AP – Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California’s global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week.
AP – Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel called Monday for a major overhaul in the way it’s run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader.
AFP – A UN-requested review of the world’s top panel of climate scientists, accused of flaws in a key assessment on global warming, will be unveiled on August 30, the investigating committee said on Friday.
AP – A new study finds that drought related to global warming is causing a decline in the world’s plant productivity.
AP – A new study finds that drought related to global warming is causing a decline in the world’s plant productivity.
AP – South Africa has renewable resources that can provide solutions to the country’s energy problems and create jobs — while fighting global warming, Greenpeace officials said Wednesday.
LiveScience.com – Russia’s heat wave, drought and wildfires, by themselves, are not signs of global warming, according several leading climatologists – despite widely reported claims this week by a Russian scientist.
AFP – A giant iceberg that snapped away from Greenland last week is a signal that global warming is causing the island’s continent-sized ice cap to melt faster than expected, scientists say.
AP – The Texas-based oil companies that are the primary backers of a November ballot effort to suspend California’s global warming law are among the state’s biggest polluters, according to a report issued Tuesday by two groups advocating for inner-city residents.
Reuters – Devastating floods in Pakistan and Russia’s heatwave match predictions of extremes caused by global warming even though it is impossible to blame mankind for single severe weather events, scientists say.
