The attempt by Newt Gingrich to cover his tracks on climate change has been one of the shabbier little episodes of the 2012 presidential campaign. His forthcoming sequel to “A Contract with the Earth” was to feature a chapter by Katharine Hayhoe, a young professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas Tech University. Hayhoe is a scientist, an evangelical Christian and a moderate voice warning of climate disruption. Read full article > >

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Climate and the culture war

Tropical forests in Africa may be more resilient to future climate change than the Amazon and other regions, say scientists.

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Africa’s rainforests ‘resilient’

Possible cause of climate change.

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Hybrid Sharks Discovered

Convertible or no convertible? That was the critical question. I was booking a rental car for a January trip to California’s Napa Valley, while simultaneously checking the wine country weather online. Something I’d been doing for days. As if I could affect climate change by hitting “refresh.” The forecast called for highs in the measly low 50s with a likelihood of rain. No convertible. Read full article > >

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In California’s Napa Valley, winter is a season that really cuts the mustard

2011 was an unforgettable year with the rise of the Arab Spring, the Occupy Movements challenging the corporate world and a general overall social consciousness. Architects , too, learned that it is our responsibility to design in such a way to enhance and impact some of the world’s urgent concerns: poverty, climate change, unemployment, energy crises and education. With community’s no longer willing to accept the status quo, as we’ve seen in many parts of the world with successful protests, education is a key component for the mass majority. Education has always been a right and architecture has played a vital role in creating school buildings, which have become a teaching tool for urban sprawl in a poverty setting, have responded to climate change, sustainability, energy crises and preservation of culture and heritage. For example, the Children Academy in Haiti, the Boarding School for Girls in India, the Bamboo School in Liberia and The United Nations Relief and Works Agency Zero Carbon Gas Schools in Gaza Palestine, are all exemplary projects that can be set a new standard for architectural education.

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2011: A Year of Change

A month after joining Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in a televised call to fight climate change in 2008, Newt Gingrich pivoted to a much different message: Increase domestic drilling and block legislation aimed at implementing a “cap-and-trade” system to curb carbon pollution. “We could drill here, drill now and pay less,” Gingrich said in a May 2008 video for his now-defunct nonprofit group, American Solutions for Winning the Future. Read full article > >

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Donations flowed to Gingrich’s nonprofit after he shifted on energy issues in 2008

Over his long career as a public planner, Lewis L. Lawrence grew accustomed to the bland formalities of planning commission meetings in Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, where forgetting to cover one’s mouth while yawning through a lecture was about as rude as people got. But lately, the meetings have gotten far more exciting — in a bad way, said Lawrence, acting executive director of the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission . A well-organized and vocal group of residents has taken a keen interest in municipal preparations for sea-level rise caused by climate change, often shouting their opposition, sometimes while planners and politicians are talking. Read full article > >

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Virginia residents oppose preparations for climate-related sea-level rise

For the entirety of the Republican presidential race to date, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has been a side story. Huntsman’s biography (he returned to run straight from a gig as the Obama Administration’s ambassador to China), his centrist stances on issues like climate change and his generally moderate tone all seemed to be a fundamental mismatch for a Republican Party seething with white-hot anger at President Obama . Read full article > >

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Jon Huntsman, conservative alternative?

For the entirety of the Republican presidential race to date, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has been a side story. Huntsman’s biography (he returned to run straight from a gig as the Obama Administration’s ambassador to China), his centrist stances on issues like climate change and his generally moderate tone all seemed to be a fundamental mismatch for a Republican Party seething with white-hot anger at President Obama . Read full article > >

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The UK’s Climate Change Secretary issues a call to arms for a credible and binding deal at a UN climate summit in Durban, warning that time runs short.

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Climate talks ‘at decision time’

The cost of reaching Scotland’s ambitious climate change targets could top £11bn, according to a report from a money watchdog.

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Green bid target ‘to cost £11bn’

We always thought Newt should never, ever have cozied up on that love seat with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2008 to do that goofy climate change ad for Al Gore. And, indeed, it appears he’s still working hard to explain himself — about that and many other matters. We got an invitation the other day from legendary conservative fundraiser Richard Viguerie and veteran GOP strategist Diana Banister telling us that, “at the request of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich,” they had “arranged a private time for him to meet with a small group of conservative leaders and ask that you be part of the group.” Read full article > >

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Gingrich quietly courts conservatives

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, facing increased scrutiny as he solidifies his standing atop the Republican presidential field, sought to convince conservatives in a forum Saturday night that he would not stray from a limited-government philosophy. Asked why conservatives should trust that he won’t advance “big government approaches,” given his history of supporting an individual health-care mandate, climate change policies and a larger federal role in education policy, Gingrich said it was his years in Washington that made him best-suited to transform government. Read full article > >

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Republican hopefuls make pitch at Huckabee forum

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, facing increased scrutiny as he solidifies his standing atop the Republican presidential field, sought to convince conservatives in a forum Saturday night that he would not stray from a limited-government philosophy. Asked why conservatives should trust that he won’t advance “big government approaches,” given his history of supporting an individual health-care mandate, climate change policies and a larger federal role in education policy, Gingrich said it was his years in Washington that made him best-suited to transform government. Read full article > >

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Republican hopefuls make pitch at Huckabee forum

Thousands of demonstrators march in Durban demanding faster action on climate change, as the annual UN summit on the issue reaches its half-way point.

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