"Death Threats Fail To Shake Climate Scientists"
"A climate change scientist who has been targeted by death threats says the science community must still continue to release the latest research."
Source: Australian ABC, 06/06/2011
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"Climate To Wreak Havoc on Food Supply, Predicts Report"
"Some areas in the tropics face famine because of failing food production, an international research group says."
Source: BBC News, 06/03/2011
"Plan for China’s Water Crisis Spurs Concern"
"North China is dying. A chronic drought is ravaging farmland. The Gobi Desert is inching south. The Yellow River, the so-called birthplace of Chinese civilization, is so polluted it can no longer supply drinking water. The rapid growth of megacities — 22 million people in Beijing and 12 million in Tianjin alone — has drained underground aquifers that took millenniums to fill."
Source: NY Times, 06/03/2011
"Barbour Blames Cost Of BP Disaster On 'Chocolate Pelican' Coverage"
Former energy lobbyist and GOP presidential non-candidate Gov. Haley Barbour (MS) at a House hearing Thursday blamed the devastation of the Gulf oil spill not on BP, but on the news media for showing a "chocolate pelican."
Source: Think Progress, 06/03/2011
"Did BP's Oil-Dissolving Chemical Make the Spill Worse?"
"BP succeeded in sinking the oil from its blown well out of sight — and keeping much of it away from beaches and marshes last year — by dousing the crude with nearly 2 million gallons of toxic chemicals. But the impact on the ecosystem as a whole may have been more damaging than the oil alone."
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 06/03/2011
"Shutting Yucca Dump Ignores US Law -- House Lawmakers"
"The Energy Department ignored the law by shutting down a controversial Nevada nuclear waste site because of opposition within the state, Republican and Democratic lawmakers complained at a hearing on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/03/2011
"Japan Nuclear Plant Could Leak More Radioactive Water"
"The operator of the stricken Japanese nuclear power plant said on Friday that more radioactive water could begin spilling into the sea later this month if there is a glitch in setting up a new decontamination system."
Source: Reuters, 06/03/2011
House Panel OKs Energy, Water Spending Bill; Renewables Take a Hit
"House appropriators [Thursday] cleared a $30.6 billion spending bill for the Energy Department and Army Corps of Engineers that could see a floor vote before August."
Source: Greenwire, 06/03/2011
"Rich Nations Say On Track With $30 Billion Climate Aid"
"Earthquake-hit Japan and many other rich nations are reaffirming pledges to give $30 billion from 2010-12 to help poor nations fight climate change despite budget cuts, a Reuters survey showed on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/03/2011
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