Jun 16, 2007

Climate change behind Darfur killing: UN's Ban

Raw Story, MA 
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon ...
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Russia steps up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emission: Official

Zee News, India 
Moscow, June 16: Russia is to intensify efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in order to stay in compliance with the Kyoto treaty as its economy ...
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Ethanol gets boost as state hikes amount allowed in gas

Sacramento Bee,  USA 
The rules are designed to help California achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, refiners are limited to a 5.7 percent blend, ...
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Douglas needs a climate change

Brattleboro Reformer,  United States 
James Douglas recognizes that climate change is a problem that needs to be dealt with. The not-so-good news is that Douglas' remedy seems to be exactly the ...
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In unusual move, West joins global-warming fight

Salt Lake Tribune, United States 
There they might find enthusiasm for battling global warming scarce - with or without an influx of federal clean-energy research cash to develop, ...
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Jun 15, 2007

Australia And New Zealand To Join Forces To Combat Climate Change

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Sydney, Australia (AHN) - The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand met in Sydney Friday and agreed to co-operate to combat climate change.
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Blowing in the Wind: Arctic Plants Move Fast as Climate Changes

Scientific American 
By David Biello Between Norway and the North Pole lies Svalbard-an icy Norwegian archipelago known for glaciers, freezing winds and polar bears.
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Road Tolls Possible As City Studies Ways To Reduce Greenhouse Gas ...

CityNews, Canada 
But the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions has brought the suggestion of charging drivers to use GTA highways back to the table.
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Saskatchewan plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 80 per cent ...

CBC News, Canada 
Saskatchewan's government is aiming to cut the province's greenhouse gas emissions by 32 per cent in the next 13 years and 80 per cent by 2050.
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Al Gore criticises G8 climate change agreement

domain-B, India 
G8 leaders have come in for trenchant criticism from former US vice president Al Gore, a dedicated campaigner on global climate change whose 2006 global ...
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BMA to ask World Bank aide on global warming

Bangkok Post, Thailand 
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will cooperate with the World Bank in writing a framework for reducing global warming from the sprawling city, ...
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Conservation policy must adapt to climate change

Environmental Data Interactive, UK 
Policies to protect wildlife, woodland and water in England and Wales differ widely in their ability to adapt to climate change, says a newly published ...
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Value of satellites highlighted at World Environment Day

YubaNet, CA 
Polar ice plays a crucial role in regulating global climate because it reflects about 80 percent of the incoming sunlight. If the ice caps over the polar ...
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US looks beyond Bush on climate change

EurActiv.com, Belgium 
The US is in the midst of a major shift in public opinion on climate change, including business and political circles, according to a number of high-level ...
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Fighting injustice key to fighting climate change

Gulf Times, Qatar 
By William Gumede POST-G8 report cards are for the most part judging that the emphasis in Germany last week was on climate change, with the fight against ...
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CIOB calls for construction's role on Climate Change Committee

Politics.co.uk, UK 
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called for the Committee on Climate Change, as proposed in the Governments draft Climate Change Bill, ...
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Jun 14, 2007

» 5 Western Republicans targeted over global warming «

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Richard Pombo, R-Calif., is taking aim at five more Western Republicans over global warming. The lawmakers from California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico ...
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Could some win with global warming?

Seattle Post Intelligencer 
By MICHAEL HILL AP WRITER GHENT, NY -- It's not in Al Gore's PowerPoint presentation, but there are some upsides to global warming.
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Global Warming Threatens Israel

Daily Green, CA 
Jewish groups and activists have already been pressing for action on global warming, with security-minded voices prioritizing the need to end America's ...
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Europe's Hot Future: Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions Urged To ...

Science Daily (press release) 
This image illustrates heat stress in the 21st century for two greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. The top panel shows the expected intensification of the ...
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Green groups steps up climate change campaign

ABC Regional Online, Australia 
Ten green groups will today launch the largest community climate change campaign in Australia targeting federal MPs. The program called the "Big Switch", ...
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Greenhouse gas bill passes Assembly panel

Newark Star Ledger,  USA 
by Robert Schwaneberg A bill committing New Jersey to an aggressive program of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat global warming was ...
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Panel's big task: reducing Minnesota's greenhouse gas emissions

West Central Tribune, MN 
Tim Pawlenty filled a hotel ballroom Thursday as they tried to figure out ways for Minnesota to meet ambitious goals for reducing its greenhouse gas ...
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Exxon says it never doubted climate change threat

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By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - Oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. never in the past decade doubted the risk from climate change, its global spokesman Kenneth ...
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Southern Baptists deny anthropogenic climate change

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Every respectable analysis of the effects of climate change (see the IPCC report on impacts for starters) singles out the poor as bearing the brunt of the ...
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Climate Change Could Wreak Havoc in Mideast

Jewish Exponent, PA 
"Marginal living conditions would only be exacerbated by climate change," he explained. "It's a scenario that highlights a failed state in the making.
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New Calvert Fund to Help Investors Address Climate Change

GreenBiz, DC 
BETHESDA, Md., June 14, 2007 -- In response to a survey finding that the vast majority of investors see climate change as full of both risks and ...
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Bears, baseball and bonding

Pioneer Press, MN 
BY JASON HOPPIN and LAURA YUEN A polar bear named Neil enjoys the cold temperatures and snow at the Como Park Zoo in this file photo.
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Londoners lagging in fight against climate change

Wimbledon Guardian, UK 
A campaign to spur on Londoners to join the fight against climate change has been launched. A recent survey conducted by Ipsos MORI found that only two in ...
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MTV Saves The World From Climate Change

hecklerspray, UK 
Climate change is a very real, very serious threat - but at times the whole thing seems like it's just one big competition for pop stars to show that they ...
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China invests US$930m to fight climate change

China Daily, China 
China has earmarked more than 7.1 billion yuan (about 930 million US dollars) for technology innovations to cope with climate change since 2001, ...
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Disease delights in global warming

Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada 
Global warming will contribute to a more than doubling of the world pharmaceutical market in 13 years as higher temperatures spur diseases, according to a ...
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Southern Baptist resolution questions role in global warming

WMC-TV, TN 
AP - June 14, 2007 7:54 AM ET SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Southern Baptists yesterday (Wednesday) approved a resolution on global warming that questions the ...
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EU reduced emissions of greenhouse gases

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Copenhagen- Greenhouse gas emissions by members of the European Union dropped by 8 per cent between 1990 and 2005, the Copenhagen-based European Environment ...
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AEP to Support Largest Agricultural Carbon Offset Program in US ...

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"The methane offset program is one piece of a comprehensive strategy to address our greenhouse gas emissions," said Michael G. Morris, AEP chairman, ...
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Demand change on climate change

Wednesday Journal, IL 
One result of global warming is that the glaciers and polar ice caps are melting. Also, because the polar ice caps are melting, the polar bears have nowhere ...
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China considers spelling out own greenhouse gas goals

Reuters AlertNet, UK 
... activity by 20 percent of 2005 levels by 2010, but it has not spelled out quantified targets for greenhouse gas pollution that is warming the planet.
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Carbon divide: Detroit, coal states offer false choice

Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN 
The legislation would also restrict the US Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions - a reaction to a Supreme Court ruling ...
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BC's Emissions Go Down: Why?

TheTyee.ca, Canada 
By Tom Barrett New figures from the federal government indicate that BC's greenhouse gas emissions dropped in 2005, even as the population and economy grew.
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Province launches climate change funding for municipalities

Peterborough Examiner, Canada 
While the Liberal government has been dogged by criticism over its lack of a comprehensive plan on climate change, McGuinty told about 60 people, ...
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New Zealand leads climate change technology talks

Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand 
New Zealand has been leading climate change discussions in Sweden on how to speed up the delivery of technology that will help the world reduce greenhouse ...
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Former Vice President Gore To Return To Australia To Train Climate ...

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In a ACF press release announcing Mr Gore's return Mr Henry said, "Climate change is the biggest crisis we face. Australians want to find out what they can ...
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Jun 13, 2007

So. Baptists Talk Stem Cells, Global Warming

Christian Broadcasting Network, VA 
Southern Baptists also considered a resolution on global warming. The measure being considered places some of the blame on rising temperatures on humans.
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Southern Baptists Take on Global Warming

Forbes, NY 
By ERIC GORSKI 06.13.07, 4:10 PM ET Southern Baptists weighed a resolution on global warming Wednesday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that ...
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McGuinty announces climate change funding for municipalities

Peterborough Examiner, Canada 
The Ontario government is giving municipalities $200 million in loans and $20 million in grants over the next three years to fight climate change.
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'Greatest polar explorer' Sir Wally Herbert dies

Times Online, UK 
Its findings now provide benchmark data for many of today's scientific predictions about the status of the melting polar ice cap and associated climate ...
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Carbon tank for Outback

Advertiser Adelaide, Australia 
It also promises to transform the gradually depleting gas fields from their current role as a key energy producer and greenhouse gas emitter to a critical ...
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PRO-CON: Did summit make progress on global warming? NO

Kansas City Star, MO 
When it comes to global warming, President Bush has spent most of his tenure in a state of denial on the critical need for action or finding ways to slow ...
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My Turn: Step it up to fight global warming

BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT 
In an effort to help confront the global warming crisis here at home, the Burlington organizers of Step It Up Day, have continued to meet on a weekly basis ...
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NZ PM keen to share clean coal tech

The West Australian, Australia 
New Zealand is keen to work with Australia on clean coal technology and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Helen Clark says.
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