Global Warming and Climate Change News

Climate change experts predict drop in Lake Erie water levels (phillyburbs.com)
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 6:15 pm

CLEVELAND - The newest update to a Lake Erie management plan predicts global warming will lead to a steep drop in water levels over the next 64 years, a change that could cause the lake's surface area to shrink by up to 15 percent. [News Source]

Los Alamos scientist a dissenter on global warming (ABC 7 El Paso)
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 5:29 pm

SANTA FE Climate scientist Petr Chylek is a dissenter among many experts when it comes to global warming. While there is widespread agreement on some aspects of... [News Source]

The problem, my friend, is blowin’ …
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

Air conditioning accounts for 16 percent of the average U.S. household’s electricity consumption, the Energy Department says — the same as all lighting, music systems, televisions, videotape and DVD players, desktop computers and printers combined.



I believe in the market - that’s why I say the government is wrong to back nuclear power.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

The sweltering heat of the past few days has brought home the reality of global warming in a way no political speeches or scientific analysis could. [News Source]

Another kind of Gore ‘08 bandwagon.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

It is difficult to speculate about the politics of global warming without speculating about former vice president Al Gore. [News Source]

The effect of global warming on intensity of storms heats up both sides of dispute.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

Few scientists doubt that global warming is a fact, but there is sharp disagreement on its effect on hurricane formation and intensity. [News Source]

Candidates for governor debate Cape Wind, global warming.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

Despite keynote guest no-shows, a July 12 gubernatorial debate in Massachusetts gave the public its clearest views yet on where candidates stand on environmental issues from Cape Wind to global warming. [News Source]

Flood toll adds to welter of weather disasters in China.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

With the death toll from Tropical Storm Bilis reaching 530 Sunday, fatalities in China from weather-related incidents during the rainy season rose to 1,345, a senior official said. [News Source]

Eco storm blows up over Irish wind farm pollution .
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

Ireland's wind farms have a devastating impact on fragile ecosystems and contribute to global warming, according to an international study published last week. [News Source]

Electric cars have buzz, need spark.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

For decades, the electric car has promised to deliver us from the gas-guzzling, pollution-belching internal combustion engine. [News Source]

Wind power fans controversy.
Sunday July 23rd 2006, 12:00 pm

High atop some of the tallest mountains in Maine, a wind farm proposal has set the stage for a clash of environmental values that could define the future of wind power in Maine. [News Source]