Climate Change

House Panel Takes Up Climate Change Bill [1]

The House Energy Committee begins markup on the Democrats' climate change bill today.

Source: Reuters [5], 05/19/2009

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Clean Energy Climate Bill Gives Coal a Competitive Future [6]

"America's future climate law began working its way through Congress this week, rewritten with new details and changes that were negotiated to give the coal industry generous incentives. Environmental groups are going along, believing the weakened bill is still the best hope for action on climate."

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Source: Clean Energy Climate Bill Gives Coal a Competitive Future [7], 05/18/2009

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"Environmentalists Attack House Global Warming Deal" [8]

This week begins a showdown on climate legislation in the House Energy Committee. The Democrats have votes to pass it -- but at what price?

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Source: TIME [9], 05/18/2009

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13th Conference on Mesoscale Processes [13]

This AMA conference will feature presentations on the structure and evolution of tropical and extratropical cyclones; coastal and other thermally driven circulation systems; mountain waves and obstacle flows; and recent field research programs.

Professional Meetings [11]

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]

First World Congress of Environmental History [15]

Topics include global change, renewable energy, water resources, forest management, biodiversity, agriculture, traditional knowledge and environmental justice.

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Agriculture [16]

Energy & Fuel [17]

Forests [18]

Water & Oceans [19]

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International [12]

Coastal Zone 09 [21]

This biennial international symposium on coastal and ocean management, sponsored by NOAA, will be on changes in the climate, shorelines, habitats, and policies.

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Water & Oceans [19]

Policy [22]

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]

AMA Conference on Broadcast Meteorology [24]

Topics include regional challenges in forecasting, including tropical, severe weather, lake effect, mountain and winter weather. Also planned: a day trip to the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA.

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Disasters [25]

Science [26]

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Northwest (OR WA) [27]

23rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/19th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction [28]

Topics include assessing current abilities to analyze and predict significant weather events and highlighting research under way to enhance those capabilities.

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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]

21st Century Dust Bowl in West? [30]

"Dust storms accelerated by a warming climate have covered the Rocky Mountains with dirt whose heat-trapping properties have caused snowpacks to melt weeks earlier than normal, worrying officials in Colorado about drastic water shortages by late summer."

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Source: NYTimes [31], 05/15/2009