Ice shelf about to break from Antarctica

A massive ice shelf anchored to the Antarctic coast by a narrow and quickly deteriorating ice bridge could break away soon, the European Space Agency warned Friday.

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Jolley: Canadians Chase Climate Change Accountability (CattleNetwork.com) Whether or not you believe global warming is a real issue, it has become a worldwide concern. Members of the lunatic fringe populate the edges of the debate; a few sane voices stand in the center, trying to be voices of reason. [News Source]

Texas PUC chief fears climate change legislation could raise electricity prices (Dallas Morning News) The chairman of the Public Utility Commission is worried that federal climate change legislation could pummel the Texas economy, and he asked the company that operates the state?s electric grid to study the matter. [News Source]

Ghana: ‘Global Warming is Not Normal’ Say Experts, But Some MPs Disagree (AllAfrica.com) Some members of Parliament's Appointment Committee may not agree with Ms. Hanny-Sherry Ayittey, the Minister for the Environment, Science and Technology, that tsunamis could be related to global warming. [News Source]

Can China be green by 2020? China's unprecedented economic growth over the past 30 years has come at a huge cost to the environment. The damage has not only been to the air and the water, but also to its reputation worldwide. But there are signs that China may now be serious about tackling pollution. [News Source]

The Big (Green) Apple. To prepare for climate change--and growth--the city is spending $30 million to raise critical equipment at the Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant well above sea level. It is just one part of New York's groundbreaking PlaNYC to grow the U.S.'s biggest city green in the age of global warming. [News Source]

Can China be green by 2020? China's unprecedented economic growth over the past 30 years has come at a huge cost to the environment. The damage has not only been to the air and the water, but also to its reputation worldwide. But there are signs that China may now be serious about tackling pollution. [News Source]

Warming takes center stage as Australian drought worsens. With record-setting heat waves, bush fires and drought, Australians are increasingly convinced they are facing the early impacts of global warming. Their growing concern has led to a consensus that the nation must now act boldly to stave off the crisis. [News Source]

In confronting its biggest foe, the green movement also fights itself . Confronting the global challenge of climate change, the environmental movement is divided: Does it chuck old orthodoxies and get practical or follow an old-style moral crusade? So far, the pragmatists have the upper hand. [News Source]

The Big (Green) Apple. To prepare for climate change--and growth--the city is spending $30 million to raise critical equipment at the Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant well above sea level. It is just one part of New York's groundbreaking PlaNYC to grow the U.S.'s biggest city green in the age of global warming. [News Source]

Climate change may cost California billions. Climate change may cost California tens of billions of dollars annually in coming years as sea levels rise and hot days cause people to turn up the air conditioning, a draft report from the state said on Wednesday. [News Source]