Climate Change in the News, Week of May 16, 2009

News items related to climate change from the past week.

• Environmentalists Attack House Global Warming Deal – Time (May 16, 2009)
• Illegal fishing, climate change real threats – Jakarta Post (May 16, 2009)
• Climate Change, Fishing And Commercial Shipping Top List Of Threats To Ocean Off West Coast Of U.S. – Science Daily (May 15, 2009)
• Refiners would get a break in climate change bill – Houston Chronicle (May 15, 2009)
• Climate Change: Garbage Gets Fresh Look as Source of Energy – Wall Street Journal (May 15, 2009)
• House bill seeks to regulate climate change trading – Reuters (May 14, 2009)
• Climate-change measure earmarks $200m for Mass. – Boston Globe (May 15, 2009)
• Poorest need funds to combat climate change: report – Reuters (May 14, 2009)
• Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl – N.Y. Times (May 14, 2009)
• West Antarctic ice threat revised down; still dire – Reuters (May 14, 2009)
• What if global-warming fears are overblown? – Fortune (May 14, 2009)
• Soaring electricity use by new electronic devices imperils climate change efforts – N.Y. Times (May 14, 2009)
• Climate conference: Rising sea levels, acidity threatening oceans, communities they support – L.A. Times (May 14, 2009)
• Deal on Global Warming Legislation – Associated Press (May 13, 2009)
• Global Warming Biggest Health Threat of 21st Century, Experts Say – Forbes (May 13, 2009)
• Arctic explorers find more evidence of global thaw – Reuters (May 13, 2009)
• Climate change threatens millions who live off sea – Associated Press (May 13, 2009)
• Climate Change Driving Michigan Mammals North – Science Daily (May 13, 2009)
• Coral Triangle at risk from climate change – WWF – Reuters (May 12, 2009)
• Dozen wavering Democrats hold key to fate of crucial climate change bill – Guardian (UK) (May 12, 2009)
• Climate change cutting Cascade snowpack – Seattle Times (May 12, 2009)
• Danger of climate change to RP imminent — Loren – Manila Bulletin (May 12, 2009)
• House Dems scale back plans to curb global warming – Associated Press (May 13, 2009)
• White House memo challenges EPA finding on warming – Associated Press (May 12, 2009)
• Big questions linger around major source of carbon emissions – N.Y. Times (May 12, 2009)
• Climate change sparks electricity change – Sydney Morning Herald (May 12, 2009)
• Climate Change Could Affect Inland Fla. – Ledger (May 12, 2009)
• Climate change could sting allergy, asthma sufferers – USA Today (May 12, 2009)
• Changes In The Sun Are Not Causing Global Warming, New Study Shows – Science Daily (May 11, 2009)
• Global warming critics appointed to science boards – Globe and Mail (Canada) (May 11, 2009)
• Future Climate Change Likely To Cause More Respiratory Problems In Young Children – Science Daily (May 11, 2009)
• Obama Budget Projects $624 Billion In Climate-Change Revenues – NASDAQ (May 11, 2009)
• House Dems edge closer to consensus on climate and energy bill – N.Y. Times (May 11, 2009)
• Plans for British homes to have “smart meters” – Reuters (May 11, 2009)
• Tibet threatened by global warming – Daily Times (Pakistan) (May 11, 2009)
• China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants – N.Y. Times (May 10, 2009)
• Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming – Science Daily (May 10, 2009)
• Ocean Conference Reviews Climate Change Impact On The Future – RedOrbit (May 10, 2009)
• Climate change in Bangladesh – BBC (May 10, 2009)