New Book Examines Efforts To Discredit Evidence Of Global Warming | KPBS.org

TOM FUDGE: Most Americans believe global warming is occurring, and human use of fossil fuels is causing it. But a sizable minority still do not believe we are causing global warming. And some members of the press continue to treat the question of what causes global warming as a controversial issue. We see this despite the fact that scientists, who study the climate, are virtually unanimous in their belief that human activities are making the earth warmer. Naomi Oreskes is co-author of the book "Merchants of Doubt." She says the continuing controversy is largely due to a concerted effort -- call it a conspiracy, if you like -- to discredit climate research, to cast doubt on the conclusions of that research.

EU Sues Six Member States For Not Adopting Environmental Laws | Harry Tournemille

The European Commission (EU) has announced intentions to sue six of its member states for failure to implement EU environmental rules as national law.

Increased heat waves from climate change a 'public health disaster,' federal official says | OregonLive.com

Michael McGeehin, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted that the scientists working with the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are "very certain" the globe will see an increase in the duration, intensity and frequency of heat waves.

McGeehin, addressing the annual meeting of Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists at the Oregon Convention Center, called increased heat waves "a public health disaster."

Western U.S., Canadian Carbon Market Faces Scaled-Back Start - BusinessWeek

June 7 (Bloomberg) -- A proposed carbon cap-and-trade program for the western U.S. and parts of Canada is likely to start out smaller than planned because some state governments don’t have laws in place to join the regional emissions market.

Northwest wind farms killing some birds and bats | - NEWS UPDATES - The News Tribune

Altamont Pass in California, where an earlier generation of wind turbines constructed during the 1980s were densely packed into a key raptor area, offers a notorious example of wind power's toll on birds.

These Altamont wind farms have consistently killed more raptors per megawatt of power than anywhere else in the nation. Despite efforts to modify these wind farms, surveys indicate the Altamont wind farms still kill more than 1,600 hawks, eagles and other raptors annually, according to Smallwood.