Mar 15, 2008

Environment ministers meet for climate change talks

ABC Online, Australia 
Environment and energy ministers from the world's 20 largest greenhouse gas emitting countries will meet in Tokyo this afternoon for climate change talks.
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Climate Change Threatens Transport Systems in Coastal Areas

Voice of America 
The federally funded study calls on government and industry planners to start factoring climate change into transportation system design.
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PM panel's report on climate change by June

Hindu, India 
New Delhi (PTI): The much-awaited report on climate change by the council appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to be announced in June, ...
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Major greenhouse gas emitters discussing post-Kyoto protocol

Nation Multimedia, Thailand 
Tokyo - Experts and senior officials from the world's 20 major greenhouse gas emitters were meeting Saturday in Japan to discuss ways of giving financial ...
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Oilsands emissions allowed to triple by 2018

Calgary Herald, Canada 
Alberta's growing oilsands industry will be allowed to triple its annual greenhouse gas output until 2018 while hundreds of Western Canada's small oil and ...
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FACTBOX-Why are the world's top emitters meeting in Tokyo?

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March 15 (Reuters) - Energy and environment ministers from 20 of the world's top greenhouse gas emitting nations are meeting in Japan to discuss climate ...
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Mar 14, 2008

Concessions to Merkel threaten climate change plan

Guardian, UK 
Europe's chances of spearheading a global post-Kyoto climate change accord were jeopardised yesterday when Germany secured pledges that several of its heavy ...
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EU Leaders Back Goals for Fighting Climate Change

Voice of America 
By VOA News European Union leaders have backed ambitious goals to fight climate change, but stressed that they must be affordable at a time of economic ...
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Al Gore, Manmohan discuss climate change

Hindu, India 
The two leaders are reported to have discussed climate change and sustainable development. Mr. Gore, a climate change crusader, will announce a major ...
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EU Warns US, China on Climate Change

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An EU report says climate change will trigger humanitarian crises, border disputes and "environmentally induced" migration of millions of people from Africa ...
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EU warns of implications of climate change for international security

Xinhua, China 
BRUSSELS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Climate change has serious implications for international security and the European Union (EU) must address these threats, ...
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Major greenhouse gas emitters to discuss post-Kyoto protocol

Nation Multimedia, Thailand 
Tokyo - Senior officials from the world's 20 major greenhouse gas emitters gathered in Japan Friday to attend a two-day dialogue on global warming over the ...
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Global Warming’s Negative Effects on Roads

Enews 2.0, UK 
By Daniel Nicholas According to a new report, it seems that global warming will affect also roads and all kinds of other types of transportation.
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Britain dismisses Japan climate change plan

Reuters South Africa, South Africa 
Japan is hosting a three-day meeting of 20 of the world's top greenhouse gas polluters and believes sectoral curbs on major polluting industries such as ...
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Are the Grandkids Worth the Money?

New York Times, United States 
By EDUARDO PORTER Arresting global warming won't come cheap. Europe and Japan are already spending billions to meet the modest carbon emission cuts that ...
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Flooding and climate change: invest to save, urges National Trust

Guardian, UK 
Photo: Don McPhee The public and private sectors must invest new money in land management in the UK to meet the challenges of climate change and flooding, ...
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Casey writes environment minister with submarine concerns

Truro Daily News, Canada 
The Independent member for Cumberland Colchester Musquodoboit Valley wrote Environment Minister John Baird Thursday regarding the greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Greener buildings called quick climate change fix

Toronto Star,  Canada 
The greening effort would also be the easiest, quickest way to combat climate change, says the report for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, ...
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Blair leading team charged with securing climate change deal

AFP 
The former prime minister's team includes several international experts on climate change and will present an interim report in June, and will then list the ...
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At EU summit, climate change billed as major security risk

Christian Science Monitor, MA 
Reporter Nicole Itano talks about stories she recently covered, relating to climate change. Athens - Rising sea levels are what some nations fear most about ...
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Ahern in climate change commitment

The Press Association 
The Republic's partnership with other EU countries in combating climate change is to be highlighted by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Brussels.
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Blair joins climate change group

The Press Association 
Tony Blair is joining a group of international experts on climate change in a bid to drive forward efforts to reduce global carbon emissions, it has emerged ...
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Mar 13, 2008

EU leaders meet to address economic cooling, global warming

Xinhua, China 
... (Xinhua) -- Leaders from the European Union (EU) member states opened a two-day summit here on Thursday to tackle economic cooling and global warming.
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WA gov signs climate change blueprint into law

Seattle Times, United States 
By RACHEL LA CORTE AP Writer A measure that directs Washington state to come up with plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions was signed into law Thursday ...
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Energy Commission Adopts Recommendations to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Earthtimes, UK 
"This interim opinion lays the groundwork for a balanced and fair approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a way that will protect consumers, ...
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Waxman: Evidence Shows EPA Stonewalling on Greenhouse Gas Rule

TPM, NY 
The Court said the EPA could no longer avoid deciding whether greenhouse gases were pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. But almost one year later, ...
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climate change to push N-deal

Times of India, India 
NEW DELHI: The appointment of former foreign secretary Shyam Saran as the PM's special envoy on climate change is a signal of a government looking ahead to ...
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Banks and climate change The greening of Wall Street

Economist, UK 
Thanks to its participation in the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Europe dwarfs America in carbon trading. The bulk of the ���40 billion ($62 billion) of ...
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Barroso calls on trade unions, businesses to help on climate ...

Xinhua, China 
He said the European Commission is preparing proposals on how social partners can get more involved in fighting climate change and smart energy usage.
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Global warming will reduce crop yield by 30 pc

Sify, India 
New Delhi: Global warming will lead to 30 per cent reduction in crop harvest and increase child mortality due to diarrhoea, Parliament was informed on ...
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EU to agree timetable for fighting climate change

Reuters UK, UK 
By Mark John BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders were set on Thursday to agree a timetable for action to combat climate change that will enable the ...
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Palace date for schoolgirl skier

The Press Association 
Following her meeting with the Duke at Buckingham Palace, Camilla will unveil a 6ft ice clock in Parliament Square, to highlight just how quickly the polar ...
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Financial crisis, climate change pose tough challenges for EU summit

Xinhua, China 
With financial stability, economic reforms and climate change high on the agenda, this year the summit opens at a time when difficulties in the ...
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Insurers ignore their own warnings

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 
... from the generally conservative business pack and started making lots of noise about climate change and its potential to increase natural disasters.
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China's emissions seen rising faster than thought

Reuters UK, UK 
The release of the article comes as energy and environment ministers from the world's 20 major greenhouse gas emitting nations prepare to meet in Japan from ...
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Mixture of warnings about climate change, backing for airport ...

Guardian, UK 
Greenpeace head John Sauven accused Darling of "dropping the ball on climate change". There was further criticism from the WWF, the World Development ...
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The Global Warming Gorilla: Getting the Developing World Aboard

Wall Street Journal 
Even the OECD says developing countries have to cut emissions to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. The trick is how they can pay for it and still ...
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Economist Strikes Gold In Climate-Change Fight

Wall Street Journal 
The New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme and the Chicago Climate Exchange, for buyers who voluntarily want to greenhouse gases, also saw trading ...
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Wildfires creating more carbon gases

United Press International 
The study, which is not peer-reviewed, suggests decades of fire suppression has left forests so overcrowded they turn into a source of greenhouse gas ...
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Mar 12, 2008

Commitment to tackling climate change 'spin-deep'

Scotsman, United Kingdom 
Duncan McLaren, the chief executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "This Budget reveals that the UK government's commitment to tackling climate ...
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Banks Ranked on Climate Change

National Post, Canada 
The Ethical Funds Company has released its scorecard for Canada's big banks on climate change, and it makes the point that some banks are doing ...
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UK Budget Not Green Enough, Environmentalists Say (Update1)

Bloomberg 
United Nations scientists said last year that climate change will cause sea levels to rise, droughts and floods to occur more frequently and water and crops ...
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World `Squandered' Decade in Climate Debate, Top Scientist Says

Bloomberg 
The current greenhouse gas-limiting treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, requires 37 nations to cut emissions by a combined 5.2 percent from 1990 levels by 2012.
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Global warming a 'crock'? Not so, says GM chief

CNET News.com, CA 
Remember how Robert Lutz, vice chairman and design guru at General Motors, a few weeks back called global warming a "crock of s---? ...
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Reps' Bill Targets Polluting Coal Plants

Houston Chronicle, United States 
But investment in coal power plants is waning in the face of potential federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Many industry analysts warn of a ...
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Enviance Powers Driving Change™, Nation’s First Internet-Based ...

Business Wire (press release), CA 
"Driving Change represents a very proud extension of the Enviance System to mobile greenhouse gas, a very vexing problem. Having succeeded in leveraging the ...
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US Transport Systems Vulnerable to Climate Change

Environment News Service 
Though the impacts of climate change will vary by region, it is certain they will be widespread and costly in human and economic terms, and will require ...
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Modern Physics Is Critical To Global Warming Research

Science Daily (press release) 
Scientists think the lake, which straddles Nevada and Arizona, may already be getting less rain due to shifting weather patterns caused by a warming world.
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Valero CEO calls for climate change tax credit

Reuters UK, UK 
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A climate change tax credit is needed to provide incentives for refiners to cut carbon emissions, Valero Energy Corp's chief executive ...
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China tells developed world to go on climate change 'diet'

Economic Times, India 
BEIJING: The developed world should go on a climate change diet rather than lecture China over its rising greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese Foreign Minister ...
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