var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><style type=\"text/css\">P.item { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; line-height: 1.45em }a { color: #04E; }#items { font-size: 13px; }SPAN.description { color: #222; line-height: 1.25em }SPAN.date { color: #888; font-size: 11px; }SPAN.date A { color: #247; }SPAN.grey { color: #888; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; }</style><div id=\"items\"><!-- Items --><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/environment/switch-to-gasfired-power-reduces-summer-emissions-20100321-qo6t.html\">Australia:  Switch to gas-fired power reduces summer emissions</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Sydney Morning Herald: GREENHOUSE gas emissions in NSW fell this summer compared with the previous year, despite higher than usual average temperatures. A report by The Climate Group released yesterday found that emissions from energy use i..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41123\">Where Have the Plastic Bags Gone?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Plastic bags are everywhere. Many years ago the only bags at the grocery store were paper ones. Now you have a choice of paper, plastic or bring your bag. Where have all the bags gone after they are used? Plastic bag and film recycling in t..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41115\">Deal nearing on Senate climate bill</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill, said a top Democratic lawmaker who discussed ideas with industry groups on Wednesday. \"We\'re planning to button up our efforts somewhere I hope ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/business/article/41113\">Are Utilities Ready for Smart Meters?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The rollout of the highly touted Smart Grid ran into another buzz saw this week, this time in Texas, when a hundreds of consumers showed up at a town hall meeting, and the Grand Prairie City Hall, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, complaining ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41112\">New Analysis: 15% Cut in U.S. Carbon Emissions Achievable Through Simple Inexpensive Personal Actions</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">NEW YORK (March 12, 2010) &mdash; New analysis released today at a symposium on \"Climate, Mind and Behavior\" reveals that Americans can reduce U.S. carbon pollution by 15 percent &mdash; or one billion tons of global warming pollution &mdas..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41106\">CO2 at new highs despite economic slowdown</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Levels of the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere have risen to new highs in 2010 despite an economic slowdown in many nations that braked industrial output, data showed on Monday. Carbon dioxide, measured at Norway\'s Zeppelin station on ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41101\">California Caps SF6 Emissions for Utilities</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The California Air Resources Board recently announced that they will begin monitoring and limiting the emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in high-voltage electrical equipment starting in 2011. SF6 is the most potent of all greenhouse ga..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41099\">Wind Turbines might actually add to warming</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A new paper suggests that wind turbines, installed broadly, might actually change the climate themselves just by disrupting the normal flow of the wind: In a paper published online Feb. 22 in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, [the MIT rese..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41097\">Cooling Towers for NY Power Plants?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">New York environmental regulators this week released a plan to protect aquatic life in the state\'s rivers that could cost power generators billions to upgrade their facilities. The plan, which still needs final approval, would affect most o..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41090\">Compact fluorescents - Recycle them?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">An investigation by The Ecologist reveals that three-quarters of London councils giving out wrong advice on the safe disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) The majority of local authorities in London are advising re..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41089\">Natural Gas drilling chemicals a concern</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">President Barack Obama\'s top environmental adviser urged the natural gas industry on Tuesday to disclose the chemicals it uses in drilling, warning that the development of massive U.S. shale gas reserves could be held back otherwise. Joseph..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41087\">Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Because hydrocarbons are now being exploited at a rate 7 times higher than in 2003, the impacts of oil and gas activities need to be scientifically studied. These studies should rigorously identify and measure the effects on biodiversity, i..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41084\">China and India endorse Copenhagen Climate Accord</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States. More than 100 nations have now endorsed the Copen..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/41077\">West Africa mangroves impacted by salt extraction</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks. In Sierra Leone, one of Africa\'s poorest nations sti..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41076\">China to develop new energy source - combustible ice</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">China\'s western Qinghai Province, containing major deposits of the country\'s \"combustible ice,\" will see increased explorations for this emerging clean energy, Provincial Governor Luo Huining said on Saturday. The plateau province plans to ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41075\">The nuclear waste issue must be solved</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Friday that the United States needs to come up with a better system for storing or disposing of radioactive nuclear waste than a planned repository near Las Vegas. \"The president has made it very cle..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41060\">Solar Plane Almost Ready for Record Flight</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In Switzerland, two pioneers are coming closer and closer to a flight around the world powered only by solar energy. It doesn\'t make good business sense, physics sense, or much of any kind of sense, to try to fly an airplane on solar power...</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41056\">BP and Shell face new shareholder revolt over tar sands</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their involvement in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands Shareholders at BP and Shell will get the chance to vote at upcoming AGMs on whether to force oil giants to ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41054\">House members seek to block EPA carbon limits</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Two senior Democrats in the U.S. House filed a resolution to block the Obama administration from regulating greenhouse gases on its own if a climate change bill fails to pass Congress soon. The resolution of disapproval, filed on Thursday, ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41042\">Chile committed to biofuels based on algae </a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">With a public-private investment of $ 31.6 million, Chile will bet this year for research and development of technologies that can produce biofuels from algae. The funds will support three consortia - Desert Bionergy, Biofuels AlgaFuels and..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/41036\">Mongolia mining impacted by bitter winter</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">As Mongolia cowers under the brutal thrall of its worst winter in decades, questions are being asked as to whether the country should end its reliance on nomadic herders and dig deeper into its mineral reserves instead. Some 800 years ago, ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41025\">Wind Energy taking off worldwide</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Global Wind Energy Council, a trade association based in Brussels, estimates that wind power capacity grew by 31 percent worldwide in 2009, with 37.5 additional gigawatts installed, bringing global wind power capacity to 157.9 gigawatts..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/business/article/41017\">Is the Copenhagen Accord already dead?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Less than two months after it was hastily drafted to stave off a fiasco, the Copenhagen Accord on climate change is in a bad way, and some are already saying it has no future. The deal was crafted amid chaos by a small group of countries, ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41015\">Forecast on Climate Change Legislation Cloudy</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The President remains committed to advancing his stalled legislative agenda. Addressing the Democratic National Committee in Washington last Saturday, Obama insisted he is not going to let go of his aspirations for America. \"I\'m not going t..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41014\">What\'s stopping us getting solar power from deserts?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward The logic of the idea would seem obvious ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/business/article/41011\">Richmond Olympic Oval represents green gold for buildings</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:11 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Gold medals are not handed out for architectural design, but the environmentally friendly speed skating arena built for the Vancouver Olympics is being called a winner by the bladed athletes who will compete there this month. The Richmond O..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opposingviews.com%2Fi%2Famazon-rainforest-still-susceptible-to-dieback-from-climate-change&usg=AFQjCNGys2ulyS5L3B0L1eKoTCdRu42XKA\">Amazon Rainforest Still Susceptible to Dieback from Climate Change - Opposing Views</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/03/10 01:05 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> India Talkies Amazon Rainforest Still Susceptible to Dieback from Climate Change Opposing Views In the ongoing onslaught on the science underlying global warming , one recent criticism has focused on the finding that global warming could c..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chieftain.com%2Fopinion%2Feditorials%2Farticle_55af7998-348d-11df-badd-001cc4c03286.html&usg=AFQjCNFQ7nUyMAqIonyGVOGNYC-Pix9YXw\">EPA grabs for global warming power - Pueblo Chieftain</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 23:37 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> EPA grabs for global warming power Pueblo Chieftain The EPA has started developing and issuing global warming regulations under the 1970 Clean Air Act, the first steps toward a sweeping vision of government ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.brunei.fm/2010/03/21/unep-africa-advised-against-coal-power/\">UNEP: Africa advised against coal power</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Afrolnews: As coal power stations are demolished, due to environmental damages, in many countries, they are being offered as a \"cheap energy supply\" for Africa. But specialists warn this will be expensive in the long run, especially as fres..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2010/s2851825.htm\">Australia:  Carbon copy</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ANNE KRUGER, PRESENTER: Hello, I\'m Anne Kruger, welcome to the program. In a week when a couple of Australian research heavyweights got right in behind the science of global warming. The CSIRO and the Bu..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100321/NEWS0107/3210329/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01\">For electric car batteries, Nissan bets on leasing</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Bloomberg News: Lithium-ion batteries are the most expensive part for electric vehicles, at about $1,000 a kilowatt-hour, and most such vehicles will have capacity of about 20 kilowatt-hours, according to General Motors Vice Chairman Robert..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/21/peak-oil-summit\">United Kingdom:  Energy minister will hold summit to calm rising fears over peak oil</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Guardian: Lord Hunt, the energy minister, is to meet industrialists in London tomorrow in a bid to calm mounting fears about the disruption that could follow a sudden shortage of oil supplies. In a significant policy shift, the government h..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2010/03/global-cooling-is-bunk-draft-nasa-study-finds\">Global cooling is bunk, draft NASA study finds</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Daily Climate: Global warming has neither stopped nor slowed in the past decade, according to a draft analysis of temperature data by NASA\'s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. We conclude there has been no reduction in the global warming ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Leading%20climate%20officials%20urge%20progress%20battle%20against%20global%20warming/2708310/story.html\">Leading climate officials urge progress in battle against global warming</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Agence France-Presse: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has listened to and learned from recent criticism, but the threat of global warming is real and must be tackled, the group\'s head said Saturday. Rajendra Pachauri, the emba..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7069741.ece\">Hunt for \'rogue trader\' over recycled carbon credits</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Times (UK): A TINY London trading firm is at the centre of a shadowy chain of international deals involving the carbon market\'s first \"rogue trader\'. A mystery investor made a £1.8m profit last week by selling invalid carbon permits to unwi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_079234447.html\">Climate change, development blamed for rapidly rising number of \'100-year storms\'</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Eagle Tribune: In their worst form, they were known as \"100-year storms\": catastrophes that occurred once a century and caused devastating floods. And yet, in just the past four years, three times the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hamps..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100321/wl_afp/japanenergynuclear\">Japan planning 14 nuclear plants: report</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Agence France-Presse: Resource-poor Japan is planning to build at least 14 nuclear power plants over the next 20 years to reduce its reliance on other countries for its energy needs, a report said Sunday. The world\'s second biggest economy,..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62K0ID20100321?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">Cruise lines hope to sink U.S.-Canada pollution plan</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Cruise companies are balking at a proposal to create a low-emissions buffer zone around the United States and Canada, saying it sets arbitrary boundaries based on faulty science that overstates the health benefits. The proposed Emi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20100318-259491/Drought-drives-monkeys-out-of-forests-into-streets\">Philippines:  Drought drives monkeys out of forests, into streets</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Philippine Daily Inquirer: LACK of food due to drought has forced monkeys to leave their sanctuaries in Barangay New Israel here and take refuge in nearby forested areas. \"It all started when severe heat wilted some crops in the village inc..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7069743.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=3392178\">Solution to a thirsty world: sea water without the salt</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Times (UK): MIDDLE East government officials spent last week in Vienna, discussing oil at a meeting of Opec, the producers\' cartel. In Oman, however, another dwindling resource was top of the agenda. In the coastal town of Al Khaluf, Oman\'s..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/britain-a-breath-of-foul-air-1924790.html\">Britain. A breath of foul air</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Independent (UK): More than 50,000 people are dying prematurely in the UK every year, and thousands more suffer serious illness because of man-made air pollution, according to a parliamentary report published tomorrow. The UK now faces the ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7069938.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=3392178\">Feeble wind farms fail to hit full power</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Times (UK): THE first detailed study of Britain\'s onshore wind farms suggests some treasured landscapes may have been blighted for only small gains in green energy. The analysis reveals that more than 20 wind farms produce less than a fifth..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/03/21/retired_brandeis_professor_brings_clean_power_to_african_villages/\">Retired Brandeis professor brings solar power to African villages</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">New York Times: Where nightfall once meant only darkness in the tiny Tanzanian island of Tumbatu, now there are 200 points of light. And Majuba Mohammed, a high school teacher, is the proud owner of one of them. He is talking excitedly by c..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_climate-change-knocks-at-kashmir-s-doors_1361485\">Climate change knocks at Kashmir\'s doors</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">DNA: The day temperatures in Srinagar hover around 22 to 26 degrees Celsius which is 11 degrees above normal in March. What has baffled the farmers and experts is the huge rainfall deficit in March that could affect the agriculture crops in..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.com%2Fx-9111-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2010m3d21-Global-warming-A-restatement-of-the-real-problem&usg=AFQjCNHZsEVDlmdSc1uX1uv6298mosrc3A\">Global warming: A restatement of the real problem - Examiner.com</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 18:40 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Global warming : A restatement of the real problem Examiner.com While we&#39;re talking about green technology, it might be useful to recapitulate what it is we&#39;re asking green technology to fix. ... Leighton Steward: Great news for ea..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.business-standard.com%2Findia%2Fnews%2Fan-hourdarkness-to-highlignt-global-warming%2F389259%2F&usg=AFQjCNFOexFmgj32n4TOqlCx-FQpO-F_xA\">An hour of darkness to highlignt global warming - Business Standard</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 18:30 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> An hour of darkness to highlignt global warming Business Standard An hour of power cut in the state will record Chhattisgarh&#39;s concern to mitigate the negative impacts of global warming . Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman ... Global Wa..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wral.com%2Fnews%2Fstate%2Fstory%2F7273155%2F&usg=AFQjCNGhifQZzu3Kb8W5YFFi5159n0zl8A\">NC climate change panel\'s end may be temporary - WRAL.com</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 15:33 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Citizen NC climate change panel&#39;s end may be temporary WRAL.com Andrew Brock, R-Davie, a global warming critic, pointed out the panel&#39;s long life in bitterly cold January while asking House Speaker Joe Hackney and Senate ... Top cl..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.aolnews.com/science/article/monarch-butterly-population-has-dropped-drastically/19406875\">Where have all the monarch butterflies gone?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">This year, just 3,800 monarchs showed up to their Santa Cruz, California, wintering grounds- a new low in what has been a steady and precipitous drop-off in population.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100321/article_431801.htm\">Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Beijing residents woke yesterday morning to an orange cloud of dust in the sky as a severe sandstorm that has plagued northwestern China for the past few weeks arrived overnight, packing strong winds and tonnes of sand.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/7488629/WWF-hopes-to-find-60-billion-growing-on-trees.html\">WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A carbon credits scheme would make WWF, the world\'s richest environmental campaigning group, and its partners much richer &#8211; with no lowering of overall CO2 emissions.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7069938.ece\">Feeble wind farms fail to hit full power.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The first detailed study of Britain\'s onshore wind farms suggests some treasured landscapes may have been blighted for only small gains in green energy.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/21-42/The-Chesapeake-Bay-at-a-crossroads.html\">The Chesapeake Bay at a crossroads.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">For decades government officials and environmental activists have attempted to restore the Chesapeake Bay\'s water quality to healthy levels. But the road to restoration is littered with broken promises and failed efforts.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_14713067\">Hayward leaders hear methods of shoreline defense.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Bay isn\'t lapping over Hayward\'s landfills yet, but city officials heard a presentation on what their options will be in coming years if climate change calculations are correct and the lowlands face the reality of going underwater.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/asthma-linked-to-particles-in-air-pollution-20100321-qo6m.html\">Asthma linked to particles in air pollution.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">As many as one in 25 children admitted to hospital for asthma may be there as a direct result of inhaled particles from air pollution, government scientists have found in the most detailed Australian research to date.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/asthma-linked-to-particles-in-air-pollution-20100321-qo6m.html\">Asthma linked to particles in air pollution.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">As many as one in 25 children admitted to hospital for asthma may be there as a direct result of inhaled particles from air pollution, government scientists have found in the most detailed Australian research to date on how air quality affe..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/100311/asia-nuclear-power\">Asia\'s nuclear dilemma.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Nuclear power has long been opposed on safety, environmental, security and business grounds. But Asian governments are saying they can\'t fight global warming without more of it.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.wickedlocal.com/quincy/news/x1526474364/Torrent-of-rain-washed-sewage-into-sea\">Torrent of rain exposed sewage system\'s limits.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The sewage bypass &#8211; the plant\'s first since an electrical failure in 2005 &#8211; exposed limitations of the 12-year- old, $115 million facility, built in 1998, as well as vast flaws in an aging network of under ground sewer lines tha..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100321/OPINION01/3210307/1014/OPINION/Too-soon-to-roll-out-the-artillery-over-Otter-Creek-coal\">Too soon to roll out the artillery over Otter Creek coal.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Alarm over the state\'s acceptance of an $86 million bid for rights to mine coal on state land in the Otter Creek drainage is premature.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_14721081\">Global warming law is no job killer.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">There are many reasons for California\'s high unemployment rate, but AB32 isn\'t one of them. In fact, it\'s more likely the law has created jobs.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14719378\">Climate change debate now a one-man show.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">When lawmakers began touting Lord Christopher Monckton\'s visit to Utah a few months ago, the idea was to have a freewheeling debate on climate-change science.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.theage.com.au/environment/living-in-defiance-of-a-drying-climate-20100319-qm8v.html\">Living in defiance of a drying climate.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Vowing to return Victoria to its \"garden state\" glory, Premier John Brumby promised that Melbourne\'s parks and gardens would never again suffer the thirst and neglect they have endured over the past three years.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/21/impending-global-warming-a-welcome-relief/\">Impending global warming a welcome relief.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Regardless, does anyone really think pollution is a good thing? Of course not. What we\'re arguing about is the cost of controlling it. That\'s why I\'m intrigued by cap and trade.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Organizers%20hope%20billion%20will%20participate%20Earth%20Hour/2707033/story.html\">Organizers hope one billion will participate in Earth Hour.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Organizers hope that through their participation, Canadians and others around the world learn that it\'s possible to make a positive difference for the environment.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2010/03/21/the_case_for_mandatory_composting/\">The case for mandatory composting.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Scattered households with compost heaps won\'t make a dent in this problem. But local governments can, and should.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.sbsun.com/pointofview/ci_14720039\">A solution California can\'t afford.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The AB 32 global warming tax won\'t save the earth from catastrophic global warming, but it will have a catastrophic effect on California\'s economy. It\'s time we put the brakes on these regulations, before they bring our economy to a complet..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.sbsun.com/pointofview/ci_14720014\">Clean energy will improve our economy.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Clean energy creates jobs; and lots of them. Energy efficiency saves money; and a lot of it.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.france24.com/en/20100321-lebanons-liquid-treasure-just-trickling-away\">Lebanon\'s liquid treasure is just trickling away.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Experts warn that unless Lebanon takes proper measures to protect its precious water resources, little will be left. \"If you take into account population increase and climate change, we have enough water to last us another four years, until..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6922727.html\">We clean our solid and liquid wastes. Why not our air?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In the grander scheme of things, climate change is not the issue. Climate has always changed and always will. There\'s a more urgent concern that should grab every one of us by the throat and cause us to rethink what we\'re doing. It\'s what w..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/21/inventor-finds-right-spin-on-turbine/\">Inventor finds right spin on turbine.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A Memphis man with curiosity and a high school degree has invented a machine for harvesting the power of ocean currents.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Going%20green%20locally%20before%20acting%20globally/2707979/story.html\">Going green locally before acting globally.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">This Green Canada agenda would stand apart from the broader debate on climate change and global warming, although it would not be aloof from that debate. The focus would be on conservation, on the environmental trinity of reduce, reuse and ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/20100321_The_American_Debate__Despite_Obama_s_push__nuclear_era_not_on_the_horizon.html\">The American Debate: Despite Obama\'s push, nuclear era not on the horizon.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">So don\'t assume that a new nuclear era is at hand; the politics remain daunting. Barring a small miracle, the nuclear option remains unacceptably risky and expensive.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7070109.ece\">Beijing turned orange as sandstorm sweeps in.</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?sm=fr13%3Bcurrentissues15%3B5Climate_change14%3BClimate+change\">Environmental Health News</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Tons of sand turned Beijing\'s sky orange as the strongest sandstorm this year hit northern China &#8211; a gritty reminder that the country\'s expanding deserts have led to a sharp increase in the storms.</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.favstocks.com%2Fglobal-warming-effects-10-startling-facts-from-2009%2F215541%2F&usg=AFQjCNFsqVH1TBNZqm9AvVA3VroUqUp32w\">Global Warming Effects: 10 Startling Facts from 2009 - FavStocks (blog)</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 09:25 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Global Warming Effects: 10 Startling Facts from 2009 FavStocks (blog) These are just the 10 most startling global warming facts we learned in 2009. Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are higher today than at any time ... </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetowntalk.com%2Farticle%2F20100321%2FOPINION%2F3210313&usg=AFQjCNEEVKFHzuEOyTAhQY-6FusTqvDX7Q\">Guest commentary: Global warming one big snow job - Alexandria Town Talk</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 07:49 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Guest commentary: Global warming one big snow job Alexandria Town Talk The East Anglia University \"Climategate\" scandal should have been the death knell for anthropogenic (a $20 lawyer word for man-made) global warming . ... and more&nbsp;..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailybreeze.com%2Fopinions%2Fci_14721081&usg=AFQjCNG8oCMrvDKvPNxPzQd73Wx0fRwnhA\">Global warming law is no job killer - Daily Breeze</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 05:38 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Global warming law is no job killer Daily Breeze The statements Poizner made Monday about AB 32, California&#39;s global warming law, were alarmingly ill-informed. If he believes what he said, then he doesn&#39;t ... and more&nbsp;&raquo; </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knoxnews.com%2Fnews%2F2010%2Fmar%2F21%2Fimpending-global-warming-a-welcome-relief%2F&usg=AFQjCNEkUSdfmettq6hnGI2c74qNV1uAEw\">McElroy: Impending global warming a welcome relief - Knoxville News Sentinel</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">21/03/10 04:33 from <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHAQoItAJJSBto&amp;q=%22global+warming%22\">global warming - Google News </a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> McElroy: Impending global warming a welcome relief Knoxville News Sentinel If ever there was an argument against global warming it was made this past winter, right? The \"Climategate\" scandal broke. ... and more&nbsp;&raquo; </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article7068423.ece\">Tories plan new carbon tax to boost clean energy</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Times (UK): Britain\'s nuclear energy industry received a boost yesterday when David Cameron pledged that a Conservative government would raise a carbon tax on coal and gas-fired power stations. Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/7490407/Vincent-de-Rivaz-says-UK-must-change-its-energy-landscape.html\">Vincent de Rivaz says UK must change its energy landscape</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Telegraph: Amid the uncertainty of Britain\'s emergence from recession, the pending general election and what he calls the \"post-Copenhagen blues\", Vincent de Rivaz is determined to be a Frenchman on a mission. \"I\'ve always been a man of act..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100320/ap_on_bi_ge/us_geothermal_town\">Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Associated Press: When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It\'s the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others. A combinati..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.theage.com.au/environment/lights-out-spreads-across-the-globe-20100319-qm97.html\">Lights out spreads across the globe</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Age: THEY range from the vulnerable, such as low-lying Bangladesh, to the vast, such as the US; from the familiar - England, New Zealand - to the more obscure, such as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Many of the participan..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/mar/20/sandstorms-beijing-china-drought\">Sandstorms sweep into Beijing</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Guardian</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0320-hance_socialmedia.html\">A new world?: Social media protest against Nestle may have longstanding ramifications</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Mongabay: Protest could change the palm oil industry and wake the world up to the power of \'social media\'. The online protest over Nestle\'s use of palm oil linked to deforestation in Indonesia continues unabated over the weekend. One only n..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/21/budget-darling-green-fund\">United Kingdom:  Budget 2010: Darling to launch £1bn green infrastructure fund</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Guardian: Alistair Darling will this week announce a £1bn fund to kick-start investment in green transport and energy projects as part of a \"budget for growth\". With Wednesday\'s budget coming weeks before an expected general election, the c..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNation.htm?f=2010/march/20/nation2.isx&d=2010/march/20\">Philippines:  Drought destroys P8.4b worth of crops</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Manila Standard Today: THE damage wrought by El Niño to crops amounted to P8.4 billion, Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla said Friday. Verified reports showed standing corn crops sustained most of the damage, he told reporters at the ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/20/customary-laws-protect-forest-better-govt-does-study.html\">Indonesia:  Customary laws protect forest better than govt does: Study</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Jakarta Post: Research shows customary laws that were implemented by a number of local communities were far more effective than government policies to preserve forest in efforts to deal with climate change. For local communities, obliging t..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/energy/story.html?id=2703351\">Canada:  Shell defends its operations in oil sands</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Financial Post: Royal Dutch Shell PLC, under pressure from a small group of shareholders, has responded to critics\' concerns with a report detailing its activity in Alberta\'s oil sands. Royal Dutch Shell PLC, under pressure from a small gro..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/19/90740/too-early-to-judge-effectiveness.html\">United States:  Too early to judge effectiveness of fish-saving plans, scientists say</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">McClatchy Newspapers: Neutral scientists said Friday that it\'s too soon to judge the effectiveness of ambitious plans to save fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. While calling the controversial water diversions \"scientifically justifi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62J11P20100320\">Egypt to host Dutch solar materials plant</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Egypt is to host a factory producing raw materials and gas used to generate solar energy, with $460 million of investments in total, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday. Egypt is giving priority to boosting its renewable en..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/oilsands+impacts+notjust+image/2705616/story.html\">Canada:  Fix oilsands impacts, not just image</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Calgary Herald: There are no toxic tailings lakes, dead ducks, heavy-hauler trucks or strip mines visible from space: there\'s none of that associated with in situ oilsands development. So, as industry tells us, in situ oilsands development ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.countercurrents.org/hedges190310.htm\">Zero Point Of Systemic Collapse</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">20/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Counter Currents: Aleksandr Herzen, speaking a century ago to a group of anarchists about how to overthrow the czar, reminded his listeners that it was not their job to save a dying system but to replace it: \"We think we are the doctors. We..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/19/19greenwire-states-take-sides-in-greenhouse-gas-endangerme-29019.html\">States take sides in greenhouse gas \'endangerment\' brawl</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Greenwire: States took their places in the trenches this week as they joined the court fight either for or against U.S. EPA\'s \"endangerment\" finding for greenhouse gases. Sixteen states asked a federal appeals court this week to become part..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/03/19/Study-Climate-stress-killed-dinosaurs/UPI-49171269025560/\">Study: Climate stress killed dinosaurs</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">United Press International: Severe climate change, and not a meteorite, was the main reason behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and other species 65 million years ago, a new study concludes. Conducted by scientists from Germany, Swi..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Wildlife/2010/0319/Conference-rejects-protection-for-polar-bears\">Canada:  Conference rejects protection for polar bears</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Christian Science Monitor: A US-led plan to stop international trophy hunting of the polar bear and a flourishing trade in polar bear parts was defeated Thursday at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (C..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/562481/?sc=rsln\">Researchers Present Study on How Global Climate Change Affects Violence</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Newswise: If global warming is a scientific fact, then you better be prepared for the earth to become a more violent place. That\'s because new Iowa State University research shows that as the earth\'s average temperature rises, so too does h..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8572362.stm\">United Kingdom:  Aberdeen university to assess electric motoring market</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BBC: The potential market for electric vehicles is to be examined by experts from the University of Aberdeen. The UK is on the verge of a major push to become a leading player in the development of electric motoring. Funding from the Energy..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/562461/?sc=rssn\">Cup Plant Is Potential New Biomass/Carbon Storage Crop</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Newswise: South Dakota State University research is exploring a native perennial called cup plant as a potential new biomass crop that could also store carbon in its extensive root system and add biodiversity to biomass plantings. Researche..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62I2GR20100319\">Sale of used carbon offsets unlikely to hit prices</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Trade in \"recycled\" carbon credits, which companies have already used to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, is unlikely to become widespread enough to hit prices, analysts said on Friday. Hungary last week carried out the first..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.physorg.com/news188220613.html\">Explained: Climate sensitivity</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Physorg: Climate sensitivity is the term used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to express the relationship between the human-caused emissions that add to the Earth\'s greenhouse effect -- carbon dioxide and a variety o..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/lisa-murkowski-climate-change-double-agent\">United States:  Lisa Murkowski: Climate change double agent</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">19/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Mother Jones: Lisa Murkowski is the rare Republican senator who not only acknowledges that global warming exists but says she wants to do something about it. She likes to point out that her home state of Alaska is \"ground zero for climate c..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/18/90666/new-protections-denied-for-polar.html\">New protections denied for polar bears, bluefin tuna</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">18/03/10 19:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">McClatchy Newspapers: A U.N. organization that regulates wildlife trade voted Thursday against bans on hunting polar bears threatened by shrinking Arctic ice and on fishing for the Atlantic bluefin tuna, a species that can grow to nearly 1,..</span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\">Powered by Feed Informer</a></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://208.88.226.83/log_e.php?id=YAZPJ20UOS&amp;r=0.596849140183448\"></script>";
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