NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines: CLIMATE CHANGE AND WILDFIRES

Jay OwenTrendspotting

NewEnergyNews      Daily Headlines                                              http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/   TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, September 16: * TODAY’S STUDY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND WILDFIRES * QUICK NEWS, September 16: ENERGY AND WATER ON COLLISION COURSE; CALIF AND TEXAS …

Is the CIA on Its Way to Hacking the Sky?

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Ethical Markets thanks our colleague Helene Connor of HELIO , in Paris  for this  important  story , Hazel  Henderson, Editor Human manipulation of the climate might be the quickest way to combat global warming. It’s also the most frightening. The news seemed tailor-made to drive conspiracy theorists and members of the …

Science Daily: Scientists shut down reproductive ability, desire in pest insects

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News     Scientists shut down reproductive ability, desire in pest insects Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:29 PM PDT Entomologists have identified a neuropeptide named natalisin that regulates the sexual activity and reproductive ability of insects. The finding may open new possibilities for environmentally friendly pest management. …

WRI Digest: Lessons from Florida: How Local Adaptation Efforts Can Complement National Climate Action.

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Lessons from Florida: How Local Adaptation Efforts Can Complement National Climate Action. Bill Richardson — WRI Board member, former governor of New Mexico and former Secretary of Energy — participated in a climate rally in Miami last week. In a Huffington Post blog , Richardson writes, “Florida is the most vulnerable U.S. state to …

Storebrand reduces carbon exposure in investments – 19 companies excluded

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

We at Ethical Markets  applaud Storebrand for this leadership  and hope they will shift these assets to growing the green economy globally ! – Hazel Henderson , Editor After the latest sustainability analysis of the Energy sector, Storebrand has excluded 13 coal and 6 oil sands companies from all investments. …

ScienceDaily: Social amoebae travel with a posse: Tiny single-celled organisms have amazingly complicated social lives

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Social amoebae travel with a posse: Tiny single-celled organisms have amazingly complicated social lives Natural affinities — unrecognized until now — may have set stage for life to ignite Mini-monsters of the forest floor Ice-free Arctic winters could explain amplified warming during Pliocene Large Gulf dead …

Storebrand reduces carbon exposure in investments – 19 companies excluded

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Storebrand reduces carbon exposure in investments – 19 companies excluded   After the latest sustainability analysis of the Energy sector, Storebrand has excluded 13 coal and 6 oil sands companies from all investments. The aim of these exclusions is to reduce Storebrand’s exposure to fossil fuels and to secure long …

ScienceDaily: Evolution too slow to keep up with climate change

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Evolution too slow to keep up with climate change Wildfires may contribute more to global warming than previously predicted  Scientists image vast subglacial water system underpinning West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier How nature maintains diversity: Temporal niches are important, study finds  Evolution too slow to keep up …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Glimpse into the future of acidic oceans shows ecosystems transformed

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Glimpse into the future of acidic oceans shows ecosystems transformed Finding the Goldilocks sites to store carbon dioxide underground Innovative study estimates extent to which air pollution in China shortens human lives  NASA’s polar robotic ranger passes first Greenland test  Dead zone’ impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Researcher sheds light on M.O. of unusual RNA molecules

Jay OwenNature/Biomimicry

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Researcher sheds light on M.O. of unusual RNA molecules Muscle power: Bats power take-off using recycled energy The evolution of fins to limbs in the land invasion race Flipping fish adapt to land living Treating oil spills with chemical dispersants: Is the cure worse than the …