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.enn.com/energy/article/43955\">Nuclear Power - environmental advantages</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Renewable energy and nuclear power increasingly factor into the evolving American energy equation to replace polluting coal. Even some environmentalists acknowledge that nuclear is a viable emissions-free option to dirty coal while renewabl..</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/43949\">Electric Vehicle Market Forecast &mdash; 10 Year Horizon Looks Strong</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">IDTechEx has been tracking developments in the electric vehicle market for the last eleven years by touring the world\'s companies, research institutes and conferences to gain insights into key technology changes and business opportunities 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/business/article/43932\">Kick-Starting the Bio-Based Economy</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Massive, varied, and intricately woven into the fabric of modern industrial society, the global chemical industry was valued at over $4 trillion in 2011, according to Pike Research&rsquo;s Green Chemistry report. The non-pharmaceutical chem..</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/43931\">Energy Poverty Remains a Global Challenge for the Future</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Washington, D.C.&mdash;Despite massive gains in global access to electricity over the last two decades, governments and development organizations must continue to invest in electrification to achieve critical health, environmental, and live..</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/43928\">AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG-Powered Chevrolet Express Vans from General Motors</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">AT&T plans to take delivery of 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas (CNG) dedicated cargo vans to be deployed to AT&T service centers nationwide. It is the largest-ever order of CNG vehicles from General Motors. AT&T, which has an..</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/43927\">NASA Confirms Man\'s role in Global Warming</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A new NASA study confirms the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity - not changes in solar activity - are the primary force driving global warming. The study offers an updated calculation of the Earth\'s energy imbalance, th..</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/43923\">Dam About to Bust on Clean Hydrokinetic Energy</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A company called Verdant Power has won the first ever commercial license for a hydrokinetic tidal power facility in the U.S., and that could be just the first drop in a torrent of more than 100 new hydrokinetic projects that are still in th..</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/43922\">Palm Oil Biodiesel and greenhouse gas emissions</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil-based biodiesel are the highest among major biofuels when the effects of deforestation and peatlands degradation are considered, according to calculations by the European Commission. The emissions esti..</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/43920\">Cooling Lagoons aim to reduce thermal discharges to marine ecosystems, improve efficiency</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Gulf countries that lack freshwater resources rely deeply on seawater desalination to meet their daily needs and cool down thermal generation plants. According to Gulf News, the United Arab Emirates alone uses four trillion litres of Gulf 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.enn.com/wildlife/article/43916\">Why Biodiversity Loss Deserves as Much Attention as Climate Change</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:59 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Biodiversity loss is probably a challenge that is often ignored as climate change looms. Currently the world is losing species at a rate that is 100 to 1000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, further, it is currently seeing 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.enn.com/energy/article/43911\">Nanotechnology Safety Strategies Need Improvement</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">According to a report released by the National Research Council (NRC), human and environmental safeties of nanomaterials remain uncertain despite the spending of billions of dollars in nanotechnology research and development over the past 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/energy/article/43906\">The Green Side of the State of the Union</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Listening to the State of the Union last night, I couldn\'t help but notice that energy has become a hot issue &mdash; it was mentioned far more times than most other issues. I checked later on and saw I wasn&rsquo;t wrong &mdash; energy was..</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/43903\">Energy Conservation in Our Artificial Habitats</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The outside world may be unforgiving, but science and technology has made comfortable artificial environments with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). HVAC has made it possible for us to live almost anywhere on the planet. La..</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/43895\">U.S. CO2 emissions to stay below 2005 levels</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions will be 7 percent lower than their 2005 level of nearly 6 billion metric tons in 2020 as coal\'s share of electricity production continues a steady descent over the next two decades, according to new governm..</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/43890\">Biofuel breakthrough: kelp could power cars</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Scientists have devised a new way to produce ethanol directly from seaweed, offering the potential to generate biofuels that don\'t compete with terrestrial food production and won\'t suck up scarce freshwater, reports a study published today..</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/43887\">Biofuel breakthrough</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Brown seaweed\'s potential as a vast source of biofuels has been highlighted with the announcement that scientists have found a way of converting all its major sugars into ethanol. A team reported in Science today (19 January) that it has 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.enn.com/energy/article/43882\">Is There a Future in Solar Boats?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">One of the highlights of this year\'s World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi was a tour of Planet Solar\'s incredible solar powered yacht &mdash; the Turanor. The largest solar powered boat ever to set sail, the Turanor is on the final leg 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/energy/article/43881\">More Fuel Efficient Cars Spell Less Money For Mass Transit</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Consumer Reports characterized this year&rsquo;s North American International Auto show as \"the rise of the mainstream plug in hybrid,\" foretelling a definite trend that&rsquo;s emerging among automakers: fuel-efficiency is becoming the nam..</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/43880\">Globally, 9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 2000</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The global average temperature last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said on 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/energy/article/43876\">China to Help Saudis With Novel Nuke Power</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">In the wake of a 6-day trip by China\'s Premier Win Jiabao to Saudi Arabia, China and Saudi Arabia have forged an alliance on developing nuclear power. Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with China for assistance in the development of nucl..</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/43874\">Obama administration rejects Keystone</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Obama administration on Wednesday rejected the Keystone crude oil pipeline project, a decision welcomed by environmental groups but blasted by the domestic energy industry. U.S. President Barack Obama said TransCanada\'s application for ..</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/43871\">China Sets Historic Limits on GHG Emissions from Select Regions</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">China is starting to get on board with the international push to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Last week, China\'s authoritarian government ordered five cities and two provinces to institute limits on GHG emissions. These areas will no..</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/43870\">UN launches International Year of Sustainable Energy for All</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">United Nations\' officials [this week] launched the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All with a call on governments, the private sector and civil society to help expand energy access, improve efficiency and increase the use of 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/energy/article/43868\">Japan extends allowed operating life of nuclear reactors</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Japan will allow nuclear reactors to operate for up to 60 years in revised regulations on power plant operators even as it looks to shift gradually away from atomic power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. The move on Wednesday, which m..</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/43867\">Genetically Modified Plants To Resist Intense Drought</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/02/12 02:58 from <a href=\"http://www.enn.com/alternative_energy_d.html\">ENN Alternative Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Israeli agro-biotechnology company, Rosetta Green, has developed a new technology to develop plants that are better able to withstand prolonged periods of severe drought. The company aims to develop new plant varieties resistant to harsh cl..</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/2012/0205-gorilla_permit_rwanda.html\">Price of gorilla permit increases to $750/day</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 22:01 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Mongabay: Rwanda has raised the price of a permit to see mountain gorillas to $750 per day starting June 1, 2012, up from $500. While the price is steep, the program each year raises millions of dollars in revenue for gorilla conservation, ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120205/sc_ac/10930058_sierra_club_received_millions_from_natural_gas_industry\">Sierra Club Received Millions from Natural Gas Industry</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 21:26 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Yahoo!: According to a blog post from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, the environmentalist organization accepted millions of donated dollars from the natural gas industry to fight against coal-fired plants nationwide. Here are..</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/2012/02/05/us-europe-weather-idUSTRE8140IG20120205?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">Europe\'s cold snap claims more victims, travel hit</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 18:17 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week. Hund..</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/2012/02/05/us-russia-fire-nuclear-idUSTRE8140IX20120205?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 18:16 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research center housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about 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.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/uoi-lcd020312.php\">Tanzania: Land-cover changes do not impact glacier loss</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 18:15 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">EurekAlert: The composition of land surface – such as vegetation type and land use – regulates the interaction of radiation, sensible heat and humidity between the land surface and the atmosphere and, thus, influences ground level climate d..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/ps-trm020312.php\">Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 18:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">EurekAlert: Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, accord..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/petergleick/2012/02/05/global-warming-has-stopped-how-to-fool-people-using-cherry-picked-climate-data/\">\"Global Warming Has Stopped\"? How to Fool People Using \"Cherry-Picked\" Climate Data</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 17:45 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Forbes: The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that 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.mydigitalfc.com/op-ed/making-climate-change-appealing-931\">Making climate change appealing</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 17:29 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Financial Chronicle: The famous “Keeling Curve” graph, which shows the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere from 1958 to 2006, had set off alarm bells in the scientific community that continues to ring loudly even ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201202/s3421800.htm\">Expert speaks out on impact of logging in PNG</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:57 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Radio Australia: One of the world\'s leading tropical biologists says clear felling of forests on Papua New Guinea\'s controversial Special Agricultural and Business leases is likely to have profound impact on PNG\'s environment. As you heard ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar-desert-20120205,0,7889582.story\">Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">LA Times: Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the \"power tower\" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket. Clustered nearby are hangar-sized assembly buildings,..</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/philly/news/20120205_A_solar_farm_s_slow_going.html\">United States: A solar farm\'s slow going</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Philadelphia Inquirer: When Bob Keares proposed building Pennsylvania\'s largest solar farm in the heart of Chester County, he expected a warm reception, certainly from environmentalists. With 35,000 panels arrayed on a steep slope in Caln 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.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00005&segmentID=1\">Planes, trains, automobiles; but bicycles?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Living on Earth: The House transportation bill currently on the table cuts bicycling and walking infrastructure. Democrat Congressman Earl Blumenauer is an avid cyclist. He tells host Bruce Gellerman why he believes the bill is an assault 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.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00005&segmentID=2\">New transportation bill proposes big changes</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Living on Earth: Congressman John Mica(FL-R)(in shirt sleeves) chairs the House Transportation Committee.(Courtesy of the House Transportation Committee) The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has proposed a 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.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/05/height_of_wind_turbine_planned_for_moon_island_questioned_by_some_quincy_residents/\">United States: Quincy residents wary of height of wind turbine</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Boston Globe: As Wednesday’s public hearing on the joint Quincy-Boston plan to build a nearly 400-foot wind turbine on Quincy’s Moon Island draws near, some Quincy residents are questioning the value of the project to their city and the cos..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/cutting_carbon_is_one_way_of_creating_jobs_1_4213849\">United Kingdom: Cutting carbon is one way of creating jobs</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Halifax Courier: THE council is ready to endorse an ambitious £366 million scheme to create 450 jobs, slash energy costs and help save the planet. If the Energy Future Strategy works properly, it should pay for itself and slash Calderdale’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.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/ssssscotland-here-we-come.1328411185\">Ssssscotland here we come!</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Scotland Herald: The first firm evidence that the grass snake is now living in the wild north of the Border has been uncovered by a naturalist, upsetting decades of conventional wisdom. It was believed the grass snake, a non-poisonous creat..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h3TaXs_xlQj7LHL_xIsj_b8wB1Lg\">Environment agency becomes crunch issue in Rio talks</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Agence France-Presse: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is emerging as a hot issue in preparations for June\'s Rio conference, styled as a once-in-a-generation chance to restore a sick planet to good health. The US is fighting a proposal, ..</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/lifestyle/report_why-jog-falls-have-been-reduced-to-a-trickle_1646006\">India: Why Jog Falls have been reduced to a trickle</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Daily News and Analysis: \"It should be called Joke Falls, not Jog Falls,\' says a disgusted Yoav Masiach. The 31-year-old Israeli tourist had visited India\'s largest waterfall in the Western Ghats around the same time in the mid 90s and was ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x123147680/Report-Power-plants-pollute?zc_p=0\">United States: Report: Power plants pollute</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">MetroWest Daily News: Power plants throughout eastern Massachusetts are the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change in the state, according to new data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16881107\">VIDEO: Birds\' paradise lost in Kashmir?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 13:31 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BBC: A suitable climate and the easy availability of food make the Hokersar wetland reserve in Indian-administered Kashmir a favourite destination for nearly a million migratory birds every winter. This year, however, heavy snowfall and bel..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/maxwell-t-boykoff-when-did-climate-change-become-clean-energy/article_78e0aaec-6a34-5439-b721-31085e6041a8.html\">When did ‘climate change’ become ‘clean energy’?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 10:58 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Cap Times: What happened to “climate change” and “global warming”? The Earth is still getting hotter, but those terms have nearly disappeared from political vocabulary. Instead, they have been replaced by less charged and more consumer-frie..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/congo-invites-indian-companies-to-invest-in-timber/articleshow/11764843.cms\">Congo invites Indian companies to invest in timber</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 08:49 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Economic Times: Home to one of Africa\'s largest forest expanses, the Republic of Congo wants Indian companies to invest in the timber industry, the second biggest money-spinner after oil in the central African country, says its Forestry and..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://pressrepublican.com/0217_johnson/x1023474076/Invasive-insects-evidence-of-climate-change\">Invasive insects evidence of climate change</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 07:23 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Press Republican: The photo provided is courtesy of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. It shows a coal miner in the early 1900s with a canary in a cage. These birds, preferred over mice, were used to alert underground miners to 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.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/at-37c-the-big-freeze-tightens-its-icy-grip-6432599.html\">United Kingdom: At -37C, the big freeze tightens its icy grip</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 06:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Independent: The coldest night of winter so far left the majority of Britain blanketed in snow as temperatures dropped to -12C. Drivers were warned to take extra care and planes were grounded, including at London Heathrow where one-in-three..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/image-of-the-day-a-crack-in-pine-island-glacier?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%253A+climatecentral%252FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed\">Image of the Day: A Crack Across the Pine Island Glacier</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 05:01 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Climate Central: A massive crack extending for 19 miles across the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica was discovered last October by NASA scientists working in the area. The crack is 260 feet wide, 195 feet deep and will eventually extend al..</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/news/science/science-behind-the-big-freeze-is-climate-change-bringing-the-arctic-to-europe-6358928.html\">Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 03:17 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Independent: The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence. A dramatic loss of sea ice covering ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GreenTrustSustainabilityRenewableEnergy/~3/iksLYuIZuU8/\">The Green Trust Water Purifier in Anguilla</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 02:17 from <a href=\"http://www.green-trust.org\">Green Trust Sustainability &amp; Renewable Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> We just heard from one of our customers in Anguilla (eastern Caribbean) and she included a picture of her Green Trust Berkey Water Purifier. She bought one of our kits and built the unit from the ebook and video we include. You can learn m..</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/2012/02/05/us-europe-weather-idUSTRE8130NK20120205?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 00:55 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome\'s Colosseum with snow for the first time in three decades and disrupting air and rail traffi..</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/vegetarian-diet-would-slash-britains-carbon-footprint-6423173.html\">Vegetarian diet would slash Britain\'s carbon footprint</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">05/02/12 00:17 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Independent: f everyone in the UK went vegetarian or vegan it would have the same environmental benefit as talking half of all cars off the road, according to new research. Scientists have calculated the impact of 61 foods, with fresh meat ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/lifestyle/books/world-risk-without-climate-justice-992\">World at risk without climate justice</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 19:25 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Deccan Chronicle: The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future by Praful Bidwai Orient Blackswan, Rs 750 Praful Bidwai’s book The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future is writ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16889695\">United Kingdom: Anti-fracking demo in Enniskillen</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 18:10 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BBC: About 100 people have gathered in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh. Earlier this week an exploration company said there could be enough gas to guarantee natural g..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2012/02/04/146393720/20-million-years-later-russians-work-to-drill-into-lake?ft=1&f=1025\">20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:25 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">National Public Radio: DAVID GREENE, HOST: Imagine a place on earth where there\'s been no light, no wind for millions of years. Lake Vostok is one such place. The world\'s third largest lake, in terms of amount of water, has long been hidden..</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.com/news/2012/feb/03/global-experts-question-claims-about-jellyfish-pop/\">Global experts question claims about jellyfish populations</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Santa Barbar Independent: Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations - clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power plants - and rec..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/208663-democrats-counter-keystone-oil-pipeline-energy-security-claims\">Democrats counter energy security claims about Keystone pipeline project</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Hill: Democrats this week opened an aggressive front to counter the Republican push to green-light the Keystone XL pipeline, alleging the project will do little to improve U.S. energy security. The move is meant to undercut Republicans’..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x1087083170/New-USDA-map-shows-Holland-as-warmer-than-Grand-Rapids\">United States: New USDA map shows Holland as warmer than Grand Rapids</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Holland Sentinel: De Bruyn Seed store manager Jan Meeuwsen knew it before the government told her: You can grow a redbud tree in Holland, but never in Grand Rapids. The Holland area doesn`t get as cold in the winter as Grand Rapids does, a ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.terradaily.com/reports/EU_climate_chief_sees_unpleasant_talks_ahead_999.html\">EU climate chief sees \'unpleasant\' talks ahead</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Agence France-Presse: EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard acknowledged Friday that \"difficult and unpleasant\" negotiations lay ahead with countries like India and China to agree a global framework to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Hedegaard pl..</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/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html\">Activists fight green projects, seeing U.N. plot</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">New York Times: Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They brand government action for things like expanding public transport..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Wind%20power%20sector%20eager%20deliver%20power%20promise/6100551/story.html\">Canada: Wind power sector eager to deliver on B.C. power promise</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Vancouver Sun: As Christy Clark’s Liberals tie British Columbia’s economic future to an unprecedented natural gas boom, proponents of the province’s renewable energy resources hope for an opportunity to join in. B.C., predisposed to both ma..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.dailypress.com/news/gloucester-county/dp-nws-sea-level-study-20120203,0,6553743.story\">Lawmakers push for sea level rise study in Hampton Roads</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Daily Press: With its low-lying military bases and waterfront houses, Hampton Roads is more vulnerable to sea-level rise than most of the United States. Yet there is no coordinated plan to adapt to waters that, combined with slow-sinking la..</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/2012/02/04/us/texas-drought-forces-town-to-haul-in-water-by-truck.html\">Texas drought forces a town to sip from a truck</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">New York Times: The water that once nourished this central Texas community never traveled far: it came from a fenced-in well at the edge of Lake Travis, down a winding street next to the golf course. These days, the water that flows from ki..</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/9059878/Solar-power-incentives-lose-their-shine.html\">Solar power incentives lose their shine</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 07:31 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Telegraph: The last year hasn\'t been a happy one for the British economy: GDP fell by 0.2 per cent in the final quarter of 2011; unemployment rose to a 17-year high; and government debt recently reached a record £1 trillion. One sector, how..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16580272\">Could drought threaten South Africa\'s rooibos tea?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 06:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BBC: The world has developed a taste for South Africa\'s rooibos tea in recent years, mainly because of its perceived health benefits. Annual exports have quadrupled since 1999 to 8,000 tonnes, proving a rare lifeline for residents of the ha..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/02/03/1\">Can \'gamification\' make your life more sustainable?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 06:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">ClimateWire: A service provider for the green consumer says it is revolutionizing the way people approach sustainability, and the key to that revolution, it says, is games. Recyclebank, a Philadelphia-based startup-turned international serv..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16884061\">Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 03:03 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BBC: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss the future of Canada\'s oil products. The visit comes after the US rejected a pipeline route from Alberta to Texas. Five Cabinet ministers, including the minis..</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/2012/0203-perkebunan_nusantara_iii.html\">Indonesia to create the world\'s largest palm oil and rubber company</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 00:38 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Mongabay: The Indonesian government plans to create a massive plantation firm next month when it will combine the assets of state-owned rubber and palm oil companies, reports Reuters. The new corporation, which will be consolidated under th..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/02/04/island-nations-want-climate-change-world-court-204269\">Island nations want climate change in world court</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 00:07 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Associated Press: Small island nations, whose very existence is threatened by the rising sea levels brought about by global warming, are seeking to take the issue of climate change before the International Court of Justice. Johnson Toribion..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106647\">Fair Trade Going Strong Amid Global Crisis</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">04/02/12 00:06 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Inter Press Service: With a steady growth in production and exports, fair trade in Argentina is proving that socially and environmentally sustainable practices can be much more than a refuge from external crises. \"One of the advantages of f..</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/2012/02/03/us-usa-keystone-bill-idUSTRE81223A20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">House GOP seeks to tie Keystone to highway bill</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 23:41 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Republican lawmakers hope to move one step closer next week to linking a measure approving the controversial Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline to a highway funding bill. The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Commi..</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/2012/02/03/us-usa-fracking-interior-idUSTRE8121ZT20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">U.S. to require disclosure of fracking fluids on public</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 22:43 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: The U.S. government will require natural gas drillers to disclose which chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the Interior Department. President Barack Obama pledged in the ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GreenTrustSustainabilityRenewableEnergy/~3/aZq0dtzRWU4/\">Survival Communications: Ham Radio</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 22:09 from <a href=\"http://www.green-trust.org\">Green Trust Sustainability &amp; Renewable Energy</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Next weekend I\'m off to Columbia SC to get my Ham License. No, this isn\'t permission to eat pork, this is my ticket to broadcast on Ham (Amateur) Radio frequencies. Now what does this have to do with survival? Ham Radio has the ability 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.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-mining-idaho-idUSTRE8121TU20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">Idaho mine understates impact on fish deformities: U.S</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 21:13 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Selenium contamination from a phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho is linked to fish deformities such as two-headed trout, and the problem would worsen if discharge limits were eased, a new government report found. The findings com..</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/2012/02/03/us-usa-keystone-exports-idUSTRE8121TF20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">Bill would block export of Keystone fuels</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 21:03 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Democrats unveiled legislation on Friday that would block export of any oil transported by the Keystone XL pipeline, as they challenged claims that the delayed project would boost U.S. energy security. TransCanada\'s $7 billion Keys..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_oilsands_environment\">Canada, Alberta set up oil sands monitoring</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 20:33 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insuf..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120203-mammals-evolution-body-size-science-elephants-mice/\">Elephants Took 24 Million Generations to Evolve From Mouse-Size</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 20:32 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">National Geographic: Some mammals need roughly 24 million generations to go from mouse-size to elephant-size, a new study says. Using both fossil and living specimens, scientists calculated growth rates for 28 different mammalian groups dur..</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/2012/02/03/us-solarcity-ipo-idUSTRE8112F920120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">SolarCity IPO expected in third quarter: source</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 20:30 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Solar power company SolarCity is expected to debut on U.S. markets in the third quarter this year and has hired Goldman Sachs to underwrite its initial public offering, a source close to the company said on Thursday. The San Mateo,..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146362934/new-usda-map-may-mean-earlier-planting-in-north?ft=1&f=1025\">New USDA Map May Mean Earlier Planting In North</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 20:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">National Public Radio: A new map from the USDA has some northern gardeners hoping to grow plants that used to be considered too fragile for cold weather zones. The hardiness zone chart is about a half zone warmer than the last one issued in..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146362936/arctic-oscilliation-responsible-for-mixed-winter-weather?ft=1&f=1025\">\'Arctic Oscilliation\' Responsible For Mixed Winter Weather</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 20:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">National Public Radio: For snow fans in the contiguous US, this winter has left much to be desired. The warm and mild season in the lower 48 and the wild snow dumps and cold weather up north in Alaska can be blamed largely on a weather patt..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2012/02/02/exclusive-how-the-sierra-club-took-millions-from-the-natural-gas-industry-and-why-they-stopped/\">How the Sierra Club Took Millions From the Natural Gas Industry—and Why They Stopped</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 18:29 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Time: Mainstream environmental groups have struggled to find the right line on shale natural gas and the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process. Gas has a much smaller carbon footprint than coal--according to most scientists--and produces..</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/environment/2012/feb/03/zoos-security-animal-poaching-threat\">Zoos tighten security as threat of animal poaching grows</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 17:17 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Guardian: Opening the door to the animal house, passing a rhino on the way and patting the giraffe inside, Sarah Forsyth points out small white boxes that dot the walls. \"Everywhere you look there\'s a detector or a motion sensor,\" she says,..</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/2012/02/03/us/latest-effect-of-bp-oil-spill-waves-of-cash-for-texas-coast.html\">Latest Effect of BP Oil Spill: Waves of Cash for Texas Coast</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 17:01 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">New York Times: Sand dunes rise above a windy, desolate stretch of beach, miles beyond where most tourists venture. Occasional flocks of brown pelicans are visible, arcing through the sky above the water. “I love watching them fly,” said So..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://e360.yale.edu/digest/sierra_club_accepted_millions_from_natural_gas_industry_report_says/3316/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29\">Sierra Club Accepted Millions from Natural Gas Industry, Report Says</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 17:01 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Yale Environment 360: The Sierra Club, the largest and oldest environmental group in the U.S., accepted more than $25 million from the natural gas industry from 2007 to 2010 while promoting the fuel as a “bridge” to a clean-energy future, a..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/warming-seas-and-corals-a-new-conundrum/\">Warming Seas and Corals: A New Conundrum</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 16:32 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">New York Times: As many readers know, considerable fear surrounds the future of the world`s coral reefs. Catastrophic declines have already occurred in some places, usually as a result of climate change combined with human activity like 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.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article2857871.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy\">Climate change: India for roping in rich to shoulder burden</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 16:15 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Hindu Business Line: The Minister for Environment and Forests, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, made it clear on Friday that India would put pressure on richer nations to shoulder a larger burden of the climate change responsibility at the Rio meet i..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_bi_ge/us_nuclear_power_georgia\">NRC sets vote on approving Ga. nuclear plant</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 16:03 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Associated Press: Federal safety officials will vote Feb. 9 on whether to approve what could become the nation\'s first nuclear plant in a generation. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a hearing on the Atlanta-based Southe..</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/2012/02/03/us-argentina-grains-weather-idUSTRE81211Q20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">World soy supplier Argentina needs wider rains</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 15:05 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: Farm analysts living in Argentina\'s capital city went to sleep on Thursday soothed by the welcome sound of rainstorms, but the showers failed to relieve many of the country\'s drought-hit soy fields. While the streets and wide avenu..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1231410/is_there_a_future_for_carbon_footprint_labelling_in_the_uk.html\">Is there a future for carbon footprint labelling in the UK?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 14:35 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Ecologist: The media frenzy that erupted as Tesco admitted having second-thoughts on carbon footprint labels may have inflicted lasting damage on a once promising sector Back in 2007, when former CEO Terry Leahy promised to bring in carbon ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/kenyan-drought-puts-traditional-weather-forecasters-on-the-defensive\">Kenyan drought puts traditional weather forecasters on the defensive</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 14:33 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">AlertNet: Nomadic communities living off the dry terrain of northern Kenya have relied for generations on the powers of village elders to predict the weather. But the divinations of traditional forecasters were confounded by an unexpectedly..</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/environment/2012/feb/03/india-green-energy-growth\">India records world-beating green energy growth</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 14:17 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Business Green: India\'s transformation into a cleantech powerhouse moved up a gear in 2011 when it racked up investments of $10.3bn in the sector, a growth rate of 52 per cent year on year that dwarfed the rest of the world\'s significant ec..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/the-major-character-flaw-of-society-will-be-our-climate-demise/\">Clear and present dangers not so clear, or present</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Climate Central: Let\'s face it, human beings are not very good at dealing with distant, relatively uncertain threats. Whether we\'re talking about environmental risks, such as climate change, or systemic economic peril, such as the collapse ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/groundhog-day-in-a-year-without-a-winter/\">Groundhog Day in a year without a winter</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 14:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Climate Central: The groundhog Punxsutawney Phil may have seen his shadow today, but the prospect of six more weeks of the mild winter of 2011/12 doesn\'t seem so terrible. In fact, now that we\'re past the typical coldest period of the year,..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Equity-is-bottom-line-on-climate-change-negotiations-India/articleshow/11743023.cms\">Equity is bottom line on climate change negotiations: India</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 13:52 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Economic Times: In the run up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, India today said the principle of \"equity\" for cutting greenhouse gas emissions should be the \"bottom line\" of negotiations on climate change. \"I would like to reiterate one thing. A..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\"><img src=\"http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/bulletred.gif\"></span> <a href=\"http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Indias-stand-to-be-crucial-for-future-climate-deal/articleshow/11742379.cms\">India\'s stand to be crucial for future climate deal</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 13:16 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Times of India: France today said India\'s stand on climate change will be a significant factor to arrive at an agreement in the future and stressed the need to understand specific conditions of countries involved in the issue. \"It is very 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.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/minus-11-as-uk-braces-for-widespread-snow-6348861.html\">Minus 11 as UK braces for widespread snow</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 13:00 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Independent: Britain is lying in wait for widespread snow this weekend after another bitterly cold day in which temperatures in some places struggled to get above freezing. North Dartmoor recorded a temperature of minus 2.6C at midday, whil..</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/environment/2012/feb/03/fossil-fuels-slavery\">Once, men abused slaves. Now we abuse fossil fuels</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 12:31 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Guardian: In 2005, while teaching history at a French university, I was struck by the general disbelief among students that rational and sensitive human beings could ever hold others in bondage. Slavery was so obviously evil that slave-hold..</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/2012/02/03/us-india-eu-airlines-idUSTRE8120NG20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29\">India, EU try to break logjam over airline carbon tax</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">03/02/12 12:09 from <a href=\"http://www.climateark.org/\">Climate Change Newsfeed</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Reuters: The European Union (EU) is willing to consider whether India\'s efforts to reduce carbon emissions could qualify for waivers under an EU law that charges airlines for polluting, the 27-nation bloc\'s climate chief said on Friday. Ind..</span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/YAZPJ20UOS?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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