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Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis

Posted by Jon from Guardian UK

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.

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50 Percent Chance of Ice Free North Pole this Summer

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: There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the sea ice will melt, and early signs are not good, said Mark Serreze. He's a senior researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. The chances for a total meltdown at the pole are higher than ever because the layer of ice coating the sea is thinner than ever, he said.

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Boil Them In Big Oil? Let’s Start With You! : Conservative Politics Today

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The Guardian UK is reporting that James Hansen, self-professed leading climate scientists is going to speak before congress. In this speech he will "call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer."

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Scientist to Congress: Oil Execs Commit High Crimes

Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner

    Testimony to US Congress will also criticize lobbyists. "Revolutionary" policies needed to tackle crisis.

    New York - James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.

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Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End Of Last Ice Age

Posted by Jeff from Environmental News Network

Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team shows that two huge Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the close of the last ice age some 11,500 years ago were tied to fundamental shifts in atmospheric circulation. The ice core showed the Northern Hemisphere briefly emerged from the last ice age some 14,700 years ago with a 22-degree-Fahrenheit spike in just 50 years, then plunged back into icy conditions before abruptly warming again about 11,700 years ago.

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Japan Airlines To Make Biofuel Test Flight

Posted by Jeff from Feeds.treehugger

photo by François Roche We’ve documented pretty well the nexus of climate change pressure and rising fuel costs which are driving an increasing number of airlines to search for alternatives to petroleum-based fuels. Japan Airlines will join Air New Zealand, Continental Airlines, Lufthansa, and Virgin Atlantic on the list of airlines investigating biofu...

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Scores Die and Ship Sinks in Storm in Philippines

Posted by okami from New York Times

A typhoon killed about 80 people in floods and landslides, and at least 4 others have died in the sinking of a ferry with more than 700 passengers and crew members.

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Global business leaders urge huge cuts in emissions

Posted by Jeff from Environmental News Network

Detailed climate change recommendations to the Group of Eight leaders, backed by an influential group of CEOs from many of the world’s largest companies, were delivered today to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan, who will host the G8’s annual summit next month in Hokkaido, Japan. The document outlines a new, more “environmentally effective and economically efficient” long-term policy framework to succeed the Kyoto Accord.

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To Stop Global Warming and Hunger, Let’s Turn to Organic Farming

Posted by cathee from Feeds.treehugger

Timothy J. LaSalle is CEO of the Rodale Institute, a 60-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to researching sustainable farming and educating farmers and consumers about the food we eat. He will be contributing posts to TreeHugger as a guest blogger on an ongoing basis. There is no question that a perfect storm of factors – from rising oil prices to the growing climatic impact of global warming – are creating a silent tsunami of global hunger. There is also no question that the world’s most vulnerable disproportionately live in Africa where food aid has failed to keep ah...

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HeraldTribune.com - News - News stories about Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties in Florida, f

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For those seeking the answer to the oft-asked question, "What's the price per gallon of a person's integrity?"

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McCain energy bombshell: More oil + dirty coal. That’s Bush-li

Posted by dsnodgrass from Climateprogress

From Climate Progress, John McCain actually criticizes Obama for failing to "support more traditional use of coal..."

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Oil companies get OK to annoy polar bears

Posted by derek from Seattle Times

Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas.

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