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Tuesday 27 March 2012

Government proposes first carbon limits on power plants
Reuters | 27 Mar 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration proposed on Tuesday the first rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new U.S. power plants, a move hotly contested by Republicans and industry in an election year.
 Climate Change
Global warming close to becoming irreversible: scientists
Reuters | 27 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - The world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, making this decade critical in efforts to contain global warming, scientists warned on Monday.
 Climate Change
Sprawling cities pressure environment, planning
Reuters | 27 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Expanding cities threaten to eat up a swath of land the size of France, Germany and Spain combined in less than 20 years, putting the world under even more environmental pressure, experts said at a climate conference on Tuesday.
 Climate Change
Scarce resources to slow low-carbon growth: study
Reuters | 27 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Dwindling supplies of metals, water and biomass could slow the deployment of clean energy technologies by 2035, a study by research organization the Stockholm Environment Institute and by business initiative 3C showed on Tuesday.
 Climate Change
Arctic sea ice may have passed crucial tipping point
New Scientist | 27 Mar 2012
The ice has not recovered from a record low in 2007 – ice-free summers could soon become a regular feature across most of the Arctic Ocean
Kenya: Kenya Farmers Use Science, Traditional Forecasting to Survive Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 27 Mar 2012
[Christian Aid] Kenyan farmers are combining information from climate scientists with traditional weather forecasting methods in an experiment which could help thousands of families adapt to climate change, a major conference will hear this week.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Kenya: Mwingi to Get Sh80 Million to Fight Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 27 Mar 2012
[Nairobi Star] Mwingi region will benefit from Sh80 million climate change mitigation projects funded by the Global Environment Facility through the UNDP.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Kenya: New Taita Weather Station Boost to Farming
AllAfrica.com | 27 Mar 2012
[Nairobi Star] Taita residents are set to benefit from $100,000 (Sh8.3 million) automatic computerised weather station in Mwatate town.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Why we need carbon capture technologies
ClimateBiz | 27 Mar 2012
GreenBiz senior writer Marc Gunther's ebook, Suck It Up: How capturing carbon from the air can help solve the climate crisis, has reached the top of an Amazon best-sellers list -- on books about environmental economics.
 Climate Change | Economy | Global Warming | Industry
How Republicans saved the ozone layer
ClimateBiz | 27 Mar 2012
The new documentary "Shattered Sky" reminds us that conservative leaders -- not just liberals -- have historically played key roles in protecting the environment. Why has conservation become a Democrat issue?
 Climate Change | Economy | Global Warming | Industry
World must cut energy use, says Porritt
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 27 Mar 2012
Renewable technologies won't deliver unless the world also cuts its energy use over the next 30-40 years.
 Climate Change
UPDATED: Government fails to reach decision on carbon reporting
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 27 Mar 2012
UK businesses have slammed the Government's lack of decision in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mandatory reporting as "unacceptable" and "deplorable".
 Climate Change
Michael Hintze is Lawson thinktank funder
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Mar 2012
Michael Hintze financially supporting organisation that regularly casts doubt on the science and cost of tackling climate changeMichael Hintze, a leading Conservative party donor who runs the £5bn hedge fund CQS, has emerged as a financial backer of the climate sceptic thinktank founded by former...
Industry blasts delay to carbon reporting
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Mar 2012
Government statement says ministers need more time to consider a policy almost universally supported by businessesThe government has come under fire after failing to make a decision on whether to introduce mandatory reporting for greenhouse gas emissions.Defra has announced that "no decision has...
Climate change may cut profits from oceans by trillions
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Mar 2012
A study says the effects of climate change on the oceans will cost mankind almost US$2 trillion a year by 2100.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development
Biomass should be tenth tipping point, researcher says
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Mar 2012
A proposed 'planetary boundary' of available biomass should be added to the nine existing environmental tipping points, a conference hears.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development
Northern node of Pan-African University launched in Algeria
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Mar 2012
A call for prospective lecturers and students has been issued by Algeria, host to the northern node of the Pan African University.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development
Ten Asian cities leading the way in climate-proofing
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Mar 2012
Rapidly growing cities in Asia could benefit from a toolkit of indicators that assesses their readiness to face climate change impacts.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development

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