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Tag Archives: climate change
Brown, Schwarzenegger Push for Renewable Energy at Climate Change Conference
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The California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park today hosted the Governor's Conference on Extreme Climate Risks and California's Future. "This event plays as a kind of passing of the climate baton from former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to Gov. … Continue reading
Climatologists: More Extreme Weather in California's Future
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New science forecasts include everything except moderation Two days before Governor Jerry Brown hosts his own conference on “Extreme Climate Risks and California’s Future,” scientists and a smattering of state and local officials spent a rainy Tuesday at Scripps Institution … Continue reading
2011 a Record-Breaker for Extreme (and Costly) Weather
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—the agency that goes by the user-friendly handle of NOAA (pronounced "Noah")—broke some news today at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco announced that by the … Continue reading
UC Berkeley, Lawrence Lab Climate-Change Skeptic Now Says Global Warming is Real
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly. The study of … Continue reading
Developers Building on Shore of SF Bay Must Now Plan for Rising Sea Level
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Despite a unanimous vote on Thursday by the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), it hasn’t been easy planning process for the state agency that regulates development along the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The state agency approved a first-of-its kind … Continue reading
Watch Live: UN Forum on Climate Change
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Arnold Schwarzennegger is scheduled to discuss climate change at the UN Private Sector Forum at 9:15 a.m. Watch live below or on Channel 5 here.
Climate Change, Clams Cloud Up Lake Tahoe; 2010 is 2nd-Worst Level Ever Recorded
Over the last 15 years, more than a billion dollars has been spent to protect Lake Tahoe's clear waters from runoff and erosion. Now, new threats to lake's clarity are emerging, just as restoration funding is drying up. Researchers from … Continue reading
EPA Chief: Cap & Trade a Distant Hope
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Remember those national carbon trading bills that were moving through Congress as Barack Obama was setting up shop in the Oval Office? The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency says: Don’t hold your breath. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s appearance … Continue reading
Report: Bay Area's Biggest Climate Change Risks
Even if the world stopped emitting all greenhouse gases today, scientists say, the climate would continue to change, perhaps for centuries, before it stabilized. Since a zero-emissions world is unlikely, to say the least, and considering that global carbon emissions … Continue reading
Climate Change: Alarming New Study; Report on Effects in Bay Area
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Australia's Chief Climate Commissioner, Tim Flannery, stopped by KQED this morning for an appearance on Forum, the station's live call-in program. He spoke about the status of international climate agreements and expressed hope for the process, not something I came … Continue reading
