Targetglobalwarming.org - http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/ Catch of the Day en Delta diversion threat to salmon, judge rules http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/sanfranchronicle <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><table border="0" class="article"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td id="contentcol"> <div id="divider"><strong><!-- dont write <hr> here --></strong></div> <div class="headlines"><strong>By Peter Fimrite, <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></strong></div> <div class="headlines"> <p>A federal judge in Fresno affirmed Friday that water diversions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have jeopardized the existence of California&#39;s beleaguered salmon.</p> <p>It was the latest in a string of rulings ordering state and federal regulators to fix a water system that supplies millions of Californians with water but is all but dysfunctional when it comes to protecting fisheries and the environment.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/19/MN9811RINQ.DTL" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></p> <p>&#160;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/sanfranchronicle#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:53:32 -0400 Kristin Johnson 605 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Warming may affect Northwest way of life http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/epareport <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By MICHAEL MILSTEIN, <em>The Oregonian</em></strong></p> <p>The federal government&#39;s latest word on global warming holds some ominous hints for the Northwest&#39;s outdoor lifestyle. Salmon and trout-fishing trips may no longer be much of an option in places, and Oregonians may find themselves less concerned about urban smog than smoke from more severe wildfires. </p> <p>The report issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday doesn&#39;t represent new research but pulls together a peer-reviewed summary of earlier research to examine how a changing climate will affect human health and welfare. </p> <p><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216351512184610.xml&amp;coll=7" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/epareport#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:07:30 -0400 Kristin Johnson 606 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Shell Shocked http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/lobsterfishing <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font size="3"><strong>Lobstermen fear for their livelihoods as the waters of Long Island Sound warm up and harvests dwindle</strong></font><span> </span> </p> <p><strong><span><font size="2">By Gregory B. Hladky, <em>Boston Globe</em></font></span><font size="3"> </font></strong> </p> <p>BRANFORD, Conn. - Nick Crismale leaned against the stack of rusty wire lobster traps he was repairing and shook his head. </p> <p>&quot;I should be out fishing,&quot; he said, glancing toward his two boats as they rocked nearby in the harbor&#39;s gentle swell. </p> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/07/13/shell_shocked/" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/lobsterfishing#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:05:01 -0400 Kristin Johnson 604 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens wants to supplant oil with wind http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/txoil <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="inside-copy">By <span class="linkedBylineName">Dan Reed</span>, <br />USA TODAY</div> <div class="inside-copy"> </div> <div class="inside-copy"> </div> <div class="inside-copy">Get ready, America, T. Boone Pickens is coming to your living room.</div> <div class="inside-copy"> </div> <div class="inside-copy">The legendary Texas oilman, corporate raider, shareholder-rights crusader, philanthropist and deep-pocketed moneyman for conservative politicians and causes, wants to drive the USA&#39;s political and economic agenda.</div> <div class="inside-copy"> </div> <div class="inside-copy">&quot;We&#39;re paying $700 billion a year for foreign oil. It&#39;s breaking us as a nation, and I want to elevate that question to the presidential debate, to make it the No. 1 issue of the campaign this year,&quot; Pickens says.</div> <p class="inside-copy"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-07-08-t-boone-pickens-plan-wind-energy_N.htm" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/txoil#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:46:00 -0400 Erica Anderson 603 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new It’s worth conserving http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/edperry <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>A State College researcher believes wildlife is suffering from the effects of global warming.</p> <p>Ed Perry, an outreach coordinator with the National Wildlife Federation, believes the excessive use of fossil fuels is causing the waterways to become warmer and leading to faster ice melts north of Canada. </p> <p>Perry believes the future of trout and other aquatic life that need cold water is in jeopardy.</p> <p> To combat the problem, he said the nation has to conserve more fuel than ever before.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/07/04/opinion/editorials/editorial607.txt" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/edperry#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:28:53 -0400 Erica Anderson 602 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Catch of the day? http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/bostonglobe <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font size="3"><strong>Wild salmon is threatened, and the farm-bred alternative raises concerns</strong></font></p> <p><strong>By Devra First, <em>Boston Globe</em></strong></p> <p>A meal of salmon is a time-honored Fourth of July tradition in New England, along with peas and new potatoes, which came into season around the same time the fish ran. Times, however, have changed. Atlantic wild salmon is commercially extinct. In May, salmon fishing was banned in California and most of Oregon to halt the rapid disappearance of the species there. Over the past few weeks, the price of Alaskan wild salmon fillets has ranged from a whopping $20 to $35 a pound at local fish markets. And health and ecological concerns regarding the consumption of farmed salmon have been much in the news. For consumers, this adds up to one question: Should we still be eating this favorite fish?</p> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2008/07/02/catch_of_the_day/" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/bostonglobe#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:34:49 -0400 Kristin Johnson 600 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new WRC salmon seasons more restrictive http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/wrcsalmon <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p class="summary">June 25, 2008<br />Andy Martin</p> <p><span class="text"> <p>When fall arrives on the Wild Rivers Coast, many anglers will hop back and forth between the Smith and Chetco rivers, depending on which system is producing the best bite or best water conditions. This year, however, salmon anglers who venture north to the Chetco will need to be aware of several temporary changes in the Oregon fishing regulations.</p> <p><a href="http://www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=9261" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> <p></span></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/wrcsalmon#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:07:26 -0400 Jared Mott 599 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Fishing bleak in the Fraser http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/bclocalnews <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By Phil Melnychuk, <em>Surrey Leader</em></strong></p> <p>The graph shows the scary reality for Fraser River salmon this year as much as anything.</p> <p>Flatlined.</p> <p>Data on a Fisheries and Oceans Canada test fisheries in May and June in the Fraser near Albion shows only a handful of chinook caught from daily May test fisheries.</p> <p>Eight in all, actually.</p> <p>That&#39;s what the test vessel Witch Doctor caught after putting the nets in the Fraser River off Albion from May 5 to June 5.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/business/20659689.html" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a><strong> </strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><br /> </strong></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/bclocalnews#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:45:44 -0400 Erica Anderson 598 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Climate Change Report for Hunters and Anglers Now Available http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/buckmasters <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>From Wildlife Management Institute</em></font></p> <p><font size="2">A new report outlining the potential impacts of climate change on North America&#39;s fish and game species has been released by a joint cooperation of nine conservation organizations. </font></p> <p><font size="2">Funded by the Bipartisan Policy Center in an effort to engage sportsmen and sportswomen in the global warming debate, &quot;Seasons&#39; End: Global Warming&#39;s Threat to Hunting and Fishing&quot; summarizes the predicted impacts of climate change to North America&#39;s fresh- and salt-water fish, waterfowl, upland birds and big game. </font></p> <p><a href="http://www.buckmasters.com/bm/Resources/Articles/tabid/135/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/978/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/buckmasters#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:36:06 -0400 Kristin Johnson 597 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Experts predict more severe weather in future http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/cedarcountyrepublican <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By: Linda Greer, <em>Cedar County Republican</em></strong></p> <p>Cattleman Gene Brown should have baled 20 acres of hay by now. Instead, by Friday, June 6, he had baled none. </p> <p>&quot;In past years, I would have had it all done by now and been starting on a second cutting,&quot; Brown said. </p> <p>Brown, who raises cattle seven miles south of Stockton has lived in Cedar County his entire life. He said weather extremes - either too much rain or not enough - are part of living in the Ozarks. </p> <p>&quot;It happens sometimes,&quot; Brown said of the lack of enough consecutive dry days to bale hay.</p> <p><a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=19761941&amp;BRD=2841&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=603517&amp;rfi=6" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/cedarcountyrepublican#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:51:08 -0400 Kristin Johnson 596 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new The greening of Gordon Smith http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/gordonsmith <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>His opponents belittle his election-year turnaround on global warming, but give the senator credit for finally supporting a climate-change bill O-regon Sen. Gordon Smith, once a dependable opponent of major climate change bills, basked in praise Friday from environmentalists seeking such legislation.</p> <p>&quot;We are frankly delighted with Senator Smith,&quot; said Jeremy Symons, global warming program director for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. &quot;We see him and Martinez (Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.) as Senate bellwethers on this issue.&quot; </p> <p><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1212794718299730.xml&amp;coll=7" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/gordonsmith#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:12:04 -0400 Kristin Johnson 595 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Global Warming, Two Steps Forward http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/phillyenquirer <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong><em>Philadelphia Enquirer</em> Editorial<br />June 4, 2008<br /></strong><br />Senate debate this week on climate change is a step forward, even if it doesn&#39;t produce a law limiting carbon emissions.</p> <p>A vote on such legislation was unthinkable as recently as two years ago. President Bush had set a hostile tone in Washington, denying that global warming existed and attacking the sound scientific research that had documented the problem. </p> <p><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080604_Editorial__Global_Warming.html" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/phillyenquirer#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:45:02 -0400 Kristin Johnson 591 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Forum: Sportsmen urge passage of climate act http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/MIclimatesecurityact <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><span class="storycredit">BY BRENDA ARCHAMBO</span><br /> <span> <p>Sportsmen and women in Michigan and across the country speak up for conservation, alternative energy and green jobs. Together, we can pave the way for our children&#39;s future.</p> <p>A survey of licensed hunters and anglers conducted by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Michigan United Conservation Clubs revealed that the majority of Michigan hunters and anglers are upset with energy policy and want the government to invest in alternative energy sources that create green jobs, protect wildlife and that combat climate change.</p> <p>As a result of national and statewide sportsmen surveys, the Climate Change Campaign is in full swing. The campaign is very grassroots based in which the NWF are building a coalition Michigan hunter, angler and conservation organizations to show support on the issue of addressing climate change, with one unified voice, and to stand up and protect fish and wildlife habitats against climate change. </p> <p><a href="http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_148094719.html?keyword=secondarystory" target="_blank">Read entire article...  </a></p> <p></span></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/MIclimatesecurityact#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 14:38:52 -0400 Erica Anderson 590 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Act Now: Don't let uncertainty rule out steps to meet climate challenge http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/actnow <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="byln">Sunday, May 25, 2008 <div> </div> </div> <p> We acknowledge that there is considerable public skepticism in this country surrounding the scientific evidence that human actions are leading toward unprecedented warming of the planet. </p> <p> However, to do nothing until the facts are inescapable to even the most avowed critic would be reckless. Donald Brown, associate professor of Environmental Ethics, Science and the Law at Penn State, has written that &quot;the nature of the risk from climate change is enormous and using scientific uncertainty as an excuse for doing nothing is ethically intolerable.&quot; </p> <p> So we need to act. The U.S. Senate is expected to debate legislation following the Memorial Day recess that would cap emissions of greenhouse gases and create a trading system of emission credits that would allow in dividual busi nesses to determine the least ex pensive and best ways to achieve the reductions. </p> <p><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1211568919299880.xml&amp;coll=1" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/actnow#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 14:35:55 -0400 Erica Anderson 589 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Rising Seas Could Threaten Eastern Shore, Bay Islands http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/Chesapeakereport <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font size="2"><br /> <div id="byline">By <a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/david+a.+fahrenthold/" title="Send an e-mail to David A. Fahrenthold">David A. Fahrenthold</a></div> <p> Washington Post Staff Writer <br /> Thursday, May 22, 2008; 10:12 AM </font> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> Rising sea levels could swamp sections of the Eastern Shore, eat away islands in the Chesapeake Bay and submerge long stretches of Atlantic Ocean beach by 2100, according to a report released today by the National Wildlife Federation. </p> <p>The report used a computer model to simulate the impact of a 27.2-inch rise in sea levels, triggered by global climate change. It said that kind of a rise was at the upper end of scenarios forecast by the United Nations&#39; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a conference of scientists from around the world. </p> <p>Using this model, the report presented a more detailed picture of a problem that others had already sketched. The Chesapeake region, rimmed with marshes and other low-lying land, would be one of the most hard-hit areas in the country if warmer temperatures drive water levels up, the federation said. </p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052201666.html" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/Chesapeakereport#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 13:10:04 -0400 Erica Anderson 588 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Polar bears: Listing was right call, needn't ruin Alaska's economy http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/AKpolarbear <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne did what he had to do when he listed the polar bear as a threatened species. The threat is obvious. Steady, rapid shrinking of the Arctic ice denies the bear the hunting and denning areas it needs to survive in Alaska.</p> <p class="story_readable"> <span class="op_edtext">If the Bush administration could have found a way to avoid the listing -- to deny the science that documents this threat -- it would have done so. This is not a group of politicians who like using environmental laws to restrict development. The Bush administration held onto the polar bear issue as long as it could, until forced to act by a federal court. </span></p> <p class="story_readable">Anti-environmental groups will sue to undo the polar bear listing. They aren&#39;t likely to succeed, though -- unless conservative activist judges annoint themselves as polar bear experts and throw out the science done by real scientists.</p> <p class="story_readable"><a href="http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/409658.html" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/AKpolarbear#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 10:05:38 -0400 Erica Anderson 587 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Where have all the fishes gone? Study shows that warming water has hit Hudson hard http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/hudson <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By RICHARD ROTH </p> <p>HUDSON-A study released last week by Riverkeeper, an environmental organization devoted exclusively to the health of the Hudson River, shows that many of the river&#39;s fish are in serious long-term decline and &quot;at risk of collapse&quot; unless quick and aggressive measures are taken. </p> <p>The main culprits, says one river expert, are both the changes brought on by global warming and, more immediately, power plants along the river that withdraw huge amounts of water for cooling purposes, returning the heated water to the Hudson and disrupting the ecosystem.</p> <p>Local fisherman don&#39;t necessarily agree on the extent of the problem, but they do see a major decline in fish populations in the river. </p> <p>&quot;Neither the ecosystem as a whole, nor many of the individual constituent species&#39; populations, is in a healthy state,&quot; says the executive summary to The Status of Fish Populations and the Ecology of the Hudson, a study carried out for Riverkeeper by Pisces Conservation Ltd. </p> <p><a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=248&amp;dept_id=462341&amp;newsid=19702756&amp;PAG=461&amp;rfi=9" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/hudson#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 14:48:12 -0400 Erica Anderson 586 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Senate poised to take up sweeping global warming bill http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/GWleg <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="inside-copy">By <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=206" class="linkedBylineName"><font color="#00529b">Erin Kelly</font></a>, <br />Gannett News Service </div> <div class="inside-copy">WASHINGTON — Landmark legislation to reduce global warming is set to spark an intense Senate debate in early June.</p> <p>While it is unlikely to become law this year, the Climate Security Act is seen by both supporters and opponents as evidence of how far Congress has moved on the issue and how quickly a bill is likely to pass after a new president moves into the White House in January and a new Congress takes office.</div> <p class="inside-copy">&quot;I really believe that if we don&#39;t get across the finish line this year, we will next year,&quot; said bill proponent Jeremy Symons, executive director of the global warming campaign at the National Wildlife Federation. &quot;This is the first bill to have a serious chance of getting passed.&quot;</p> <p class="inside-copy"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/environment/2008-05-17-global-warming_N.htm" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/GWleg#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 10:51:37 -0400 Erica Anderson 585 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new “I Ain’t Never Seen Nothin’ Like It” http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/lakeexpo <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><span class="byline">By Larry Dablemont</span><br /> <span class="byline">Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:15 AM CDT</span><br /> “I ain’t never seen nothin’ like this,” I heard one old timer say. I have said the exact same thing several times the last couple of years or so. You have to start getting some age on you to say that effectively.</p> <p>I never, ever said that when I was 25 or 30 years old. When I was that age, about everything that happened was a fairly new experience anyway. But now that I am older, I remember seeing a lot of things happen related to the weather and nature which causes me to say, “I ain’t never seen anything like this.” <p>Uncle Norten, who is eighty-four years old, says he ain’t exactly seen nothing like this, but he has seen something similar. He recalls when he was only about ten years old or so, (he thinks maybe it was the spring of 1933) that it rained five days straight and the Big Piney River where he lived rose to the highest point anyone had ever seen. He said he remembered older folks going around saying, “I ain’t never seen nothin’ like this.”</p> <p><a href="http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2008/05/14/top_news/08.txt" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/lakeexpo#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 09:56:23 -0400 Erica Anderson 584 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Slow global warming and grow the economy http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/NHOPED <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p style="margin: 2px 0pt" class="small">By Ted Leach and Chuck Henderson</p> <p>Friday, May 9, 2008 </p> <p>After science first confirmed the dangers of climate change, naysayers told the public that the Earth wasn’t warming. When the evidence became overwhelming, skeptics and deniers admitted it was getting hotter, but denied that human activity was to blame.</p> <p>Now that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that humans — not sunspots, not 90,000-year orbital cycles — are the cause of recent climate change, skeptics have beaten a new retreat. The newest excuse for inaction: Climate change can’t be solved. The critics went straight from “it’s not happening” to “we can’t stop it; and even if we could, it will cost too much.”</p> <p>The pessimists are wrong. The truth is we can win this fight — and we can win it while growing the economy, reducing consumer energy costs, bringing more high-paying jobs to New Hampshire’s North Country and protecting our four-season recreation industry. </p> <p><a href="http://nhbr.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS0102/225817797/-1/NEWS01" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/NHOPED#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 11:30:34 -0400 Erica Anderson 582 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Seminar looks at climate change http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/LAtraining <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>Amanda McElfresh <br />amcelfresh@theadvertiser.com <br />May 3, 2008 </p> <p>Louisiana hunters, fishermen and wildlife enthusiasts got the chance to learn more about what they can do to combat the problems of a changing climate during a special seminar Friday.</p> <p>Jared Mott, grassroots outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation, said there are basic measures, such as using energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs, that everyone can take to reduce the amount of carbon their homes produce.</p> <p>But because of their knowledge of climate factors and the importance of environmental protection, sportsmen are in a unique position to push for stronger legislation and educate others about environmental impacts.</p> <p><a href="http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080503/NEWS01/805030329/1002" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/LAtraining#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 10:19:05 -0400 Erica Anderson 581 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Hunters are the new endangered species in Florida http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/endangeredhunter <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><span class="byline">By Elizabeth Leva<br />For The Herald</span><br /> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="photo-right">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="photo-right"><span class="cutline"> </span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="story">Frank Pickett came of age when a fishing pole, a bow and arrow, a couple of buddies and the great outdoors provided a young man with all the entertainment he could want.</p> <p>Nature was the focal point of life, Pickett said. It’s just how he was raised.</p> <p>“When you use the outdoors, you respect them,” he said.</p> <p>The values of his upbringing even led him to transform hunting from a hobby to his career as co-owner of Pickett Weaponry, the local hunting supply headquarters in downtown Newberry, he said.</p> <p>But Pickett fears his type is a dying breed.</p> <p class="story"><a href="http://www.highspringsherald.com/articles/2008/04/24/news/news02.txt" target="_blank">Read entire article..</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/endangeredhunter#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:59:12 -0400 Erica Anderson 580 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new How global warming affects outdoor sports http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/freepress <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By Eric Sharp, <em>Free Press </em>Outdoors Writer</strong> </p> <p>On Earth Day Tuesday, I couldn’t help thinking about two words that are the perfect answer to those few political ideologues who still dispute that human activity plays a role in global warming – Newt Gingrich!</p> <p>Yep, Mr. Conservative has joined U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in TV ads that tell people that the climate is changing, and there’s undeniable evidence that human production of greenhouse gasses is a key factor.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/SPORTS10/80423070/1058" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/freepress#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:58:38 -0400 Kristin Johnson 577 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new The heat is on -- and that threatens fishing http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/startribune <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong><font size="3">It&#39;s not just species and habitat that will suffer. It&#39;s also a state economy that thrives on recreation.</font></p> <p>By KEN BRADLEY, <em>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</em> <br /></strong><br />As anglers head out onto the water two weeks from today for the fishing opener, they should reflect on what they stand to lose unless the government takes meaningful action on global warming. </p> <p>Scientific consensus is clear and decisive. Global warming is real and is caused by heat-trapping gases produced by humans. Among its effects, it is damaging our lakes, rivers and streams.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/18189754.html" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/startribune#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:39:34 -0400 Kristin Johnson 576 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Environmentalists Score a Win Against "Invasive Species" http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/usnews <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>Bret Schulte, <em>U.S. News and World Report</em></strong></p> <p>The fight against climate change may dominate the environmental agenda, but green activists today are celebrating a win in a lower-profile fight. The U.S. House of Representatives, by an overwhelming vote of 395 to 7, passed new legislation yesterday restricting the discharge of ballast water from oceangoing vessels. Ballast water, which is frequently sucked into ship tanks in one part of the world and discharged in another, is the primary culprit in a rampant invasive species epidemic in American waterways.</p> <p>Exotic species, such as zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, are disrupting ecosystems, destroying tourism and fishing economies, and costing states millions of dollars. The new legislation requires the installation of new technology on ships by 2012 to treat ballast water before it&#39;s discharged. &quot;This is exactly the type of strong legislation the environmental community has championed for years,&quot; said Corry Westbrook, legislative director of the National Wildlife Federation.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/04/25/environmentalists-score-a-win-against-invasive-species.html" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/usnews#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:02:27 -0400 Kristin Johnson 575 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Hunters are the new endangered species in Florida http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/highspringsherald <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By Elizabeth Leva, <em>High Springs Herald</em></strong></p> <p>Frank Pickett came of age when a fishing pole, a bow and arrow, a couple of buddies and the great outdoors provided a young man with all the entertainment he could want.</p> <p>Nature was the focal point of life, Pickett said. It’s just how he was raised.</p> <p>“When you use the outdoors, you respect them,” he said.</p> <p><a href="http://www.highspringsherald.com/articles/2008/04/24/news/news02.txt" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/highspringsherald#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:56:34 -0400 Kristin Johnson 574 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Pass climate act to save rivers http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/saveriverspassact <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By Eric Orff</p> <p class="articleGraf">New Hampshire&#39;s coastal rivers are dying a slow death by asphyxiation, again. This is a shame since so much progress has been made in recent decades to restore our great rivers.</p> <p class="articleGraf">Fifty years ago, our coastal rivers were no more than open sewers, and fish spawning migrations in them were blocked by dams a century or more old. In many rivers like the Lamprey, Cocheco, Salmon Falls, Oyster, Exeter, Winnicut, and Taylor, river herring, which historically spawned in these rivers in great numbers, were essentially gone.</p> <p class="articleGraf">But over the last three decades, the herring numbers have been restored. Soon, tens of thousands of foot-long, silvery, torpedo-like river herring will be swarming from the depths of the sea into New Hampshire&#39;s coastal rivers. Having fought against strong spring river currents to return to their place of birth, female herring will release some 200,000 to 300,000 eggs into the surrounding fresh waters. River herring are filter feeders transforming the nutrients of the sea as adults and of the fresh water as juveniles into flesh and thus are at the bottom of the food chain. Striped bass fishermen follow the huge bass as they, too, move into Great Bay feeding on the multitude of herring.</p> <p><a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080420/OPINION/804200315/-1/OPINION02" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/saveriverspassact#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:28:04 -0400 Erica Anderson 573 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Sportsmen form new group to address energy development http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/ResponsEnergyDevelopment <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>The organizers of a new sportsmen group say it&#39;s time for hunters and anglers to get more aggressive about protecting fishing waters and big-game habitat from energy development across the Western states. <p>Members of the National Wildlife Federation, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Trout Unlimited on Wednesday announced the formation of the new group. It&#39;s called Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development. </p> <p><a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/outdoors/20080417-0647-wst-sportsmensgroup.html" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/ResponsEnergyDevelopment#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:57:41 -0400 Erica Anderson 569 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Bush prepares global warming initiative http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/BushGWLeg <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p> By <a href="mailto:sdinan@washingtontimes.com">Stephen Dinan</a><br />The Washington Times </p> <p>President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include.</p> <p>Specifics of the policy are still being fiercely debated, but Bush administration officials have told Republicans in Congress that they feel pressure to act now because they fear a coming regulatory nightmare. It would be the first time Mr. Bush has called for statutory authority on the subject. <p>&quot;This is an attempt to move the administration and the party closer to the center on global warming. With these steps, it is hoped that the debate over this is over, and it is time to do something,&quot; said an administration source close to the White House who is familiar with the planning and who said to expect an announcement this week.</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/BushGWLeg#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:59:34 -0400 Erica Anderson 567 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Don’t let warming ruin the outdoors http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/ORRGoped <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By Gabe O’Campo &amp; Marc Davis<br />The Register-Guard</p> <p>Northwest Steelheaders are calling on the Oregon congressional delegation to step up and be leaders in combating global warming. This aligns with Bob Doppelt’s column in the March 31 Register-Guard, “Fight climate change on two fronts,” which says we need leadership and aggressive policies to bring about a sustainable energy future.</p> <p>The world’s top scientists have confirmed what the country’s hunters and anglers have been saying for some time: Global warming isn’t some far off possibility — it’s here, and it’s happening now.</p> <p>Our commercial and sportfishing friends are seeing the effects of global warming firsthand: Fisheries are being closed, guide trips are being canceled due to flooding, and warm water is killing our beloved cold water fish.</p> <p><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=91223&amp;sid=5&amp;fid=2" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/ORRGoped#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:33:30 -0400 Erica Anderson 566 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Hunters Worry About Global Warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/DingellGW <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font size="2"><br /> <div id="byline">By H. JOSEF HEBERT</div> <p> The Associated Press <br /> Thursday, April 10, 2008</font> </p> <p>Global warming could force elk and mule deer from much of the American West. Wild trout could disappear in lower Appalachian streams. Two-thirds of the country&#39;s ducks may disappear. </p> <p> A new assessment of the threat to fish and wildlife habitat has hunters and anglers calling for action. </p> <p>Groups representing nine major hunting and fishing organizations planned to meet Thursday with the House committee chairman who hopes to write legislation to curtail greenhouse gases linked to global warming.</p> <p> &quot;These are the branches of the conservation movement from which I come,&quot; said <a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/d000355/">Rep. John Dingell</a> said in an interview with The Associated Press. Dingell, D-Mich., said the groups&#39; concerns are very important in helping with a measure to address the problem. </p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041000355.html" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/DingellGW#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:30:35 -0400 Erica Anderson 565 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Hunters, anglers urge reform of 1872 Mining Law http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/1872mininglaw <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By BRETT FRENCH<br />Of The Gazette Staff </p> <p>Hunting and angling groups, including 30 from Montana and four from Wyoming, are adding their voices to a growing chorus calling for reform of the 1872 Mining Law.</p> <p>Irv Wilke, president of the Billings Rod and Gun Club, said his group signed on to support reform of the mining law after it was brought to the 15-member board of directors&#39; attention by fellow members. He said the part of the current law that concerns him most is the provision that allows mining companies to claim public lands with only minimal payment to the federal government.</p> <p>&quot;That&#39;s something the taxpayers ought to take notice of,&quot; Wilke said. &quot;We&#39;re losing enough ground as it is to out-of-staters without something like this.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/04/08/news/state/20-mining.txt" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/1872mininglaw#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:11:03 -0400 Erica Anderson 564 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new We Must Act Now http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/NHLTE <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By Steve Courchesne, Hooksett<br />Concord Monitor<br /><span class="storybodytext"><br /> <p class="storybodytext"> New Hampshire&#39;s climate change is affecting more than the environment. It&#39;s affecting me. </p> <p class="storybodytext"> Along with the big meltdown in Alaska caused by climate change, I am all too familiar with the financial meltdown it is causing small businesses like mine in Hooksett. I am the owner of Steve&#39;s Sportsmen&#39;s Den, a family-owned business, in business over three decades. </p> <p class="storybodytext">The climate change New Hampshire has seen the last several years has had a significant impact. The winters of 2006 and 2007 were practically ice-free, well into mid-winter. The dozens of ice fishermen that traditionally frequented my store for live bait and supplies were in short supply, along with ice. The erratic weather conditions this winter, a record 7 inches of rain in February, kept many sportsmen indoors despite the best ice conditions in years. </p> <p></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080405/OPINION/804050318/1029/OPINION03" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/NHLTE#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:33:26 -0400 Erica Anderson 563 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Guest Comment: Time to act on climate change is now http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/eastoregonian <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By MARC DAVIS, Association of Northwest Steelheaders<br /></strong><em>Published in the East Oregonian <br /></em><br />I was glad to read Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury spoke in Pendleton about the impacts of climate change on the economy and communities of Oregon (Inconvenient Reality, EO, April 1, 2008). I recently was at the John Day river thinking about this myself. </p> <p>Global warming certainly is an ecological and moral issue. It also is an economic issue. </p> <p>Hunting and sportfishing alone contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to Oregon&#39;s economy. In 2006, there were more than 809,000 sportsmen and sportswomen who spent nearly $900 million. </p> <p><a href="http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?Search=1&amp;ArticleID=75917&amp;SectionID=14&amp;SubSectionID=50&amp;S=1" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/eastoregonian#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 19:40:50 -0400 Kristin Johnson 562 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Addressing climate change with one unified voice http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/MIworkshop <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By Marci Singer <br />News-Review Staff Writer<br />Wednesday, April 2, 2008 8:37 AM EDT</p> <p>Climate change was recently the topic of discussion at a workshop presented by Brenda Archambo, president and founder of Sturgeon for Tomorrow and outreach consultant for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).</p> <p>Along with Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) and Wildlife Federation, Archambo is worried about cold water fisheries (especially trout and salmon), ice not freezing like it used to and the effect of climate change on wildlife populations in Northern Michigan. Because of this, Archambo presented a workshop on March 26 at the UAW Family Education Center in Onaway as part of the Climate Change Campaign to 45 attendees that included state representative Gary McDowell, Doug Craven, director of the Natural Resources Commission for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian, and Dan O’Keefe, Ph.D., southwest district extension educator for Michigan Sea Grant.</p> <p>The Climate Change Campaign is based on results of national and statewide sportsmen surveys conducted by NWF and their state affiliates including MUCC in Michigan.</p> <p><a href="http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/doc47f37db45600a617746779.txt" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/MIworkshop#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:17:39 -0400 Erica Anderson 561 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Minnesota's moose are dying; global warming may be to blame http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/minnesotamoose <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>by Tom Robertson, Minnesota Public Radio </strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/news/features/2008/03/24_trobertson_moosestudy">Listen to feature audio</a> </li> </ul> <p><strong> <p>Moose are as much a symbol of Minnesota as wolves, lakes and loons. But wildlife biologists say the state&#39;s moose population is in trouble. Moose numbers have plummeted in northwestern Minnesota to near extinction. The animals are also dying prematurely in the northeast. </p> <p>Researchers aren&#39;t sure what&#39;s killing the state&#39;s moose herd, but they suspect the decline has something to do with global warming. </p> <p><strong><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/03/20/moose_study/" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></strong></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/minnesotamoose#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:05:15 -0400 Kristin Johnson 560 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Noah's Ark for Salmon http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/noahsark <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font size="3"><strong><font size="2">By Carl Pope, Editorial in the Los Angeles Times</p> <p></font></strong><em>To survive global warming, we must help the fish reach pristine spawning grounds.</em></font> </p> <p>As global warming bears down on our Western rivers and watersheds, it threatens one of the great symbols of Western abundance: wild salmon. With each passing year, their numbers have dropped precipitously. This decline is believed to be in part the result of warming temperatures in streams and rivers. </p> <p>Just last week, government fishery managers moved toward a ban on salmon fishing off the California and Oregon coasts because of the diminishing numbers of chinook salmon.</p> <p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-pope21mar21,1,5918082.story" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a><strong> </strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/noahsark#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:57:33 -0400 Kristin Johnson 558 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Volunteers Replant Fontainebleau State Park http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/NOLA <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>Spring-breakers and volunteers from across the country descended on Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville this week to help replant the forest.</p> <p>Hurricane Katrina ravaged Fontainebleau. According to some estimates, the storm destroyed 80 percent of the trees there.</p> <p>“We&#39;re trying to get in 25,000 trees this week, and we got in about 5,000 trees yesterday,” Jenny Reeverts of the National Wildlife Federation said.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wdsu.com/news/15634943/detail.html" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/NOLA#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:22:46 -0400 Erica Anderson 557 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Global warming is taking a toll on streams http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/dailyamerican <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By LEN LICHVAR, Daily American Outdoors Correspondent<br /></strong><br />Anglers in Somerset County as well as the rest of the state are anxiously looking forward to the opening day of trout season in just a few weeks. This ritual is an integral part of the state&#39;s angling tradition. However, a threat to this long standing tradition and the cold water resource itself is looming larger every day.</p> <p>Scientific evidence now points to climate change, often referred to as global warming, as the greatest single threat to our natural as well as human resources. </p> <p>According to Ed Perry, Global Warming Coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation, &quot;Pennsylvania is predicted to lose 50 percent of its trout habitat in the coming decades. Other states such as North Carolina and Virginia could lose up to 90 percent of habitat.&quot; Perry has been traveling the state for many months informing sportsmen and conservation groups and everyone else about the documented climate trends and their potential impacts. He brought his program to the Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited recently.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/03/14/news/news722.txt" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/dailyamerican#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:46:47 -0400 Kristin Johnson 556 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/revivinghuntingtradition <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="byline">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/u/ian_urbina/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Ian Urbina">IAN URBINA</a></div> <div class="timestamp">Published: March 8, 2008</div> <div class="timestamp">The New York Times </div> <div class="timestamp"> </div> <p>When David Helms was in seventh grade, he would take his .22-caliber rifle to school, put a box of ammunition in his locker and, like virtually all the other boys, lean his rifle against a wall in the principal’s office so he could start hunting squirrels and groundhogs as soon as classes let out.</p> <p>Now, when he takes his 8-year-old grandson hunting on weekends, Mr. Helms, 55, searches the boy’s pockets before sending him back to school to ensure that there are no forgotten ammunition shells. But most of his grandson’s peers never have to worry about that, Mr. Helms said, because they would sooner play video games than join them outdoors.</p> <p>Hunting is on the decline across the nation as participation has fallen over the last three decades, and states have begun trying to bolster this rural tradition by attracting new and younger people to the sport.</p> <p>In <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/westvirginia/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" title="More news and information about West Virginia.">West Virginia</a>, state lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill that allows hunting education classes in all schools where at least 20 students express interest. The goal is to reverse a 20 percent drop in hunting permits purchased over the last decade, which has caused a loss of more than $1.5 million in state revenue over that period. At least six other states are considering similar legislation.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/us/08hunting.html?_r=1&amp;st=cse&amp;sq=hunting%2C+youth&amp;scp=1&amp;oref=slogin" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/revivinghuntingtradition#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:54:20 -0400 Erica Anderson 555 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new S.C.'s climate heritage is threatened by global warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/SCHeritage <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>Tuesday, March 11, 2008<br /> Steve Moore <br />The Post and Courier </p> <p>When we think of our heritage we do not usually consider climate, but our climate has impacted our history and culture in many ways. Generations have grown up hunting, fishing and enjoying our beautiful outdoors, but it is no exaggeration to say that all of that is being threatened by global warming. </p> <p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts an increase in the global average surface temperature of between 3.24 degrees and 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. The IPCC was awarded a Nobel Prize last year for their work, but it does not take a climate expert to know that our world is changing. As usually happens when humans alter the environment, wildlife suffers. This is going to be especially true with climate change. Plants and animals have adapted to the existing climate over millennia. Many species are not going to be able to keep up with the rapid rate of climate transformation. </p> <p>Certainly we in South Carolina will notice changes. In fact, impacts are already being seen in our state. Scientists have documented changes in migrations into and out of our coastal inlets. Our Carolina hemlocks are being attacked by the wooley adelgid, abetted by warmer winters. Because of warmer summers, our upstate trout streams could well disappear in this century. No doubt there are many other changes that are too subtle to have been noticed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/mar/11/s_c_s_climate_heritage_threatened_by_glo33426/" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/SCHeritage#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:23:05 -0400 Erica Anderson 554 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new S.C.'s climate heritage is threatened by global warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/node/553 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>Tuesday, March 11, 2008<br /> Steve Moore <br />The Post and Courier </p> <p>When we think of our heritage we do not usually consider climate, but our climate has impacted our history and culture in many ways. Generations have grown up hunting, fishing and enjoying our beautiful outdoors, but it is no exaggeration to say that all of that is being threatened by global warming. </p> <p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts an increase in the global average surface temperature of between 3.24 degrees and 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. The IPCC was awarded a Nobel Prize last year for their work, but it does not take a climate expert to know that our world is changing. As usually happens when humans alter the environment, wildlife suffers. This is going to be especially true with climate change. Plants and animals have adapted to the existing climate over millennia. Many species are not going to be able to keep up with the rapid rate of climate transformation. </p> <p>Certainly we in South Carolina will notice changes. In fact, impacts are already being seen in our state. Scientists have documented changes in migrations into and out of our coastal inlets. Our Carolina hemlocks are being attacked by the wooley adelgid, abetted by warmer winters. Because of warmer summers, our upstate trout streams could well disappear in this century. No doubt there are many other changes that are too subtle to have been noticed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/mar/11/s_c_s_climate_heritage_threatened_by_glo33426/" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/node/553#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:22:35 -0400 Erica Anderson 553 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Salmon fishing ban mulled in California as run suffers record plunge http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/SalmonFishingBan <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By Matt Weiser - <a href="mailto:mweiser@sacbee.com">mweiser@sacbee.com</a> <br /> Published 12:00 am PDT Monday, March 10, 2008<br />Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1</p> <p>J.D. Richey caught his first salmon in the American River as a seventh-grader. It was just over 13 pounds, hooked on a spinning lure from a canoe downstream of the Howe Avenue bridge.</p> <p>The experience so impressed him that he became a fishing guide. Now, after 10 years helping clients from all over the world catch Central Valley salmon, 2008 could be Richey&#39;s final season.</p> <p>A near-record-low fall chinook spawning run in 2007 has regulators considering an all-out ban on salmon fishing in California this year. It would protect surviving fish, but for Richey and others whose lives are tied to salmon, the future looks dim. </p> <p><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/772762.html" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/SalmonFishingBan#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:10:48 -0400 Erica Anderson 552 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Race Car Driver Aims to Put Brakes on Global Warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/Leilani <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By Linton Weeks <br />Washington Post Staff Writer <br />Thursday, March 6, 2008; Page C09 </p> <p>Race-car driver Leilani Munter was on Capitol Hill yesterday telling members of Congress how to combat global warming. </p> <p>Wait, <em>what?</em> </p> <p>Race cars are notorious polluters. NASCAR only switched to unleaded gasoline recently. How could anyone take her seriously? </p> <p>But there she was, in tan business suit and boots, talking cars with Sens. Richard Lugar and Elizabeth Dole. Lugar, a Republican who used to be mayor of Indianapolis, recalled the &quot;awesome problems&quot; of streakers in the raceway infield. He told her he drives a Prius. Dole (R-N.C.) said Munter is a woman &quot;on a mission.&quot; </p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030503152.html" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/Leilani#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:11:11 -0500 Erica Anderson 551 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new ‘Green’ practices could lead to green in pockets, experts say http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/greenpockets <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="author">DANIELLE ULMAN</div> <div class="byline">Daily Record Business Writer</div> <div class="date">February 27, 2008 7:18 PM</div> <div class="date"> </div> <p> The hefty upfront costs of employing green practices could eventually pay dividends and help Maryland confront potential energy shortages, experts at the RESI Economic Outlook Conference said Wednesday. </p> <p> Marylanders are consuming more energy than the state can produce, with 30 percent of electricity imported over aging infrastructure, but economists and energy industry professionals said investments in green energy and development would produce returns for consumers and the state. </p> <p> Buildings that are certified by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, use 30 percent less energy than a typical building, said David Pratt, president of the group’s Baltimore regional chapter. That reduction in energy use puts more money in business owners’ pockets, and puts less stress on the state’s transmission lines. </p> <p><a href="http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=4496&amp;type=UTTM">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/greenpockets#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:23:44 -0500 Erica Anderson 550 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new UN Says Warming Threatens Fish Stocks http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/fishstocks <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press<br /></strong><br />PARIS (AP) — Major world commercial fish stocks could collapse within decades as global warming compounds damage from pollution and overfishing, U.N. officials said Friday. </p> <p>A U.N. Environment Program report details new research on how rising ocean surface temperature and other climate changes are affecting the fishing industry. It says that more than 2.6 billion people get most of their protein from fish. </p> <p>&quot;You overlay all of this and you are potentially putting a death nail in the coffin of the world fisheries,&quot; Achim Steiner, head of the program, said in a telephone news conference from Monaco.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxVMzaBlanLXbdRFN_w6p_7uMW7gD8UVK1680" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/fishstocks#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:28:46 -0500 Kristin Johnson 547 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Hunting and Fishing Groups Join War On Global Warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/nyptgw <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By Ken Moran, <em>New York Post</em></strong><em> </em></p> <p>Hunting and fishing organizations from all 50 states are urging their senators and representatives to target global warming with strong climate legislation.</p> <p>&quot;America&#39;s sportsmen have a special connection to the outdoors, and for that reason we are on the front lines of global warming,&quot; said Larry Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation&#39;s president and CEO. &quot;It has been impossible to ignore the changes happening before our eyes. You don&#39;t need to be a scientist to feel that something is seriously wrong.&quot; </p> <p>Over 670 hunting and fishing organizations, representing the millions of Americans who share America&#39;s sporting tradition, are calling for climate change legislation that cuts global warming by two percent a year through a cap-and-trade system and want dedicated funding for fish and wildlife conservation and restoration. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/02222008/sports/hunting_and_fishing_groups_join_war_on_g_98725.htm" target="_blank">Read the entire article....</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/nyptgw#comment Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:42:43 -0500 Erica Anderson 546 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Hunters, anglers join global-warming outcry http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/arizonarepublic <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p id="mainByline" class="story"><strong>By Diana Marrero, <em>Washington Bureau of the Arizona Republic</em></strong></p> <p>WASHINGTON - Anglers say trout and salmon are moving upstream looking for colder water. Duck hunters say the prairie potholes where ducklings hatch are drying up. And game hunters say moose populations are migrating north.</p> <p>Many of these outdoor enthusiasts blame it on global warming. Now, they are lobbying Congress to protect their favorite pastimes. </p> <p class="story">Nearly 700 hunting, fishing and sporting groups, including several from Arizona, recently sent letters urging lawmakers to support a bill to curb the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change.</p> <p class="story"><strong><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0221enviro-hunters0221.html" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></strong></p> <p class="story">&#160;</p> <p class="story">&#160;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/arizonarepublic#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:53:02 -0500 Kristin Johnson 545 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Dead zones off Oregon and Washington likely tied to global warming, study says http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/deadzonereport <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By Kenneth R. Weiss, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer</strong></p> <p>NEWPORT, ORE. -- Peering into the murky depths, Jane Lubchenco searched for sea life, but all she saw were signs of death. </p> <p>Video images scanned from the seafloor revealed a boneyard of crab skeletons, dead fish and other marine life smothered under a white mat of bacteria. At times, the camera&#39;s unblinking eye revealed nothing at all -- a barren undersea desert in waters renowned for their bounty of Dungeness crabs and fat rockfish.</p> <p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deadzone15feb15,0,3979313.story" target="_blank">Read the entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/deadzonereport#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:19:03 -0500 Kristin Johnson 543 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new SPORTSMEN FOR CLIMATE ACTION http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/node/542 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>Posted by Kate Sheppard <br />February 13, 2008 5:01 PM </p> <p class="blog_entry_footer"><a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&amp;year=2008&amp;base_name=sportsmen_for_climate_action" class="permalink">Permalink</a> </p> <p>We&#39;ve seen <a href="http://www.us-cap.org/">business leaders</a>, <a href="http://www.christiansandclimate.org/">evangelicals</a>, and <a href="http://grist.org/news/maindish/2007/06/26/politicians/">politicians of all ilks</a> coming out in favor of strong federal legislation on climate change. This week, they were joined by the nation&#39;s <a href="http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=0F82950B%2D15C5%2D5FE8%2DB05B245D5E2E8914">hunters and fishers</a>.</p> <p>Six hundred and seventy hunting and fishing organizations, representing 34 million American sportsmen (and women), put out a statement yesterday urging Congress to take action on global warming and calling for an 80 percent cut in emissions by 2050.</p> <p><a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&amp;year=2008&amp;base_name=sportsmen_for_climate_action" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/node/542#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:37:04 -0500 Erica Anderson 542 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new A warmer winter wonderland http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/winterwonderland <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong><font size="3">Vt. business groups planning to cope with climate change</font></p> <p>By SKY BARSCH, Correspondent<br /></strong><em>The Barre Montpelier Times Argus</em></p> <p>Of all seasons, winter is the one Vermont is best known for. Skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling and ice fishing are mainstays of the Vermont culture and boons to the state’s economy. </p> <p>But what if Vermont lost these key industries? What if the climate changed so that it was too warm for snow — even man-made snow? What if temperatures rose, and lakes didn’t freeze? </p> <p><a href="http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/ENVIRONMENT/838052185/1033/ENVIRONMENT" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a> </p> <p>&#160;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/winterwonderland#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:13:21 -0500 Kristin Johnson 539 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Like or it not, global warming is beginning to hit close to home http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/gwclosetohome <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>By Mark Nale, <em>The Centre Daily Times</em></strong> </p> <p>What connects low summer water levels in favorite Centre County trout streams to a serious outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in southwestern Pennsylvania deer and thousands of bass dying from a bacterial infection in the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers?</p> <p>If you answered “global warming,” pat yourself on the back, for you have an understanding of the issue and how it is affecting Pennsylvania. </p> <p>While environmentally conscious readers are probably 99 percent behind the global warming issue and the need to do something, I find that hunters and anglers, the individuals overtly affected, have been split. The naysayers fall into four main camps: Those who think that the scientists do not know what they are talking about; those who believe that it is happening, but claim that it is the result of a non-human-caused “natural cycle;” those fence-sitters who want to wait for more evidence; and, finally, those who think that it is some type of United Nations plot to take over the world. </p> <p><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/sports/story/392359.html" target="_blank"><strong>Read the entire article...</strong></a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><hr /> <p><strong>Urge Your Senators to Vote for the Climate Security Act</strong></p> <p>The U.S. Senate will be voting very soon on an important new bill called the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191). This legislation not only sets strong targets for cutting global warming pollution, it also puts billions of dollars toward wildlife and habitat conservation.</p> <p><a href="https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=457&amp;s_src=news/gwclosetohome"><img style="width: 21px; height: 21px" src="/new/themes/targetglobalwarming/images/submit.gif" border="0" alt="" hspace="5" width="21" height="21" align="left" /></a> <a href="https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=457&amp;s_src=news/gwclosetohome">Email your senators urging them to support the Climate Security Act.</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/gwclosetohome#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:23:55 -0500 Erica Anderson 536 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Lakes cleanup would give $50B lift to economy http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/GLeconomy <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p> by Janet Miller | Ann Arbor Business Review <br />Thursday February 07, 2008 </p> <p>Cleaning up the Great Lakes wouldn&#39;t just help the environment. It would also be good for the economy. </p> <p>Restoring the Great Lakes - controlling invasive species, addressing sewage contamination, cleaning up toxic waste and restoring shoreline - would create $50 billion in economic benefit from a $26 billion cleanup investment. </p> <p>That&#39;s according to a recent report commissioned by a coalition of business and environmental organizations and conducted by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/02/lakes_cleanup_would_give_50b_l.html">Read entire article... </a></p> <p>********************** </p> <p><strong>Support the Clean Water Restoration Act</strong></p> <p>Help restore Clean Water Act protections for wetlands, streams, lakes and ponds! Urge your representatives to co-sponsor and vote for passage of the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.</p> <p><a href="/supportcleanwater&amp;s_src=news/GLeconomy">Email your Members of Congress to support clean water.</a> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/GLeconomy#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:04:47 -0500 Erica Anderson 535 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new This Time of Year, It's Not a Duck Hunt Until You Break Something http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/duckhunt <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><font size="2"><br /> <div id="byline">By <a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/angus+phillips/" title="Send an e-mail to Angus Phillips">Angus Phillips</a></div> <p></font>Sunday, January 13, 2008 <br /> Washington Post </p> <p> All those icy video clips from Iowa and New Hampshire made a fellow nostalgic for winter. We used to have winter here but lately all we get are glimpses -- a day or two of northwest wind, frost on the windshield one morning, a dusting of snow overnight. Then it&#39;s back to sunbathing on the porch and watching the forsythias bud prematurely. </p> <p>Climate change can be hard on a waterfowl hunter. Without a frigid blast from Jack Frost, ducks and geese have little reason to move. They can lounge around on open water all day, far from duck blinds and other land-bound trouble spots. It&#39;s not till the wind picks up, snow blows and ice forms that they get hungry -- and antsy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011202316.html?referrer=emailarticle">Read entire article... </a></p> <p></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/duckhunt#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:58:47 -0500 Erica Anderson 529 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new 'Sturgeon General' enlists in climate change efforts http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/SturgeonGeneral <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="byline"> <div class="bylinesource"> Compiled and edited by Steve Griffin </div> <div class="dateline">01/31/2008</div> </div> <p>Known as the &quot;Sturgeon General&quot; for her work on behalf of northern Lower Michigan sturgeon and those who pursue them, Brenda Archambo now hopes to become just as well known for work focused on global climate change. </p> <p>Archambo, of Cheboygan, has joined the National Wildlife Federation as Northern Michigan outreach consultant. She will work with fellow Michigander Kelli Alfano to coordinate hunter and angler presentation of National Wildlife Federation presentations on global warming to groups of outdoors enthusiasts in their communities. </p> <p>&quot;Sportsmen around Michigan and across the country are growing more aware of the threat global warming poses to the places where they hunt and fish,&quot; said Archambo in a news release. &quot;They&#39;re demanding bold action to curb our nation&#39;s greenhouse gas emissions.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19250075&amp;BRD=2289&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=472541&amp;rfi=6" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> <p> *************************</p> <p><strong>Protect America&#39;s Fish and Game Species from Global Warming</strong></p> <p>Global warming is threatening hunting and fishing opportunities across the American West, say scientists in a new NWF report, &quot;Fueling the Fire.&quot; Share the findings with your representatives and ask them to protect your outdoor traditions.</p> <p><a href="http://online.nwf.org/targetglobalwarming_fuelingthefire" target="_blank"> Forward the &#39;Fire&#39; on to your Congress member!</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/SturgeonGeneral#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:17 -0500 Erica Anderson 525 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new A world view of global warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/PacificGW <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>The Forest Grove News-Times, <span class="pub_date">Jan 23, 2008</span></p> <p class="first_paragraph">Gary Braasch was hunkered down in a tent waiting to photograph some caribou in the Alaskan tundra when the seriousness of global warming hit him.</p> <p class="body_copy">During the same trip in 1997, Braasch visited the Alaskan oil fields. In light of this energy industry, “The connection clicked that animals in the wilderness will be effected by this atmospheric change,” he said.</p> <p class="body_copy">A Portland-based photographer, Braasch will participate in Pacific University’s Focus the Nation’s Global Warming events next week with a slide show and lecture about his seven-year project.</p> <p><a href="http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=120111494275363600" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> <p>************************** </p> <p><font face="Arial " style="font-family: Arial"><strong><font style="color: #7c1d20" color="#7c1d20">Urge Congress to pass strong global warming legislation today!</font></strong></font> <br />Email your representatives and ask them to protect your outdoor traditions. <a href="http://online.nwf.org/targetglobalwarming_fuelingthefire" target="_blank">Take Action Today!</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/PacificGW#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:50:01 -0500 Erica Anderson 524 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Is Congress Finally Ready to Go Green? http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/congressgogreen <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p> By BRYAN WALSH </p> <p>As concern over global warming became more and more prominent in the U.S. over the past several years — in the media, in opinion polls, in business and in state governments — the one place where the issue seemed all but invisible was the one place that could really do something about it: Congress. But that began to change in 2007, and nowhere more so than in the Senate&#39;s key committee on the environment and public works, which drafts much of the country&#39;s environmental legislation. Up until last January, the committee was chaired by Alaskan Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican who memorably called global warming &quot;the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.&quot; When the Democrats took over Congress in the 2006 midterm elections, however, the chairperson&#39;s gavel was handed over to Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, and the floodgates opened. Boxer began a series of open hearings on the science of global warming, giving airtime to the sort of experts — including former Vice President Al Gore — who had been suppressed under Inhofe. &quot;As soon as the change took place, I realized that this was going to be one of my number one goals,&quot; says Boxer. &quot;Elections have consequences, and this was one of the consequences.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1707560,00.html" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a></p> <p> **********************</p> <p><font face="Arial " style="font-family: Arial"><strong><font style="color: #7c1d20" color="#7c1d20">Urge Congress to pass strong global warming legislation today!</font></strong></font> <br />Email your representatives and ask them to protect your outdoor traditions. <a href="http://online.nwf.org/targetglobalwarming_fuelingthefire" target="_blank">Take Action Today!</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/congressgogreen#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:23:18 -0500 Erica Anderson 523 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Expect hunting, fishing license prices to climb http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/txhuntinglicense <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><span class="byline">By <a href="mailto:mleggett@statesman.com">Mike Leggett</a></span><br /><span class="source">AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF</span><br /> <span class="date">Sunday, January 27, 2008</span></p> <p>Face it, hunting and fishing license prices are going up. </p> <p>Exactly when and by how much are still to be determined, but hunters and anglers are in for a price increase. </p> <p>If there&#39;s any kind of bright spot in this dark fabric, it&#39;s that Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners, Chairman Peter Holt in particular, are saying the right things about not laying too much of the burden for Parks and Wildlife&#39;s finances on the license-buying public. </p> <p>&quot;You can&#39;t keep asking the fishermen and hunters to pay for everything in conservation,&quot; Holt said Wednesday during a commission discussion about the need to raise more money for the department. &quot;We have to go some place (for money) that&#39;s not traditional.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/outdoors/01/27/0127legcol.html" target="_blank">Read entire article....</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/txhuntinglicense#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:25:17 -0500 Erica Anderson 522 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Game panel hears more complaints about deer http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/PAdeerpopulation <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By P.J. REILLY, <br />Staff Intelligencer Journal</p> <p>Bob Bender&#39;s days of <a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/15/deer/"><span class="autolink">deer</span></a> <a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/15/hunting/"><span class="autolink">hunting</span></a> in Pennsylvania could be over.</p> <p>The Manheim resident Sunday told the board of Pennsylvania Game Commissioners that unless some changes are made to the agency&#39;s <a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/15/deer/"><span class="autolink">deer</span></a> management program, he&#39;s not buying another <a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/15/hunting/"><span class="autolink">hunting</span></a> license.</p> <p>&quot;I will not continue to hunt if you continue to decimate the <a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/15/deer/"><span class="autolink">deer</span></a> herd,&quot; Bender said. &quot;I can enjoy the outdoors without buying a <a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/15/hunting/"><span class="autolink">hunting</span></a> license.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/215747" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/PAdeerpopulation#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:17:01 -0500 Erica Anderson 521 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Republicans Differ on Global Warming http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/RepdebateGW <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By H. JOSEF HEBERT<br /> Associated Press</p> <p>While the major presidential candidates agree global warming is real, the Republicans are sharply divided over what to do about it — even as they chase votes in Florida, where the predicted risk of rising sea waters and more severe storms is anything but a passing concern.</p> <p>Strategists in both parties say the political landscape for global warming has shifted dramatically in recent years with a broad coalition of environmentalists, business leaders, evangelical Christians and national security advocates — Democrats and Republicans alike — urging concrete actions to stem the effects.</p> <p>The issue is likely to interest voters not only in Florida&#39;s primary next Tuesday but in the rush of primaries that follow. Nine of the more than 20 states with contests on Feb. 5 have passed or are considering programs to cap greenhouse gases, as is Maine, which holds its caucuses on Feb. 2.</p> <p>&quot;Climate change is real. It&#39;s happening. I believe human beings are contributing to it,&quot; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said during a debate in Iowa when pressed on the issue.</p> <p><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hC_-DOKtsS6WY9M0nDqPs6kf3uaAD8UC4LKG0" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/RepdebateGW#comment Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:35:02 -0500 Erica Anderson 520 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Youth squirrel hunt at Noxubee http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/youthhunt <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><span class="art_p_body">Bobby Cleveland • <a href="mailto:bcleveland@clarionledger.com">bcleveland@clarionledger.com</a> • January 24, 2008</span></p> <p><span class="art_p_body"><span class="art_p_body"><br /> <div class="out_body">Aimed at introducing youngsters to small game hunting, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation will entertain 15 hunters ages 10-15 for a squirrel hunt Feb. 16 at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge near Starkville.</div> <p>Each child must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian, but no license is required of the youth or adult. Participants will not be allowed to use their own firearms. Firearms will be provided by event sponsors and carried by the sponsors. Shooting will be allowed by youth participants but only by direct, individual, personal guidance by event sponsors.</p> <p>Participants should arrive at the Refuge Education Center at 11:30 a.m. and need to bring a sack lunch (drinks will be provided). A seminar/workshop on hunting safety and ethics, wildlife ecology and wildlife management (emphasis on squirrels) will precede the hunt.</p> <p>That evening, following the hunt, participants are invited to a squirrel supper. However, if they plan to attend the squirrel supper they must indicate it at the time of registration so that appropriate plans for preparing food can be made.</p> <p>For more information on the hunt, contact Don Jackson at <span class="skype_tb_injection"><span class="skype_tb_injection_right"><span class="skype_tb_innerText">(662) 325-7493 </span></span></span>or John Guyton <span class="skype_tb_injection"><span class="skype_tb_injection_left"><span style="background-image: url(&#39;chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_m.gif&#39;)" class="skype_tb_injection_left_img"><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></span></span><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><span class="skype_tb_injection_right"><span style="background-image: url(&#39;chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_m.gif&#39;)" class="skype_tb_innerText"><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" />(662) 325-3482</span></span></span>. To register for the hunt, phone Diane Weeks <span class="skype_tb_injection"><span class="skype_tb_injection_right"><span class="skype_tb_innerText"><img style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; height: 1px" class="skype_tb_img_space" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" />(662) 325-3174</span></span></span>. The entry deadline is Feb. 8 or when 15 hunters have signed up.</p> <p><a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/SPORTS08/801240343/1127">Go to website....</a></p> <p></span></span></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/youthhunt#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:59:11 -0500 Erica Anderson 519 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Discussion Topic: Should your fishing trips be carbon neutral? http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/discussioncarbonneutral <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>If the phrase, &quot;leave only footprints&quot; was popularized today, it would be &quot;leave only carbon-neutral footprints.&quot; And while the green groups have been pushing people to neutralize their carbon emissions by buying carbon offsets to help battle global warming, the movement hasn&#39;t really taken hold in the outdoor conservation community. Until now.</p> <p>Last weekend, the Florida Wildlife Federation hosted the world&#39;s first carbon-neutral fishing tournament in Miami. </p> <p><a href="http://www.fieldandstreamextras.com/heroes/blog/2008/01/discussion-topic-should-your-fishing.php">Read entire article and participate in discussion....</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/discussioncarbonneutral#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:39:54 -0500 Erica Anderson 518 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Fishing Capital of the World Throws Line Out for Climate Action http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/fishingcarbonneutral <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><a href="http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/" target="_blank">By newsdesk </a> </p> <p>In a first-of-its-kind event, The Sailfish Tournament at Miami Beach Marina over the weekend became the world’s first carbon-neutral fishing contest. A total of 23 boats competed in the event, with the Four Aces team proving just as unbeatable as their namesake, catching and releasing ten sailfish to take top honors. The tournament also completed its pledge to balance its carbon ledger, using a portion of the proceeds to offset its carbon footprint.</p> <p><a href="http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48740696_fishing-capital-world-throws-line-out-climate-acti" target="_blank">Read entire article...</a> </p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/fishingcarbonneutral#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:43:01 -0500 Erica Anderson 517 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new Warmth threatens fishing event http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/crappiederby <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p>By <a href="mailto:jhill@pressconnects.com">John Hill</a><br />Press &amp; Sun-Bulletin </p> <p>The Almost-Annual New York State Crappie Derby has been more &quot;almost&quot; than annual in recent years.</p> <p>Whitney Point&#39;s ice-fishing derby, which has been canceled the past two years, isn&#39;t looking promising this year, either. Mild winter weather is threatening to cancel the contest held at Whitney Point Lake for the third consecutive year.</p> <p>&quot;I guess I&#39;m gonna have to start believing in this &#39;global warming,&#39;&quot; said Dave Hughes, the derby&#39;s coordinator.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS01/801160327/1006" target="_blank"> Read entire article...</a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/crappiederby#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:07:18 -0500 Erica Anderson 516 at http://targetglobalwarming.org/new A nation's growing thirst threatens a Great Lakes water war http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/GLwater <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"><div class="field-label">Body:</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><h4>Jim Lynch / The Detroit News</h4> <p>As drought-plagued states cast a jealous eye toward Michigan&#39;s abundant supply of freshwater, local lawmakers are scrambling -- unsuccessfully so far -- to fend off efforts to siphon from the Great Lakes. </p> <p>A regional effort to enact legislation giving the eight Great Lakes states more control over water diversion is languishing in several states, with only two -- Minnesota and Illinois -- giving full approval so far. </p> <p>Committees in both the Michigan House and Senate have passed versions of the compact, and officials hope a unified version will be on the governor&#39;s desk before the end of January. </p> <p><a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/METRO/801070366" target="_blank">Read entire article... </a></p> </div></div></div> http://targetglobalwarming.org/new/news/GLwater#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:03:18 -0500 Erica