ClimateWire http://www.eenews.net/cw The politics and business of climate change en-us Thu May 23 08:03:41 -0400 2013 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A panel of New Jersey infrastructure experts yesterday took issue with Gov. Chris Christie a few days after the Republican expressed doubts about the links between climate change and Superstorm Sandy. SPOTLIGHT Thu May 23 08:03:41 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981671/feed MONTPELLIER, France -- South Africa, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand export their wines all over the world, a feat that was unthinkable here a few decades ago. Fatalists claim it won't be long until there will be more produced in China than in Europe. To some observers, these prognostications illustrate the wide-ranging adaptive capacity of the wine grape, <em>Vitis vinifera.</em> SPOTLIGHT Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981663/feed The term "cybercrime" often calls to mind images of solitary hackers, misanthropic personalities sowing chaos from remote nations or dingy basements. But as the stakes of cybercrime have grown higher, with criminals attacking banks, corporations and even utilities in search of profit, the actors have graduated to a more sophisticated level of operation -- even to the point of resembling businesses themselves. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981691/feed Feed the Future, a billion-dollar endeavor to ensure food security abroad, will help finance an effort to develop drought- and salinity-tolerant varieties of rice and wheat. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981692/feed The U.S. wind energy sector could add as much as 20,000 megawatts of new generation between 2012 and 2016 as developers take advantage of new Treasury Department rules that make new wind farms eligible for federal tax benefits through the end of 2013. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981670/feed A British insurance firm is trying to fix a perceived flaw in California's cap-and-trade system with another market-based solution. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981672/feed Rather than simply throwing money at problems, federal officials are now releasing a flood of data as a means to address the nation's issues, including areas like climate change. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981669/feed China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, has released details on the first of seven pilot carbon emissions trading systems, in Shenzhen, scheduled to launch June 18. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981658/feed Australian scientists estimate the Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral in the last 27 years, and coral death is only accelerating. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981659/feed In 2008, Princeton University set a goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent, reducing its output to 1990 levels by 2020. The school chose not to use carbon offsets, instead focusing on cutting on-campus emissions. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981657/feed Swing voters -- not affiliated with a particular political party -- are more easily swayed about the causes of climate change by recent events, a study showed. TODAY'S STORIES Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981660/feed As California moves forward with a Jan. 1 linkage date to the Quebec carbon market, what hurdles still exist as they prepare for the first joint auction? During today's OnPoint, Yves-Fran&ccedil;ois Blanchet, Quebec's minster for sustainable development and the environment, discusses the impact linking systems will have on broader efforts to expand the use of market-based mechanisms to address climate change. Blanchet also explains how Quebec's participation could affect trading prices. Today's OnPoint will air at 10 a.m. EDT. E&ETV's OnPoint Thu May 23 08:03:42 -0400 2013 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059981666/feed