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Sept. 12 News: Do Heat Waves Make Crime Waves Worse?
First published on ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which was recently named one of Time magazine’s Top 25 blogs of 2010.
It’s possible that climate change could in the years to come make our hot, violent summers even worse on both fronts. A fascinating new academic paper statistically spells out just what this might look like. [Atlantic]
The amount of carbon dioxide emitted from energy production declined in the U.S. in 2011 — the third time in four years and the fourth time in the last six years that has happened, the Energy Department said Tuesday. [Los Angeles Times]
As global warming nudges average temperatures upward across the planet and causes tumultuous, grape-damaging weather changes, winemakers in Oregon are wondering just how their superstar grape will fare — if at all. [NPR]
The lack of natural nectar — and the resulting decrease in honey production — has put many beekeepers in a sticky spot going into the winter. [Deseret News]
Strong winds and dry fuels caused the Pole Creek Fire in the Three Sisters Wilderness to almost triple in size Monday, with approximately 300 firefighters now battling the 4,300-acre blaze. [Register Guard]
The biggest estimated money losses due to the drought are in sugarcane, one of Louisiana’s biggest crops. About 380,000 acres — 90 percent of the total planted — were damaged. Although the estimated percentage loss from pre-storm value was 7 percent, that works out to nearly $60 million. [Associated Press]
Large chain stores, more than any other type of business, rely on rooftop solar power to help meet their energy needs, according to a report to be released Wednesday by the Solar Energy Industries Association and the Vote Solar Initiative, an advocacy group. [New York Times]
Climate activists protesting at Shell’s drilling in the Arctic blockaded an entrance to the company’s London headquarters on Tuesday morning by building a pyramid of ice blocks. [Guardian]
Japan’s subsidies for renewable power suppliers have sparked more than $2 billion of investment since they were launched two months ago, as companies and homeowners try to profit from an anti-nuclear energy policy after last year’s Fukushima crisis. [Reuters]
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