Climate Change in the News, Week of May 30, 2009

News items related to climate change from the past week.

• Lawmaker Outlines 4 Key Changes In Climate Change Bill – Tricities.com (May 30, 2009)
• GOP belittles Democrats’ climate change proposal – Associated Press (May 30, 2009)
• Warming and Death – N.Y. Times (May 29, 2009)
• Global warming accounts for 300,000 deaths – UPI (May 29, 2009)
• Bold targets set for global warming experts pose threat to action – Times, The (UK) (May 29, 2009)
• Can poor people be protected by global warming laws? – L.A. Times (May 29, 2009)
• Global warming must stay below 2C or world faces ruin, scientists declare – Times, The (UK) (May 28, 2009)
• Hope, but No Advances, in China-U.S. Climate Talks – N.Y. Times (May 28, 2009)
• Forest carbon offers cheaper way to curb warming – Reuters (May 28, 2009)
• Global warming may hike respiratory ills – UPI (May 28, 2009)
• Sarkozy Gets Flak for Boosting Climate-Change Skeptic – Fox News (May 27, 2009)
• Honeycreeper Birds Threathened By Climate Change – KHON (May 28, 2009)
• US delegation mixed on China climate change pact – Associated Press (May 28, 2009)
• Senate To Follow House Lead on Climate Change Legislation – Congressional Quarterly (CQ) (May 28, 2009)
• Greenpeace: IT companies weak on climate change – CNET (May 28, 2009)
• World CO2 up 39 pct by 2030 without new policy-EIA – Reuters (May 27, 2009)
• Permafrost Meltdown May Bog Down Global Warming–For Awhile – Scientific American (May 27, 2009)
• Report: Maine Plays Role In Emitting Global Warming Pollutants – WCSH (May 27, 2009)
• Climate health costs: bug-borne ills, killer heat – Reuters (May 27, 2009)
• U.N.’s Ban says climate change pace “alarming” – Reuters (India) (May 27, 2009)
• Greenpeace to IT Industry: You’re Slackers On Fighting Climate Change – Reuters (May 27, 2009)
• In China, Pelosi Calls for Cooperation on Climate – N.Y. Times (May 27, 2009)
• India’s activists push their government to put a price on carbon – N.Y. Times (May 26, 2009)
• Global Warming: a Controversial Bill, And a Game of Roulette – Popular Science (May 26, 2009)
• Professor Steven Chu: paint the world white to fight global warming – Times, The (UK) (May 27, 2009)
• US energy secretary urges action on climate change – Associated Press (May 26, 2009)
• Help for poor countries at Paris climate talks – Associated Press (May 26, 2009)
• Obama walks tightrope on climate change – International Business Times (May 24, 2009)
• Government axes funding for climate initiative – Sydney Morning Herald (May 27, 2009)
• Global CEOs back greenhouse gas cuts, carbon caps – Associated Press (May 26, 2009)
• France, Germany urge more flexible climate pact – Reuters (May 25, 2009)
• Study says businesses can create clean energy jobs – Associated Press (May 25, 2009)
• CEOs Urge Clarity In Emissions Pact – Wall Street Journal (May 26, 2009)
• US won’t speed up emissions cuts: top climate negotiator – AFP (May 24, 2009)
• Should Major Emitters Focus on the Sun? – N.Y. Times (May 24, 2009)
• Surmounting climate change in the Himalayas – CNN (May 25, 2009)
• Climate change amplifying animal disease – AFP (May 25, 2009)
• Nuclear, Low-Carbon Platform Solutions To Climate Change – G8 – Wall Street Journal (May 25, 2009)
• Ban says U.S. climate bill plan “not enough” – Reuters (May 24, 2009)
• Protecting oceans vital in warming fight – UPI (May 24, 2009)
• MIT Model Predicts Accelerating Warming Trends – Washington Post (May 24, 2009)
• America’s new green guru sparks anger over climate change U-turns – Guardian (UK) (May 24, 2009)
• U.N.’s Ban urges business to back climate policies – Reuters (May 24, 2009)
• Gore, others urge CEOs to back climate change deal – Associated Press (May 24, 2009)
• Adapting to climate change can improve our lives – New Zealand Herald (May 25, 2009)
• Climate Change Summit: Green Investing Returns – Business Week (May 22, 2009)
• In China, Pelosi Hopes for Allies in Combatting Climate Change – Washington Post (May 24, 2009)