US moves toward climate change rules

The Associated Press: EPA takes first step toward climate change regs
google.com 4/17/2009 — 44 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare, taking the first step to regulating pollution linked to climate change, ...

Just what is it with evangelical Christians and global warming?
guardian.co.uk 4/17/2009 — A poll this week showed that only 34% of America's white evangelical Protestants accepted there is solid evidence that global warming is real and that it is attributable to humans Just what is it with evangelical Christians and global warming? I ...

Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act | Climate Change | U.S. EPA
epa.gov 4/17/2009 — The Administrator is proposing to find that the current and projected concentrations of the mix of six key greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur ...

West Africa faces 'megadroughts'
news.bbc.co.uk 4/17/2009 — BBC: Severe droughts lasting centuries have happened often in West Africa's recent history, and another one is almost inevitable, researchers say. Analysis of sediments in a Ghanaian lake shows the last of these "megadroughts" ended 250 ...

Asia’s looming water crisis
theenergycollective.com 4/17/2009 — The water situation in California is very bad, by any rational measure, but it’s minuscule compared to what’s just beginning to unfold in Asia. Melting Glaciers Threaten Asia Security as Water Supplies Fall : China and India water supplies will decline as global warming shrinks ...

EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose a Threat to Public Health — Red, Green, and Blue

Global warming could turn forests from sink to source of carbon emissions — Natural Path -

National Parks Conservation Association Applauds EPA’s Finding on Greenhouse Gas Threat to Human Health — Commondreams.org Newswire

EPA Will Issue RulingThat Greenhouse Gases Must Be Regulated — Yale Environment 360

Climate Change Could Worsen 'Megadroughts' in Sub-Saharan Africa — Yale Environment 360

Congress, EPA Playing Good Cop, Bad Cop On Climate Law — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 4/15/2009
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, a key figure in drafting climate legislation, has warned industry representatives that they can either work with Congress to draft a bill reducing greenhouse gas emissions or face potentially tougher regulation by the U.S. ...

BusinessGreen.com Most Read - April 17 — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 4/17/2009
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Friday 17 April 2009 at 12:10:00 From car-scrapping to super-highways, BusinessGreen.com runs down the top stories from the last seven days UK car-scrapping incentive expected this month Environmental groups ...

EPA edges closer to carbon endangerment finding — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 4/17/2009
Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen , Friday 17 April 2009 at 11:00:00 Landmark ruling on whether carbon emissions can be regulated under the Clean Air Act could be just weeks away The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inching closer ...

Solar Box Cooker Instructions: Educational Green Project — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 4/17/2009
The easiest, most sensible, and most affordable solar powered oven I have ever heard of was recently a winner of the FT Climate Change Challenge. Jon Bohmer sat down to work on a project with his daughters. All it required was two cardboard boxes ...

David Sassoon: The Climate Bill's Giant Carbon Polluter Loophole — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 4/17/2009
A detailed analysis released today by two environmental organizations raises a red flag on the carbon offsetting provisions of the leading climate bill now moving through Congress. The report from International Rivers and the Rainforest Action ...