Obama faults U.S. automakers - Yahoo! News: "Uttering words not often spoken in Detroit, Obama said U.S. energy policy must change in order to help domestic automakers answer the rising global demand for efficient autos.
Obama said his plan encourages domestic automakers to make fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles by giving them health care assistance for retirees. Federal financial assistance would cover 10 percent — up to $7 billion — of automakers' annual legacy health care costs through 2017, under Obama's plan, which would require automakers to invest at least half of their health care savings into technology to produce fuel-efficient cars.
As a second choice, Obama's plan would provide $3 billion to automakers over 10 years to help retool plants to make fuel-efficient cars and trucks."
Monday, May 7, 2007
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Switch to organic crops could help poor - Yahoo! News
Switch to organic crops could help poor - Yahoo! News: "Organic food has long been considered a niche market, a luxury for wealthy consumers. But researchers told a U.N. conference Saturday that a large-scale shift to organic agriculture could help fight world hunger while improving the environment. "
Climate Change, Not Humans, Trounced Neanderthals - Yahoo! News
Climate Change, Not Humans, Trounced Neanderthals - Yahoo! News: "Neanderthals disappeared from Earth more than 20,000 years ago, but figuring out why continues to challenge anthropologists. One team of scientists, however, now says they have evidence to back climate change as the main culprit.
The Iberian Peninsula, better known as present-day Spain and Portugal, was one of the last Neanderthal refuges. Many scientists have thought that out-hunting by Homo sapiens and interbreeding with them brought Neanderthals to their demise, but climate change has also been proposed. "
The Iberian Peninsula, better known as present-day Spain and Portugal, was one of the last Neanderthal refuges. Many scientists have thought that out-hunting by Homo sapiens and interbreeding with them brought Neanderthals to their demise, but climate change has also been proposed. "
Friday, May 4, 2007
Climate plan arms world for key talks - Yahoo! News
Climate plan arms world for key talks - Yahoo! News: "From nuclear power to reforestation to better toasters, the world now has a game plan from climate experts for fighting global warming, a report their chief scientist says will have a 'profound influence' on upcoming negotiations.
American officials questioned the economic cost, and the Chinese questioned whether fast results could be achieved. But a leading expert said there was little choice.
'If we continue doing what we are doing now, we are in deep trouble,' said Ogunlade Davidson, co-chairman of the U.N.-sponsored group that produced the report, approved by consensus by more than 120 nations Friday at the end of a weeklong meeting."
American officials questioned the economic cost, and the Chinese questioned whether fast results could be achieved. But a leading expert said there was little choice.
'If we continue doing what we are doing now, we are in deep trouble,' said Ogunlade Davidson, co-chairman of the U.N.-sponsored group that produced the report, approved by consensus by more than 120 nations Friday at the end of a weeklong meeting."
445 a hotly debated number at conference - Yahoo! News
445 a hotly debated number at conference - Yahoo! News: "445 was the hot number at this week's climate change conference in Bangkok.
For the United States, China and India, that number — which represents parts per million of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere — came to symbolize a cap on emissions that would hurt their economies.
European countries, by contrast, used the figure as a rallying cry to save the planet."
For the United States, China and India, that number — which represents parts per million of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere — came to symbolize a cap on emissions that would hurt their economies.
European countries, by contrast, used the figure as a rallying cry to save the planet."
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Experts target rice as climate culprit - Yahoo! News
Experts target rice as climate culprit - Yahoo! News: "As delegates to a climate conference here debate how to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the problems — and a possible solution — lies in the rice fields that cover much of Thailand, the rest of Asia and beyond.
Methane emissions from flooded rice paddies contribute to global warming just as coal-fired power plants, automobile exhausts and other sources do with the carbon dioxide they spew into the atmosphere.
In fact, the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meeting this week in Bangkok concludes that rice production was a main cause of rising methane emissions in the 20th century. It calls for better controls."
Methane emissions from flooded rice paddies contribute to global warming just as coal-fired power plants, automobile exhausts and other sources do with the carbon dioxide they spew into the atmosphere.
In fact, the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meeting this week in Bangkok concludes that rice production was a main cause of rising methane emissions in the 20th century. It calls for better controls."
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast - Yahoo! News
Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast - Yahoo! News: "The Arctic ice cap is melting much faster than expected and is now about 30 years ahead of predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.S. ice expert said on Tuesday.
This means the ocean at the top of the world could be free or nearly free of summer ice by 2020, three decades sooner than the global panel's gloomiest forecast of 2050."
This means the ocean at the top of the world could be free or nearly free of summer ice by 2020, three decades sooner than the global panel's gloomiest forecast of 2050."
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