been caused by the long-term historic emissions of...

US Commission to hold hearing on global warming and human rights.(Industry Report)
February 7, 2007... The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has agreed to hold a hearing to investigate the relationship between global warming and human rights In a letter to Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier and representatives of...

Australia considers international emissions-trading scheme.(International Report)
February 8, 2007... An international emissions-trading scheme will be better for Australia than a national one, according to a taskforce appointed by Australian Prime Minister John Howard. The taskforce this week recommended the scheme with no target for...

The Philippines sees land area shrink as sea levels rise.(International Report)
February 8, 2007... The Philippines' land area is shrinking as sea levels continue to rise due to global warming, according to an official from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. PAGASA weather specialist Edna...

Environmental integrity project ranks oil refineries for carcinogen emissions.(Industry Report)
February 8, 2007... Nine oil refineries in the United States account for only 15% of the nation's refining capacity, but a third of total carcinogenic pollution emissions reported by the oil industry, according to a new report from the nonprofit Environmental...

Conferences.(Calendar)
February 8, 2007... Weekly Update PointCarbon's Carbon Market Insights 2007 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 13-15 (EIN STAFF: 2/8)

Environmental subcommittee hears from biologists, nature enthusiasts on global warming.(Industry Report)
February 9, 2007... Global warming will have a big impact on animals and ecosystems, according to a panel of scientists and nature enthusiasts who testified before a congressional subcommittee last week. "Ecological communities will disassemble," said Dr....

Gore agrees US should act ahead of China on emissions.(Industry Report)
February 9, 2007... Emerging economies such as China are justified in holding back on fighting greenhouse gas emissions until richer polluters like the US do more to solve the problem, former Vice President Al Gore said last week. Chinese officials recently...

White House defends Bush on global warming.(Industry Report)
February 9, 2007... The White House is defending President Bush's record on the environment. Spokesman Tony Snow last week said no administration has been "more aggressive" or put more money into research on global warming. Snow also contended that Bush...

Study questions role of trees in reducing global warming.(Industry Report)
February 13, 2007... Planting forests to combat global warming may be a waste of time, especially if those trees are at high latitudes, new research suggests. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution of Washington say the benefits that come from trees reducing...

Branson established prize for global warming solution.(Industry Report)
February 13, 2007... British billionaire Richard Branson has launched a $25 million contest that will reward a project that reduces greenhouse gases. At a news conference last week, Branson urged governments to match the money prize in a bid to find a solution...

German Chancellor urges action on global warming.(International Report)
February 13, 2007... German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged on Saturday some of the world's top politicians to work together to tackle global warming, "one of the most dramatic threats the world faces." Merkel told attendees of a security conference in the...

Ceres names environmental 'laggards'.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 14, 2007... Environmental investment group Ceres named Tuesday 10 US companies as the top laggards in their industries in responding to global warming. Energy firms such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips, coal producer Massey Energy Co.,...

NASA report looks at rainfall and global warming.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 14, 2007... Global warming may worsen droughts in water- strapped parts of the world and lead to more rainfall elsewhere, NASA said Monday. Researchers at the US space agency compared historical records on how changes in the sun's output affected...

Alaska forum focuses on global warming.(Industry Report)
February 14, 2007... The Alaska Forum on the Environment is happening in Anchorage this week, and global warming is at the forefront of the annual event. "This year, there is an entire track on global warming and the impact of climate change on Alaska. A lot of...

Klobuchar to use farm bill to fight global warming.(Industry Report)
February 15, 2007... Sen. Amy Klobuchar is urging Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin to include a number of provisions aimed at helping to reduce global warming in the next farm bill. In a letter Tuesday to Harkin, Klobuchar wrote, "I...

Conservation groups sue federal government over wildlife protection and global warming.(Industry Report)
February 15, 2007... Conservation groups Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming regulators are not doing enough to protect polar bears and walruses against the combined threat of energy exploration...

Boxer praises US Climate Action Partnership.(Industry Report)
February 15, 2007... Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Barbara Boxer this week commended the businesses and environmental organizations that make up the US Climate Action Partnership for coming together to address global warming....

World Bank economist says rising sea levels will create millions of refugees.(Industry Report)
February 16, 2007... A small rise in the world's sea levels, predicted as a result of global warming, could make environmental refugees of some 56 million people in developing countries, a World Bank economist said Tuesday. If seas rise as little as 39 inches...

Report addresses global warming in Alaska.(Industry Report)
February 16, 2007... Alaska's publicly owned facilities could suffer billions of dollars in damages from warming temperatures and melting permafrost, according to preliminary data released this week from the Institute of Social and Economic Research. "Schools,...

Gore announces global warming concert.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 16, 2007... Al Gore announced Thursday a global concert July 7, 24-hour concert focused on the threat of climate change. "In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people," Gore said. "The climate crisis will only be stopped...

Weekly update.(Conferences)(Calendar)
February 16, 2007... Weekly Update PointCarbon's Carbon Market Insights 2007 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 13-15 (EIN STAFF: 2/15)

World forum focuses on global warming.(Industry Report)
February 19, 2007... Corporate representatives, policy experts and US senators came together to speak on global warming last week, telling a world forum the United States must take a lead role in cutting greenhouse gases. At a Capitol Hill meeting that included...

January hottest on record.(Industry Report)
February 19, 2007... Last month was by far the hottest January ever, according to US scientists. The record was fueled by El Nino and a gradually warming world, according to the scientists from the US National Climatic Data Center. The world's land areas were...

Global warming to bring increase in tropical diseases.(International Report)
February 19, 2007... Malaria, dengue fever, jaundice and encephalitis will most likely be on the rise due to global warming, as mosquitoes thrive on such climatic conditions, Malaysia Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said last week....

Scientists say global warming changing west coast ocean resources.(Industry Report)
February 20, 2007... Environmental researchers said climate change is changing the way scientists view the future of ocean resources off the US West Coast. A group of oceanographers, climatologists and ecologists meeting last week in San Francisco during a...

Montana considers legislation to battle global warming.(UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL)
February 20, 2007... Montana democrats have proposed a number of bills this legislative session focused on fighting global warming by limiting carbon emissions, promoting conservation efforts or providing incentives for using renewable sources of energy. Rep....

UN environment minister says Europe growing 'complacent' in global warming fight.(International Report)
February 20, 2007... European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the US and Asia, the head of the UN Environment Program said Saturday. Achim Steiner said climate change has been caused...

Atmospheric Administration says global warming will alter world water cycles.(Industry Report)
February 21, 2007... Increasing global temperatures are altering and will continue to alter the world's water cycles, Susan Solomon, senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently said. "The places that are wet are going to get...

US environmentalist says global warming low priority to Americans.(Industry Report)
February 21, 2007... Although most people believe global warming is real, they view it as a moderate risk and not deserving of top priority, according to University of Oregon Professor Anthony Leiserowitz. Leiseroqitz based his conclusions on analysis of a 2003...

Turkey agriculture to suffer from global warming, federation says.(International Report)
February 21, 2007... Turkey will see a steep drop in agricultural production due to global warming, according to a report recently issued by the World Wildlife Federation-Turkey. According to the report, the Aegean basin, which will "encounter high levels of...

India University links decline in wheat production to global warming.(International Report)
February 22, 2007... Wheat productivity has been steadily declining in Haryana, India, during the past few years due to global warming, according to data complied by CCS Haryana Agricultural University. Productivity in the state has declined from 4,106...

Global roundtable issues plan on global warming.(Industry Report)(Discussion)
February 22, 2007... More than 100 corporate heads, international organizations and experts outlined a plan this week to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming. "Failing to act now would lead to far higher...

Report: global warming hurting North American turtles.(Industry Report)
February 22, 2007... Scientists at the UK's University of Exeter have concluded that North American marine turtles are being placed at a huge risk if global warming levels are not reined in. If the temperature rises even by one degree Celsius, the birth of...

EPA releases Draft Greenhouse Gas Inventory.(Industry Report)
February 23, 2007... The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its Draft 2007 Greenhouse Gas Inventory. According to the draft, the transportation sector is the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation accounts for approximately...

Online searches for global warming on the rise.(Industry Report)
February 23, 2007... Online interest in global warming has recently increased, according to online competitive intelligence service Hitwise. With the recent release of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change study, the volume of searches...

Duke Energy wants to fight global warming but 'must build coal-fired plants'.(Industry Report)
February 23, 2007... Jim Rogers, the chief executive of Duke Energy Corp., recently said he wants to help reduce global warming but must build more coal-fired plants to meet growing customer demand. Rogers also said he supports a federal cap-and-trade system,...

Weekly update.(Industry Report)
February 23, 2007... PointCarbon's Carbon Market Insights 2007 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, Marck 13-15. (EIN STAFF: 2/22)

Survey reveals support for 'polluter must pay'.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 26, 2007... Residents in five European countries and the United States overwhelmingly support taxing industrial companies based on the amount of pollution they produce, according to a new survey from Harris Interactive. The online poll surveyed 6,576...

US oceanographer connects global warming to ocean dead zones.(Industry Report)
February 26, 2007... There may be more and more ocean areas where oxygen is either limited or absent, and that could have a deadly effect on huge numbers of marine species, according to a US biological oceanographer. Lisa Levin of the Integrative Oceanography...

Study says Himalayas affected by global warming.(Industry Report)
February 26, 2007... The snow on Mount Everest, at the heart of Himalayas, is melting fast due to global warming and posing a threat to the Asian rivers, including those in India, a new study carried out by Chinese, French and American researchers said. The...

German environment minister wants global warming statement.(International Report)
February 27, 2007... Germany's environment minister Monday suggested cementing the aim of protecting the world's climate in a future European Union constitution. Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel advocated stating in the document that one of the EU's aims is...

Western regional climate action initiative formed.(Industry Report)
February 27, 2007... Governors from California, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington agreed Monday to work together to reduce greenhouse gases, saying their regions have suffered some of the worst of global warming, with recent droughts and bad...

Global warming film wins Academy Award.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 27, 2007... An Inconvenient Truth, the big-screen adaptation of former Vice President Al Gore's slide-show lecture about the dangers of global warming, won the Academy Award for best documentary on Sunday night. The award went to director Davis...

Rainforest Action Network favors TXU buyout.(Industry Report)
February 28, 2007... Rainforest Action Network responded this week to the anticipated $45 billion buyout of Dallas-based utility company TXU by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and Texas Pacific Group. "Today marks the beginning of the end...

Investment in clean energy grows in 2006.(Industry Report)
February 28, 2007... Venture capital funding for environmental technologies nearly doubled to $1.28 billion in 2006, due to growing interest in battling climate change, according to a report issued Tuesday. The survey by market researcher Dow Jones VentureOne...

NASA scientist calls for moratorium on coal-fired power plants.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
February 28, 2007... A moratorium on coal-fired power plants is key to cutting carbon dioxide emissions that promote global warming, NASA's top climatologist said this week. "There should be a moratorium until the technology to capture and sequester the...