Climate Change Damages are Happening Now & More Severe Impacts are Coming if We Don't Act Aggressively: Key Findings from IPCC report | Jake Schmidt's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/climate_change_damages_are_

What the U.N.?s new climate report says about North America | Grist

http://grist.org/article/what-the-u-n-s-new-climate-report-says-about-

NRDC calls for fracking ban in areas of high induced-earthquake risk

Thursday is the 50th anniversary of the Great Alaskan Quake, which measured magnitude 9.2 making it the second strongest earthquake in history. The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in the US House of Representatives will mark... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/nrdc-calls-for-fracking-ban-areas-of-h

Climate change and the Oso WA mudslide, extreme weather makes deadly results

At a news conference on Monday following Saturday's mudslide near Oso, WA, officials said they'd collected a list of 108 people who might have been in the vicinity at the time of the mudslide. While... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/climate-change-and-the-oso-wa-mudslide

Yes, Manmade Global Warming Is Worsening California's Epic Drought | ThinkProgress

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/23/3417814/global-warming-cal

North Dakota's fracking-fields pumping CO2 into air from natural gas flaring

Increased fracking and oil/gas production in the Bakken area of North Dakota has resulted in a large increase in CO2 emissions from flared natural gas. While the fracked wells in the Bakken primarily produce oil, natural gas and... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/north-dakota-s-fracking-fields-pumping

NRDC to EPA: Reducing power plant emissions can be inexpensive, not kill economy

Amid news this week that another group of esteemed scientists are raising alarms over climate change risks, and 350.org called on the Obama Administration to stop plans for LNG export terminals, the NRDC released on Friday a report showing... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/nrdc-to-epa-reducing-power-plant-emiss

White House to crack down on methane pollution | Grist

http://grist.org/politics/white-house-to-crack-down-on-methane-polluti

Obama Administration asks innovators to leverage government climate change data

Referring to the Climate Action Plan launched last June by the Obama Administration, on Wednesday the Administration unveiled the Climate Data Initiative. The idea is to "leverage the Federal Government’s extensive, freely-available... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-administration-asks-innovators-t

350.org to Obama: stop LNG exports, invest in renewable energy and efficiency

Amid increased rhetoric to fast-track LNG export terminals in the US, and official US policy supporting the deployment of hydraulic fracking not only in the US but around the world, 350.org on Wednesday published an open letter to... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/350-org-to-obama-stop-lng-exports-inve

Russia's annexation of Crimea could cause Europe to frack itself

Despite diplomacy and threats of sanctions from the West, Russia is moving forward on Tuesday with plans to annex Crimea after a referendum on Sunday that was boycotted by the opposition. In this context, some are saying that Europe... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/russia-s-annexation-of-crimea-could-ca

Climate change: Leaked draft of UN IPCC report predicts global warming will cause violent conflict, displace millions of people and wipe trillions of dollars off the global economy - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/official-proph

Newest IPCC report sees climate change causing food shortages, violent conflict

Climate change will, as many expect, cause pain and suffering on a large scale, with hundreds of millions of people displaced, wars, and the erasure of trillions of dollars from the world economy. That's the conclusion of... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/newest-ipcc-report-sees-climate-change

Thousands of fracktivists rally in Sacramento for fracking ban in California

On Saturday, the largest anti-fracking protest in California's history took place in Sacramento. Organizers called on California Gov. Jerry Brown to ban fracking in California.The rally, which was organized by Californians Against Fracking and... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/thousands-of-fracktivists-rally-sacram

California at big risk of fracking-induced earthquakes, says Clean Water Action

California's Oil and Gas industry may be on the verge of rapidly expanding unconventional oil and gas exploration, and because "unconventional" means fracking this immediately raises fears of earthquakes. On Thursday, Clean Water... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/california-at-big-risk-of-fracking-ind

Close the coal industry, save the environment, reap huge rewards - just $50bn

While coal-fired electricity lights homes around the world, the environmental side effects are huge and devastating. Switching to renewable energy sources, dumping the coal industry into the ash bin of history, is supposedly astronomically... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/close-the-coal-industry-save-the-envir

NRC: Japan Lessons Learned

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/japan-dashboard.h

Marking Three Years of Post-Fukushima Progress | U.S. NRC Blog

http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2014/03/11/marking-three-years-of-p

Countries' Regulatory Bodies Have Made Changes in Response to the Fukushima Daiichi Accident

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/661464.pd

Fukushima Contamination in U.S. Waters Refuted by NRC - Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-11/fukushima-contamination-in-u-

NRC Chairman says Fukushima isn't contaminating US waters

In some circles official denials of a theory are taken as proof the theory is true. On Tuesday, the 3rd anniversary of the Fukushima Daichi earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant disaster, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/nrc-chairman-says-fukushima-isn-t-cont

Scientists find four new man-made gases that harm ozone layer

A team of scientists from University of East Anglia in England have found four new man-made chemicals that harm the ozone layer, according to a paper published on Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. The findings identify... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/scientists-find-four-new-man-made-gase

Fukushima radiation monitoring: is the worst over? - News - VoR Interviews - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video

http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_07/Fukushima-radiation-monitoring-the

New steps worked out to deal with contaminated water at Fukushima plant

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/world-news/international-news/96

New report warns of ?cascading system failure? caused by climate change | Grist

http://grist.org/article/new-report-warns-of-cascading-system-failure-

Construct facilities to store N-waste to get decontamination work on track - The Japan News

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/000110147

Ukraine crisis may speed up fracked natural gas exports to Europe

As the crisis in the Ukraine deepens with Russia's invasion of Crimea and other military maneuvers, several members of the US Congress have called on the Obama Administration to start Natural Gas exports. On Thursday,&nbsp... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/ukraine-crisis-may-speed-up-fracked-na