Mar 29, 2008

Climate change progress too slow

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 
International progress on fighting climate change was too slow, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon have agreed.
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Earth Hour highlights climate change issue: Wong

ABC Online, Australia 
The Federal Government says symbolic acts such as tonight's Earth Hour event are important in highlighting the public's role in addressing climate change.
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Global Warming Blamed for Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse

Voice of America 
"That pattern is pretty clearly related to global warming and the effects that is having in the Antarctic air circulation pattern." The collapse of some 400 ...
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Ice shelf collapse: What does it mean?

CNN International 
"Even though they seem far away, changes in the polar regions could have an impact on both hemispheres with sea level rise and changes in climate patterns," ...
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Govt unveils taskforce to cut greenhouse gases

The Canberra Times, Australia 
By Andrew Fraser Political Correspondent A new whole-of-government taskforce on cutting greenhouse gas emissions has been unveiled to coincide with ...
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UN sponsors climate change talks in Bangkok

Bangkok Post, Thailand 
More than 1000 senior environment officials from 190 countries worldwide will participate in a UN-sponsored global climate change negotiations here next ...
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Earth Hour to Fight Climate Change

The Associated Press 
... the first countries in the world to turn off its lights for an hour Saturday night as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change.
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Increased Knowledge About Global Warming Leads To Apathy, Study Shows

Science Daily (press release) 
28, 2008) - The more you know the less you care -- at least that seems to be the case with global warming. A telephone survey of 1093 Americans by two Texas ...
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Mar 28, 2008

We can win, says climate-change expert

Scotsman, United Kingdom 
By CRAIG BROWN A UK expert on climate change says he believes humanity has the technological power to tackle global warming. But Professor Chris Rapley CBE, ...
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UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions On Track to Hit Kyoto Target

Environment News Service 
LONDON, UK, March 27, 2008 (ENS) - Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today said that the UK is making progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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Climate change: surrender a slab of Norfolk, say conservationists

Times Online, UK 
With climate change likely to bring rising sea levels and coastal erosion, the cost of maintaining flood defences is considered too difficult and expensive.
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Climate change will add to challenges to Bangladesh

The Daily Star, Bangladesh 
Climate change is an issue of justice and security that poses a serious challenge to the country already faced with numerous problems, experts told a ...
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First centre to monitor climate change comes up in Chennai

Hindu, India 
CHENNAI: India's first centre dedicated to monitoring climate change and finding country-specific solutions was opened at Anna University by RK Pachauri, ...
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Al Gore: Flat-earthers question global warming

Baltimore Sun, United States 
Stahl confronts Gore with a statement that some prominent people, including the nation's vice president, are not convinced that global warming is manmade.
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Norwegian Government: Part 2

Trading Markets (press release), CA 
2008 is the International Polar Year, a huge international research effort that will give us vital new knowledge about climate change and its consequences.
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Flick the switch for Earth Hour

Northern Territory, Australia 
"Turning off your lights from 8-9pm tonight is a good start and I'd encourage Territorians to consider this as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Major cities to turn off lights to highlight global warming

Economic Times, India 
... expected to turn off the lights on major landmarks, plunging millions of people into darkness to raise awareness about global warming, organisers said.
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Trilateral meet on climate change

Hindu, India 
The three countries had to play a leading role in pushing the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities in tackling climate change, ...
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UN human rights body turns to climate change

Reuters 
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - Climate change could erode the human rights of people living in small island states, coastal areas and parts ...
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EU says more momentum needed for UN climate change agreement

Forbes, NY 
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission said more momentum is needed in formal negotiations for a new United Nations (UN) climate change ...
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Climate change is biggest risk to future business

VNUNet.com, UK 
Climate change will be considered as a major threat to businesses over the next decade according to a survey commissioned in time for the Business ...
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Powerful message

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 
The Australian Greenhouse Office says cars produce 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions each year. Producing energy (mainly coal burning) is the worst ...
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Mar 27, 2008

Global warming felt more in Western US

Los Angeles Times, CA 
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is under court orders to address global warming, and Congress is considering legislation to curb greenhouse ...
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Scientists say world must adapt to warming

Boston Globe, United States 
LOS ANGELES - The disastrous hurricanes of recent years have become the poster children of global warming. But Roger A. Pielke Jr., an environmental policy ...
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EPA Signals Go-Slow Approach

Wall Street Journal 
... will likely allow President Bush's administration to leave office without having to make a decision on greenhouse gas regulation or endangerment.
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Sand Artist highlights Global Warming threat

Times of India, India 
PURI: Non Government Organisation, Green peace joins hands with India's acclaimed sand artist to highlight the threat of global warming to the country's ...
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Britain on track for Kyoto as 2007 emissions fall

Reuters UK, UK 
By Michael Szabo LONDON (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly two percent in 2007, keeping the country on track to meet its targets under the ...
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PBIP: The Approach and Outbreak of Polar Bear-Induced Paralysis

Town Hall, DC 
The proposed listing states that the polar bear may be threatened because it is losing the ice it needs to live on due to climate change.
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Sarkozy, Brown discuss nuclear power, climate change

USA Today 
After pomp and pageantry on Wednesday, Thursday's agenda focussed tightly on politics - with immigration, defense cooperation and climate change also being ...
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NE lags in push to reduce global warming pollution

Boston Globe, United States 
AP / March 27, 2008 CONCORD, NH - New England is not on track to meet its targets for reductions in global warming pollution, a commitment made in 2001, ...
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Mar 26, 2008

Pay up to $88 to ease your climate change conscience

New Zealand Herald, New Zealand 
Photo / Brett Phibbs Are you prepared to pay more to fight climate change? Air New Zealand will offer passengers a voluntary carbon offset scheme that will ...
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McCain calls for greater fight on global warming

MarketWatch 
"The risks of global warming have no borders," McCain said. "We and the other nations of the world must get serious about substantially reducing greenhouse ...
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Ice Seals Candidates for Endangered List

The Associated Press 
... as much as two-thirds of the polar bear population could disappear by mid-century because of the loss of summer sea ice attributed to climate change.
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UN climate change scientist: Tariffs on goods from big polluters ...

International Herald Tribune, France 
Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared last year's Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al ...
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Report: New England Behind On Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Hartford Courant, United States 
The study says fossil fuel use - a major source of greenhouse gases -- declined in many sectors of the New England economy. Carbon dioxide emissions from ...
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Lights out! Sign up for greenhouse gas reduction March 29

Northumberland Today, Canada 
Earth Hour was the start of the Sydney campaign to reduce greenhouse emissions by five per cent last year. The one-hour lights-out event demonstrated how ...
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Global warming: Just deal with it, some scientists say

Los Angeles Times, CA 
By Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer The disastrous hurricanes of recent years have become the poster children of global warming.
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Mar 25, 2008

Harper highlights carbon capture as key in plank in Tory climate ...

The Canadian Press,  Sask. 
... greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters for storage underground is a key plank in the Conservative government's plans to address climate change.
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Scientists: Antarctic ice shelf collapsing as result of climate change

Xinhua, China 
... because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of the continent, scientists at the US National Snow and Ice Data Center announced on Tuesday.
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Canadians want oilsands capped

Canada.com, Canada 
The survey, conducted by McAllister Opinion Research, shows 79 per cent of Canadians said greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands sector should be ...
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Australian wine industry feels heat from climate change

Reuters 
By Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian grape growers reckon they are the canary in the coalmine of global warming, as a long drought forces ...
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Climate change may lead to massive displacement in South Asia

Times of India, India 
In the event of such a climate change, large coastal cities such as Mumbai and Kolkata will witness an average elevation sea level of 2-10 metres.
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Greenpeace attempts to blockade coal ship in climate change protest

New Zealand Herald, New Zealand 
The three climbers are attempting to unfurl a banner on the vessel which will say "Target climate change" in reference to their national campaign against ...
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WWF says climate change threatens Australian fauna

Radio Netherlands, Netherlands 
Gland - A World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report says Australia's indigenous animals are under an increased threat of extinction because of climate change.
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Australia's Rudd Tours Globe on Climate Change, Iraq Withdrawal

Bloomberg 
Rudd, 50, won the 2007 election with policies to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq and ratify the Kyoto treaty on climate change.
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Global warming may turn Lake Tahoe murky

Mongabay.com 
Warming temperatures may cloud Lake Tahoe's legendary clear waters and put the lake's native species at risk, reports a new study from the University of ...
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Mar 24, 2008

Link to Global Warming in Frogs̢۪ Disappearance Is Challenged

New York Times, United States 
It looked as if one research team was a winner in 2006 when global warming was identified as the "trigger" in the extinctions by the authors of a much-cited ...
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Insurers braced to weather climate change

Canada.com, Canada 
Canadian insurers are warning that climate change is forcing them to re-examine their coverage policies as costs spiral upward from floods, wind storms and ...
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Environmentalists Stall On Global Warming Debate

WJZ, MD 
A plan to address global warming by slashing carbon emissions has been weakened. Tougher rules governing waterside development have been tweaked.
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What the Government Doesn't Want You To Know About Global Warming

AlterNet, CA 
It was his testimony to a Senate committee in 1988 that first brought the threat of global warming to the world's attention.
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UK: Biofuel Plans May Be Harmful

Forbes, NY 
"It would obviously be totally insane if we had a policy to try and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of biofuels that's actually leading to ...
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Japan wants to easier target for greenhouse gas cuts

International Herald Tribune, France 
AP TOKYO: Japan will push for an easier target for reducing greenhouse gases in the next international pact on global warming than in the previous one, ...
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Tony the climate tiger: Roaring success?

BBC News, UK 
Does the world need Tony Blair as a climate change envoy? In the Green Room this week, Saleemul Huq argues that he shows few signs of understanding the ...
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Faiths accepting global warming

Helena Independent Record, MT 
Enter the global warming "debate." Big Oil now mimics Big Tobacco. Industry reps and their supporters argue that there is no conclusive scientific evidence ...
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Global Warming Denier: Fraud or 'Realist'?

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Singer, an 84-year-old Princeton-trained physicist, is the grandfather of the global warming skeptics who dispute the established scientific consensus that ...
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A Visit To The Doomsday Vault

CBS News, NY 
But polar bears outnumber the people, and reindeer outnumber everything. It's an otherworldly place, a twilight zone, where, sometimes, the sun never rises ...
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Mar 23, 2008

Curbing soot could blunt global warming: study

AFP 
PARIS (AFP) - Sharply reducing the amount of black carbon -- commonly known as soot -- in the atmosphere could help slow global warming and buy precious ...
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Air Force Prod Aids Coal-To-Fuel Plans

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"We don't want new sources of energy that are going to make the greenhouse gas problem even worse," House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, ...
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