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2015 Likely Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2015
New York Times: Just one year after 2014 set a record as the hottest year in the historical record, 2015 is on track to beat it by a substantial margin, possibly signaling a return to a sustained period of rapid global warming. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the American agency that tracks worldwide temperatures, announced Wednesday that last month had been the hottest September on record, and that the January-to-September period had also been the hottest since 1880. Scientists say it is now...
Before renewable power plant completed geothermal overtake hydro in Kenya
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2015
Inter Press Service: In its quest to generate more reliable, climate-friendly electric energy, Kenya has become the first country in the world to make use of temporary geothermal wellheads, which are currently injecting an extra 56 megawatts into the national grid.
According to engineers at the Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen), it takes a number of years to construct a single geothermal power plant, because it has to be fed by steam from several wells, which are often drilled and left open for years awaiting...
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Comments Off on Before renewable power plant completed geothermal overtake hydro in KenyaDalai Lama says climate change destroying Tibet ‘roof of the world’
Posted by Reatures: None Given on October 21st, 2015
Reatures: Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year.
The Tibetan plateau, which has the largest store of ice outside the North and South Pole, has experienced rising temperatures of 1.3 Celsius over the past five decades, three times the global average, the leadership said in a statement.
Tibet, with an average...
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Posted by Star-Telegram: None Given on October 21st, 2015
Star-Telegram: A majority of Texans believe cities should be able to ban hydraulic fracturing even if state law otherwise permits it, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Texas at Austin.
In Texas, 57 percent of those surveyed agree that cities should be able to block hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and nationally 58 percent support giving cities that authority, according to the UT Energy Poll released Tuesday.
Continued support for local control comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Majority texans support local control of fracking, UT poll showsNew Canadian PM Justin Trudeau same support Keystone XL pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2015
Washington Post: The Canadian election Monday ousted a strong supporter of the Keystone XL pipeline. And it brought into office another strong supporter of the Keystone XL pipeline.
The new Canadian prime minister, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, has supported the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline as well as TransCanada’s proposed $12 billion Energy East pipeline, both of which would carry bitumen from Alberta’s vast oil sands to ports and world markets.
Trudeau has said that the pipelines...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2015
Washington Post: In not much more than a month, leaders from around the world will assemble in Paris in order to -- hopefully -- find a way to cap the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and bring them down to safe levels.
But there’s a problem. There are some greenhouse gas sources that these leaders can’t fully control -- and in some cases, reasons to think that these sources may grow in the future. The point is being driven home this year by raging peat fires in Indonesia, which have already contributed over a...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2015
Ecologist: It's all change in Canada with the dramatic ousting of anti-environment Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, writes Carol Linnitt. Under the new Liberal PM Justin Trudeau things are looking a lot better for climate, science, environment, transparency and First Nations. But Canada is still set to go into the Paris climate talks with the same weak level of commitment.
The Liberals' climate plan will include investment in climate resilience, clean technology and low-carbon infrastructure....
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Posted by SciDevNet: None Given on October 21st, 2015
SciDevNet: Disagreement between scientists over whether Central and South America are about to be hit by a major El Niño event are delaying vital preparations, the region's weather organisations warn. South American scientists are still quibbling over whether an El Niño event is building. The uncertainty is impacting officials and states, who must act soon to prevent the worst scenarios, including deaths from natural disasters, meteorological organisations say. Eduardo Zambrano, a researcher at the International...
Typhoon Koppu weakens, heads for Japan after killing 26 in Philippines
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2015
Reuters: A typhoon that dumped heavy rains on the northern Philippines, killing 26 people as it flattened houses and destroyed crops, weakened on Wednesday before heading toward southern Japan.
Weather officials warned ferries and fishermen against going to sea as typhoon Koppu, packing winds of 55 kph (34 mph), moved northeast toward Japan's Ryukyu islands, at a speed of 6 kph (4 mph).
Raging floodwaters and landslides in the main Philippine island of Luzon were responsible for most of the deaths,...
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