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Scientists Are United on Global Warming, Contrary to Public View
Reuters, 05/16/2013"Ninety-seven percent of scientists say global warming is mainly man-made but a wide public belief that experts are divided is making it harder to gain support for policies to curb climate change, an international study showed on Thursday."
World’s Fish Have Been Moving To Cooler Waters for Decades: Study
Wash Post, 05/16/2013"Fish and other sea life have been moving toward Earth’s poles in search of cooler waters, part of a worldwide, decades-long migration documented for the first time by a study released Wednesday."
"Warm Springs Linked to Dwindling Snow in Rockies"
LiveScience, 05/16/2013"Snow cover across the entire Rocky Mountain range has been shrinking due to warmer spring temperatures over the past 30 years, a new study finds."
"For Insurers, No Doubts on Climate Change"
NY Times, 05/15/2013"If there were one American industry that would be particularly worried about climate change it would have to be insurance, right?"
"Clock Is Ticking, Slowly, on Rules for Coal-Fired Power Plants"
LA Times, 05/15/2013"The fate of many coal-fired power plants may rest on how boldly Obama tries to fulfill his pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions."
"Climate Change Forecast To Shrink Habitat of Common Plants, Animals"
Reuters, 05/14/2013"The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world."
"White House Arctic Strategy: What's Next for Oil, Gas Drilling?"
Christian Science Monitor, 05/14/2013"The tension between conservation and oil and gas drilling is evident in the White House's new Arctic strategy paper. Shifting economic, climatic, and regulatory realities have contributed to what is at least a temporary pause in Arctic oil and gas drilling."
"Smith Islanders Debate Buyout Offered By State"
Baltimore Sun, 05/14/2013"EWELL, Md. -- Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the surging Chesapeake Bay."
"Experts: CO2 Record Illustrates 'Scary' Trend"
AP, 05/13/2013"The old saying that 'what goes up must come down' doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone."
"Valley Fever Throws Baseball a Curve Ball"
Daily Climate, 05/10/2013"Conor Jackson had a big bat and a bright future. But after he contracted a rare illness in 2009 while playing with the Arizona Diamondbacks he was never quite the same."
Charles: 'Climate Change Sceptics Are Turning Earth Into Dying Patient'
Guardian, 05/10/2013"Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics for turning the Earth into a 'dying patient', making his most outspoken criticism yet of the world's failure to tackle global warming just when the heir to the throne is assuming a growing number of the duties of what is supposed to be an apolitical monarchy."
"U.S. Envoy Sees New Plan Energizing Global Climate Talks"
Reuters, 05/08/2013"The United States' new proposal to let countries draft their own emissions reduction plans rather than working toward a common target can unlock languishing U.N. climate negotiations, the U.S. climate change envoy said on Tuesday."
"Coal Mines' Methane Curbs Fall Victim to EPA Budget Cuts"
Bloomberg, 05/08/2013"Methane emissions from coal mines escaped being curbed by the Environmental Protection Agency, which said mandatory U.S. budget cuts didn't leave it with the resources to determine if the pollution is a significant risk."
Judges Skeptical of States Challenging EPA Climate Rule Authority
Greenwire, 05/08/2013"Federal judges wrestled today with whether U.S. EPA ran afoul of the law in directing states to implement regulations to address climate change."
"NASA: Warming Climate Likely Means More Floods, Droughts"
LA Times, 05/07/2013"The Earth's wettest regions are likely to get wetter while the most arid will get drier due to warming of the atmosphere caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, according to a new NASA analysis of more than a dozen climate models."

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