Feb 29, 2008

Activist laments laws that dull green spark

Houston Chronicle, United States 
Lawmakers should "take a chain saw" to the nation's thicket of energy-related laws to unleash innovation that could cut greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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Greenhouse gases to grow 20% by 2020

Brisbane Times, Australia 
A report from the Federal Government's Department of Climate Change shows that although the rate of growth is slowing, Australia's greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Mighty Lake Michigan could suffer from global warming

Medill Reports, IL 
But scientists who study the lake, the world's fifth largest with l,300 cubic miles of water, warn that global warning of 3 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit could ...
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EU governments start tough climate change talks

Guardian, UK 
... to the bloc's flagship plan on fighting climate change, promising tough negotiations on carbon dioxide emission curbs and the use of renewable energy.
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Ag ministers meet to talk climate change, trade and drought

ABC Online, Australia 
Climate change will top the agenda, with this being the first time the Ministers have met to discuss the topic. In tropical North Queensland where the ...
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Feb 28, 2008

The wind of change

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
But, however much customers push for action on climate change, reducing the carbon footprint of business also needs the intervention of governments.
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Japan arranging climate change summit: official

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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said Thursday it was arranging a meeting of national leaders to address climate change as it prepares to hold the Group of Eight summit ...
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Presentation of the Commission's proposal for a regulation on CO2 ...

eGov monitor, UK 
Europe is also committed to becoming a highly energy-efficient, low greenhouse gas economy. This European leadership is essential if we are to persuade the ...
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EU nations sound objections to climate change plan

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BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU nations raised on Thursday a host of objections to new proposals for fighting climate change, setting the stage for tough negotiations ...
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Climate change: Polar bears versus people

Reuters AlertNet, UK 
A polar bear cub at a zoo in Germany. REUTERS/Handout/Tiergarten Nuernberg/Stadt Nuernberg Not so long ago, climate change was regarded as an issue more ...
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Getting tough on greenhouse gas

The Amherst Daily, Canada 
"In return for that, there would really be no significant impact on CO2 or greenhouse gas emissions." Sutherland said that would mean fewer auto retailers ...
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Albertans support slower growth

Canada.com, Canada 
A new poll suggests Alberta's Conservatives are offside with most Albertans with their long-range plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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Albertans support slower growth

Canada.com, Canada 
A new poll suggests Alberta's Conservatives are offside with most Albertans with their long-range plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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Dell turns green in face of climate change

Siliconrepublic.com, Ireland 
The Climate Group is an international, independent organisation that aims to create awareness of climate change issues for companies and governments around ...
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Feb 27, 2008

Clean coal

Canada.com, Canada 
The end result is intended to be the production of 100 megawatts of power with zero greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the Crown corporation's emissions by ...
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ICCR Report: Coal-Fired Power Plants Facing Risks, Uncertainties ...

FOXBusiness 
Today, investments in coal-fired plants carry far more risk, especially because of the likely regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and rising construction ...
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Top water utilities to study climate change

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The coalition, known as the Water Utility Climate Alliance, said water agencies need access to the best possible climate change research as they prepare to ...
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Radiohead back climate change initiative

NME.com, UK 
With reference to the importance of the project, Yorke says: "We will never wake from the nightmare of climate change unless our national governments and ...
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Climate change claims exaggerated: Minchin

LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia 
It seems the coalition's keeping the faith with some of its policies, with a key frontbencher voicing his skepticism about climate change.
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Aust, NZ to join forces on climate change

ABC Online, Australia 
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the governments of Australia and New Zealand have decided to form a new partnership to work on the challenges of climate ...
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Radiohead join battle against climate change

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
The European campaign comes after the Big Ask in the UK, which helped secure the anticipated Climate Change Law. The bill, expected to be introduced this ...
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Eroding Alaska town sues oil and power companies for global warming

The Canadian Press 
Reached by phone in Boston, lawyer Matt Pawa said other lawsuits have been filed seeking damages from global warming but this is the first one that has a ...
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Feb 26, 2008

Sumatra beats the Dutch for greenhouse gas title

CNET News.com, CA 
I was poring through a university research paper this afternoon on the connection between the use of corn-based ethanol in the US and greenhouse gas levels.
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The cold truth about climate change

Salon 
Deniers continue to insist there's no consensus on global warming. Well, there's not. There's well-tested science and real-world observations.
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Global warming sceptics bouyed by record cold

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Global warming sceptics are pointing to recent record cold temperatures in parts of North America and Asia and the ...
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EPA Chief Overruled Staff on California Greenhouse Gas Rules

CQPolitics.com, DC 
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson was urged by his staff to allow California to set greenhouse gas emission standards for ...
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Climate change: document for AWL conference 2008

Workers' Liberty, UK 
Climate change is a fact of life on earth in the early 21st century and in all likelihood will remain a significant ecological and social question for the ...
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Sussex to pay the price in climate change

The Argus.co.uk, UK 
By Rachel Wareing The face of Sussex will change for ever within 50 years because of climate change, experts warn today. The Bluebell Railway may have to be ...
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Agnes B: fashion designer funds polar odyssey

AFP 
... scientific mission called Damocles, studying climate variations in Arctic waters, ice and atmosphere as part of International Polar Year in 2007-2008.
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Author : Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Earthtimes, UK 
26 -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company's ClimateSmart(TM) program today announced the largest investments in verifiable greenhouse gas (GHG) emission ...
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Power industry calls for $10b investment

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 
Powering Australia, produced by the National Generators Forum, says greenhouse gas-producing fossil fuels power 93 per cent of the Australian economy, ...
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CWEA Appoints Climate Change Programme Manager

Northwest Regional Development Agency (press release), UK 
Cheshire & Warrington Economic Alliance (CWEA) has appointed Kate Radford to the new post of Climate Change Manager. Reporting to the Cheshire and ...
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Agriculture Can Speed or Slow Climate Change, Groups Say

ClimateBiz, CA 
... Dominic Hogg and is published in the February 2008 issue of the journal Waste Management & Research, which focuses on climate change and waste issues.
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Feb 25, 2008

New study warns of climate change in Mideast

Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates 
By a staff reporter DUBAI - A new study on climate change has revealed that the coastlines, sea levels and temperatures in the GCC countries could already ...
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GM Exec: Global warming a "crock."

Baltimore Sun, United States 
General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz recently was quoted by news services around the world as declaring global warming "a crock of s---.
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EU, US to discuss greenhouse gas deal

The Australian, Australia 
EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas travelled today to the US for talks on a possible binding international agreement on reducing greenhouse gases, ...
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Miliband plans climate change talks

The Press Association 
Foreign Secretary David Miliband will discuss climate change and Sudan with his Chinese counterparts during his first official visit to the country this ...
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Activists climb atop plane at Heathrow Airport to protest climate ...

The Canadian Press 
... Four members of Greenpeace have been arrested after climbing atop a plane at London's Heathrow Airport and unfurling s banner protesting climate change.
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Saving environment worth giving some green for

Winnipeg Sun, Canada 
And there's no shortage of opposition lining up to attack the new tax, which will force the province's residents to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
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What we can do now

The Age, Australia 
In coming months, the battle will be on in earnest, between those who want Australia to commit to serious greenhouse gas reductions - ahead of any ...
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NSW vows crackdown on Murray-Darling earthworks

ABC Online, Australia 
But NSW Government Climate Change Minister Verity Firth says an audit will expose any illegal operations. "Clearly more needs to be done to secure the ...
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Growcom voices climate change review concerns

Blues Country Magazine, Australia 
Growcom has echoed concerns about the potential impacts of climate change on Australia published in the interim report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review.
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Garnaut inquiry into climate change a step forward

The Age, Australia 
THE interim report on climate change by Professor Ross Garnaut is excellent . Garnaut argues convincingly that Australia has more to lose from global ...
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Feb 24, 2008

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic

AFP 
Protected by high walls of fortified concrete, an armoured door, a sensor alarm and the native polar bears that roam the region, the "doomsday vault" has ...
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Bloomberg News, Reuters, The Associated Press

International Herald Tribune, France 
About a year ago, the European Commission said greenhouse gas emissions from aviation accounted for about 3 percent of the total in the European Union and ...
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Environmentalists raise concerns about cap and trade

North County Times, CA 
A coalition of 25 environmental groups is asking California not to use a market-based tool to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in its nation-leading campaign ...
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can you spare a carbon credit

Boston Globe, United States 
Thinkers weigh a radical new way to reduce greenhouse gas: Give everyone an individual carbon allowance, and let the dealing begin.
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