http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:47:02 -0700 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:04:40 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d20-New-Study-global-warming-may-dry-up-the-mighty-Colorado-leaving-cities-and-farms-high-and-dry?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Water from Lake Mead entering the Colorado River at Hoover Dam. (Photo: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) This State of California map shows the region influenced by the Colorado River as watershed or recipient. In his first interview as secretary of ene... water California climate change DOE global warming Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:04:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d20-New-Study-global-warming-may-dry-up-the-mighty-Colorado-leaving-cities-and-farms-high-and-dry?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Congressional-Republicans-stall-efforts-to-combat-global-warming-with-even-more-innovative-thinking?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Mr. Barton of Texas.At the end of March you read here about the great refrain of global warming skeptics, which has appeared in blog comments all over the internet and in testimony at Congressional hearings—"plants like carbon dioxide, so ... climate change Congress global warming Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:41:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Congressional-Republicans-stall-efforts-to-combat-global-warming-with-even-more-innovative-thinking?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Obama-announces-cleanenergy-partnership-between-nations-of-the-Americas-to-fight-global-warming?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner President Obama in Port of Spain this afternoon. (AP Photo) The nations of the Americas will share expertise toward cleaner energy sources and a halt to global warming through a new partnership President Obama announced today as the Summit of the Am... climate change First 100 Days energy global warming Obama Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:45:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Obama-announces-cleanenergy-partnership-between-nations-of-the-Americas-to-fight-global-warming?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d14-New-study-greenhouse-gases-must-be-cut-70-percent-to-prevent-global-warming-catastrophe?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Climate scientist Warren Washington (©UCAR/Carlye Calvin.)ALSO IN THIS STORY: EPA to act Thursday to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant. Most scientists doubt political efforts will succeed in preventing catastrophic warming.Nations must cut gre... climate change global warming carbon Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:35:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d14-New-study-greenhouse-gases-must-be-cut-70-percent-to-prevent-global-warming-catastrophe?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Obama-heads-to-Mexico-to-reengage-US-with-Western-Hemisphere?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Obama first met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in January in the U.S. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo) President Obama's Thursday trip to Mexico City is designed to highlight Mexico's importance to three issues confronting the Western Hemisphere&... climate change First 100 Days global warming Obama Mexico Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:35:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Obama-heads-to-Mexico-to-reengage-US-with-Western-Hemisphere?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Scientists-link-record-drought-in-Mexico-to-global-warming-human-activity?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Researchers believe the causes of drought in Mexico may have effects across the border. Here, a stock tank in Texas shows the effects of that state's severe drought. (AP Photo/Texas Farm Bureau, Matt Felder) U.S. and Mexican researchers have linked ... drought climate change global warming Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:45:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Scientists-link-record-drought-in-Mexico-to-global-warming-human-activity?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Biofuels-on-the-brink-alternative-fuels-sought-for-jets-and-ships-voices-rise-against-corn-ethanol?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Biofuel is in, especially when made from amber waves of grain but not from corn. (AP Photo) Even before Barack Obama reinvigorated the federal government's commitment to energy independence and environmental protection, the Air Force demonstrated pl... biofuel Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:32:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Biofuels-on-the-brink-alternative-fuels-sought-for-jets-and-ships-voices-rise-against-corn-ethanol?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d10-Americas-Ten-Most-Endangered-Rivers?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Infrastructure, aging and proposed, is the biggest threat to America's rivers rivers, according to a leading conservation group. This week, American Rivers released its list of the ten most endangered rivers in America, highlighting threats that com... activists rivers Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:14:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d10-Americas-Ten-Most-Endangered-Rivers?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d3-Environmentalists-sue-US-to-preserve-protection-for-gray-wolves?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Can wolves thrive without protection? (FWS)Gray wolves are thriving in the northern Rocky Mountains and Western Great Lakes states, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which yesterday published its intent to remove the species from feder... activists wildlife animals Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:06:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d3-Environmentalists-sue-US-to-preserve-protection-for-gray-wolves?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d2-An-American-spin-on-air-pollution-control-instead-of-regulation-dividends-for-all?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Americans would get paid when industries pollute. (AP) If Congress's latest proposal to control greenhouse gases succeeds, a new question may enter the American chatter: "Have you gotten your carbon dividend yet?" U.S. Rep Chris Van Hollen... climate change global warming air pollution carbon Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:27:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d2-An-American-spin-on-air-pollution-control-instead-of-regulation-dividends-for-all?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Greenpeace-praises-Apple-Phillips-smacks-Dell-HP-in-annual-greener-electronics-survey?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Except for power cords, Apple computers and iPhones are now non-toxic (AP)In its annual guide to greener electronics, Greenpeace praises Philips, Nokia and Apple for making progress to help the environment and penalizes Dell, Lenovo and HP for failin... appliances News You Can Use Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:10:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Greenpeace-praises-Apple-Phillips-smacks-Dell-HP-in-annual-greener-electronics-survey?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Globalwarming-skeptics-discover-that-plants-like-carbon-dioxide?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Skeptics: environmentalists are trying to eliminate plant life. (AP photo) UPDATE: On March 30, the day after we published this commentary, U.S. Rep. John Shimkus made his now-famous remarks refuting the threat of global warming because God says in ... climate change global warming air pollution Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:44:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Globalwarming-skeptics-discover-that-plants-like-carbon-dioxide?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d30-Obama-signs-massive-wilderness-and-river-protection-act?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan will be protected by the act. (NPS) President Obama signed the largest conservation measure in 15 years today, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which designates two million acres of pristine feder... First 100 Days Obama wilderness rivers Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:21:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d30-Obama-signs-massive-wilderness-and-river-protection-act?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d30-EPA-fires-broadside-at-oceangoing-ships-seeks-cleanair-zone-around-US?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Freighters coming to the U.S. would have pollution control requirements (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed clean-air zones that would extend 200 miles from the coasts of the continental United States and require ocean-going ve... EPA First 100 Days air pollution Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:33:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d30-EPA-fires-broadside-at-oceangoing-ships-seeks-cleanair-zone-around-US?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d28-Earth-Hour-ripples-across-the-planet-like-the-wave?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Millions dim their lights for the Earth tonight. (AP graphic) If you're reading this during Earth Hour—8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in each time zone (so that darkness will ripple across the planet like the wave in a stadium)—for heaven's sakes dim... climate change Earth Today energy global warming Obama Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:12:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d28-Earth-Hour-ripples-across-the-planet-like-the-wave?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d25-House-and-Senate-Omit-Obamas-Carbon-Trading-Market-from-Budget?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner President Obama discusses clean energy provisions in the budget. (AP Photo) The House and Senate versions of President Obama's budget are almost identical to the president's original version, with one important difference: they omit carbon trading a... climate change First 100 Days energy global warming Obama carbon Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:52:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d25-House-and-Senate-Omit-Obamas-Carbon-Trading-Market-from-Budget?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d21-Fox-News-Meat-Greener-Living-Global-Warming?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner UN: livestock contribute more to global warming than transportation does.  (AP) Three weeks ago we jumped on Fox News for letting its green-news page, self-consciously titled "How Green?", sit idle for two weeks, and with an AP story... climate change green living global warming animals journalism media watch Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:09:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d21-Fox-News-Meat-Greener-Living-Global-Warming?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d16-green-greening-home-appliances-vampire-phantom-electricity-carbon?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Vampires use less electricity than mortals (Muppet Studios)The vogue topic lately in home greening is the elimination of "phantom loads" or "vampires," those devices that stay up late and suck power while you're sleeping. The Wash... News You Can Use Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:50:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d16-green-greening-home-appliances-vampire-phantom-electricity-carbon?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Vaclav-Klaus-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-Skeptics-Deniers?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Czech President Vaclav Klaus (AP photo)Environmentalists are pursuing a latent agenda "to stop economic development and return mankind centuries back," said Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, at a conference of climate-change sk... climate change global warming Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:40:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Vaclav-Klaus-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-Skeptics-Deniers?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d6-Clinton-Europe-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-Economic-Crisis?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner Hilary Clinton meets with 400 young Europeans in Brussels today. While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Brussels advising young Europeans to use the economic crisis to slow climate change, a European spokesman in London cautioned that the U... climate change global warming Clinton Europe Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:08:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2928-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m3d6-Clinton-Europe-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-Economic-Crisis?cid=exrss-Environmental-News-Examiner