Climate Change in the News, Week of March 14, 2009

News items related to climate change from the past week.

• DEP Chief Gina McCarthy Picked For EPA Climate-Change Post – Hartford Courant (Mar 13, 2009)
• Climate Change Quicker Here Than Elsewhere – Korea Times (Mar 12, 2009)
• Buoyed by US, UN chief sees climate deal this year – Associated Press (Mar 12, 2009)
• Scientists are grim, economists more optimistic about climate change’s effects – N.Y. Times (Mar 13, 2009)
• UC Berkeley, UCLA law professors launch blog on climate change, energy, environmental policy – San Jose Mercury News (Mar 12, 2009)
• Planning for future must consider climate change – Associated Press (Mar 12, 2009)
• Rapid action needed to save polar bears from climate change: WWF – AFP (Mar 12, 2009)
• Climate change effects seen in Antarctic winds – Associated Press (Mar 12, 2009)
• Increased Number Think Global Warming Is “Exaggerated” – Gallup (Mar 11, 2009)
• Latin America’s Fight Against Warming Hurt by Crisis – Bloomberg (Mar 11, 2009)
• California panel urges ‘immediate action’ to protect against rising sea levels – L.A. Times (Mar 12, 2009)
• Climate concerns fading as economy dives – Age, The (AU) (Mar 11, 2009)
• Researchers: Sea Levels May Rise Faster Than Expected – N.Y. Times (Mar 11, 2009)
• Team battles Arctic winter to measure melting ice caps – CNN (Mar 11, 2009)
• Leaked EPA draft highlights new research on climate risks – N.Y. Times (Mar 11, 2009)
• On Climate Change, Henry Waxman Wants Congress to Act Now – U.S. News and World Report (Mar 11, 2009)
• Senate alters climate-change bill – Salt Lake Tribune (Mar 10, 2009)
• US senators attack cap-and-trade for climate change – AFP (Mar 11, 2009)
• Global warming may trigger carbon ‘time bomb’, scientist warns – Guardian (UK) (Mar 10, 2009)
• Australia Affirms Carbon Emissions Target Amid Growth Concerns – Bloomberg (Mar 10, 2009)
• Stern: Climate change deniers are ‘flat-earthers’ – Guardian (UK) (Mar 10, 2009)
• Panel leans toward National Climate Service outside of NOAA – N.Y. Times (Mar 10, 2009)
• Greenpeace protest lack of EU climate change funds – Associated Press (Mar 10, 2009)
• Boston landmarks to go dark for climate campaign – Boston Globe (Mar 10, 2009)
• Climate Urgency Stressed as 2,000 Researchers Meet – Bloomberg (Mar 10, 2009)
• Op-Ed: Pronouncement of Global Warming’s Demise On Thin Ice – Popular Science (Mar 9, 2009)
• Climate Skeptics Challenge Obama ‘Mainstream’ Science – Bloomberg (Mar 9, 2009)
• Coal industry cries foul over ‘political’ ETS exclusion – ABC Online (AU) (Mar 10, 2009)
• Scientists present latest news on climate change – Associated Press (Mar 9, 2009)
• Flooding, Food and Climate Change in Bangladesh – N.Y. Times (Mar 9, 2009)
• Can Minnesota trees help control climate change? – Duluth News Tribune (Mar 8, 2009)
• Leapin’ lizards: Climate change threatens tropical lizards – USA Today (Mar 6, 2009)
• RP among most at risk from climate change – BusinessMirror (Philippines) (Mar 8, 2009)
• Big polluters lobby politicians over jobs – Sydney Morning Herald (Mar 9, 2009)
• Rising sea levels from global warming ‘could wipe out Norfolk Broads’ – Telegraph (UK) (Mar 8, 2009)
• Glaciers reveal global warming effects – TVNZ (Mar 7, 2009)
• Adapting to climate change in Archangel – BBC (Mar 7, 2009)
• Bay Area’s ‘Big Three’ mayors sign climate change pact – San Jose Mercury News (Mar 6, 2009)
• Nigeria: potential gas hotspot, on frontline for climate change – AFP (Mar 7, 2009)