Today's Climate: November 8-9, 2008
by Stacy Feldman - Nov 9th, 2008
Obama Positioned to Quickly Reverse Bush Actions (Washington Post)
Advisers to President-elect Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse policies on climate, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues.
GM's Efforts to Merge with Chrysler on Hold (Detroit Free Press)
GM's increasingly dire situation has led the automaker to announce that it is setting aside efforts to merge with Chrysler to focus on saving its existing operation.
Oil Firms Vow to Fight Schwarzenegger's Tax Proposal (Los Angeles Times)
California oil producers have vowed to wage an all-out lobbying battle against Gov. Schwarzenegger's call for a 9.9% state tax on every barrel of crude pumped out of the ground.
BP Quits Contest to Build Carbon Capture Plant (Financial Times)
BP has pulled out of the UK government’s competition to build a prototype power station that will capture and store CO2 emissions. The move follows the oil giant's decision to focus its wind power business on the US.
Funding "Iffy" for Ohio Uranium Enrichment Plant (AP)
America's only provider of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants has said it will go ahead with the development of a $3.5 billion project in Ohio, even though it has been unable to attract financing.
Calif. Drought Forces Cattle Ranchers to Downsize (AP)
California's worst drought in decades is forcing the state's cattle ranchers to downsize their herds because two years of poor rainfall has ravaged millions of acres of land used to feed their cows and calves.
Study: Current Warming Trend Is Steepest in 5,000 Years (AFP)
New research on Arctic and North Atlantic ecosystems has shown that the recent warming trend counts as the most dramatic climate change since the onset of human civilization 5,000 years ago.
Op-Ed: The Climate for Change (Al Gore in the New York Times)
The bold steps that are needed to solve the climate crisis are exactly the same steps that ought to be taken in order to solve the economic crisis and the energy security crisis.
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