{"id":5486,"date":"2012-02-08T04:54:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T09:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2012-02-08T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T18:17:40","slug":"morning-read-climate-back-on-the-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/02\/08\/morning-read-climate-back-on-the-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read:  Climate back on the agenda?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3464057\">Kingston Ontario Whig-Standard<\/a> is reporting that Ontario&#8217;s environment minister thinks climate change needs to be back at the center of the agenda.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe climate is changing, it\u2019s measurable right now and it will  accelerate and change from the emissions we\u2019ve already put out and will  continue to put out,\u201d [Gord Miller, the province\u2019s environmental commissioner] said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have more severe  weather and we\u2019re going to have more severe problems and we have to plan  for that and look at our infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This includes implementing changes to roads by adding culverts to accommodate more water from intense storms, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/story\/19278\/20120208\/mckibben-sees-losses-victories-in-climate-change-fight\">In an interview this morning with NCPR, activist and author Bill McKibben<\/a> argues that groups like his 350.0rg are once again gaining some traction on climate issues, including President Barack Obama&#8217;s recent decision to cancel a controversial Canadian oil pipeline project.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dec.ny.gov\/press\/80131.html\">state officials in New York state are hosting a national conference on the impacts of climate change<\/a> on plant and animal species.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The  National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is geared toward providing a unified  approach\u2014reflecting shared principles and science-based practices\u2014to  reduce negative impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, plants and  the natural systems they depend.<\/p>\n<p>Federal, state and tribal partners, with input from many diverse groups across the  nation, are collaborating to develop a common strategy to respond to the  challenges a changing climate poses for our nation\u2019s species,  ecosystems and natural resources.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So what do you think?\u00a0 Climate has been on the back burner as the US and other countries grappled with the recession.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of this warm winter and in the wake of epic floods, is it time to revisit the global warming debate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the Kingston Ontario Whig-Standard is reporting that Ontario&#8217;s environment minister thinks climate change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4797,884,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5487,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions\/5487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}