Climate & Environment Review: March 9, 2007

Climate & Environment Review
March 9, 2007

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Science News: Why So Dry?
The western United States continutes to struggle with the worst dry spell since the 1930s, and an international report on climate change predicts more and worse droughts to come... >>Read More<<

Climate Change Impact More Extensive than Thought
Global climate change is happening faster than previously believed and its impact is worse than expected, information from an as-yet unpublished draft of the long-awaited second part of a United Nations report obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE reveals. No region of the planet will be spared and some will be hit especially hard... >>Read More<<

'Global Warming Is Lies' Claims Documentary
Accepted theories about man causing global warming are "lies" claims a controversial new TV documentary... >>Read More<<

Gore Talks Global Warming in Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. — Former Vice President Al Gore told Oklahomans on Thursday that dire environmental consequences will result if changes are not made to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that humans put into the air and sea... >>Read More<<

Alaska governor questions science of polar bear listing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)-- Officially, the state of Alaska has not decided whether to back a federal proposal to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act... >>Read More<<

Role of global warming in extinction may be overestimated
Extinction is a hotly debated, but poorly understood topic in science. The same goes for climate change. When you bring the two together to forecast the impact of global change on biodiversity, chaos reigns. While many ecologists argue that climate change could well doom many more species to extinction, others say that the threat is overstated... >>Read More<<

Greenhouse effect is a myth, say scientists
Research said to prove that greenhouse gases cause climate change has been condemned as a sham by scientists... >>Read More<<

Climate change claims a victim
Global warming may soon claim its first Northwest casualty, and it isn't an endangered butterfly or threatened flower... >>Read More<<

An Inconvenient Pool
There is an irresistible quality to the story about Al Gore's energy-hungry Tennessee home, replete with a heated poolhouse that burns more natural gas -- $500 a month worth -- than most of us can afford to use while heating houses that shelter people, as opposed to swimming lanes. Did you know that Mr. Gore's house uses more electricity in a month than the average household does in a year?... >>Read More<<

Diagnosing Mr. Energy (Al Gore)
The latest Al Gore flap concerns the extravagant electricity and natural gas consumption at the former vice president's mansion in Nashville. Last year, electricity consumption there--one of several homes owned by Gore--was more than 20 times that of the average American household... >>Read More<<