Oct 11, 2008

Green alarm as EU ministers mull climate opt-outs

Reuters 
The European Union hopes other nations will follow its lead by agreeing a global deal, mindful of United Nations warnings that climate change will lead to ...
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Governor's Conference on Managing Drought and Climate Risk: Day 3

Examiner.com 
Susan Solomon -- Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- got to the heart of the climate change problem ...
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Over 7000 species susceptible to climate change: Study

Economic Times, India 
The report said climate change may cause a sharp rise in the risk of extension and rate of extinction of currently threatened species.
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US taps Canada's oil sands, but at what cost?

eTaiwan News, Taiwan 
Also growing are the environmental costs - higher greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oil and long-term destruction of a swath of deep forest.
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Oct 10, 2008

Climate activists: Prez-elect should go to UN climate talks in Poland

Christian Science Monitor, MA 
Participants of the two-week long 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP 14, will work toward ...
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New estimates on global warming

Christian Science Monitor, MA 
Instead, the IPCC looks at policies on population growth, the economy, and other slightly tangential policies that affect global warming.
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Climate change ground zero

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 
Bhola's geography has put it at climate change ground zero. It is a flat slither of land - 15 kilometres by 150 kilometres - flanked by huge rivers and with ...
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McCain, Obama and the environment

CNN 
US Democrat Barack Obama called climate change "one of the biggest challenges of our time" but with just weeks to go until the election and the economy and ...
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Oct 9, 2008

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Global Warming Curriculum Mandate

The Heartland Institute, IL 
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on July 25 vetoed legislation that would have required global warming be taught as part of the public school curriculum throughout ...
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India refuses World Bank aid to fight climate change

Times of India, India 
NEW DELHI: The World Bank cannot help India fight climate change. Claiming so much, the ministry of environment and forests has rejected the institution's ...
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Emissions controls set Tories apart

National Post, Canada 
Under the proposal, fossil fuels would be taxed at a rate of $50 for each tonne of greenhouse gas while emissions from large industrial producers would need ...
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EPA Honors Pfizer for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

FOXBusiness 
... Energy and Climate Change Program, which reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by 43 percent per million dollars of revenue from 2000 to 2007.
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Debate Over Climate Change at Columbia

New York Times, United States 
Mr. de Boer defended the program, saying it was a useful tool for engaging poor countries in climate change issues, while acknowledging that current gains ...
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Rainforest biodiversity at risk from global warming

Mongabay.com 
The results of both studies suggest that global warming will present challenges not seen in tens of millions of years for the world's biodiversity.
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Tropical Rainforest And Mountain Species May Be Threatened By ...

Science Daily (press release) 
... be threatened by global warming, according to an article by University of Connecticut Ecologist Robert K. Colwell and colleagues the journal Science.
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Conservation groups and government sign Sumatra forest deal

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
Last year at a conference in Bali the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change acknowledged the need to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and ...
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A baaa-d idea? Aussie sheep made to wear gas masks so scientists ...

Daily Mail, UK 
'Operation Gas Mask' will soon swing into action following a report by Australian climate adviser Ross Garnaut who said sheep helped create greenhouse gases ...
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Sask. Party sends mixed signals responding to Tory promise

Canada.com, Canada 
He added that the provincial government does need to focus on sustainable oilsands development that does not raise greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brazil's climate change plan 'ready for public scrutiny'

guardian.co.uk, UK 
A plan to tackle climate change and minimise its impacts in Brazil has been drawn up and is now open for public consultation.
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Oct 8, 2008

Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF

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The United Nation's panel of climate change scientists has warned that earth's average temperature could increase more than two degrees Celsius by century's ...
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Climate change alert for birds and frogs

Scotsman, United Kingdom 
By Emily Beament MORE than half the world's amphibians and more than a third of birds face possible extinction because of climate change, a study has warned ...
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FTSE 100: rankings show how ready companies are for climate change

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Companies that fail to assess the impact of climate change are storing up problems for the future in a similar way ...
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Forest CO2 storage plans should aid poor: alliance

Reuters South Africa, South Africa 
"Forests have a unique ability to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, capture carbon and lessen the vulnerability of people and ecosystems to ...
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Read election letter from top scientists

Lethbridge Herald, Canada 
The world needs to start down a path of greenhouse gas reduction to avert the most serious consequences of global warming. Many may not realize that even if ...
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• States Step Up

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY 
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative held the nation's first auction of carbon dioxide pollution allowances in late September initiating the kind of "cap ...
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Rainforest dwellers demand more say in climate change efforts

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Native groups should play a key role in crafting any financing scheme for forests that might be included in a broader UN climate change agreement on how to ...
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Oct 7, 2008

Solving Global Warming Gets Debaters Going

Domestic Fuel, MO 
A lady asked if the candidates would take the same quick call-to-action approach to solve the looming global warming crisis as we saw in the recent ...
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Climate change will allow tropical disease to spread to Europe

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
The study shows the impact climate change could have on the health of wild animals and how it can cascade onto human populations.
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UPS Joins EPA's ''Climate Leaders'' Program

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Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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EU committee approves climate change bill

International Herald Tribune, France 
AP BRUSSELS, Belgium: A committee of EU lawmakers approved an ambitious climate change plan Tuesday, resisting heavy pressure from lobbyists who sought to ...
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HP Honored by US EPA for Conserving Energy and Lowering Greenhouse ...

MarketWatch 
... Protection Agency (EPA) for its leadership in conserving energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions from its surface transportation supply chain.
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World needs to rethink biofuels

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Crops soak up CO2 -- the main greenhouse gas blamed for climate change -- when they grow, but fuel used in their cultivation and processing reduces that ...
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Appeal to cut UK greenhouse gases

The Press Association 
The UK should cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by mid-century, the Government's climate change committee recommended.
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Renewables industry calls for urgent action as Committee on ...

eGov monitor, UK 
The renewables industry today welcomes the Committee on Climate Change recommendation that the government should commit to a cut in CO2 of 80% by 2050.
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Credit crisis is time to act on climate change, says Lord Stern

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom 
The author of the Government's 2006 report on climate change said that spending money on renewable and low-carbon industries could help stimulate the ...
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Tough test for climate change plan

The Press Association 
Europe's controversial climate change plans are to face a tough test in the face of financial meltdown. MEPs are voting on pollution reduction targets ...
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Polar Bear Critical Habitat to be Designated

Center for Biological Diversity (press release), AZ 
This agreement sets us on the path to doing both," said Kassie Siegel, climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of ...
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Oct 6, 2008

Climate change and energy policies lack cohesion, says Oxfam report

guardian.co.uk, UK 
Ed Miliband will be greeted today on his first full day of work as the new secretary of state for energy and climate change with a 100-page Oxfam report ...
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Time to Adapt, Not Argue, as Earth Warms Up, Scientists Say

Bloomberg 
Last year there was a net 2.5 percent increase in carbon dioxide, the main man-made greenhouse gas, Global Carbon Project reported last week.
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Young Commons stars set to debate climate change

guardian.co.uk, UK 
The first climate change questions in the Commons should be worth watching. Three days after Gordon Brown appointed Ed Miliband to head the new department, ...
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Hannah-Beth Jackson Has the Goods on Tony Strickland in Pivotal ...

California Progress Report, CA 
There'sa paper trail a mile long here that just doesn't add up when it comes to the issue of global warming that Californians care deeply about.
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Fishing industry urged to prepare for climate change

ABC Online, Australia 
A CSIRO report into climate change says there will be significant impacts on the biological, economic and social aspects of the Australian fishery over the ...
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Where They Stand: Climate change

Globe and Mail, Canada 
This week: Climate change Way back on June 22, a public dust-up between the Prime Minister's Office and the media foreshadowed a twist in environmental ...
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The Candidates on Climate Change Science

Washington Post, United States 
Keep reading for a full assessment of the candidates' take on climate change science, and whether it is natural or man-made.
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Miller clashed with Palin over science on global warming

Greensboro News Record, NC 
A spokesman for the McCain-Palin campaign was asked about the pair's positions on global warming but was unable to furnish an on-the-record response.
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Nearly one quarter of world's mammals face extinction, annual 'red ...

guardian.co.uk, UK 
Climate change is already having an impact on amphibians and plant life, but it is expected to put increasing pressure on mammals too, either by destroying ...
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Palin on global warming

guardian.co.uk, UK 
That's why the polar icecap is melting." Well, maybe he left out the kind of caveats and qualifications you'd attach to the attribution of the recent loss ...
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Ground-level ozone pollution to increase

Independent, UK 
The Royal Society publication warned ozone was a significant greenhouse gas, damaged natural ecosystems and reduced the yields and quality of crops such as ...
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Oct 5, 2008

Global warming set to shake our eating habits

The Australian, Australia 
The report says projected ocean warming of 2-3 degrees by 2070 could render salmon farming unviable, leaving open the possibility of salmon farmers having ...
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New Department established for energy and climate change

MoreThanWaste, UK 
London: A new Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been established by Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and will be headed by a Labour Party ...
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Dion gives speech on 'polar beers' and climate change

Edmonton Sun,  Canada 
Dion said he has made some progress in the English language since then, but the crisis of climate change is even more urgent.
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Renewables strategy will cut costs

Times Online, UK 
Sir, It's not the UK's efforts to tackle climate change and secure our future energy supplies that are absurd, rather it's Bj��rn Lomborg's analysis ("Why ...
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What energy policy should the US pursue? Switch to renewable fuels ...

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA 
Approximately one third of all US greenhouse gas emissions come from coal-fired power plants, which generate half of the country's electricity.
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Where is Harper's plan for Manitoba?

Liberal.ca (press release), Canada 
During an aerial and land tour of the area, which included sightings of polar bears, Mr. Dion commented on the impact of climate change in the region.
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Next president will be handed a fragile economy

The Associated Press 
He would pay for it with a carbon auction requiring businesses to bid competitively for the right to pollute and aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Fey/Palin: Climate change, or End of Days?

Boston Globe, United States 
Asked about climate change, Fey/Palin ducked the idea it was manmade, saying it also could represent the Biblical End of Days. Or something else.
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Veep Debate: Biden, Palin Clash on Energy–Sort Of

Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY 
That's why the polar icecap is melting [���] John McCain has voted 20 times in the last decade-and-a-half against funding alternative energy sources, ...
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