Climate Changes Updates 3-6 May

1.   Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President

http://www.nymag.com/news/features/obama-climate-change-2013-5/

2.   The Case of the Disappearing Dilbit: How Much Oil Was Released in 2010 Pipeline Spill?

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130506/case-disappearing-dilbit-how-much-oil-was-released-2010-pipeline-spill

3.   UK tops global plutonium league

http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/05/british-plutonium-stockpile

4.   How climate scientists are being framed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/planet-oz/2013/may/02/how-climate-scientists-being-framed

5. Governments focus on concrete solutions to build new global climate agreement and drive greater climate action

http://unfccc.int/files/press/releases/application/pdf/20130305_adpclose.pdf

6.   Political will to tackle climate change faces Petersberg Dialogue test

http://www.rtcc.org/political-will-to-tackle-climate-change-faces-petersberg-dialogue-test/

7.   Countries focus on ‘concrete solutions’ to build new UN-backed global climate accord

http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/usa/1087/countries-focus-on-concrete-solutions-to-build-new/

8.   Poland and France co-operating on 2015 climate deal

http://www.rtcc.org/poland-and-france-co-operating-on-2015-climate-deal/

9.   Climate change may bring drought to temperate areas, study says

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nasa-climate-20130504,0,2772152.story

10.                     Hawaii in Climate Change Bullseye

http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/hawaii-climate-change-bulls-eye-130505.htm

11.                     NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. Snowpack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130506161342.htm

12.                     Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Can Cause Lung Inflammation: Substances Are Used in Everything from Paint to Sporting Equipment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130506103308.htm

13.                     As Climate Changes, Boreal Forests to Shift North and Relinquish More Carbon Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130505145935.htm

14.                     Brighter Clouds, Cooler Climate? Organic Vapors Affect Clouds, Leading to Previously Unidentified Climate Cooling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130505145839.htm

15.                     ‘Dark Oxidants’ Form Away from Sunlight in Lake and Ocean Depths, Underground Soils

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130503132951.htm

16.                     Bonn climate talks fail to close China, US divide

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/bonn-climate-talks-fail-to-close-china-us-divide-20130506-2j20a.html#ixzz2Sa04iWtJ

17.                     BREAKING: DECC in ‘crisis’ as resignations build up

http://www.edie.net/news/6/BREAKING–DECC-in–crisis–as-resignations-build-up-/

18.                     The biomass industry should come clean about its environmental impact

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/may/03/biomass-industry-environmental-impact

19.                     Zac Goldsmith on nature: time to make the politicians sit up and listen

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/10032733/Zac-Goldsmith-on-nature-time-to-make-the-politicians-sit-up-and-listen.html

20.                     Climate change will raise the sea level in the Gulf of Finland

http://www.skepticalscience.com/Sea-level-rise-Gulf-of-Fnland_FMI.html

21.                     WMO Annual Climate Statement Confirms 2012 as Among Top Ten Warmest Years

http://www.skepticalscience.com/2012-Among-Top-Ten-Warmest-Years_WMO.html

22.                     Climate vulnerable states call for greater ambition at UN talks

http://www.rtcc.org/climate-vulnerable-states-call-for-greater-ambition-at-un-talks/

23.                     Why you should be angry, and why anger isn’t enough

http://www.rtcc.org/why-you-should-be-angry-and-why-anger-isnt-enough/

24.                     There And Back Again: Talk Focuses On Climate Change

http://news.yahoo.com/back-again-talk-focuses-climate-change-183800532.html;_ylt=AmYiMBL9Y_X3SShrNoxTqpG1qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTQ0ZjVuMTlrBG1pdANUb3BpY3MgQ29sbGVjdGlvbiBKdW1ib3Ryb24EcGtnAzM1NTdiMjMwLWMwYjAtMzBjYi04NTY5LTI3ODUzODUyZDQxZgRwb3MDMQRzZWMDbWVnYXRyb24EdmVyAzc2Y2EzNzIwLWI2N2MtMTFlMi1iZWRjLTA4N2Q2OTI1NjNjNw–;_ylg=X3oDMTJpa2VjNnJhBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDN2IyZWFjYjItZWRmYS0zMTA2LWEzZGMtZWFkM2E4NjM2YjIzBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3

25.                     India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protection: Ansari(Update/Ansari)

http://news.yahoo.com/india-active-international-forums-relating-environmental-protection-ansari-120823603.html;_ylt=At3RR4nJASbZ8vmQgABjH721qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTQwbGZtNjl2BG1pdANUb3BpY3MgQ29sbGVjdGlvbiBMaXN0BHBrZwMyZGY2Yjk3OC1lOTI0LTMwNDctYjBmOC1lNjc5ZmRkZjE2YmQEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDNTE5MzliYjAtYjRiMy0xMWUyLWJlZGEtMDI0MzFhNzkxZTc4;_ylg=X3oDMTJpa2VjNnJhBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDN2IyZWFjYjItZWRmYS0zMTA2LWEzZGMtZWFkM2E4NjM2YjIzBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3

26.                     2012 Was a Cold Year in a Spectacularly Hot Decade

http://news.yahoo.com/2012-cold-spectacularly-hot-decade-210630863.html;_ylt=Akja5buaaBMZ5kQjdUn4sfS1qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTQwYTc0dHBsBG1pdANUb3BpY3MgQ29sbGVjdGlvbiBMaXN0BHBrZwNmODJkODU1Yy1hY2QxLTNjZGYtYWZkZC01ZDY5MGUxMGUxMWEEcG9zAzYEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDOWI4NDk1NDAtYjQzNS0xMWUyLWIwYjctMGI1MGY0N2YxNGY2;_ylg=X3oDMTJpa2VjNnJhBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDN2IyZWFjYjItZWRmYS0zMTA2LWEzZGMtZWFkM2E4NjM2YjIzBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3

27.                     NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes In Global Rainfall

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-study-projects-warming-driven-changes-global-rainfall-141300287.html;_ylt=AgttMN_aSCYanFtpnWFagte1qHQA;_ylu=X3oDMTQwN2MxMXFtBG1pdANUb3BpY3MgQ29sbGVjdGlvbiBMaXN0BHBrZwNmNmUyMTY1Yi03MjcwLTM3ZDEtOTM5OS00ZmIzNjUwMmFlZjAEcG9zAzkEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDMDllN2U4YTAtYjNmYy0xMWUyLWFiZGUtMWZjYjdjYzE1ZmQz;_ylg=X3oDMTJpa2VjNnJhBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDN2IyZWFjYjItZWRmYS0zMTA2LWEzZGMtZWFkM2E4NjM2YjIzBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3

28.                     Politicians Want to Tell Scientists What to Research

http://www.care2.com/causes/politicians-want-to-tell-scientists-what-to-research.html

29.                     Greenhouse Gas to Reach 3-Million-Year High

http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/greenhouse-gas-record-130506.htm

30.                     News

• Delegates Meet in Bonn to Discuss International Climate Agreement for 2015

• Rep. Lee Introduces Congressional Resolution Acknowledging Climate Change Impact on Women

• EPA Revises Fugitive Methane Estimates from Hydraulic Fracturing

• U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Commission Expresses Concern about Falling Water Levels

• Japan Joins Growing Group of Countries Strengthening Limits on HFCs

• Nigerian Security Adviser Blames Civil Unrest on Climate Change

• Extreme Weather Cost U.S. Taxpayers $136 Billion Since 2011

• EPA Program to Reduce Domestic Diesel Emissions Has Been Successful, But Budget Threatened

• California to Use Cap and Trade Revenue on Energy Efficiency and Public Transit Projects

• Environmental Marketing May Dissuade Some from Conserving Energy

• EIA Predicts that Extending Current U.S. Policy Will Keep GHG Emissions Flat through 2040

• 2012 Is Ninth Warmest Year Globally Since 1850

• 2012 Sea Surface Temperatures in Atlantic Ocean Warmest on Record

• Poll: Majority of Americans Say Climate Change Is Affecting U.S. Weather

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