The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization | Greater Yellowstone Coalition / by Stephen Saunders, Dan Findlay, Tom Easley and Scott Christensen http://bit.ly/ny4DuV [From the Idaho State Journal] Summers in Yellowstone National Park could average 9.7 degrees hotter in the next 60-90 years, making them as hot as the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City and precipitating … Continue reading »
Posted on September 27, 2011 …
Pew Report Critical of USGS Report on Arctic Drilling
Pew Environment Group http://bit.ly/nTesGW [From a Greenwire article by Phil Taylor, sub. req'd] A U.S. Geological Survey report last summer on the nation’s capacity to assess impacts from oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean was credible and unbiased but failed to identify which scientific gaps are most important to fill, according to a … Continue reading »
Report on the First Quadrennial Technology Review
US DOE http://cms.doe.gov/sites/prod/files/ReportOnTheFirstQTR.pdf [From a Greenwire article by Katie Howell] The Energy Department is shifting its technology research priorities after an internal review found the agency was too heavily focused on developing energy technologies that are decades away from widespread deployment. “We need to consider the current energy landscape, where we are heading, where we … Continue reading »
