FUELED: The fight for the future of energy

According to Shelby DeMars, a spokesperson for COCM, people often forget about the tax revenue coal brings to the state through exports.
“One train car of coal equals $20,000 in taxes for education,” DeMars said.
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[Steve Running, one of the leading climatologists at UM] has been at UM since 1979. He won a Nobel Peace prize in 2007 as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He claims his interest piqued for climate change and renewable energy with Al Gore winning an Oscar for his movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” He has no love for coal.

Obama meets on energy, climate change, immigration

Obama met Thursday night with "business and thought leaders" on clean energy and climate change and met Friday morning with "faith leaders" about immigration, the White House announced today.

The energy discussion included new sources of natural gas, increased efficiency of energy use and development of renewables such as wind and solar power, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

Portland: Regional climate change experts gather at PSU to review new national report

More than 100 climate change experts from academia, government and other groups will gather Tuesday, March 12 at 8 p.m. to discuss the regional implications of the newly released draft National Climate Assessment Report.

The report was produced by a 60-person advisory committee empaneled by the U.S. Commerce Department, with the help of more than 240 authors.

The event, open to the public, takes place at Portland State University’s Smith Memorial Student Union

Scientists: Severity Of Recent Storms More Proof Of Climate Change « CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) – Scientists in the Chicago area said Friday the kind of tumultuous weather we’ve been having is just more evidence of global warming, and a reason to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.