Environment – Mar 30

Gordon Brown and the carbon cop-out /
Wired interviews Elizabeth Kolbert /
Books, films and a slick ad campaign make global warming the topic du jour /
Was confusion over global warming a con job? /
In the world’s slums, the worst of poverty and environmental degradation collide

Environment – Mar 17

Northern ozone pollution spurs Arctic warming: NASA /
Evidence of the warming West is everywhere /
States calculate global warming pricetag /
Mike Davis: “Planet of Slums” /
Ice retreats in Arctic for 2nd year; will it vanish? /
Elizabeth’s Kolbert’s book on climate change /
Will climate change worsen infectious diseases? /
CU-Boulder’s Roger Pielke on the rising cost of natural disasters

Environment – Mar 15

Burst oil pipeline causes ‘catastrophe’ in Alaska /
UK: New suburbia is an environmental cul-de-sac /
U.S. about to become net food importer /
Is America facing yet another dust bowl? /
Climate change ‘irreversible’ as Arctic sea ice fails to re-form /
Even Bush’s business allies have seen the light on global warming, but he’s dug in /
UN report: 2004 set record for carbon dioxide