Sep 27, 2008

Radical new vision of a cooler life on earth

Times Online, UK 
The panel says energy supply is responsible for 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Transport accounts for about 13% and buildings about 8%.
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GAO Faults 'Credibility' Of CO2-Offset Market

Wall Street Journal 
... offsets -- vouchers that let companies and individuals project an environmentally friendly image by paying others to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions ...
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Schwarzenegger: Any president better than Bush on global warming

San Jose Mercury News,  USA 
By Josh Richman SAN FRANCISCO - Either John McCain or Barack Obama would do a better job of dealing with global warming than President Bush has done, Gov.
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Harper Would Ban Canada Bitumen Sales to Polluters (Update1)

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``We will not permit the export of bitumen to any country that does not have the same greenhouse gas regulations that we are imposing,'' Harper said in ...
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World leaders pledge action on food crisis, climate change

Hindu, India 
... put forward by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to address global food crisis and climate change, two of today's most pressing challenges.
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Rich nations' greenhouse gases fell in 2006: survey

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By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Rich nations' greenhouse gas emissions dipped for the first time in five years in 2006, ...
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Sep 26, 2008

Schwarzenegger promises climate change summit

Sacramento Bee,  USA 
Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he plans to convene an international climate change summit in California in November as a precursor to United Nations ...
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Climate change hot topic at UNGA debate

China Daily, China 
UNITED NATIONS -- Climate change was a hot topic at the general debate Friday during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, ...
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Schwarzenegger plans climate summit in November

Bizjournals.com, NC 
Schwarzenegger would like to see that alliance be used as a potential framework at the United National Climate Change in December in Poland, where further ...
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Rich nations pledge 6 billion dollars to fight climate change

Earthtimes (press release), UK 
"Today, we are uniting to fight global climate change," said World Bank President Robert Zoellick. "These funds are a concrete step forward toward ...
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Africa urged to incorporate climate change into development strategies

Joy Online, Ghana 
He said the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change and the emission of gases enjoins all nations to prioritize development strategies on the effective control of ...
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Donors pledge $6.1 billion to climate change funds

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The first projects to benefit from grants, highly concessional loans and loan guarantee instruments from the Climate Investment Funds are expected to be ...
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Al Gore calls for 'civil disobedience' in the wake of climate change

MediaGlobal, NY 
In fact, nonviolent, direct civil disobedience has already been deployed a part of the struggle against climate change. Just two weeks ago, six Greenpeace ...
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Carbon Output Grows, Hindering Global Warming Fight (Update1)

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26 (Bloomberg) -- Manmade emissions of carbon dioxide grew 2.5 percent to a record last year as international efforts to fight global warming fail to curb ...
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Barnett clings to hope on Inpex LNG project

The Age, Australia 
"It means that the greenhouse gas emissions from the project will increase by at least 10%. "And ��� I find it quite extraordinary that the Federal Government ...
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Bailout: Global warming on Wall Street

The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC 
by William Neikirk The $700 billion bank bailout reminds me of global warming. Certainly the consequences of each are dire. But you wouldn't know the real ...
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World leaders back UN priorities on food crisis and climate change

Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiques de presse), Switzerland 
Leaders also recognized the close linkages between the food crisis and climate change and the urgent need for an ambitious global agreement in Copenhagen in ...
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Carbon Is Building Up in Atmosphere Faster Than Predicted

Washington Post, United States 
James Connaughton of the White House Council on Environmental Quality said the White House has moved the world closer to greenhouse gas cuts.
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Layton attacks Liberal and Green climate change tax proposals

Edmonton Sun,  Canada 
Promising that if he's elected prime minister a carbon tax will "never see the light of day" Layton said his climate change plan will instead impose limits ...
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Sep 25, 2008

Amphibians at risk over climate change, habitat loss: Scientists

AFP 
LONDON (AFP) - Climate change, habitat destruction and disease threaten to wipe out over half of Europe's frog, toad and newt species by the middle of the ...
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McCain, Obama pledge action on global needs

Boston Globe, United States 
No challenge of energy is to be taken lightly, and least of all the need to avoid the consequences of global warming," he said. "Over time, we must shift ...
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McCain Talks Economy At Clinton Global Initiative Conference

CBS News, NY 
After advocating a bipartisan solution to the financial crisis, McCain also talked about setting aside party differences to solve global warming, ...
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Global Warming Reality Check

Daily Green 
By Dan Shapley Underscoring the magnitude of the challenge posed by global warming, new US government data estimates that worldwide emissions of carbon ...
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Why Climate Change Could Wither Santa Barbara Agriculture

The Santa Barbara Independent, CA 
In a recent interview with The Independent, Sanford was asked about studies suggesting that the California wine industry may be threatened by climate change ...
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Reduce your carbon footprint

Inquirer.net, Philippines 
At present, however, the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions exceed the normal rates, according to the Intergovermental Panel on ...
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Climate-Change Program Gets New Funds and Home

New York Times, United States 
By ANDREW C. REVKIN A program that helps poor countries reduce their vulnerability to floods, drought and other climate-related hazards will move to the ...
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Palin's climate skepticism is irrelevant

Grist Magazine, WA 
... polar bears as endangered, restrain fossil fuel development, or lower emissions is that she has a good-faith disagreement about the causes of climate ...
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Sep 24, 2008

Colorful study probes climate change, fall foliage

The Associated Press 
UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) - Could climate change dull the blazing palette of New England's fall foliage? The answer could have serious implications for one of the ...
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Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and ...

Mongabay.com 
Otherwise, we face unacceptable security risks from catastrophic climate change, dangerous regional conflicts and widespread humanitarian disasters.
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Clinton summit warns on global warming

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AP By Marcia Stepanek NEW YORK - Bill Clinton's fourth annual, star-studded philanthropy and cause-advocacy thinkfest - the four-day Clinton Global ...
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Climate study predicts rising sea levels

Bizjournals.com, NC 
Charlie Crist's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change, will be used to create new state guidelines on dealing with climate change.
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In today's pages: OJ, global warming and family planning

Los Angeles Times, CA 
the economy, global warming, immigration, family planning and ... OJ Simpson! Yes! Columnist Tim Rutten holds his nose and weighs in on media misbehavior ...
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Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts

Popular Mechanics, NY 
For this type of sun shift to have a direct impact on global warming, Crooker insistes, the first star would have to go through a more substantial change ...
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Gore: ‘We Are Losing Badly’ in the Climate-Change Battle

Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY 
Former Vice President Al Gore compared climate change to the subprime mortgage crisis, saying the world could no longer rely on assumptions that carbon ...
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US elections: Barack Obama and John McCain on climate change ...

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
The next US president will have a vital role in determining how the US, and the world, responds to climate change. To find out where Republicans and ...
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Climate change demo cost police £6m

The Press Association 
The estimated cost of policing a week-long protest against climate change stands at just under ��6 million, it has been disclosed.
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Palin stance on climate change is far right

Seattle Post Intelligencer 
The rapid loss of Arctic sea ice threatens the survival of polar bears. Steven Roberts/National Center For Atmospheric Research A story out Tuesday in The ...
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700 billion fluffy nothings Staggering bailouts? Body counts ...

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA 
... be they astronomical bailouts, soldier body counts, the costs of a lost war, evidence of global warming, insane oil profits, you name it.
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McCain: New Coal Plants ‘Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions ...

Think Progress, DC 
At the same meeting, McCain also criticized the idea of building new coal plants that do not sequester their greenhouse gas emissions.
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McCain, Palin Disagree on Global Warming

NewsMax.com, FL 
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's position on the causes of global warming stand in sharp contrast to those of her running mate John McCain ...
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Sep 23, 2008

UN General Assembly Opens With Climate and Energy Concerns

Environment News Service 
Wise leadership is vital if the world is to regain the momentum on climate change produced by negotiations in Bali last year, combat malaria and HIV/AIDS or ...
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New Western US, Canadian Initiative to Curb Global Warming Will ...

MarketWatch 
... in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) issued their final recommendations today for the creation of a cap-and trade system to reduce global warming.
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(Political) party animals

Science News 
By Janet Raloff Americans are real party animals - at least when it comes to interpreting global warming. That's the conclusion of a new report in the ...
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Greenland: roar of melting glacier sounds climate change alarm

AFP 
The melting ice is both a consequence and a cause of global warming: ice reflects heat, as opposed to water which absorbs it and warms up the climate, ...
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Labour Conference: Gordon Brown says CO2 targets must be raised to ...

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
The Prime Minister said he had asked the Climate Change Committee - which is considering whether such a large cut is feasible - to report by next month ...
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Palin Blames Polar Bears for Global Warming

Unconfirmed Sources (satire) 
by NickFun Alaska Governor Sarah Palin insisted today that global warming is actually being caused by polar bears warming the ice and insisted the animals ...
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MD And DE Work To Monitor Global Warming

WMDT, MD 
By ELAINA ATHANS -- WMDT 9/22/2008 A group of 10 states, including Maryland and Delaware, are taking steps to monitor global warming.
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WHO: Global warming to lead to hike in dengue, malaria cases in RP

GMA news.tv, Philippines 
MANILA, Philippines - Global warming will contribute to the rise in dengue and malaria cases in the Philippines and their spread to other countries in the ...
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McCain promises leadership on climate change

International Herald Tribune, France 
"Australians have looked to the US for leadership on climate change and it is time for us to answer that call," McCain wrote in the article submitted at the ...
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McCain and Obama Supporters Largely Agree on Approaches to Energy ...

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Told that, "the US and other countries from around the world will be meeting next year to develop a new treaty to address climate change by reducing ...
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Sep 22, 2008

Palin, McCain Disagree on Causes of Global Warming

Washington Post, United States 
Although Palin established a sub-cabinet to deal with climate change issues a year ago, she has focused on how to adapt to global warming rather than how to ...
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Steve Rayner: Take Climate Change Seriously

Wired News 
By Steve Rayner 0 second ago The outgoing administration failed to come to grips with climate change out of fear that reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...
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IAA, UN Officials Meet on Climate Change

Adweek, NY 
The new global initiative will be presented at the United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, in December...
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Palin's Environmental Record Not So Pretty

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA 
With an article in today's LA Times as our guide, let's take a look: Polar bears. Even the Bush administration has conceded that the bears need protection: ...
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Candidates on Climate: Where Obama and McCain Agree and Disagree

Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY 
Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and the 10 northeastern states that will kick off the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative this week.
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Einstein’s Green Refrigerator May Be Poised for a Comeback

Discover Magazine, NY 
Putting in place the technologies that are both low greenhouse-gas refrigerants and low energy use is critical" [The Guardian]. If conventional fridges are ...
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Palin's policies in Alaska weighted toward development

Los Angeles Times, CA 
US Geological Survey biologists believe that, if current climate-change trends continue, every polar bear in Alaska could be gone by 2050. Yet Gov.
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Rubber ducks help scientists understand global warming

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
By Jessica Salter Nasa researchers have dropped 90 ducks into holes in Greenland's fastest moving glacier, the Jakobshavn Glacier in Baffin Bay, ...
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Agriculture squeezed by demand, climate

Reuters 
Agriculture accounts for more than 10 percent of global man-made greenhouse gas emissions through fertilizers, rice and livestock production, ...
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Sep 21, 2008

Firms warned about climate change

BBC News, UK 
Companies that fail to tackle climate change could lower the value of their businesses, a report by the UK's Carbon Trust suggests. The report said firms, ...
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The Sarah Palin Chronicles: The Environment, Part Two

Red, Green, and Blue, CA 
[Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 12/4/07] Challenging 'Uncertain Climate Models,' Palin Is Suing To Lift Protected Status For Polar Bears.
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US companies see climate risk, but lack plan

guardian.co.uk, UK 
The European Union has had mandatory greenhouse emissions caps since 2005, while the United States, historically the world's top greenhouse gas polluter, ...
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Mogae appointed UN Special Envoy on Climate Change

Sunday Standard, Botswana 
In his letter to President Mogae, the UN Secretary General writes: "Climate change is the defining challenge of our era that needs a global solution, ...
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Pale shade of green

Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK 
Palin sued to overturn the Department of Interior's decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. She argued that ...
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Canadians' resolve on global warming cools with economy

Calgary Herald,  Canada 
This was going to be the green election, a transformative contest with political parties campaigning on competing climate change policies.
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