"Dangerous Heat Wave Forecast for Arizona, California Deserts"
"A potentially deadly heat wave is expected to bear down on some Arizona and California desert areas in the next few days, forecasters said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/27/2013
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"EPA Limits Formaldehyde Exposure From Wood Products"
"Giving expression to a law unanimously passed by Congress in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [Wednesday] proposed two rules to help protect Americans from exposure to the harmful chemical formaldehyde emitted from wood products. These rules ensure that composite wood products, whether produced in the United States or imported, meet the formaldehyde emission standards established by that law."
Source: ENS, 05/31/2013
"Heat Deaths in Manhattan To Rise"
"Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat harder from rising temperatures in the future, says a new study; many may die."
Source: Daily Climate, 05/21/2013
"Arctic Council Prioritizes Sustainable Development, Climate Action"
"KIRUNA, Sweden -- Ministers from the eight Arctic states and representatives of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples Wednesday adopted a shared vision statement for the future development of the region as a 'zone of peace and stability.'"
Source: ENS, 05/17/2013
"JPMorgan Chase Accused of Rigging Energy Markets"
"JPMorgan Chase developed schemes to sell electricity at falsely attractive prices in Michigan and California, according to The New York Times. The market manipulation could result in JPMorgan Chase receiving penalties from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/07/2013
"The Big Stories Then in the Clear Light of Now" -- The Garbage Barge
"Dan Rather called it 'the most watched load of garbage in the memory of man.' It was 1987. A small town businessman had what seemed like a promising idea, to transport New York trash by barge to a landfill in North Carolina, where it would be converted into methane to heat homes. And then the news media latched on to the story."
Source: NY Times, 05/06/2013
"The Arms Race to Grow World's Hottest Pepper Goes Nuclear"
For a while, the Naga Viper was the hottest pepper in the world. Today, breeding peppers for hotness is an area of military research.
Source: Wall St. Journal, 03/27/2013
"Insurers on Climate Change: Whatevs"
"Despite record heat and extreme weather disasters in recent years, insurers aren't adequately planning for climate change, according to a report issued Thursday. Only 13 percent of insurance companies have a 'specific, comprehensive strategy' to deal with global warming."
Source: Mother Jones, 03/08/2013
"The Scariest Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier"
A new reconstruction of the global temperature over the past 11,000 years only confirms the unprecedented warming shown in the "hockey stick" graph which has become the target of anti-science climate deniers.
Source: Climate Desk, 03/08/2013
New Study: "Climate Change 'Causes Wild Weather'"
"LONDON -- The cause of much of the recent extreme weather across the world is climate change triggered by human activities, scientists say. The paper suggests that man-made climate change is repeatedly disturbing the patterns of airflow around the northern hemisphere."
Source: Climate News Network, 02/27/2013
