While there is little agreement on the details, there seems growing acceptance of the mounting assertions that the carbon footprint of modern society is significantly changing weather conditions. How extensive the role of government in either a regulatory or bully-pulpit sense is less clear. Also involved is the degree of international cooperation the United States should either provide or seek.
Recent Video
Governors Take the Lead on Climate ChangeBob Roth, DC - Fri, 11/16/2007 - 1:49pm
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Web Resources
National Resources Defence Council
Jeremiah Belanger, MA - Mon, 11/12/2007 - 1:06pm
The Earth's Best Defence
FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow – Environmental Issues and Options
John Milligan, DC - Wed, 10/31/2007 - 3:37pm
Livestock sector accounts for 9 percent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 percent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2.
Global Climate Change...
John Michael Edwards, KY - Thu, 12/13/2007 - 4:59pm
Comprehensive data site of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
New Study Explodes Human-Global Warming Story
Chad DuPriest, TX - Wed, 12/12/2007 - 6:45am
As much of the U.S. is being blasted by vicious ice storms, a blockbuster report published in a prestigious scientific journal insists that the evidence shows that climate warming is both natural and unstoppable and that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant.
The Arctic Report Card, 2024
Robert Bigham, DC - Thu, 10/18/2007 - 2:11pm
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report offers an update on environmental changes in the Arctic region. It provides a method of updating and expanding the content of the State of the Arctic Report, published in fall 2024, to reflect current conditions.
Latest news
News items are provided "as-is" from third-party sources.
| Global Market for Photovoltaics Expected to Reach $32.3 Billion by 2024 Says BCC Research Analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Fin | 01/02/2008 - 10:41am |
| Corals might migrate south: scientists (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News) | 01/01/2008 - 7:27pm |
| Japan to lead climate debate as head of G8 rich club (AFP via Yahoo! News) | 01/01/2008 - 12:28am |
| Climate change conference opens on Indonesia's Bali (AFP via Yahoo! News) | 12/02/2007 - 10:39pm |
| UN kicks off Bali climate conference (AP via Yahoo! News) | 12/02/2007 - 10:21pm |
| UN kicks off global warming conference to build new climate agreement (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) | 12/02/2007 - 9:37pm |
| Bali talks seek new climate pact, poor at risk (Reuters via Yahoo! News) | 12/02/2007 - 9:36pm |
