News items related to climate change from the past week.
- House approves overhaul of environmental policy – Boston Globe (Jun 27, 2009)
- Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue – N.Y. Times (Jun 27, 2009)
- America’s climate-change bill: In need of a clean – Economist (Jun 27, 2009)
- Global free trade accord seen helping environment – Reuters (Jun 26, 2009)
- House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change – N.Y. Times (Jun 26, 2009)
- Two EPA Staffers Question Science Behind Climate ‘Endangerment’ Proposal – N.Y. Times (Jun 26, 2009)
- U.K.’s Brown proposed climate change fund – UPI (Jun 26, 2009)
- China now taking climate change seriously: Barroso – AFP (Jun 26, 2009)
- Obama: US lags behind Europe on climate change – Associated Press (Jun 26, 2009)
- Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband’s blueprint for global warming deal – Guardian (UK) (Jun 26, 2009)
- Progress Energy chief warns of rates hikes tied to global-warming rules – Orlando Sentinel (Jun 25, 2009)
- Wal-Mart’s Big Problem: Climate Change – Reuters (Jun 24, 2009)
- Climate change bill gaining in House: Pelosi – Reuters (Jun 25, 2009)
- How Climate Change Policies Impact the Lives of European Companies – N.Y. Times (Jun 25, 2009)
- Rich should compensate Africa for global warming: Ethiopian PM – AFP (Jun 24, 2009)
- California weighs global warming fees on producers – San Jose Mercury News (Jun 24, 2009)
- House Democrats unsure of global warming bill’s passage – CNN (Jun 24, 2009)
- U.N., ad firms join to brand climate change – CNN (Jun 24, 2009)
- Obama urges fast work on climate-change bill – Houston Chronicle (Jun 23, 2009)
- Russia Isn’t Ready to Cope With Climate Change, World Bank Says – Bloomberg (Jun 24, 2009)
- Execs to tackle global warming in La Union conference – BusinessMirror (Philippines) (Jun 23, 2009)
- House Dems reach global warming bill deal – UPI (Jun 23, 2009)
- Global warming is a security threat: Kofi Annan – Reuters (Jun 23, 2009)
- House Dems reach global warming bill deal – UPI (Jun 23, 2009)
- Rural, urban lawmakers strike agreement on climate – Associated Press (Jun 23, 2009)
- Deal sends global warming bill to House floor – Associated Press (Jun 23, 2009)
- UK climate change policies ‘dangerously optimistic’, MPs warned – Guardian (UK) (Jun 23, 2009)
- How Aerosols Contribute To Climate Change – Science Daily (Jun 23, 2009)
- Copenhagen climate change treaty backed by ‘Hopenhagen’ campaign – Guardian (UK) (Jun 23, 2009)
- Pelosi Takes A Gamble On Climate Change Bill – CBS News (Jun 23, 2009)
- Climate Bill to Cost Average Consumer $175 a Year: CBO – Washington Post (Jun 23, 2009)
- Senate Panel Trims Interior-Epa Budget From House Levels – N.Y. Times (Jun 23, 2009)
- Refrigerants pose a greater global warming risk, report says – KABC (Jun 22, 2009)
- Bennett calling for 100 new nuclear plants – Deseret News (Jun 22, 2009)
- The time to address global warming is yesterday – St. Louis Dispatch (Jun 22, 2009)
- Report foresees drastic climate change for B.C. – Calgary Herald (Jun 22, 2009)
- A Sea Change in China’s Attitude Toward Carbon Capture – N.Y. Times (Jun 22, 2009)
- Trade and Climate Change – Council on Foreign Relations (Jun 27, 2009)
- Climate Change Bill Would Cost Households $175 a Year: CBO – Congressional Quarterly (CQ) (Jun 22, 2009)
- Frightful Florida global warming forecast for 2099 – Palm Beach Post (Jun 21, 2009)
- Proposals clash on ways to cut greenhouse gases – Houston Chronicle (Jun 21, 2009)
- Australian Emissions Trading Plan in Trouble – N.Y. Times (Jun 21, 2009)
- Global Warming Lessons From the Arctic – ABC News (US) (Jun 20, 2009)
- The Carbon Counter – Newsweek (Jun 19, 2009)
- Climate Change Bill Stalls Over Agriculture Concerns – Fox News (Jun 19, 2009)
Even letting the debate continue, when our species may hang in the balance, says something about us. I argue that there is a certain presumptuousness surrounding our approach to how we are addressing global warming that goes well beyond simply having a short-term perspective. What if the cockroach has a more sustainable position? I recommend the following post: http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/climatic-presumption-what-is-the-forecast/