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Study Shows Growth in Climate-Themed Bonds

Andrew Burger July 16, 2013

Some $346 billion of climate-themed bonds are outstanding in global markets, nearly double that of one year ago, according to an HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence-Climate Bond Initiative's 2013 study. Growth is expected to continue against a backdrop of stronger government policies and actions -- including President Obama's National Climate Change Action Plan and a possible 2015 international climate change accord, a long with growing investor activism for socially responsible investment..Read More

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Forests as Rainmakers: New Study Lends Credence to Controversial Theory

Andrew Burger March 5, 2013

A new study fleshes out the details of a theory that says forests play a significant role in creating rain. The implications would be profound and far-reaching should it prove valid.Read More

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National Fire Preparedness Level Increased as Fires Rage in the

Thomas Schueneman June 29, 2012

As fires continue to rage in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, and other western states, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho yesterday raised the national fire preparedness level to “4” on a scale of 1 to 5. The heightened level indicates increased strain on federal resources battling the fires throughout the Rocky Mountain region and west. President […]Read More

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News from Durban: Humans Primarily Responsible for Global Warming; Good

Andrew Burger December 6, 2011

News on the climate change front: New research finds human activity responsible for nearly 3/4 of global temperature rise over the past 50 years; Sierra Leone establishes the Gola Rainforest National Park; the UK sends to protect Brazil's Cerrado scrub forest from illegal logging.Read More

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White Spruce Growing Well in Face of Warming Climate at

Andrew Burger November 15, 2011

White spruce at a study site along Alaska's Firth River are adapting well to a warming climate, according to a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research team. That's in stark contrast to white spruce populations in the rest of the state. The team matched tree ring growth, wood density data and climate data dating back to 1067 in carrying out their study.Read More

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Western, Eastern Forests Increasingly Under Threat from Climate Change

Andrew Burger November 8, 2011

Forestry researchers at Oregon State University and Duke University have found that the ranges of signature forest species in northwestern and eastern US forests are shrinking due to a variety of environmental changes induced by a warming climate. Read More

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1993 US Northwest Forest Plan Turns Public Forests into Carbon

Andrew Burger July 26, 2011

Successful in realizing its original goal, the 1993 US Northwest Forest Plan is yielding unanticipated benefits two decades later, turning northwest public forests into net carbon sinks for the first time in decades.Read More