Global Warming and Climate Change News

Global warming talks inch toward accord - ‘adaptation’ cash a sore point (The Christian Science Monitor)
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 8:18 pm

At the Copenhagen global warming talks, high-level delegations have arrived to kick negotiations into high gear. But the question of money to help poorer nations grapple with the effects of climate change remains a sticking point. [News Source]

At Copenhagen global warming conference, alarms on ocean acidification (The Christian Science Monitor)
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 4:41 pm

At the Copenhagen global warming conference, researchers have been seeking attention to what's often been an "orphan" issue in the climate change debate: increasing ocean acidity and its risks for fisheries. [News Source]

Dilma Rousseff: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and Commitment to the Future (The Huffington Post)
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 3:35 pm

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is a moment that challenges us and history. The global warming crisis requires robust, concerted and conscientious responses from all governments. [News Source]

U.S. counts on cows to curb warming gases
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 3:18 pm

The United States is counting on cows to help reduce its carbon footprint. The Obama administration unveils an agreement with the dairy industry to reduce the industry's greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020, mostly by capturing the methane from cow manure.


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Europe: U.S., China too weak on climate
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 2:40 pm

Activists dressed as trees make a point about deforestation on Tuesday at the conference center where the U.N. climate talks are being held in Copenhagen, Denmark.The European Union on Tuesday added fuel to the diplomatic fire between China and the United States at the U.N. climate talks — saying that neither country's targets are aggressive enough.


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ReThinking Climate Change (GreenMuze)
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 1:47 pm

A stunning new climate change art exhibit at the Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, explores the relationship between art, culture and global warming. Featuring six contemporary artists, ReThink the Implicit , is part of the official culture program for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Read more... [News Source]

Andrew Guzman: The True Costs of Climate Change (The Huffington Post)
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 11:05 am

As world leaders gather in Copenhagen to discuss possible responses to climate change, debate continues within the United States about what this country's role in fighting global warming should be. [News Source]

If global warming is a hoax, it is the biggest ever (Evansville Courier & Press)
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 10:22 am

In his Community Comment last Sunday, meteorologist Mike Maguire joined such scientific luminaries as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and U.S. Sen. James Inhofe , R-Okla., in calling global warming a “hoax.”Apparently conspiring in this hoax is the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), widely considered the world’s authoritative panel on this issue.The IPCC consists of more than 2,500 ... [News Source]

Climate change threatens aquaculture.
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 9:00 am

Fish production is set to decline as aquaculture activities are faced with multiple risks from climate change, habitat loss and weak management by governments. [News Source]

Schwarzenegger says states key to climate fight.
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 9:00 am

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says countries cannot solve the problem of climate change without the help of local governments. [News Source]

Emissions trading market at a standstill.
Tuesday December 15th 2009, 9:00 am

As global leaders now gathered in Copenhagen try to figure out how to make the world reduce its carbon emissions, North America's key market-based system has stalled, [News Source]