je.st
news
Tag: warming
Dear snow-trolls: Winter does not refute global warming
2014-11-19 20:59:18| Chemicals - Topix.net
If you live in the U.S., you have been feeling insanely cold lately. The area south of Buffalo got 5 feet of snow yesterday -- an extreme winter weather outburst that is being blamed for a tragic five deaths -- and the Weather Channel says that parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes region may experience " one of the longest sub-freezing spells on record for the month of November."
Tags: global
winter
dear
warming
Small volcanoes could slow down global warming: study
2014-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: SMALL VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS could be slowing global warming by spewing out sulphur molecules that can reach the upper atmosphere and reflect sunlight away from the Earth, US scientists said on Tuesday. Researchers have long known that volcanoes can protect against global warming, but they did not think that minor eruptions did much to the atmosphere. The latest findings in the journal Geophysical Research Letters show that small volcanic eruptions have deflected almost twice the amount of solar radiation...
Reject Keystone XL Pipeline, We Need Radical Change to Prevent Catastrophic Warming
2014-11-17 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: House lawmakers passed legislation Friday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline to bring carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf Coast. The Senate is expected to vote this week on a similar pro-Keystone bill backed by Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Landrieu is facing a tough battle to keep her seat in a runoff next month against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy, who also happens to be the sponsor of the pro-Keystone bill in the House. Landrieu spoke last week...
Tags: change
prevent
warming
radical
Climate warming up for Canada's Harper
2014-11-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Winnipeg Free Press: Prime Minister Stephen Harper said a lot of the right things in response to the historic agreement between China and the United States to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It was "a very positive thing," he said, noting the government had long believed such an agreement was necessary before real progress could be made on the problem. After all, the prime minister noted, China and the United States account for some 45 per cent of the world's GHG emissions. Unfortunately, he avoided commenting...
Tags: warming
climate
harper
canadas
Obama's $3bn for climate fund could kickstart action on global warming
2014-11-14 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obamas handshake deal with China and $3bn pledge for climate finance could break down the wall between rich and poor countries that has blocked action on global warming for 20 years, observers of the negotiations said. The White House announced the $3bn pledge on Friday, putting climate change firmly on the agenda of the G20 summit in Brisbane and injecting momentum into United Nations talks ahead of a key meeting in Lima this month. The $3bn is the most pledged by any country to date...
Tags: action
global
fund
warming
Sites : [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136] [137] [138] [139] [140] [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] next »