Global Warming

Newsday's coverage

• Crisp: Climate change reaches scary milestone

  there any good news on the climate front? On May 14, the International Energy Agency produced a five-year outlook for the global energy market. The "good news" is that the threat of oil shortages has essentially disappeared and that the U.S.will continue to   Read more »

• UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world

  -- The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N., they come with appetizing   Read more »

• Orszag: Cities need the resilience to face future Sandys

  Whether or not Hurricane Sandy had a connection to climate change , climate change will make future Hurricane Sandys more common , imposing enormous costs on cities.Since we seem to lack the will to reduce this threat by cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, w   Read more »

• Clinton announces Latin America initiative

  -- The Clinton Global Initiative is taking its formula of a powerhouse gathering of global leaders to a new part of the world.Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that the first Clinton Global Initiative Latin America is scheduled for December 8-10 in   Read more »

• Science a hit at Cinema Arts in Huntington

  Helix" during the post-film reception. 7:30 p.m. May 22: " The Unchained Goddess " is an animated movie that discusses global warming as it was perceived in 1958. Tongue of the NOAA in Upton will discuss how the perception of global warming has changed since   Read more »

Around the web

• Top UK Scientist: Why I think we’re wasting billions on global warming

  “If you suppose that the annual UN climate talks will save us, forget it.” Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Get every new post delivered to 38 m ago from Junk Science Read more »

• Links

  Scientist Corrects Gullible Reporter: ‘Climate Change’ Not Causing More Tornadoes | NewsBusters Side note: The idea that human wickedness has some sort of effect on climate has long been a staple of some religious thought and it is yet another way in which 8:39 PM from Tom Nelson Read more »

• Severe weather partly a result of climate change

  >>> damaging tornados are an annual springtime threat in parts of this country. but monday's massive storm in oklahoma in a year that seems to have had more than its share of extreme weather , has a lot of us wondering if things have gotten more extreme th 7:26 PM from MSNBC Read more »

• I told you so: Public radio liberals bite the hand that fed them

  “Well first of all I disagree with the premise of your question because I don’t think there’s been any proof thus far that Sandy was caused by climate change. But I would absolutely expect that that’s exactly what WNYC would say, because you know liberal p 7:12 PM from NJ.com Read more »

• Taxpayers bearing the brunt of climate change costs

  the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “We get more extremes everywhere, so really it’s climate disruption, the term global warming is not really the best term to use because what we’re seeing, and what we’re expecting to see from all the models, is 5:19 PM from EcoEarth News Read more »