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Climate Change and its Implications for Oregon (video)
- 1:02:52 - May 1, 2006 City Club of Portland - www.pdxcityclub.org ( ) Rate: During 2005 and the first three months of 2006, a striking sequence of new scientific findings were made about climate change. These majo... all During 2005 and the first three months of 2006, a striking sequence of ...
USGCRP Seminar: Anticipated Climate Changes in a High-CO2 World: Implications   for Long-Term Planning
USGCRP Seminar: Anticipated Climate Changes in a High-CO2 World: Implications for Long-Term ...
usgcrp.gov — What are the implications of a continued, long-term build-up of greenhouse gas emissions in a business-as-usual manner?... What kinds of changes can one reasonably anticipate in a world in which the concentration of atmospheric CO2 is quadrupled ... (more) USGCRP Seminar: Anticipated Climate Changes in a ...
Oregon Farm Installs New Methane Digester
Oregon Farm Installs New Methane Digester
environmentalleader.com — NW Natural and Bonneville Environmental Foundation are building a $1 million methane digester at Threemile Canyon Farms... in Boardman, Ore. Although methane digesters are not new, Bill Eddie of the foundation told BusinessWeek that the model developed ... (more) Oregon Farm Installs New Methane Digester
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For NOAA head, Obama appoints yet another scientist who gets climate
Climate Progress — PEBO has picked Jane Lubchenco, a prominent marine biologist at Oregon State University, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science between 1997-98. A video of her talk on “Climate Change and its Implications for Oregon” can be found here ...

NOAA argument here
Grist - the Latest from Grist — By Joseph Romm PEBO has picked Jane Lubchenco, a prominent marine biologist at Oregon State University, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science between 1997-98. A video of her talk on "Climate Change and its Implications for Oregon" can be found here. In "Obama preparing to appoint three more climate change activists," Climate Wire ($ub. req'd) notes: "The early nomination could be a sign that NOAA will take on a prominent role in federal efforts to combat climate change, experts said." She is yet more evidence of ...

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