Climate Change

News

Kansas-based

Seeking to slow 'Cap and Trade,' KCP&L spends on lobbying
(Kansas City Free Press, April 28, 2010)

Climate not changing as quickly as projected
(High Plains Journal, March 19, 2010)

Collaboration on climate research in state unique
(Lawrence Journal-World, Feb. 8, 2010)

Kansas Geological Survey receives $5 million grant to study CO2 storage
(KU News Release, November 9, 2009)

Global warming theory received coolly
(Lawrence Journal-World, Sept. 7, 2009)

Cap-and-trade won't pass Senate, Brownback tells KIOGA
(Wichita Eagle, August 18, 2009)

Kansas lawmakers slam cap-and-trade proposal
(Forbes.com, August 17, 2009)

Students study ways to cut KU’s carbon footprint
(Lawrence Journal-World, May 10, 2009)

Coal plant foes applaud report
(Lawrence Journal-World, April 18, 2009)

Antarctica is heating up fast, a Kansas researcher and other scientists warn
(Miami (Fla.) Herald, March 8, 2009)

KDHE secretary issues carbon dioxide guidelines relating to power plant permits
(Lawrence Journal-World, Feb. 9, 2009)

Kansas agency tries to clarify policy on CO₂
(Kansas City Star, Feb. 5, 2009)

KU student researcher braves Antarctic chill to gauge ice thickness
(KU News Release, Nov. 12, 2008)

KU researcher among scientists studying glacier for warming clues
(Lawrence Journal-World, June 10, 2007)

Global

Global warming will cause plants and animals to migrate
(Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 24, 2009)

Carbon emissions increasing acidity in Alaskan seas
(Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 4, 2009)

A Bid to Cut Emissions Looks Away From Coal
(New York Times, Oct. 31, 2009)

Study says winds dying down
(Topeka Capital-Journal, June 10, 2009)

With Something for Everyone, Climate Bill Passed
(The New York Times, June 30, 2009)
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E.P.A. Clears Way for Greenhouse Gas Rules
(The New York Times, April 17, 2009)
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A Plan for U.S. Emissions to Be Buried Under Sea
(The New York Times, April 17, 2009)
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Climate bill sends chill through coal country
(Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 16, 2009)

Climate Legislation Sends Chill Through Areas Fueled by Coal
(The New York Times, April 8, 2009)
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Trouble in store
(The Economist, March 5, 2009)

Scrubbing the skies
(The Economist, March 5, 2009)

Obama’s Greenhouse Gas Gamble
(The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2009)
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Does bitter winter weather refute climate-change claims?
(Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 27, 2009)

A Carbon Keeper: Crop Waste Sunk to the Ocean Deep
(The New York Times, Feb. 2, 2009)
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Researchers study the other greenhouse gas: water vapor
(Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 29, 2009)

Hard Task for New Team on Energy and Climate
(The New York Times, Dec. 15, 2008)
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Concern for Climate Change Defines Energy Dept. Nominee
(Washington Post, Dec. 12, 2008)
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Report Says 2 Global Programs To Curb Emissions Fall Short
(Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2008)
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Obama Affirms Climate Change Goals
(The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2008)
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Financial crisis threatens climate-change momentum
(The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 13, 2008)

Climate change threatening lemmings
(The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 6, 2008)

Thoreau Is Rediscovered as a Climatologist
(The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2008)
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Treading lightly: How to gauge my carbon footprint?
(The Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 26, 2008)

Surprise: Old-growth forests soak up CO2
(The Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 24, 2008)

More climate news, KEIN

Global Warming - New Section - Christian Science Monitor news archive

Global Warming - What can we do? - Christian Science Monitor news archive

In the Greenhouse: Confronting a Changing Climate - Washington Post news archive

The Threat of Climate Change - Washington Post news archive

More on Climate Change - The Guardian (UK) news archive

Research

Kansas

Southwest Carbon Partnership, members include Kansas, other states, and NETL.

Climate Change in Kansas - Feddema, J. et al., KU, Climate and Energy Program, Oct. 23, 2008

Kansas Coalition for Carbon Management (KCCM) - K State

Soil Carbon Center - K State, includes a Carbon calculator to estimate the cost of sequestering CO₂ in soil.

PRISM - Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements - KU

Remote Sensing of Polar Ice - KU

Geologic Constraints on Global Climate - Lee C. Gerhard, (PDF 8.5 MB)
   - Gerhard Slide Notes

2006. K. A. Garrett, S. P. Dendy, E. E. Frank, M. N. Rouse, and S. E. Travers. Climate Change Effects on Plant Disease: Genomes to Ecosystems -  Annual Review of Phytopathology 44:489-509. (PDF 229 KB)

 Climate Change and Kansas, U.S. E.P.A., EPA 236-F-98-007i, Sept. 1998. (PDF 69 KB)

Federal

U.S. Climate Change Science Program - Fed. Gov't

U.S. Climate Change Technology Program - Fed. Gov't

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Resources

Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy group - Executive Order 08-03

Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.
(PDF - 9.6 MB) American Solar Energy Society, Jan. 2007

U.S. greenhouse emissions data
U.S. DOE Energy Information Administration

Carbon footprint - ways to reduce impact on environment and atmospheric CO₂

Online Glacier Photograph Database - National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado, Boulder

Sea Ice Minimum Concentration 3-year moving averages for 1979-1981 to 2003-2005 - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Initiatives

Energy and Climate Change - Clinton Global Initiative

Evangelical Climate Initiative

Nature Conservancy Climate Change Initiative

Cool Cities Initiative - Sierra Club

West Coast Governor's Climate Change Initiative - Cal., Ore., & Wash.

Industry Climate Change Policy

Climate Change Policy - Westar Energy

Commentary

Brownback: Climate change bill would devastate Kansas
(The Kansas City Star, May 3, 2010)

Gerhard: Fact-based climate debate
(Lawrence Journal World, Dec. 16, 2009)

Play it safe on the environment
(Lawrence Journal World, Dec. 12, 2009)

Friedman: What They Really Believe
(New York Times, Nov. 18, 2009)

Vilsack: Kansas farmers would gain from cap-and-trade
(Wichita Eagle, November 8, 2009)

Editorial: Kansas is a player in greenhouse gases
(Wichita Eagle, June 8, 2007)

Editorial: A Glacial Pace on Warming
(The New York Times, April 28, 2007)
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Editorial: Walk the talk on global warming
(Christian Science Monitor, April 26, 2007)

Will: Fuzzy Climate Math
(Washington Post, April 12, 2007)
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Whitman: Carbon Ruling: A Welcome First Step
(Washington Post, April 9, 2007)
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Samuelson: Hollywood's Climate Follies
(Washington Post, March 21, 2007)
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Ignatius: The Climate-Change Precipice
(Washington Post, March 2, 2007)
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