Climate & Environment Review: December 27, 2006

Climate & Environment Review: 2nd Edition
December 27, 2006

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Methane quashes green credentials of hydropower
At the time, it must have sounded like a sensible case of sustainable development. During the 1980s, about 2,500 square kilometres of Amazonian rainforest was flooded to create the Balbina dam to feed the energy demands
of the Brazilian city of Manaus... >>Read More<<

INHOFE SAYS NEW UN GLOBAL WARMING REPORT PROVES FEARS OF MANMADE CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE ARE 'UNSUSTAINABLE'
WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee, commented on today's article in the UK Telegraph titled "UN Downgrades Man's Impact on the Climate... >>Read More<<

GLOBAL ENERGY DEMAND RISING STEEPLY
The flip side of the climate change conundrum is energy. Burning fossil fuels-coal, oil, gas-produces 80 percent of the world's commercial energy... >>Read More<<

Getting in Laurie David’s Face
On November 26, the Washington Post printed an opinion piece from environmental activist Laurie David, a producer of the film "An Inconvenient Truth." In her op-ed Ms. David reports that NSTA rejected the opportunity to distribute 50,000 copies of the DVD to NSTA members... >>Read More<<

Livestock generate more Co2 equivalent than transportation sector -- U.N. report
The livestock industry generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent -- 18 percent -- than the transportation sector, according to a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report released today... >>Read More<<

KYOTO FOLLY: EUROPEANS FACE FUEL 'PRICE SURGE'
Electricity prices could double in Europe if power firms are to meet emissions reduction targets under the Kyoto protocol, says a report... >>Read More<<

Global warming killing the planet? It’s not fact – just hot air
Not since wholesale calamity was predicted as a result of the so-called millennium bug has so much coverage been given to a topic. Miles' worth of column inches are now dedicated to global warming. The predictions by media commentators are becoming more numerous and more strident as each new piece of evidence appears to support their case. They have progressed from possibilities to probabilities and are now becoming certainties... >>Read More<<

Gaia scientist Lovelock predicts planetary wipeout
LONDON (Reuters) - The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface uninhabitable and threatening billions of peoples' lives, a controversial climate scientist said on Tuesday... >>Read More<<

Inaccurate 2006 Hurricane Forecast
Washington, D.C. - As the 2006 hurricane season comes to a close, the failure of forecasters to accurately predict the frequency and intensity of this year's hurricanes should remind Americans that climatology is an uncertain science. It should also cause Americans to question the reliability of definitive claims made by prominent environmental activists that global warming is increasing the intensity of hurricanes... >>Read More<<

Thanks, UN, for Shrinking My Carbon Footprint by 25%
The latest iteration on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report on global warming it being eagerly awaited... >>Read More<<