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Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change
Environmental Research Letters: More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.
Did Early Man Contribute to Central Africa Climate Change?
Voice of America: If humans are responsible for speeding the climate change currently underway, it may not be the first time.
U.S. approves first new nuclear plant in a generation
Reuters/Yahoo News: U.S. regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years in spite of objections of the panel's chairman who cited safety concerns stemming from Japan's disastrous 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Glaciers, Ice Caps Losing 150 Billion Tons of Ice Annually
Yale: A new analysis of global satellite data has found that the world’s glaciers and ice caps - excluding Antarctica and Greenland - lost about 150 billion tons of ice per year between 2003 and 2010, adding about 0.4 millimeters to global sea rise annually.
Cuba on the Road to Clean Energy Development
IPS: More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best options available to develop sustainable energy across the island.
Climate Change Will Impact the Poor
East Bay Express: A new study finds that global warming likely will affect poor, urban, and minority residents the most. Plus, going green pays off for companies.
British greenhouse gases rise for first time since 2003
The Independent: There was a significant increase in UK greenhouse gases in 2010 for the first time in several years, Government figures confirmed yesterday.
Rising ocean acidity worst for Caribbean and Pacific
SciDev.Net: Fisheries in the Pacific and the Caribbean may suffer the most - in these regions, man-made acidification has already caused a 30-fold increase in the natural variation in ocean acidity, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change last month (22 January).
Santorum: I never believed global warming 'hoax'
Politico: Rick Santorum told Colorado Springs supporters Tuesday that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich would be ineffective challengers to President Barack Obama in the general election because of their views on cap and trade.
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Teetering on an Arctic tipping point
Business Spectator: We are seeing the first signs of dangerous climate change in the Arctic. This is our warning that humanity is facing a dire future.
The Key to Addressing Climate Change - Indigenous Knowledge
National Geographic: Indigenous knowledge holders and scientists are beginning to establish novel collaborative arrangements that are co-creating new knowledge that would not be generated through the efforts of either group alone.
Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering
The Ecologist: Wealthy individuals, including Bill Gates, have funded a series of reports into the future use of technologies to geoengineer the climate
The good news about carbon storage in tropical vegetation
Environmental Research Web: A study published in Nature Climate Change today finds that tropical vegetation contains 21 percent more carbon than previous studies had suggested.
What drives public opinion on climate change?
Eurekalert: New study says political mobilization by elites and advocacy groups is driving factor in influencing concern about climate change.
China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Associated Press: China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.
Maxwell T. Boykoff: When did 'climate change' become 'clean energy'?
The Cap Times: What happened to "climate change" and "global warming"? The Earth is still getting hotter, but those terms have nearly disappeared from political vocabulary. Instead, they have been replaced by less charged and more consumer-friendly expressions for the warming planet.
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
The Independent: A loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say.
