A perfect moral storm: the ethical tragedy of climate change In a Sydney Ideas talk on 4 July, an expert on ethics, political philosophy and environmental ethics will discuss climate change as an ethical tragedy and how, from that perspective, we should address it. [News Source]

Warmer temperatures threaten Northern California vineyards In the next 30 years, high-value vineyards in Northern California could shrink by 50% because of global warming, according to a new Stanford University study released Thursday. Applying scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists used a climate... [News Source]

Gov’t approach to global warming leaves B.C.ers cold: Poll The majority of British Columbians are worried about climate change but feel the provincial government’s approach to global warming isn’t tough enough, a poll released by the Pembina Institute found. [News Source]

Global warming could affect wine growing PALO ALTO, Calif., June 30 (UPI) -- Global warming could significantly affect California and other premium wine-growing regions of the United States in the next 30 years, researchers say. [News Source]

Gov’t approach to global warming leaves B.C.ers cold: Poll The majority of British Columbians are worried about climate change but feel the provincial government’s approach to global warming isn’t tough enough, a poll released by the Pembina Institute found. [News Source]

Global Warming And Global Food Security Almost every major American daily newspaper picked up an article published earlier this month by New York Times scribe Justin Gillis entitled "A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself."How many times have we read, in the last 50 years, that this or that environmental apocalypse is going to starve the world?  I got my doctorate on the wings of one; at that time it was called "global cooling ... [News Source]

Global warming could alter U.S. premium wine industry within 30 years, Stanford scientists say Stanford researchers say climate change will put the squeeze on many California premium wine grape growers, but a new study recommends steps to keep their vineyards from suffering. [News Source]

Global warming could alter U.S. premium wine industry within 30 years, Stanford scientists say Stanford researchers say climate change will put the squeeze on many California premium wine grape growers, but a new study recommends steps to keep their vineyards from suffering. [News Source]

Water wars: 21st century conflicts? After droughts ravaged his parents' farmland, sixteen-year-old Hassain and his two-year-old sister Sareye became some of the newest refugees forced from home by water scarcity. As global warming alters weather patterns, and the number of people lacking access to water rises, millions, if not billions, of others are expected to face a similar fate. [News Source]

Is deluged Minot, N.D., ready for drought? With thousands of people displaced and homes swallowed by the river, it is hard to imagine the midwestern United States could soon be experiencing water shortages. But a new paper, shows that in the coming years the trend will be toward uniformly increased temperatures and less snowfall in the north. [News Source]

We are running out of oil, food, water… and time. Despite all the human progress made in the 20th century, one day it will be remembered as the century we wreaked unheard destruction on our planet, fought the deadliest wars, and pillaged and wasted our planet's precious resources. [News Source]