Global Warming and Climate Change News

Don’t be very worried.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

The truth about "global warming" is much less dire than Al Gore wants you to think. [News Source]

Time to really help the environment.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

Kyoto's been a huge failure, a complete bust. The accord is a political fiction built for left-wing governments who want to appear green but have actually accomplished little or nothing in the way of greenhouse gas reduction. [News Source]

AEP may shut plants on court decision.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

American Electric Power Co. Inc. may shut up to five of its electric generating plants if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against the industry in a pending case that would require expensive pollution fighting equipment to be installed at power plants. [News Source]

British city’s harmful gases shocker.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

Each house in Sunderland, England, pumps out more damaging gases a year than a Boeing 747 flying to Australia, according to a shocking new report. [News Source]

Celtic Tiger blamed for global warming pollution.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

Ireland is set to breach two key greenhouse gas reduction deals unless drastic cuts in air polluting emissions are rapidly made. [News Source]

Vast wind farm proposed.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

A Boston developer wants to build a $750 million offshore wind farm comprised of 90 to 120 turbines in the ecologically sensitive waterway. [News Source]

S Korea to spend US$2.1b to fight global warming.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

South Korea plans to spend nearly US $2.1 billion on research and development on environmentally friendly technology to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Storm warning.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted another hyperactive hurricane season this year --- the 10th in the past 12 years --- and warned that the trend of more powerful storms could persist for the next decade or longer. [News Source]

Forecasters expect up to 6 major storms.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

Residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts should prepare for another ferocious hurricane season this year that could include up to six major storms [News Source]

Active hurricane season forecast, but who listens?
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

Seaside residents from New England to Texas can't say they haven't been alerted. But too often, these warnings go unheeded. [News Source]

Forecasters predict active hurricane season.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006, 12:00 am

Government forecasters predicted that 13 to 16 tropical storms would form in the Atlantic Ocean during the six-month hurricane season that begins June 1, far fewer than last year but still more than usual. [News Source]