{"id":4836,"date":"2012-06-02T16:39:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T00:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=4836"},"modified":"2012-06-02T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T00:39:56","slug":"from-yahoo-news-clinton-in-arctic-to-see-good-impact-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/from-yahoo-news-clinton-in-arctic-to-see-good-impact-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"(from yahoo.news)  &#8216;Clinton in Arctic to see (good?) impact of climate change&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a first-hand look Saturday at the way a warming climate is changing the Arctic, opening the region to competition for vast oil reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Experts here estimate the value of the Arctic&#8217;s untapped oil alone &#8212; not including natural gas and minerals &#8212; at $900 trillion, making it a huge prize for the five countries that surround the Arctic if they can reach it.<\/p>\n<p>And with climate warming opening up some 46,000 square kilometres (18,000 square miles) a year that had once been bound in ice, the region is expected to burst open, not just with oil exploration but with East-West trade along a more accessible northern route.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZEPHYR COMMENT:<\/strong> <em>So&#8230;Climate change is opening previously inaccessible fossil-fuel resources, but being able to reach those resources will make us more dependent on fossil fuels which will accelerate the threat and inevitability of climate change&#8230;?????<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ THE STORY CLICK THE IMAGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/clinton-arctic-see-impact-climate-change-151737949.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4837\" title=\"photo_1338650128521-1-0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/photo_1338650128521-1-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/photo_1338650128521-1-0.jpg 512w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/photo_1338650128521-1-0-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ ALL ZBLOG POSTS CLICK &#8216;THE ZEPHYR&#8217; AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO ACCESS THE JUNE\/JULY ZEPHYR, CLICK THE COVER.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4839\" title=\"COV-JUN12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/COV-JUN12-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/COV-JUN12-221x300.jpg 221w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/COV-JUN12.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a first-hand look Saturday at the way a warming climate is changing the Arctic, opening the region to competition for vast oil reserves. 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