A changing climate, not a climate bill, is the real threat to U.S. farmers
A new report released last week (7 October 2009) from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) concludes that the cost of a climate bill is minimal to farmers, but the cost of doing nothing to curb...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Agriculture: Climate Legislation Likely Will Have Positive...
A U.S. Department of Agriculture analysis of House-passed energy and climate legislation suggests benefits for farmers. Like most analyses, the study does not consider the economic implications for...
View ArticleViews from the American Heartland: diverse midwestern voices on Copenhagen
In this briefing yesterday (11 December 2009) in Copenhagen, Denmark, Executive director Rolf Nordstrom of the Great Plains Institute joins other representatives from the Midwest to discuss the 15th...
View ArticleTonight (Mon 14 Dec), North Dakota: Video Conference on Climate Change...
Tonight (December 14 2009), in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with satellite broadcast to other locations in the state: Hunting for Solutions: What Climate Change and Carbon Pricing Mean for Wildlife and...
View ArticleMontana Farmers Say Senate Energy & Climate Legislation "Is Stacked With...
Montana farmers speak out and call on their Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester to support an energy/climate bill.read more
View ArticleObama Administration Issues Draft of Major Comprehensive Report on Actions...
The U.S. government late today (7 April 2010) issued the public review draft of its fifth "national communication" required under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
View ArticleClimate and clean energy bill boosts farmer income
Inaction threatens farm income.read more
View ArticleNational Research Council Reaffirms Climate Change Science; Cites Urgent Need...
The National Research Council today (19 May 2010) released three major reports on climate change. The reports solidify the scientific basis for action on climate change, and conclude that there is an...
View ArticleHelping India Adapt to Climate Change: One Man Makes an Impact
With India’s extreme heat and increasingly unpredictable rainfall, water conservation is vital for the country’s agriculture and human health. See how one man is helping communities prepare for climate...
View ArticleGovernments must ramp up climate change talks ahead of Cancun meet
WWF says governments who participated in the third Bonn climate change talks this week now must ramp up their negotiations, or they will waste a crucial opportunity to move forward in Cancun later this...
View ArticleMixed News from New Zealand on Climate Policy
An Emission Trading System without a carbon cap.read more
View ArticleWWF Climate Blog Has Moved to New Location
The WWF climate blog now is located at a different Web address: worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-climate-blog. All posts since May 2013 are at that location, while older posts will remain archived on this...
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