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Climate, Air Quality, and Weather Stories November 7, 2001 Agreement reached on three New Hampshire coal plants Under a new compromise between environmentalists, state and public utility officials, three coal burning power plants run by the Public Service Company of New Hampshire will have to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide. The plants are in Bow, Portsmouth and Newington. The Associated Press has the story. In a related story in Fosters Daily Democrat, environmental groups claim that N.H.'s power plants are among the dirtiest in the nation. Study: Earth's temp has risen 1 degree F in past 100 years It's a nice round number but it's also an unsettling one. A new study finds that over the past 100 years the Earth's average surface temperature has risen 1 degree F and that humans are partially to blame. Researchers reviewed data from 7,200 weather stations and satellites for the study which was published in the October 27 edition of the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. You can read about the study in a story on NASA's Earth Observatory News Web site. Reports detail corporate efforts to track, reduce emissions The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has issued two new and interesting reports on large companies' efforts to prepare for a future of tracking and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. The first report, Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets, discusses how companies are helping to ease climate change and improve their business standing. You can click on "Press Release" to get a quick overview of the report or you can download the entire report. A second report, An Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification Issues, details efforts companies to begin tracking their emissions. This also has a press release. Separately, the report is featured in a story by The Earth Times News Service. Music of the Spheres Marty Quinn is a musician and computer scientist from Lee. He has managed to combine his talents in an unusual way. Marty takes the data collected from things like ice core samples, earthquakes, and solar activity and interprets them in musical terms. His latest work is called the Climate Symphony. Listen to an interview on New Hampshire Public radio here. |
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