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Wind Power -- for and by Small, Ordinary People
Sunday I spent the entire day reading. For hours and hours I absorbed myself in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, co-written by William Kamkwamba, the proponent of the tale, and Bryan Mealer. I was dra...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 1:40 PM
September Climatological Overview
The last day of September is a good day to reflect the climate of the past month and to anticipate on what Mother Nature has in store for us. September has been warm this year. We tied a record temp...
Posted on 9/30/12 at 9:18 PM
Tomorrow's Child
Without a name, an unseen face and knowing not your time nor place Tomorrows Child, though yet unborn, I met you first last Tuesday morn. A wise friend introduced us two, and through his sobering poin...
Posted on 3/9/12 at 10:30 AM
Your Smog Is Our Smog
I didn't fully realize until I arrived in Peru how closely people from outside the U.S. follow our internal politics. Peru has about as lively a political scene as you'll find anywhere, but headlines ...
Posted on 9/5/11 at 5:14 PM
North Dakota climate change
Most people take a step back when they read 'climate change' but fear not...don't be afraid. This post is not going to make you shake your head. Here's a group from North Dakota which lists the ND Far...
Posted on 1/5/10 at 12:02 AM
Letter to the editor: Now is the time to take action on global warming
Dec. 7 marked the start of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, and there’s a lot at stake for North Dakota, the United States and the world. Here in our state, the North Dakota Climate Solutions Partnership also announced recently that a number of members of the North Dakota scientific community agree that our climate is changing and our earth is warming, a belief they share with the overwhelming majority of scientists around the world.By Mindi Grieve , December 09, 2009
U.N.: Climate finale might end positively
Delegates converged Sunday for the grand finale of two years of tough, sometimes bitter negotiations on a climate change treaty, as U.N. officials calculated that pledges offered in the last few weeks to reduce greenhouse gases put the world within reach of keeping global warming under control.By By Arthur Max, The Associated Press , December 07, 2009
Obama: Rally for climate deal
By By Jennifer Loven and Arthur Max, The Associated Press , November 18, 2009
Climate change topic of dialogue
By Ben Rodgers , November 16, 2009
Faith leaders gathering on climate change
An ecumenical group of regional religious leaders, a conservative economist and an energy expert will join forces to talk with area Christians about climate change and creation care Sunday in Jamestown. It is the first-ever convergence of leaders from various denominations to bring the issue the attention it deserves, said Renee Gopal, of the Prairie Climate Stewardship Network and the organizer of the event.November 13, 2009
Church groups to meet on climate change
North Dakota’s first-ever ecumenical faith leadership dialogue on creation care and climate stewardship will take place on Nov. 15 in Jamestown. “Faith Leadership Dialogue: Creation Care & Climate Stewardship” will be held from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 424 First Ave. S The dialogue is free and open to the public.November 06, 2009
Letter to the editor: Space program not the culprit of climate changes
There’s so much wrong with Milo Buchholz’s hypothesis, printed in the Wednesday Sun, that the space program is responsible for climatic changes that one scarcely knows where to begin one’s criticisms. Here’s a quick refutation.By Timothy Bratton , November 06, 2009
Agriculture interests split over climate bill
By By Margery A. Gibbs, The Associated Press , September 02, 2009
El Niño could cause milder N.D. winter
Climatologists and meteorologists agree the warming temperatures of the waters in the Pacific Ocean could have an effect on the winter weather in North Dakota. Just how much of an effect is open to debate.By Keith Norman , August 08, 2009
Climate bill may help farmers
Farmers stand to make more money than they will lose if Congress enacts legislation to limit the gases blamed for global warming, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Agriculture Department. The study, the first to look specifically at the bill’s toll on the agricultural sector, shows that higher energy prices will cut into farmers’ bottom lines in both the short and long term. But the projected 1 to 7.2 percent loss in income is far outweighed by the tens of billions of dollars farmers are expected to rake in for projects to reduce greenhouse gases.By By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press , July 23, 2009
Governors say new climate policy could create jobs
By By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press , July 22, 2009
Letter to the editor: Real cost will come from ignoring climate change
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., mortgaged our future in favor of political expedience with his recent vote against H.R. 2454 (aka the American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009). This bill aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that all of the leading national scientific academies in the western world have warned are leading to climate instability.By Joe Richardson , July 18, 2009
AEP president speaks at N.D. conference
June 30, 2009
President Obama pushes climate-change bill
By By H. Josef Hebert and Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press , June 26, 2009
Climate change policy group forms
A group consisting of conservation, sportsman, agriculture and faith-based organizations formed a partnership recently to advocate for public and legislative support for climate change policy.June 20, 2009
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