2010-09-22T19:33:33Z Post Carbon, written by Washington Post staff writers, aims to give readers perspective, in real time, on the key climate and energy issues that face us globally. tag:views.washingtonpost.com,2010:/climate-change/post-carbon/106 Copyright (c) 2010, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2010-09-22T19:33:33Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-09-22:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/09/goodbye_from_post_carbon-_welcome_us_on_our_new_page.html

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Elizabeth Flock 2010-09-16T18:57:18Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-09-16:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/09/louisiana_seeks_cause_of_massive_fish_kill.html

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been discovered floating in a part of south Louisiana that was heavily affected by the BP oil spill. But a top state official said he has seen no proof that the spill was the cause. The dead fish-- pogies, redfish, drum, crabs, shrimp, and freshwater eel--were found floating in Bayou Chaland on Friday, according to the Plaquemine Parish government. The fish are so dense that they cover the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A. Fahrenthold 2010-09-16T16:45:32Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-09-16:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/09/progress_possible_at_climate_talks_in_cancun.html

By Juliet Eilperin The upcoming climate talks in Cancun can still produce a handful of meaningful agreements even if they don't create a legally-binding treaty on global warming, Mexico's top climate official told reporters Thursday. Luis Alfonso de Alba, Mexico's special representative for climate change, said his country had focused on "rebuilding trust" between developing countries and industrialized ones over the past nine months, and hoped the United Nations negotiations starting in late November would...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Anne Bartlett 2010-09-15T21:00:23Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-09-15:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/09/2010_ties_for_hottest_year_on_record.html

By Juliet Eilperin While the year's not over yet, 2010 is on track to tie 1998 as the hottest one on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that the first eight months of 2010 tied the same period in 1998 for the warmest combined land and ocean surface temperature on record worldwide. Among the details of NOAA's findings: this summer was the second warmest on record globally after 1998, and last month...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Juliet Eilperin 2010-08-23T22:28:51Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-08-23:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/08/api_discloses_industry_standards.html

By Juliet Eilperin The nation's top oil and gas group has agreed to let the public see dozens of federal offshore drilling rules online for free -- though they'll still have to pay to print them out. The agreement between the American Petroleum Institute and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement provides a partial fix to a quirk in public disclosure rules when it comes to certain federal regulations. Over several decades,...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Juliet Eilperin 2010-08-17T21:43:34Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-08-17:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/08/scientists_indications_of_oil_on_gulf_floor.html

A scientific expedition has found indications that there is oil in the sediments at the bottom of a deep underwater canyon, raising new questions about the lingering impact of BP's spill on the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers at the University of South Florida reported Tuesday that they had found "what appears to be oil" in the sediments of the DeSoto Canyon. The canyon is a cut through the raised continental shelf off Florida's Gulf Coast,...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A. Fahrenthold 2010-08-16T17:52:49Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-08-16:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/08/algae_blooms_seen_in_the_chesapeake_bay.html

Cranberry-colored algae is appearing on the beaches of Newport News -- the result of algae blooms appearing in the lower Chesapeake Bay, The Daily Press reports. The blooms are fueled by hot summer weather and recent rains. The dark veins of algae have been spotted in the lower Chesapeake Bay from Matthews County south to Norfolk. Christy Everett of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation said the blooms are yet another sign that the bay's water quality...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Victoria Benning 2010-08-13T20:55:54Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-08-13:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/08/noaa_this_year_warmest_on_record_so_far.html

So far, this has been the hottest year in recorded history. On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released new data showing that, from January to July, the average global temperature was 58.1 degrees. That was 1.22 degrees over the average from the 20th century, and the hottest since 1880, when reliable records begin. And, while NOAA experts say global climate change isn't the only reason that 2010 has been so hot--an El Nino...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A. Fahrenthold 2010-08-10T21:08:55Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-08-10:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/08/report_government_tried_to_squelch_reports_of_plumes.html

The St. Petersburg Times on Tuesday reported that federal officials had sent the message "shut up" to the Florida researchers who first reported "plumes" of underwater oil in the gulf. An academic leader quoted in the story downplayed the incident in an interview with the Washington Post, though he acknowledged that one agency had asked his university to retract the announcement of the findings. The Times story said that message was delivered around late May...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A. Fahrenthold 2010-08-05T19:14:00Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-08-05:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/08/epas_boiler_proposal_sparks_hill_backlash.html

By Juliet Eilperin More than 100 House Democrats and Republicans have sent a sharply-worded letter to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson, suggesting a proposed rule to clean up industrial boilers nationwide could devastate U.S. manufacturing. The industrial boilers letter effort, led by Reps. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) and Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.), represents an unusually-public rebuke of Jackson, who has pushed aggressively to enforce federal air-quality laws since taking control of the agency last...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Juliet Eilperin 2010-07-29T20:11:00Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-07-29:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/07/epa_rejects_petitions_to_reconsider_that_greenhouse_gases_are_a_danger.html

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday re-affirmed its ruling that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health, rejecting petitions from two states, industry groups and conservatives who said it was based on shaky science. The EPA's decision to reject those petitions was hardly a surprise--the agency was, in effect, being asked to check its own work. But the EPA used the occasion to attack the arguments of its critics, many of them reliant...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A. Fahrenthold 2010-07-20T21:38:30Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-07-20:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/07/reid_seeks_elusive_climate_compromise.html

Updated, 11:50 a.m. By Juliet Eilperin Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will begin circulating his climate bill proposal Tuesday among members of the Democratic Caucus and some Republicans, but according to sources, one thing is clear so far: the measure lacks the votes to pass. Reid has drafted a scaled-back bill that appeals to the Democratic base, sources said, complete with a provision limiting the amount of greenhouse gases that the electric utility sector...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Juliet Eilperin 2010-07-12T21:25:51Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-07-12:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/07/another_line_for_an_energy_bill_to_cross.html

By Steven Mufson Add another line to the slew of lines an energy bill must cross before getting through the Senate: The big transmission line. Eleven governors from the Northeast have signed a letter to Senate leaders protesting the latest energy bill's plan (PDF) to promote a giant electric power transmission line to link the windy Great Plains to the Midwest population centers. The governors say that the transmission line, expected to eventually cost $160...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Gene Fynes 2010-07-11T15:25:08Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-07-12:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/07/first_half_of_2010_sets_heat_records.html

By Juliet Eilperin Just as climate skeptics cited this winter's snowstorm as evidence that global warming was overhyped, some environmental activists might be tempted to point to this summer's heat waves to bolster their case. But instead, they're pointing to a more scientific measurement: The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies now reports that the first six months of 2010 are the warmest on record, both in terms of atmospheric data and in combined atmospheric/ocean...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Juliet Eilperin 2010-07-01T20:48:17Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-07-01:/climate-change/post-carbon2010/07/by_juliet_eilperin_a_pennsylvania.html

By Juliet Eilperin A Pennsylvania State University investigative committee has cleared a climate scientist of ethical misconduct in connection with an exchange of e-mails about global warming known as Climate-gate. Michael Mann, a meteorology professor at Penn State, came under fire after hackers broke into the server of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit in Britain and published thousands of e-mails and documents the center's staff had sent to other climate researchers. Mann...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

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