Hill Heat: WonkLine: November 9, 2010Science Policy Legislation Actiontag:hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2010-11-15T19:00:13-05:00Wonk Roomurn:uuid:0ad2ef3d-897c-4391-ad7e-539ca84c44262010-11-09T10:58:00-05:002010-11-15T19:00:13-05:00WonkLine: November 9, 2010<p><i>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/11/09/wonk-110910/">Wonk Room</a>.</i></p>
<p>International negotiators are looking to the <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/science/earth/09montreal.html'>Montreal Protocol</a> which tackled ozone-depleting chemicals to limit the super-greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons.</p>
<p>The Nashville floods in May cost the city a <a href='http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101109/BUSINESS01/11090338/2221/BUSINESS/Flood+cost+Nashville+a+year+s+worth+of+economic+activity'>year’s worth of economic activity</a>, or $2.65 billion.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328031/Families-rescued-flash-floods-lifeboats-Britain-battered-torrential-rain-70mph-winds.html?ito=feeds-newsxml'>Britain</a>, <a href='http://www.counterpunch.org/gell11092010.html'>Haiti</a>, <a href='http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_cyclone-jal-brings-rains-in-rajasthan_1464327'>Pakistan</a>, <a href='http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_it-s-arguably-chitradurga-s-worst-natural-disaster_1464155'>Bangalore</a>, and <a href='http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Flash-flood-warning-for-Gauteng-20101109'>South Africa</a> are being battered by extreme rains and flooding.</p><p><i>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/11/09/wonk-110910/">Wonk Room</a>.</i></p>
<p>International negotiators are looking to the <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/science/earth/09montreal.html'>Montreal Protocol</a> which tackled ozone-depleting chemicals to limit the super-greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons.</p>
<p>The Nashville floods in May cost the city a <a href='http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101109/BUSINESS01/11090338/2221/BUSINESS/Flood+cost+Nashville+a+year+s+worth+of+economic+activity'>year’s worth of economic activity</a>, or $2.65 billion.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328031/Families-rescued-flash-floods-lifeboats-Britain-battered-torrential-rain-70mph-winds.html?ito=feeds-newsxml'>Britain</a>, <a href='http://www.counterpunch.org/gell11092010.html'>Haiti</a>, <a href='http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_cyclone-jal-brings-rains-in-rajasthan_1464327'>Pakistan</a>, <a href='http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_it-s-arguably-chitradurga-s-worst-natural-disaster_1464155'>Bangalore</a>, and <a href='http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Flash-flood-warning-for-Gauteng-20101109'>South Africa</a> are being battered by extreme rains and flooding.</p>