Corn biofuels worse than gasoline on global warming in short term ? study | Environment | theguardian.com

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/20/corn-biofuels-gasol

BIOFUELS: Study casts doubts on GHG savings of fuels made from corn stover, cobs -- Monday, April 21, 2014 -- www.eenews.net

http://www.eenews.net/stories/105999814

Worse than gasoline? New study delivers a major blow to corn biofuels - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/21/worse_than_gasoline_new_study_delivers

US Fracking Boom Creating Crisis Of Illegal Toxic Dumping

http://www.mintpressnews.com/us-fracking-boom-creating-crisis-illegal-

BERNAMA - Sharp To Build Mega Solar Plant Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=103158

Is California the next fracking frontier? - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2014/0411/Is-Califo

Anti-fracking protests in 60 Romanian cities call for Fracking ban

On Sunday, coordinated anti-fracking protests in 60 Romanian cities called for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, transparency in decision making, and for the Romanian government to respect the will of local communities. Today's events followed... ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/anti-fracking-protests-60-romanian-cit

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