News: Author Archive
‘(Reuters) – The massive, uncontrolled oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is roiling President Barack Obama’s carefully laid plans to open up America’s coasts to drilling again, while rattling Congress to a point where the oil industry’s exploratory plans could face a big shake-up.’
via U.S. oil spill hurting energy moves in Congress | Reuters.
‘Just as the heavy use of antibiotics contributed to the rise of drug-resistant supergerms, American farmers’ near-ubiquitous use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of tenacious new superweeds.’
via U.S. Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds – NYTimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON – A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation.’
via Climate bill could be harmed by Gulf spill – Yahoo! News.
‘BP suggested in a 2009 exploration plan and environmental impact analysis for the well that an accident leading to a giant crude oil spill — and serious damage to beaches, fish and mammals — was unlikely, or virtually impossible.’
via BP plan deemed major spill from Gulf well unlikely – Yahoo! News.
‘NEW ORLEANS —Coast Guard officials were investigating reports early Friday morning that oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico had washed ashore overnight, threatening fisheries and wildlife in fragile marshes and islands along the Gulf Coast.’
via Oil From Spill Is Reported to Have Reached the Coast – NYTimes.com.
‘(Reuters) – Confidence in climate change investments should return in the second half of this year as the global economy recovers and a U.N. climate panel review reaffirms the severity of climate change, an HSBC report said.’
via Climate investor confidence should return in H2: HSBC | Reuters.
April 27, 2010 Free Speech Cafe, UC Berkeley.
Part 1. Panelist Gopal Dayeneni likens the climate crisis to an inevitable deadly descent of a damaged passenger airliner, using first class and coach seating to represent equity issues.
Also speaking was Christie Keith of GAIA, the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance.
‘Although the public progress of the Senate attempt to write a comprehensive climate change energy bill has ground to a halt because of a protest by one of its chief sponsors, an outline of the bill’s major provisions is moving forward.’
via Quiet Progress on Senate Climate Bill – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com.
‘BOSTON (Reuters) – The first U.S. offshore wind farm, a giant project 5 miles/8 km off the Massachusetts coast, was approved on Wednesday after years of opposition involving everyone from local Indian tribes to the Kennedy family.’
via Cape Wind, first U.S. offshore wind farm, approved | Reuters.