Google Strikes Wind-Power Deal
Google Inc. struck a 20-year deal to buy clean energy from a NextEra Energy Inc. wind farm, a move that places the Internet search giant in the wholesale energy market.
The Mountain View, Calif., company said it will buy 114 megawatts of wind generation at a fixed price each year from a NextEra facility in Story County, Iowa. The company will sell the power back to the energy grid via the regional spot market.
The move will help Google partially protect itself from future increases in power prices as well as reduce its carbon footprint. It will also give the wind farm developer financial certainty so that it can build additional clean-energy projects.
The agreement follows a series of recent moves by Google in the energy sector and is the first by Google Energy LLC, an entity formed last December that allows it to procure large volumes of renewable energy by participating in the wholesale market. Google has invested in early-stage companies developing solar-, wind- and geothermal-power technologies, and in February won regulatory approval to trade in U.S. wholesale electricity markets.
Energy Ministers Endorse Clean-Tech Measures, Back CCS Group
Government energy ministers gathering in Washington, D.C., today launched 11 energy-efficiency and renewable energy initiatives around the world, which they claim will avoid the need to build 500 midsize power plants during the next 20 years.
The United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia and 20 other countries participating in the first-ever Clean Energy Ministerial will work collaboratively on the projects, which include deploying electric vehicles, smart grids, solar-powered lanterns and efficient household appliances, said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who hosted the summit.
“These steps will promote economic growth, create jobs and cut greenhouse gas emissions,” Chu said. “What we’ve seen here is that working together, we can accomplish more, faster, than working alone.”
The meeting comes a year after Italy hosted the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. Officials representing the European Commission and 16 individual nations proposed doubling investments in clean technologies by 2015 as a way to slash emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases but stopped short of making a financial commitment.
The following piece is one of the best recent MSM pieces I’ve seen:
This city just endured its hottest June since records began in 1872, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. So did Miami. Atlanta suffered its second-hottest June, and Dallas had its third hottest.
In New York, the weather was relatively pleasant: only the fourth-hottest June since 1872. Then again, New York is on pace for its hottest July on record.
Yet when United States senators and their aides file into work on Wednesday, on yet another 90-degree day, they may be on the verge of deciding to do approximately nothing about global warming. The needed 60 votes don’t seem to be there, at least not at the moment.
Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, and President Obama may still find a way to cobble together the votes, as they did on health care and financial regulation. Perhaps they can somehow persuade moderate Republicans to support a market-based limit on power plant emissions “” a policy that power plants themselves seem open to.
Can Micro-Inverters Penetrate the Megawatt-Scale PV Market?
Intersolar wrapped up last week, where inverter manufacturers eagerly showcased new features, new product lines, and even their entrance into the U.S. inverter market. While some conversations focused on increased inverter lead times, most of the buzz fixated on how new inverter technologies, including micro-inverters, can transform the value and fundamental design of PV installations.
One question in particular stood out: can micro-inverter technology penetrate the growing US utility-scale multi-megawatt PV system market?
During Greentech Media’s Utility Growth Opportunities conference, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, who recently backed Enphase Energy, fired the first volley by asserting that micro-inverters are suitable for MW-scale projects. Aside from Enphase, potential new entrants like Sparq Systems and DirectGrid Technologies are already targeting utilities; the latter is already considering a 1kW unit for new large footprint modules. These micro-inverter companies believe that the fundamental value proposition of increased system harvest is the same from residential systems through multi-megawatt systems and that ultimately, utility owners will not throw away money in the form of precious megawatt-hours.
India May Consider Buying BP Stake in Vietnam Field, Minister Deora Says
India may consider buying BP Plc’s stake in a natural gas field in Vietnam as the U.K. company battling a record oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sells assets as part of its plan to raise funds to meet liabilities.
“We have read that BP may offer its stake in the field and we will be very happy to consider it,” Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora said by telephone today from Vietnam, where he is on an official visit. Deora said he will discuss the plan with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung tomorrow.
India’s state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp., BP’s partner in the Nam Con Son gas project in Vietnam, may be interested in boosting its stake in the venture, said Victor Shum, senior principal at energy consultants Purvin & Gertz Inc. in Singapore. R.S. Sharma, chairman of ONGC, and R.S. Butola, managing director of ONGC Videsh Ltd., the explorer’s overseas unit, are part of Deora’s delegation, India’s oil ministry said.
BP agreed yesterday to sell oil and gas fields in the U.S., Canada and Egypt to Apache Corp. for $7 billion and said it plans to sell assets in Pakistan and Vietnam. The company aims to raise about $10 billion to feed a $20 billion fund for spill victims demanded by U.S. President Barack Obama.
China oil spill after pipe blast ‘worse than thought’
Some reports suggest winds have started blowing the oil back towards the shore. China is boosting effort to clean up a major oil slick off its north-east coast, following a pipeline explosion.
There are growing fears that strong winds have dispersed the pollution more widely than previously thought.
The environmental group Greenpeace told the BBC the oil was up to 20cm thick along parts of the coast near the city of Dalian.
Shipments of oil from the north to the industrial belt in the south have been disrupted since the accident.
At least one person has died during the clean-up operation, after being thrown from a ship by waves and drowning in the oil.
Countries pledge global support for clean energy
The United States and dozens of other countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward clean energy initiatives to help battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said on Tuesday.
Meeting in Washington, D.C., for a two-day conference, delegations from 24 countries representing 80 percent of global energy consumption promised initiatives that would mean building fewer power plants and using more clean energy.
“We know the clean energy challenge won’t wait, and we won’t wait either,” Chu said.
With the U.S. Senate virtually gridlocked on passing an energy and climate change package this year, the Obama administration is under pressure to provide leadership in global climate talks that are making little progress.
The countries pledged to improve energy efficiency in appliances and buildings, accelerate deployment of smart grid technology and electric vehicles, and help developing countries embrace low-carbon technologies.
These initiatives “will save enough energy in the next 20 years to equal the output of 500 medium-sized power plants,” Chu said.
Administration officials and utility executives meet to salvage climate bill
Top Obama administration officials met Tuesday with utility executives in another sign that senior Democrats are pushing to salvage a limited climate change bill this year.
The White House meeting comes amid a growing consensus among utility officials involved in the talks that a climate bill is dead for the summer, raising the question of whether it is possible at all this year.
White House climate adviser Carol Browner met with officials from the Edison Electric Institute -a trade group representing investor-owned utilities – to seek agreement on a carbon-pricing plan that focuses on power plants.
“That was probably the most productive meeting we’ve had all day,” said one utility official who attended the session, which was confirmed by the White House.
The Senate climate bill has been at death’s door several times over the past year. But with the days before the August recess quickly slipping away, the case may truly be terminal now.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has wanted to introduce a sweeping energy and climate bill by next week, and Reid even told POLITICO on Monday night that the package was almost ready to go.
But by Tuesday afternoon, Reid was noncommittal about when a bill would come or what it would contain.
“We’re going to make a decision in the near future,” Reid said, describing plans for a Democratic caucus on the issue Thursday. “We’re really not at a point where I can determine what I think is the best for the caucus and the country at this stage.”
Key advocates for legislation to cap greenhouse gases emitted by power plants are pleading for more time as they try to cut a deal with the industry, but it’s time that Reid doesn’t have as he races to finish other Senate business “” including the confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan “” while girding for a bruising midterm election.
Feed-in Tariffs Can Spur Disruptive Growth
The feed-in tariff (FiT) has exploded renewable growth every place it has been implemented and a new study from UC Berkeley says it will do the same in California. But explosive growth is not easy. The people responsible for keeping the state’s lights and air conditioning on are scrambling – not always wholeheartedly – to understand and prepare for the FiT.
A FiT is an above-retail rate (“tariff”) paid for renewable energy-generated electricity that producers “feed” into the grid. It was first used in California in the late 1970s and early 1980s but failed due to design flaws and lack of support. Revived in Germany with stunning success in the early 2000s, it has subsequently been used successfully, according to Professor Dan Kammen, the lead author of the UC Berkeley study and one of the foremost U.S. renewable energy authorities, in at least fifteen countries. Dozens more are considering implementation.
The proposed California FiT has been carefully designed to drive the growth of one-to-twenty megawatt projects. These fall between small solar systems driven by the state’s “million solar roofs” initiative and utility-scale projects driven by its Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) that requires regulated utilities to obtain twenty percent of their power from renewable sources by the end of this year and 33 percent from renewable sources by 2020.
Reid Struggling to Meet Deadline for Energy Measure He Set, Democrats Say
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling to meet a self-imposed deadline for passing energy legislation, his fellow Democrats say, and they expressed doubt the measure could be approved before Congress takes its month- long August recess.
Reid previously said he was close to announcing the bill’s details and aimed to open Senate debate on the measure next week. During Senate Democrats’ weekly luncheon yesterday on Capitol Hill, though, lawmakers said Reid told them the bill remained far from finished.
“Frankly, I’m having trouble with this one,” Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who caucuses with the Democrats, quoted Reid as saying.
Reid didn’t confirm the comment to reporters after the lunch and was noncommittal about the measure’s timing. He said he would make a decision about that “in the near future,” and that he plans to meet with Senate Democrats tomorrow for talks on the matter.
Rep. Levin could punt energy bill to September
House Ways and Means Chairman Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) is unlikely to mark up a green energy jobs bill before the August recess, sources told The Hill.
Democrats on the tax-writing committee are apparently apprehensive about moving forward on a bill that increases taxes right before they leave town to campaign for reelection.
Levin is expected to release an official draft of the legislation before leaving town.
“I will release a chairman’s discussion draft with legislative language in the next few days,” he said in prepared remarks. “I will also continue discussions with the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee regarding this legislation.”
Previous in TP Climate Progress
Overcome by Heat and Inertia is the first article in mainstream media, connecting the dots with current weather anomaly and climate change.
Federal Influence Bolsters Green Auto Production
Two years ago, when the automobile industry was being bailed out by the US government, a portion of what Detroit was asking for was money to help make their companies more green to meet the new environmental standards. So when the Department of Energy loaned $25 billion to the auto manufacturers, it did it with the stipulation that the companies would use it to create factories that would produce vehicles that would meet the new emissions and fuel economy standards.
Luckily for us and the planet, this has translated into not only eco-friendly cars, but the creation of eco-friendly factories and plants to build them in. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, automobile technology is changing rapidly – and more rapidly than it has in a long time – due to environmental concerns and regulations. http://www.evolvedemployer.com/2010/07/21/green-cars-yes-but-green-car-companies/#more-675
Scientists Consensus Statement on the Use of Chemical Dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico http://1planet1ocean.org/scientists-consensus-statement-on-the-use-of-chemical-dispersants-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
The risk of postponing corrective action to a gradually deteriorating situation http://ourchangingclimate.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/the-risk-of-postponing-corrective-action/
New Poll Shows Americans Support Clean Energy Agenda http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/170254
Stunning Photos Of China’s Worst Flood In A Decade http://www.businessinsider.com/stunning-photos-of-chinas-worst-flood-in-a-decade-2010-7/-1
More severs weather in Connecticut today;
3 Tornado warnings for pats of the state- much damage around Bristol heading southeast- Tornado touchdown in Litchfield CT-
Heavy rains-80 mph winds- wires down, debris etc- just a few weeks ago severe damage in Bridgeport
in my near lifetime living here I have NEVER seen this kind of weather.
10 tornado’s this season. Something is terribly wrong- as C02 has reached 390ppm- things have exploded.
The big picture Oil spill in Dalian, China http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/07/oil_spill_in_dalian_china.html
Peter Mizla
One Crazy Month. Today I got confirmation on something I suspected: we just lived through an incredible 30-day period. According to the local National Weather Service Office in Chanhassen we experienced 395 severe storms between June 17 and July 17. That compares to 120 severe storms in all of 2009! So in a mere 30 days we saw more than 3 TIMES more severe weather than we did all of last year. Unbelievable. http://www.startribune.com/blogs/98898409.html?elr=KArksUUUU#post_comments
Vestas takes huge Tehachapi prize: 590MW order booked
The order for 190 V90-3.0MW turbines – 570MW of capacity – represents Vestas’ largest single-site order, the company says. It also marks a huge victory in the emerging battle for the multi-megawatt wind turbine market in the US, where General Electric, Mitsubishi and others are trying to establish their offerings. http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article222778.ece
A Simple Solution for Wind Power Storage
If you’ve ever blown up a balloon and let it go flying across the room, you’ve got the basic idea behind a new technology for storing energy from wind power: use compressed air. ARPA-E, the federal agency charged with providing seed money for transformative energy technology, is so impressed with the concept (minus the hilarious fart noise that a ballon makes when it goes flying across the room) that it has awarded a grant worth up to $750,000 to a startup called General Compression, to assist the company in speeding up commercial scale development of the technology. http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/20/a-simple-solution-for-wind-power-storage
Ah
wild weather here! Seems things are becoming more bizarre stuff
http://www.courant.com/news/weather/hc-tornado-warning-0722-20100721,0,509252.story
Business groups ask President Obama to set up electric vehicle task force http://green.autoblog.com/2010/07/20/business-groups-ask-president-obama-to-set-up-electric-vehicle-t/
Photoshop http://i.imgur.com/OOTEo.jpg
Businesses, Clean Energy Advocates Urge Reid, Senate to Pass Robust Energy Efficiency Resource Standard http://energyefficiencyworks.org/press-room/press-releases/businesses-clean-energy-advocates-urge-reid-senate-to-pass-robust-energy-efficiency-resource-standard
Recent Widespread Tree Growth Decline Despite Increasing Atmospheric CO2 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011543
NASA has a new tracking website for Earth climate system states.
http://climate.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/
White-bark pine ravaged throughout Yellowstone
The clear, high peaks of the greater Yellowstone region once were studded with huge stands of majestic white-bark pine forests, some of the trees 1,000 years old.
A decade or so ago, big pockets of rust started appearing as the green pine needles succumbed to infestation and disease. Since then, it’s become worse: Unable to fend off invading armies of mountain pine beetles, large swaths of the forest have simply died. An alarming part of the high-elevation landscape across the mountains of Wyoming, eastern Idaho and southern Montana is gradually turning eerie and gray. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/07/whitebark-pine-ravaged-throughout-yellowstone.html
Fire grows in Yellowstone National Park http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/2010-07-19-yellowstone-fire_N.htm
Temperature Constancy Appears Key to Tropical Biodiversity http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100720162314.htm
The world’s first molten salt concentrating solar power plant
‘Archimede’ demonstration solar plant in Sicily becomes the first to use molten salts to store energy overnight http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/22/first-molten-salt-solar-power
Warmer climate entails increased release of carbon dioxide by inland lakes
Much organically bound carbon is deposited on inland lake bottoms. A portion remains in the sediment, sometimes for thousands of years, while the rest is largely broken down to carbon dioxide and methane, which are released into the atmosphere. Swedish researchers have shown that carbon retention by sediment is highly temperature-sensitive and that a warmer climate would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/10072216-warmer-climate-entails-increased-release-carbon-dioxide-by-inland-lakes.html
Whitehall’s green efforts saving taxpayers £70m a year, watchdog says
Soon-to-be-axed Sustainable Development Commission says energy, carbon and water savings could amount to hundreds of millions http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/22/whitehall-green-government-savings
From the news links “China embraces emissions trading” -
“China is set to pilot an emissions trading scheme before 2015 after a decision at a high-level meeting between government and industry, according to local media.
A closed meeting chaired by Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and involving officials from a range of government ministries as well as industry, policy experts and environmental exchange representatives agreed the initiative in principle, the China Daily reports a source from within the meeting saying today.
A domestic carbon trading programme would be piloted during the next five-year plan running from 2011 to 2015, due to be finalised in the next few months. Issues to be decided include which emitting sectors or geographical areas are to be covered in any pilot emissions scheme.
“The consensus that a domestic carbon-trading scheme is essential was reached, but a debate is still ongoing among experts and industries regarding what approach should be adopted,” the source told the newspaper. ”
If Obama persists in his studied inaction on climate legislation, education, denial refutation/scientists’ defence, etc., then the US will be left so far behind that it will be regarded with open derision. US Conservatives would be wise to stop pushing the divisive “Tariff the Laggards” hype for fear of finding that the US is itself evidently the worst global laggard.
Regards,
Lewis
‘Inception’ Star Marion Cotillard’s other new film: ‘Congo’s rainforests: living on borrowed time’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pil25JfjmY8&feature=youtu.be
A Tale of Two Kenyas: Contradictions in Air Quality Stirred Researcher’s Pursuit of Atmospheric Science
A ship passed beneath Gatebe’s plane, through his measurement field, triggering a mass of sea foam in its wake. When he later evaluated visible and near-infrared data from NASA’s Cloud Absorption Radiometer instrument that took the measurements from aboard the plane, he noticed a spike in brightness in the vicinity of the ship’s path. The bubbles in the wake increased light reflectance off the ocean. http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/whatonearth/posts/post_1279646242509.html
The Hidden costs of Clean Coal http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/longwall/pages/multimedia/
Alaska Wells Halted
A federal judge stopped development of oil and gas wells off Alaska’s northwest coast, saying the federal government failed to follow environmental law before it sold the drilling rights. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22alaska.html
New wind power project to generate 3,000 MW of electricity in California.
It seems that the clean energy wave is sweeping across the US like never before. In a step that promises to give a huge boost to the renewable energy sector on the American West coast, Terra-Gen Power LLC has arranged finances worth $1.2 billion to establish four wind farms northwest of Los Angeles. The turbines for the project will be made by a Danish company in Colorado.
The entire project guarantees energy generation of as much as 3,000 megawatts of electricity apart from creating 5,000 new jobs in a country which only yesterday announced the extension of unemployment insurance benefits. http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/la-to-get-four-wind-farms-that-generate-3000-mw-of-electricity/
Military’s greenhouse gas emissions are relevant to US fuel policies, University of Nebraska authors say
U.S. military operations to protect oil imports coming from the Middle East are creating larger amounts of greenhouse gas emissions than once thought, new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows. http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1894735/researchers_epa_should_recognize_environmental_impact_of_protecting_foreign_oil/index.html
Gulf Stream changing due to OIL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT_YlI3yd3c&feature=youtu.be
Chevron Oil spill found in field inside AK wildlife refuge
Alaska (AP) – An estimated 630 gallons of oil have spilled in a pipeline corridor on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Alaska.
The Department of Environmental Conservation says a survey crew discovered the spill in the Swanson River Oil Field Tuesday. Chevron notified authorities and shut down its active crude line in the area. http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12850136
Why the former BP boss’s new government job is beyond parody http://englandnews.freshcontentengine.com/why-the-former-bp-bosss-new-government-job-is-beyond-parody/
U.S. environmental agency questions need for cross-border oilsands pipeline http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/us-environmental-agency-questions-need-for-cross-border-oilsands-pipeline-98939784.html
Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii— Pacific Northwest, 2004–2010
Whereas C. neoformans primarily affects persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide, C. gattii primarily affects HIV-uninfected persons …
Because C. gattii typically has been regarded as tropical or subtropical in geographic distribution, its emergence in a temperate climate suggests that the pathogen might have adapted to a new climatic niche, or that climatic warming might have created an environment in which minimum threshold conditions for C. gattii spore survival and propagation are attained consistently http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5928a1.htm?s_cid=mm5928a1_w
Beyond Parody
BP can’t fake photos – can it plug the oil leak? http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/07/faking-it-without-conviction.html
Energy Innovation Hubs and the Quest to Turn Sunlight Into Fuel
From the Manhattan Project to AT&T’s Bell Laboratories, we’ve seen the transformative results that can happen when we bring together some of our best scientific minds. American innovation has solved some of the world’s toughest problems and made our country a leader in the global economy.
Today, we’re looking to the past to help build a brighter future. We’re bringing together some of our nation’s top scientists and engineers to form multi-disciplinary, highly-collaborative research teams to achieve energy breakthroughs.
That is the idea behind our new Energy Innovation Hubs. Today I have the pleasure of announcing an award of up to $122 million over five years to establish an Energy Innovation Hub aimed at developing revolutionary methods to generate fuels directly from sunlight. http://blog.energy.gov/blog/2010/07/22/energy-innovation-hubs-and-quest-turn-sunlight-fuel
Wanted
Solar Charger USB Hub
Chinavasion has launched a new USB Hub that has a solar panel built in. The Solar USB Hub is capable of acting as a regular USB hub and allows for four devices to be connected up to it.
As well as acting as a regular USB hub, the device also has a lithium battery built in that is charged by either the solar panel or by an AC adapter allowing you to have a source of power for your smartphone or MP3 player whilst on the go.
Ten different adapters are provided with the Solar USB Hub allowing a vast array of smartphones to be connected to it. The adapters are compatible with PDA’s, BlackBerry, Nokia, Motorola, HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony Ericsson devices.
The solar hub costs $12.36 making it quite a decent price for a backup batter. http://www.gadgetvenue.com/solar-charger-usb-hub-07221747/
Senators of Tiny West Virginia Hold Big Influence Over Climate Law http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100722/senators-tiny-west-virginia-hold-big-influence-over-climate-law
Arctic Ocean full up with carbon dioxide
Loss of sea ice is unlikely to enable Arctic waters to mop up more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100722/full/news.2010.372.html?s=news_rss
“We found that ice-free basin areas had rather high CO2 values that approached atmospheric levels,” says Cai. “It was not expected.”
Hosepipe ban and flood warnings for the SAME region as heatwave and storms combine http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1296318/Hosepipe-ban-flood-warnings-SAME-region-heatwave-storms-combine.html
A similar amount of forest is at risk in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming Study: Beetle’s pine toll reaches 1M acres
“That system was really pretty much in equilibrium for thousands of years. It has undergone absolute, dramatic change in just six years,” said Jesse Logan, a co-author of the report and former head of bark beetle research for the U.S. Forest Service. “Ecologically that’s an astounding event.” An invasive fungus, blister rust, has been taking a toll on whitebark pine for a century. The recent toll from beetles has been far greater, however.
The NRDC blames climate change for the higher temperatures that have enabled beetles to proliferate from one winter to the next. http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_3a587920-9549-11df-961b-001cc4c002e0.html
Over a thousand killed or missing in China floods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0wHmCekOFU&feature=player_embedded
Typhoon Brings China More Flood Devastation
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/China-Floods-Typhoon-Chanthu-Hits-Guangdong—Highest-Chinese-Flooding-Death-Toll-In-12-Years/Article/201007415669446
Midwest Threatened with More Flooding http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/07/22/111815.htm
Feds defend response to Tennessee flooding
Rep. Steven Cohen, a Memphis Democrat, said such violent storms are becoming more frequent as a result of global warming. He called on climate change skeptics to take notice and join efforts to reduce carbon emissions. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h87GMzKVJcVvgjfYT9n4QC0F8tegD9H46Q9O0
Sea level rise could doom Delaware resources
Report details risks from predicted climate change
To see what inundation already looks like, fly over Prime Hook Beach with John Chirtea, who bought his house there a decade ago. The creek snakes through the lush, green marsh. Then, all of a sudden, the view changes to a water-covered area sprinkled with dead trees.
“It looks completely different than it did in 2000,” Chirtea said.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100722/NEWS02/7220345