Horner Challenges Climate Change Data (American Farm Bureau) SEATTLE, January 10, 2010 – Much of current global warming theory is based on distortions of scientific evidence, blind devotion to simple notion and outright greed, according to a speaker at the American Farm Bureau's 91st annual meeting. [News Source]

Climate change will have severe impact on fisheries, warns FAO (Business Standard India) Even as the Copenhagen summit on global warming has concluded without finalising binding commitments to combat this challenge, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said the fisheries sector will be hugely affected by climate change, jeopardising food supply and livelihood of a large section of the world’s population. [News Source]

FAQs on climate change (The Nut Graph) (Pic by Spekulator / sxc.hu) COP15 was a failure. Does this mean Planet Earth is doomed? No. Planet Earth will survive even if we cross our climate system's tipping point and trigger runaway climate change. In tackling climate change, it's not the earth we're trying to save. It's ourselves and other species that could possibly go extinct together with us.... [News Source]

AP Poll: Most see climate change as serious (Park Hills Daily Journal) WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of every four Americans view climate change as a serious problem that will harm future generations if not addressed, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll. [News Source]

Can Coral Reefs Recover From Climate Change? (redOrbit) A study by the University of Exeter provides the first evidence that coral reefs can recover from the devastating effects of climate change. [News Source]

Funds ignoring climate change (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) Most money managers don't consider risks to profit posed by climate change when deciding whether to invest in companies, according to a coalition of investors and environmental groups. [News Source]

Success! Trekkers reach South Pole

Joined by two others, Eric Larsen has completed the first leg of a journey to be the first person to reach both poles and the top of Mt. Everest in the same year.

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Global warming and its impact on ranchers topic of Nick Petry Workshop Dec. 4 (High Plains Journal) Colorado The Western Center for Integrated Resource Management in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University and the National Western Stock Show Scholarship Trust Fund will present the annual Nick Petry workshop, "Global Warming: What Every Rancher Needs to Know," Dec. 4 at the National Western Stock Complex, Stadium Arena, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver. The workshop begins at ... [News Source]

Venezuela faces risk of devastating power collapse. Venezuela is at risk of a devastating power collapse as drought pushes water levels precariously low in the country's biggest hydroelectric dam, posing a serious political threat for President Hugo Chavez. [News Source]

The resurgence of El Niño means that 2010 could yet be the hottest year on record. Despite the big freeze Britain's climate is getting distinctly warmer - and we may feel it this summer. [News Source]

Valley dairies go green, harness methane for energy - and cash. The battle against global warming may turn out to be a boon for a California industry long targeted by environmentalists - dairies. [News Source]