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And the global chronicle of our circumstance continues...(most recent notable stories at 'top' of list - approximately.)

 
"'Doomsday Clock' adjusted," BBC News Online, (17 January 2007).
"US gripped by harsh winter," BBC News Online, (17 January 2007).
"Deadly storms hit Scandinavia," BBC News Online, (15 January 2007).
Deadly Winter Weather," CBS News Online, (15 January 2007).
"Ryanair in CO2 emission claim," BBC News Online, (14 January 2007).
Wind Chills In California," CBS News Online, (13 January 2007).
"EU plans 'industrial revolution'," BBC News Online, (10 January 2007, 14:48 GMT Wednesday).
"EU plans 'climate revolution'," BBC News Online, (10 January 2007).
"EU makes energy/climate plans," BBC News Online, (10 January 2007).
"2006: Warmest Year On Record," CBS News Online, (9 January 2007).
"Winter Wonderland," NPR - WBUR - On Point, (9 January 2007).
"Heavy rains devastate Brazil," BBC News Online, (9 January 2007).
"Wildfire sweeps through Malibu," BBC News Online, (9 January 2007).
"Global Warming Heat Wave? January Temps Hit Record Highs Across Northeast," Democracy Now, (8 January 2007).
"New York's unseasonal winter," BBC News Online, (6 January 2007).
"Airlines attacked on climate," BBC News Online, (6 January 2007).
"Wild Weather 101," CBS News Online, (5 January 2007).
"Polar bears could get US help," BBC News Online, (27 December 2006).
BBC - Directory to "Planet Under Pressure" Report Series
"Climate change in 2006," BBC News Online, (26 December 2006).
"Arctic ice 'faces rapid melt'," BBC News Online, (12 December 2006).
"Arctic sea ice 'faces rapid melt'," BBC News Online, (12 December 2006 04:47 GMT).
"Climate Change and the Supreme Court," NPR - Talk of the Nation - Science Friday, (1 December 2006).
"EU rejects carbon plans," BBC News Online, (30 November 2006).
"Seas around UK 'warming'," BBC News Online, (30 November 2006).
"EU outlines new carbon permits," BBC News Online, (29 November 2006, 00:53 GMT Wednesday).
"EU sets new carbon limits," BBC News Online, (29 November 2006).
"High Court Hears Its First Global Warming Case," NPR - All Things Considered, (29 November 2006).
"Court To Review Emissions Case," CBS News Online, (29 November 2006).
"High Court to Hear Greenhouse-Gas Case," NPR - Morning Edition, (29 November 2006).
"On the Massachusetts v. EPA sidelines," American Public Media - Marketplace Radio, (28 November 2006).
"The Denial Machine," CBC - TV, (15 November 2006).
COP - Nairobi, Kenya - Final Summary Report, BBC Newshour, (17 November 2006).
"New climate adaptation fund," BBC News Online, (18 November 2006).
"Annan chides climate inaction," BBC News Online, (15 November 2006).
"Global Warming, Decline in Fish Stock Could Damage World Economy," PBS - Newshour Online, (6 November 2006).
"25,000 Protest Against Climate Change in London," Democracy Now (6 November 2006).
"Africa focus for climate summit," BBC News Online, (5 November 2006, 20:33 GMT Sunday).
"Global Warming, Decline in Fish Stock Could Damage World Economy," PBS - Newshour Online, (6 November 2006)..
"Analysis: Global Warming," BBC News - Analysis, (1 November 2006).
"Britain Sounds Global Warming Alarm," NPR - WBUR - On Point, (31 October 2006).
Lyse Doucet with interviewed guests on Stern Report, excerpt from BBC - Newshour, 2000 GMT, 30 October 2006.
Robin Lustig, Sir Nicholas Stern, and Richard Black, excerpt from BBC - Newshour, 1300 GMT, 30 October 2006.
Tony Blair - Climate Change and World Economy, NPR - News Headlines, 12:00noon, 30 October 2006.
"The Stern Report," BBC News Online, (30 October 2006).
"PM Blair On Global Warming," CBS News Online, (30 October 2006).
"Sir Nicholas Stern delivers report," BBC News Online, (30 October 2006)
"Climate change warning," BBC News Online, (30 October 2006).
News on Stern Report, excerpt from BBC - The World Today, 0600 GMT, 30 October 2006.
"Miliband's 'green tax plan'," BBC News Online, (29 October 2006).
"Expert warns on Africa climate," BBC News Online, (29 October 2006).
"Africa climate change warning," BBC News Online, (29 October 2006).
"World's resources running out," BBC News Online, (24 October 2006).
"UK plans law on climate change," BBC News Online, (15 October 2006).
"EU states face climate charges," BBC News Online, (14 October 2006).
NASA - 27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta
"Top 20 polluters meet," BBC News Online, (3 October 2006).
"Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez on Global Warming," Democracy Now, (28 September 2006).
Senator Jim Inhofe on the Senate Floor - Speaking on Climate Issues, The United States Senate, (25 September 2006)..
"Bush fires strike near Sydney," BBC News Online, (25 September 2006).
"Bush fires strike near Sydney," BBC News Online, (25 September 2006).
"'2,000 missing' in Bangladesh," BBC News Online, (25 September 2006).
Climate Change Action Needed, Liberal Democrats - Britain.
"Exxon Mobil Disinformation," Democracy Now, (25 September 2006).
"State sues car firms on climate," BBC News Online, (20 September 2006, 21:10 GMT 22:10 UK Wednesday).
"Sea levels continue to rise," BBC News Online, (19 September 2006).
Al Gore "Solving the Climate Crisis," New York University, (18 September 2006).
"Gore Calls for Immediate Freeze on Heat-Trapping Gas Emissions," The New York Times, (19 September 2006).
"The Return Of El Nino," CBS News Online, (18 September 2006).
"'Alarming' Ice Melting Trend," CBS News Online, (14 September 2006).
"Bangladesh Floods - Who is to Pay for Global Warming," BBC News Online, (13 September 2006 20:00 GMT).
"UK carbon emissions warning," BBC News Online, (14 September 2006).
"Thames plans huge reservoir," BBC News Online, (14 September 2006).
"New El Nino sparks weather fears," BBC News Online, (14 September 2006, 10:50 GMT 11:50 UK Thursday)
"Fresh fears on global warming," BBC News Online, (12 September 2006).
"Making the Case for Nuclear Power," The New York Times, (12 September 2006).
"Al Gore on global warming," BBC Breakfast, (9 September 2006).
Jerry M. Melillo Changes in the Land, MIT World (18 May 2006).
ABC World News Tonight report on Climate Change, 10 April 2006.
Richard A. Rosen, Tellus Institute - "'The Threat to the Planet': An Exchange," New York Review of Books, (forthcoming, September).
British Government - Climate Information, 5 August 2006
Peter Frumhoff, "Global Warming," WGBH, (3 October 2005).
Daniel Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council.
David Doniger, policy director for the NRDC's climate center, Montreal, 9 December 2005
ClimateFuture.Org video interview segments.
Shout About Climate Change, Friends of the Earth, England
Al Gore on Global Warming at the Guardian Hay on Wye Festival
Jonathan Amos, "Deep ice tells long climate story," BBC News Online, (4 September 2006, 22:27 GMT 23:27 UK Monday).
"Focus on climate adaptation urged," BBC News Online, (4 September 2006, 10:53 GMT 11:53 UK Monday).
"Top scientist's fears for climate," BBC News Online, (31 August 2006).
Hydrogen Powered Cars - a news clip, Fox News, (16 May 2006).
"The Big Ask," Friends of the Earth, (15 August 2006).
"Greenland’s Melting Ice Caps," BBC Science in Action, (11 August 2006).
"Chinese typhoon kills dozens," BBC News Online, (11 August 2006).
"Oil in An Insecure World," NPR - WBUR - On Point, (8 August 2006)..
John Ehrenfeld, "Beyond Sustainability: Why an All-Consuming Campaign to Reduce Unsustainability Fails," ChangeThis.Com (3 August 2006).
Burrying CO2 in Sea Sediments, BBC 1300 Newshour Report - 8 August 2006
"Sea-bed plan to store carbon," BBC News Online, (8 August 2006, 11:35 GMT 12:35 UK Tuesday).
Steve Bradt, "Deep-sea sediments could safely store man-made carbon dioxide," EurekAlert, (7 August 2006).
"What hurricane season?" CNN News Online, (7 August 2006)
Bob Herbert, "Op-Ed Columnist: Hot Enough Yet?," The New York Times, (3 August 2006).
Lord Rees, "Top scientist attacks G8 leaders," BBC News Online, (4 August 2006).
Ereaut. Gill and Nat Segnit
  Report: "Warm Words: How are we telling the climate story and can we tell it better?," Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), (3 August 2006).
  p. 28 "Inevitably, these conclusions lead us to treat climate-change communications in the same way as brand communications: we have to approach positive climate behaviours in the same way as marketers approach acts of buying and consuming. This is the relevant context for climate change communications in the UK today – not the increasingly residual models of public service or campaigning communications. It amounts to treating climate-friendly everyday activity as a brand that can be sold. This is not necessarily a familiar or comfortable proposition for those engaged in campaigning or public sector work, but it is, we believe, the route to mass behaviour change."
Richard Black, "Media attacked for 'climate porn'," BBC News Online, (2 August 2006, 23:59 GMT 00:59 UK Wednesday).
"Thousands Flee Texas Homes," CBS News Online, (4 August 2006).
"Coping With The Heat," CBS News Online, (2 August 2006).
"Clinton's Global Warming Fight," CBS News Online, (2 August 2006).
Adam Easton, "Rain eases Poland drought," BBC News Online, (2 August 2006).
"What's Causing The Heat Wave?," CBS News Online, (1 August 2006).
"Americans Face Miserable Heat," CBS News Online, (1 August 2006).
Tony Blair and Arnold Schwarzenegger, "California and UK climate pact," BBC News Online, (1 August 2006).
John Heilprin, "UK, Calif. to strike global warming deal," ContraCosta Times - AP, (31 July 2006).
"Cashing in on the Oil Thing," NPR - Living on Earth, (28 July 2006).
"Rewriting The Science," CBS - 60 Minutes, (30 July 2006).
"Rewriting The Science Preview," CBS News - 60 Minutes, (30 July 2006).
Nicholas D. Kristof, "Another Small Step for Earth," The New York Times, (30 July 2006).
Jeff Goodell, "Capital Pollution Solution?," The New York Times - Magazine, (30 July 2006).
"Hot weather impact on farmers," BBC News Online, (29 July 2006).
Katherine Ellison, "It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Stupidity," The New York Times, (29 July 2006).
"Deaths mount amid California heat," BBC News Online, (28 July 2006, 09:20 GMT 10:20 UK Friday).
"Blackouts as US temperatures soar," BBC News Online, (25 July 2006).
"Four more killed in Japan floods," BBC News Online, (23 July 2006).
"Insuring for a Hurricane," NPR - Living on Earth, (21 July 2006).
"Coastal Real Estate," NPR - Living on Earth, (21 July 2006).
Investment Implications of Abrupt Climatic Change, (Toronto, Canada, Sprott Asset Management, July 2007)..
"Feeling The Heat," CBS News Online, (18 July 2006).
Elizabeth Farrelly, "Eyes wide shut on the issue of the century," The Sydney Morning Herald, (19 July 2006).
The Prince of Wales and Jonathan Porrit - BBC Today - Radio 4 - 13 July 2006
David Shukman
 

"Amazon faces drought threat," BBC News Online, (17 July 2006).

Anthony Leroy Westerling
 

Interview with Anthony Westerling on Forest Fires, Science Magazine Podcast, 7 July 2006.

CBS News Online
 

"Oil Prices Hit Record High," CBS News Online, (13 July 2006).

Former President Clinton interviewed by James Fallows
 

[... never had a security briefing on 'peak oil' as a security problem...] "In addition to climate change, we have a very short time to turn this thing around.... We need to get on this and stay with it..."
Aspen Ideas Festival, 7 July 2006. Rebroadcast, 11 July 2006.

CNN News
 

"Global warming's impact on wine," CNN News Online, (12 July 2006).

CNN News
 

"Wildfires and climate," CNN News Online, (12 July 2006).

Amanda Congdon
 

"Amanda Congdon - Young Republican" YouTube, 12 July 2006.

Roger Harrabin
 

"A people dependent on coral," BBC - From Our Own Correspondant, (8 July 2006, 11:44 GMT 12:44 UK Saturday).

On Point
 

"China Romances the Automobile," NPR - WBUR - On Point, (6 July 2006).

   

 

Climate Change Headlines

 

   
 
James Lovelock
 

"Viewpoint: The illness in Planet Earth," BBC News Online - The Green Room, (6 July 2006, 20:04 GMT 21:04 UK Thursday).

BBC News Online
 

"Climate panel: The verdict," BBC News Online, (Thursday, 6 July 2006, 03:53 GMT 04:53 UK).

James Lovelock and Ed Stourton
 

"Reaction from Dr James Lovelock," BBC News Online, (6 July 2006).

James Lovelock and Panel of Experts
 

"Climate change 'real and severe'," BBC News Online, (6 July 2006).

James Lovelock
 

"'Climate crisis' debate opinions," BBC News Online, (4 July 2006, 12:53 GMT 13:53 UK Tuesday). [Lovelock speaks about the origins of his new book: The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity ]

 

CLIMATE CHANGE PANEL:

Today brought together a panel of top scientists to grill Dr James Lovelock about his controversial book "The Revenge Of Gaia" and to discuss their thinking on climate change. The discussions were moderated by BBC Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin and chaired by Professor Brian Hoskins of the Royal Society. You can listen to the entire proceedings by clicking on the links for the various chapters below.

First Session:
1) James Lovelock: how I came to write this book: LISTEN
2) Panellists introduce themselves: LISTEN
3) The panel's initial impressions of the book: LISTEN
4) Opening discussions: LISTEN
5) Will global warming kill ocean life?: LISTEN
6) Is aerosol pollution saving us from the worst?: LISTEN

Second Session:
7) Dr Lovelock explains how Gaia theory informs his predictions: LISTEN
8) Will things get as bad, as fast, as Dr Lovelock predicts?: LISTEN
9) Nuclear: LISTEN
10) Wind power - a lot of hot air?: LISTEN
11) Will Dr Lovelock's predictions inspire drive readers to action or despair?: LISTEN
12) Roger Harrabin delivers the panel's verdicts: LISTEN
Read how the panel voted on our questions about James Lovelock and climate change
13) Dr Lovelock responds: LISTEN

BBC News Online
 

"'Climate crisis' debate opinions," BBC News Online, (4 July 2006, 12:53 GMT 13:53 UK Tuesday).

Philip M. Boffey
 

"The Evidence for Global Warming," The New York Times, (4 July 2006).

The New York Times
  "Letters in reaction to original article: 'How to Cool a Planet (Maybe)'," The New York Times, (4 July 2006).
William J. Broad
  "The Energy Challenge | Exotic Visions: How to Cool a Planet (Maybe)," The New York Times, (27 June 2006).
NPR News
 

"Flooding in Bombay," NPR News, 3 July 2006 - 10:00AM.

Catherine Owen
 

"Long-haul birds 'returning early'," BBC News Online, (2 July 2006, 15:06 GMT 16:06 UK Sunday).

Panos Institute
 

Whatever the Weather: media attitudes to reporting climate change, (London, Panos Institute, 30 June 2006).

BBC - Science in Action
 

"Global Warming and Falling Crop Yields," BBC Science in Action, (30 June 2006).

CBS News Online
 

"Global Warming And Allergies," CBS News Online, (30 June 2006).

Andy Gallacher
 

"At least 11 dead in US floods," BBC News Online, (28 June 2006).

The Progress Report
 

"GOP Ignores Danger of Global Warming," AlterNet, (28 June 2006).

Marketplace Radio
 

US Supreme Court to Decide on Carbon Dioxide as Pollutant Marketplace Radio, 26 June 2006.

CNN News Online
 

"Floods shut down D.C. buildings," CNN News Online, (26 June 2006).

NPR News
 

US Supreme Court to Decide on Carbon Dioxide Regulation + Flooding in Washington, D.C. NPR News, 26 June 2006, 19:00 EST

Paul Epstein
 

"Links Between Illness and Global Warming?," NPR - WHYY - Fresh Air, (26 June 2006)."

NPR Here and Now
 

"Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Carbon Dioxide and Pollution," NPR - Here and Now, (26 June 2006).

Nick Miles
 

"CO2 case before US Supreme Court," BBC News Online, (26 June 2006 17:37 GMT).

CBS News Online
 

"Northeast Flooding Headaches," CBS News Online, (26 June 2006).

CNN News Online
 

"Heavy rain pounds Maryland," CNN News Online, (26 June 2006).

CNN News Online
 

"Mid-Atlantic flood warning," CNN News Online, (26 June 2006).

CNN News Online
 

"Global warming and hurricanes," CNN News Online, (23 June 2006).

Al Gore
 

"Al Gore talks climate change," BBC News Online, (22 June 2006).

Razia Iqbal
 

"Al Gore pushes climate warning in film," BBC News Online, (20 May 2006).

CBS News Online
 

"Cattle Business Running Dry?," CBS News Online, (22 June 2006).

CBS News Online
 

"Western Wildfires Raging," CBS News Online, (21 June 2006).

CBS News Online
 

"The World Is Heating Up," CBS News Online, (22 June 2006).

Richard Harris
 

"National Academy: Earth's Cimate History Mixed," NPR - All Things Considered, (22 June 2006).

The Randi Rhodes Show
 

"National Academy of Sciences Study," AirAmericaRadio.Com, (22 June 2006).

National Research Council, Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2, 000 Years
 

Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years, (Washington, D.C., The National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 22 June 2006).

 

On Point - Jim Hansen - Elizabeth Kolbert
 

"New Awareness of Global Warming," NPR - WBUR - On Point, (21 June 2006).

James Hanson's Website
 

Ongoing website of James Hanson, Director, Goddard Institute of Space Studies, Columbia University.

Cornelia Dean
 

Rising Sea Threatens Coastal Areas - The Times's Cornelia Dean highlights the rising sea level, a reality that threatens to erode many beaches. Producer: Adam B. Ellick

Elizabeth Kolbert
 

"WARMING WARNING: We don't have another 14 years to waste - If we insist on waiting for clarity on climate change, it may be too late," Houston Chronicle, (17 June 2006).

Hugh Pym
 

"Firms wasting millions of pounds of energy," BBC News Online, (15 June 2006).

Andrew Revkin
 

"Andrew Revkin, Exploring the 'Top of the World'," NPR - Fresh Air, (14 June 2006).

Matthew Simmons
 

"Twilight in the Desert," Cambridge Forum, WGBH - Forum Network, 12 June 2006.

California (+ other states) Lawsuit against EPA
 

"Interview with California Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Suit against EPA," Radio Nation, (10 June 2006)

Roger Harrabin
 

"Coral 'damaged' by climate change," BBC News Online, (10 June 2006). Environmentalists are petitioning the UN to accept climate change is damaging world heritage sites such as coral reefs.
This could lead to countries like Belize suing rich countries over damage to the reef. Roger Harrabin reports from Belize.

Al Gore,
  An Inconvenient Truth (Rodale Books, 2006).
Laura Flanders
 

Laura Flanders reaction to Al Gore's Movie and action as a politician, Radio Nation, (7 June 2006).

Al Gore
 

"Canadian TV Interview with Al Gore," CTV.Ca, (4 June 2006).

David Roberts
 

Americans and Climate Change: Leveraging the social sciences II
Posted by David Roberts at 11:57 AM on 11 Jun 2006
"Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap Between Science and Action" (PDF) is a report synthesizing the insights of 110 leading thinkers on how to educate and motivate the American public on the subject of global warming. Background on the report here. I'll be posting a series of excerpts (citations have been removed; see original report). If you'd like to be involved in implementing the report's recommendations, or learn more, visit the Yale Project on Climate Change website.

Today we take a look at two social-science questions: first, the efficacy of threat-based vs. solution-based appeals (something we've discussed at length here), and second, the "loss-aversion effect." The latter in particular was fascinating to me -- it changed the way I look at a number of environmental messages.

BBC Radio 4 - Blog
  "Gore Hopes for US Climate Change," Planet Earth Under Threat, Blog, BBC Radio 4 (6 June 2006).
PBS Nightline - Series on Business Response to Global Warming
  Part 1 - "Global Warming Presents New Business Opportunities," PBS - Newshour, (5 June 2006).
  Part 2 - "Emissions Exchange Program Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gases," PBS - Newshour, (7 June 2006).
  Part 3 - "Researchers Scramble to Create CO2-Busting Technologies," PBS - Newshour, (8 June 2006).
Al Gore & George Stephanopolis [ad comes first]
  "Gore Has 'No Plans' to Run," ABC News Online, (8 June 2006).
Roger Harrabin
  "Business urges tighter CO2 targets," BBC News Online, (6 June 2006).
Susannah Streeter
  "Business urges tighter CO2 targets," BBC News Online, (6 June 2006).
Democracy Now
  ""No Good Science Goes Unpunished" - Environmental Journalist David Helvarg on the Bush Administration, Climate Change and Hurricanes," Democracy Now, (5 June 2006).
CBS News Online
  "Heat Wave Hits Western States," CBS News Online, (5 June 2006).
Hilary Andersson
  "Panorama - Climate chaos: Bush's climate of fear," BBC - Panorama, (4 June 2006).
Hilary Andersson
  "Bush accused of global warming cover-up - [Preview]" BBC News Online, (2 June 2006).
Al Gore
  "Al Gore Screens His Global Warming Message," NPR - Fresh Air, (30 May 2006).
BBC Radio 4
  ""Larson B" Ice Sheet Dissintegration," Radio 4 - Home Planet, (11 April 2006).

 

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