Global Warming and Climate Change News

Climate-change legislation buried under record snowfall in capital.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Record snowfall has buried Washington – and along with it, buried the chances of passing global warming legislation this year. [News Source]

How the ‘climategate’ scandal is bogus and based on climate sceptics’ lies.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Claims based on email soundbites are demonstrably false – there is manifestly no evidence of clandestine data manipulation. [News Source]

Global warming an Olympic worry, says Rogge.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Global warming is starting to worry the International Olympic Committee, with concern mounting over how it might affect future Games. [News Source]

Another snowstorm: what happened to global warming?
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

As the blizzard-bound residents of the mid-Atlantic region get ready to dig themselves out of the third major storm of the season, they may stop to wonder two things: Why haven't we bothered to invest in a snow blower and, also, what happened to climate change? [News Source]

US climate envoy says China tepid on climate deal.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

A senior U.S. official on Tuesday criticized China and other leading developing countries for trying to weaken the Copenhagen Accord to fight global warming, and raised the prospect that a fuller international pact may be not be struck by year's end. [News Source]

Look closer at carbon dioxide, scientist urges.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Don't tell us how much carbon dioxide our farms and businesses can emit, say Utah legislators. To which Tyler Volk says: Maybe this would be a good time to understand the carbon cycle. [News Source]

GOP upset in Massachusetts senate race stalls Canada-U.S. climate change plans.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

The recent upset election of a no-name Republican to Ted Kennedy's vacant Senate seat could pose a serious threat to joint Canada-U.S. efforts to tackle climate change, say current and former diplomats. [News Source]

Challenged McCain drops climate bill.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Sen. John McCain once led the global warming debate, pledging to force votes until it passed. [News Source]

Fabricated quote used to discredit climate scientist.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

A quotation by one of the world's most eminent climate scientists was supposed to demonstrate the depths to which he and his ilk would stoop to create scare stories exaggerating the threat of global warming. [News Source]

Accelerated migration and climate change a ‘recipe for social disaster’ – UN.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Climate change is speeding up chaotic urbanisation which will be a "recipe for social disaster" if cities do not learn to manage and prepare for it better, the head of the United Nations' agency for human settlements said this week. [News Source]

Global warming ‘more dangerous’ than terrorism.
Wednesday February 10th 2010, 9:00 am

Global warming and climate change affects all countries, rich and poor alike, and are more dangerous than even terrorism, which targets only specific countries, according to D.R. Karthikeyan, former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. [News Source]