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Perubahan Iklim : Intensitas Serangan Hama Mengancam
25-Feb-2011
Jumat,
25 Februari 2011

Jakarta, Kompas - Intensitas serangan hama sedang dan akan terus mengganggu tanaman pangan. Ujung-ujungnya, ketahanan pangan nasional terancam. Ironisnya, pemerintah belum serius menyiapkan strategi adaptasi dampak perubahan iklim tersebut.
”Serangan hama dan penyakit pada tanaman padi sampai pada tingkat membahayakan. Kalau tidak ada langkah realistik, kita bisa terlambat mengatasi sehingga bisa mengganggu ketahanan pangan nasional,” kata Ketua II Komisi Perlindungan Tanaman Nasional yang juga Guru Besar Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Gadjah Mada Andi Trisyono, Kamis (24/2).

 

NOAA Scientists Cleared In Climate Email Review
25-Feb-2011
Date: 25-Feb-11
Country: U.S.
Author: Timothy Gardner

U.S. officials on Thursday cleared scientists of charges that they manipulated data about climate change in e-mails that were stolen from a British university in 2009, triggering a climate scandal.The Department of Commerce's Inspector General conducted the independent review of e-mails taken from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England, at the request of Republican Senator James Inhofe, a climate change skeptic.

 

DOE Approves $100 Million Loan Aid For U.S. Geothermal
25-Feb-2011
Date: 25-Feb-11
Country: U.S.
Author: Timothy Gardner

The Department of Energy said on Thursday it has approved $96.8 million in loan aid for a power plant project in Oregon sponsored by U.S. Geothermal Inc.The loan guarantee will help build a 23-megawatt geothermal power plant known as Neal Hot Springs.

 

Australia Government To Set Carbon Price From Mid 2012
25-Feb-2011
Date: 25-Feb-11
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: James Grubel

Australia's government launched a third attempt on Thursday to make carbon polluters pay for their emissions, unveiling plans for a fixed-price scheme from 2012 and vowing not to surrender this time in the face of fierce opposition.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose predecessor was dumped last year after two failed attempts to address climate change, said polluters would pay a yet-to-be-determined fixed price from July 2012, then move to a market-based system within five years.