ClimateWire ClimateWire http://www.climatewire.net The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 WATER: Enviros try climate issue to derail nation's largest desalination plant SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Lands Commission unanimously approved what would be the country's largest desalination plant late last month, over the objections of environmental groups, which cite climate change as a reason to seek other water resources first. SPOTLIGHT Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/1 ADAPTATION: State Department outlines climate needs for poor countries A new Bush administration report acknowledges that poor countries will need billions of dollars in assistance to help cope with the impacts of climate change. In a report to Sen.… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/2 OCEANS: Study finds limitations to sea level rise Melting of the world's ice sheets and glaciers likely will cause sea levels to rise 3 to 6 feet by the end of the century, according to a new study… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/3 SCIENCE: Asian brown cloud could warm United States, report finds Air pollution from Asia's cooking fires and power plants could turn the continental United States and southern Europe into climate hot spots by the end of this century, a new… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/4 CARBON SEQUESTRATION: Germans to unveil clean-coal plant prototype Engineers in Germany next week will unveil the world's first coal-fired power plant that can capture and store its own carbon emissions. The Vattenfall plant emits 9 tonnes of carbon… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/5 CHEMICALS: Arctic birds reveal high concentrations of banned pollutants The ivory gull, a small Arctic-dweller, has set a record as the bird most contaminated by two banned industrial chemicals, scientists said yesterday. Eggs of the gull were found to… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/6 FORESTS: Old-growths more valuable for carbon capture than for timber -- study The old-growth forests of British Columbia in Canada are worth more standing than logged because of the forests' ability to capture greenhouse gases, according to a new study. Even with… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/7 TECHNOLOGY: Cement pioneer aims to reduce emissions with 'green' cement Twenty-two years ago, Stanford University professor Brent Constantz developed a high-tech cement that revolutionized bone fracture repair in hospitals around the globe. Now he wants to repair the atmosphere with… TODAY'S STORIES Fri Sep 05 09:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/09/05/8