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Baltimore nears adoption of
climate plan: Hearing, vote set Thursday before city Planning Commission (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore
Sun - B'More Green Blog, 11/28/12)
National
and International News
'Alarming' Year of Extremes as Climate 'Tipping
Point' Looms: UN groups issue stark warnings at climate summit in Doha (By Common Dreams staff,
CommonDreams.org, 11/28/12)
Science under pressure as
pesticide makers face MPs over bee threat: The debate over neonicotinoid
insecticides has reached a crucial point, with MPs grilling chemical firms,
out-of-date rules failing to protect nature and a row over scientific research (Damian Carrington, the [UK]
Guardian, 11/28/12)
BP Suspended By EPA From New
Contracts With Federal Government
(By Josh Lederman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/28/12)
Sea-level
Rise Outpaces Expert Predictions
(By David A. Gabel, Environmental News Network, 11/28/12)
Expiration Of Wind Tax Credit
Kills Jobs, Senators Say
(By Lucia Graves, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 11/28/12)
Mississippi River Levels
Decreasing to Near Record Levels: Could disrupt tourism, commerce (By Common Dreams staff,
CommonDreams.org, 11/28/12)
An open letter to governments and
their negotiators: To really address climate change UNFCCC-COP18 should decide
to leave under the soil more than 2/3 of the fossil reserves (By Bill McKibben, Nnimmo Bassey
and Pablo Solon, 350.org, 11/28/12)
The World Energy Report's
scariest findings: The U.S. may surpass Saudi Arabia as the planet's leading
oil producer -- and the cost could be catastrophic (By Michael Klare,
TomDispatch.com as reported by Salon.com, 11/27/12)
China planning 'huge fracking
industry': Chinese plans to expand fracking for shale gas prompt fears over
local water and international climate impacts (By Jaeah Lee, Mother Jones as reported by The [UK]
Guardian, 11/27/12)
UN: methane released from melting
ice could push climate past tipping point - Doha conference is warned that
climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost (By Fiona Harvey, The [UK]
Guardian, 11/27/12)
Lamar Smith, Global Warming
Skeptic, Set To Chair House Science Committee (By Amanda Terkel, The Huffington Post - Political
Blog, 11/27/12)
Hot and bothered: Global
greenhouse-gas emissions and current trends (Economist.com, 11/26/12)
Conservative Groups Team Up To
Fight Renewable Energy: ‘We're Going To See A Knock-Out, Drag-Out Fight' (By Stephen Lacey,
ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/26/12)
New Scientist Special Report: 7
Reasons Climate Change Is ‘Even Worse Than We Thought' (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org
- Climate Progress Blog, 11/26/12)
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