2011 Tied For The 10th Warmest Year On Record

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2011 Tied For The 10th Warmest Year On Record DURBAN, South Africa — International climate negotiators were at odds Tuesday on how to raise billions of dollars to help poor countries cope with global warming. A major shipping group is willing to help, endorsing a proposal for a carbon tax on vessels carrying the world's trade. Details of the tussle over the funding emerged as the U.N.'s weather agency reported that 2011 was tied as the 10th hottest year since records began in 1850. Arctic sea ice, a barometer for the entire planet, had shrunk to a record low volume, said the World Meteorological Organization. Scientists Create Virus That Could Kill Millions WATCH: Germany's Nuclear Waste Controversy Continues PHOTOS: Fossilized Nest With 15 Baby Dinos Reveals Surprising Parenting Discovery Ringling Bros. Agree To Pay Fine For Allegedly Violating Animal Welfare Act Peru Official Resigns Amid Mining Protests BLOG POSTS Carl Pope: Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends The story on the failure of the industrial world to keep the promise that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton flew to Copenhagen two years ago to make -- that $100 billion in climate aid would be provided to the poor nations -- is titled "A Pledge That Didn't Meet Its Potential." Betwa Sharma: "Occupy Durban" Looms Over Climate Change Talks As government delegates attended the first meetings of the 17th climate change negotiations being held in Durban, civil society members kicked off the "Occupy Durban" movement. Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Stand Up to Pesticides Until recently the EPA has considered atrazine, the second-most widely used pesticide in the U.S. "non-carcinogenic." Last week, however, findings were released with "strong" epidemiological evidence linking the pesticide to various cancers. Anuradha Vittachi: Climategate Hacker Scores Own Goal The climategate hacker sounds like he (or she, or they) belongs to the unfortunate category of misguided saviours. Jeff Biggers: Coal Slurry Scandal: Gov. Quinn, the High Hazard Dam in Hillsboro Is a National Disgrace In a blatant disregard of regulatory guidelines, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has quietly entangled itself in an inane and potentially deadly coal slurry scandal.

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