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As Record Heat Fries Oklahoma, Inhofe Bails on Climate Denier Rally

"As record-shattering heat cripples Oklahoma, Sen. Jim ('global warming is a hoax') Inhofe (R-OK) failed to show for an fossil-industry-funded climate denial conference. A shrinking band of far-right economists, lawyers, and a few scientists have gathered in Washington, DC, for the Heartland Institute’s Sixth International Conference on Climate Change, funded, like Inhofe himself, by Koch Industries and Exxon Mobil. Inhofe was scheduled to be the denier conference’s keynote speaker, but he bailed out, explaining appropriately that he is 'under the weather'"

Source: Think Progress, 07/01/2011

"Extreme Weather Moves on To Agenda"

"The first six months of 2011 have brought image after image of human misery and ecological upheaval. Droughts, wildfires, twisters, floods, heat waves, extreme blizzards — just about every natural disaster you can imagine has hit just about every place on the planet."

Source: Toronto Star, 06/20/2011

"Civil Rights Leaders: Heat Can Have Disproportionate Impacts"

"As the heat wave continues, some civil rights leaders say high temperatures pose a particular threat to poor, minority communities."

Source: WAMU-FM (DC), 06/10/2011

"Electrical Fire Knocks Out Spent Fuel Cooling at Nebraska Nuke Plant"

"A fire in an electrical switch room on Tuesday briefly knocked out cooling for a pool holding spent nuclear fuel at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant outside Omaha, Neb., plant officials said."

Source: ProPublica, 06/10/2011

"Chevron Feels the Heat at Annual Shareholder Meeting"

"At Chevron's annual general meeting Wednesday, the oil giant's chief executive John Watson, the Board of Directors and shareholders were greeted by over 150 activists, who traveled to San Ramon from throughout the world. They came from Angola, Indonesia, Nigeria, Alaska and Ecuador to share their stories of the human and environmental degradation Chevron had unleashed in their communities."

Source: ENS, 05/27/2011

"Japan Accident Renews Focus On Spent Fuel In U.S."

The Japanese nuclear disaster is a reminder that the storage of spent fuel in temporary facilities across the United States may be a disaster waiting to happen.

Source: NPR, 04/07/2011

"Where Will 'Amber Waves of Grain' Grow in a Climate-Changed World?"

"Giving new meaning to toasted wheat, a team of agricultural researchers has spent the past three years and almost a million dollars installing electric heaters over wheat fields in the desert of Maricopa, Ariz."

Source: ClimateWire, 03/30/2011

"Heat Damages Colombia Coffee, Raising Prices"

Coffee yields from Columbia are declining and prices are rising, because of warmer, wetter weather. Many scientists think global warming is responsible.

Source: NY Times, 03/10/2011

Maine Gov on BPA: 'Worst Case Is Some Women May Have Little Beards'

The debate in Maine and the US at large over BPA, an estrogen-disrupting chemical common in plastics, may be shaped by a comment of Maine's newly elected, Tea Party-backed GOP governor, Paul LePage. "The worst case is some women may have little beards," he said.

Source: Bangor Daily News, 02/24/2011

EPA Compromises on Industrial Boiler Toxic Pollution Rule

"The Obama administration scaled back toxic air rules on heavy industrial boilers, a sign it may be willing to compromise with businesses and Republicans on future air pollution rules."

Source: Reuters, 02/24/2011

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