Global Warming and Climate Change News

Climate Change Bulletin April
Sunday April 15th 2012, 7:46 PM

This is our 22nd edition and this month is Britain’s nuclear future in trouble? We look at the mission to clean up the Olympic river, the Lea .Our pick of the British media on Climate Change is a BBC inquiry into Denmark’s ultra ambitious plan to ... [News Source]

Editorial Board: Can natural gas help stop global warming?
Sunday April 15th 2012, 7:05 PM

WILL NATURAL GAS HINDER the fight against global warming? America’s abundant supplies of unconventional gas have the potential to be a rich economic and environmental blessing. New extraction techniques — hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” — make the country’s vast reserves accessible at low cost. The fact that burning natural gas produces about half the carbon emissions as coal means the fuel ... [News Source]

Global warming could have saved Titanic, Canseco says
Sunday April 15th 2012, 3:56 PM

Global warming could have prevented the Titanic disaster, Jose Canseco says. [News Source]

Jose Canseco thinks global warming could have saved the Titanic
Sunday April 15th 2012, 2:24 PM

Back in March, former MLB player Jose Canseco decided to go on an epic Twitter rant about the existence of global warming and most assumed that we wouldn’t have to hear about that for a while. Flash forward to earlier today on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic; Jose went on Twitter… [News Source]

China looks for shale gas.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

The revolution in natural gas that began in the Barnett Shale beneath North Texas is spreading to China. The U.S. government and multinational oil companies are eager to tap what could be enormous shale gas reserves here, providing a pathway not just to profits but also to a less dangerous and dirty world. [News Source]

Forecasters using more urgent voice in tornado warnings.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

The National Weather Service is testing phrases like 'catastrophic' and 'unsurvivable' to describe looming storm systems in a bid to engage American survival instincts. Saturday's tornado-bearing storm was called 'high-end' and 'life-threatening.' [News Source]

China looks for shale gas.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

The revolution in natural gas that began in the Barnett Shale beneath North Texas is spreading to China. The U.S. government and multinational oil companies are eager to tap what could be enormous shale gas reserves here, providing a pathway not just to profits but also to a less dangerous and dirty world. [News Source]

Want to save the planet? Turn right.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

Environmentalists might think they've scored an unlikely ally in Roger Scruton, arguably Britain's most famous philosopher—and a proud conservative. But Mr. Scruton's case for environmentalism is classically conservative, centered on the love of home and suspicion of state power. [News Source]

Maryland debate over energy mirrors national fight.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

Republicans and Democrats are at odds in the General Assembly over whether Maryland should pursue offshore wind or natural gas fracking as a way to improve the state’s energy output. [News Source]

Investment fears over ‘attack’ on green energy.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

The NSW government's decision to withdraw support from clean energy schemes was criticised yesterday as a retrograde step that would threaten billions of investment dollars. [News Source]

Oil and coal-backed groups far outpace Obama, allies on energy ads.
Sunday April 15th 2012, 10:00 AM

Energy has become a touchstone issue in the presidential race, and groups backed by oil and coal dollars have spent far more money on ads bashing the president’s record than the Obama campaign and its allies have spent defending it. [News Source]