Global warming: Earth Hour campaign launched

Indian Express, India
Mumbai: In an effort to draw attention towards the increasing menace of global warming, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India launched its 'lights out' initiative - Earth Hour global campaign - at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) campus ...
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Could climate prove a change too far for Obama?

Space Daily, CA
European enthusiasm for President Barack Obama's ambitious programme of US renewal does not hide deep uncertainty over the likelihood of his delivering on measures to combat climate change. Nine months from UN talks in Denmark, where world leaders will ...
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Need to involve India, China on climate change: US

Press Trust of India, India
Washington, Mar 7 (PTI) The United States has highlighted the need to engage countries like India and China in tackling climate change, saying the issue demanded a global response. "We have historically been the largest emitter of greenhouse gas ...
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Chinese FM calls for cooperation to address climate change

Hindu, India
BEIJING (Xinhua):- Developed and developing countries should join hands to address the global climate change, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here on Saturday. "Developed and developing countries should make their own efforts while addressing ...
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Methane is the new scapegoat for global-warming alarmists

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH
As if carbon dioxide were not a big enough problem for the Earth's climate, now we have an alarming increase in methane, caused by global warming, which may cause more global warming, which may cause more methane gas to be released, which causes more .
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Energy Efficiency Key to Upcoming US Climate Legislation

Environment News Service
"Energy efficiency can slash greenhouse gas emissions at low cost and in large quantities. A carbon cap is essential to getting those savings but we don't use all cost-effective energy efficiency now and we still won't with a price on carbon," said Joe ...
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More daylight? During a drought? When global warming is already a ...

Austin American-Statesman, TX
"You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they? "Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a ...
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Adapting to Climate Change -- An Urgent Societal Priority

GreenBiz, CA
As more definitive scientific evidence on the impacts of climate change at the global, regional and local levels continues to accumulate, a greater sense of urgency is arising across political capitals, in the business community and within civil ...
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Bay Area Cities Sign Climate Change Pact

Greentech Media, MA
In another Bay Area-wide effort to push green policies and economic growth, the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, and Santa Clara County, have pledged to form a regional effort to fight climate change. The cities of San Francisco, ...
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Congress pressured to act on greenhouse-gas curbs

The News Journal, DE
By JEFF MONTGOMERY ��� The News Journal ��� March 6, 2009 Mounting pressure for clear national greenhouse-gas controls could soon overshadow regional efforts -- including Delaware's -- as supporters step up calls for congressional action ahead of a global ...
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NY Gov considers change in 10-state carbon pact

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New York was the founding member of the 10-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which early this year became the first pact in the country to regulate emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. As part of the agreement, ...
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Roadmap for a US-China Partnership on Climate Change

Huffington Post, NY
The US and Chinese governments must start right now to build a stronger partnership on energy and climate change. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China in February provided a welcome opportunity for the two nations to engage on a range of ...
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Clinton on Global Warming: “US has been negligent in living up to ...

Red, Green, and Blue, CA
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a group of young Europeans at the European Parliament in Brussels today that the global economic downturn provided a fresh new opportunity. "Never waste a good crisis," Secretary Clinton suggested.
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Off to a Green Start: A Roundup of Obama's Environmental Progress

Huffington Post, NY
Here is the beginning of what I hope will be a very long list: ��� January 26, 2009: President Obama directs the EPA to reconsider the agency's decision to deny California's strong limits on global warming pollution from cars, and he calls on the ...
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Senate leader says energy, climate bills will be combined

New York Times, United States
confirmed today that he will package energy and global warming measures together into one large bill for consideration later this year, a decision that should put to rest questions about whether Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have different ...
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Global warming “bait-and-switch”

Canada Free Press, Canada
Switch: Runaway warming is increasing hurricanes, melting polar ice caps, raising sea levels and causing species extinction. Bait: Even little things like reducing personal energy consumption help the environment. Switch: We can stop climate change by ...
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Clinton: US has been negligent on climate change

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BRUSSELS (AP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling Europeans that the Bush administration neglected the problem of global climate change. Speaking to several hundred young professionals at the European Parliament on Friday, ...
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Pennsylvania Helping Local Governments Reduce Greenhouse Gases ...

PR Newswire (press release), NY
That includes more than $79000 in grants announced today in Swarthmore , Delaware County , to help four municipalities in the area work at the local level to combat the global problem of climate change. The investment was part of nearly $300000 for ...
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Europe Advises US Officials on Climate

Washington Post, United States
By Juliet Eilperin A clutch of leading international climate officials and negotiators who descended on Washington this week to press the United States for action on global warming say they got a clear message from the Obama administration and key ...
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Recession may help on the climate front -- for a while

New York Times, United States
By PETER BEHR, ClimateWire The global recession will provide a short respite from climate challenges, shrinking greenhouse gas emissions from industry, offices, homes and vehicles this year. When the economy resumes growing, so will the planet's carbon ...
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Climate Change Equivocator Meets Enviro-Prankster

The Washington Independent, DC
Scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, not to mention energy CEOs like Jim Rogers, and conservative politicians like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have taken that option off the table. An affirmative answer could fatally undermine ...
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Al Gore weathers confrontation at ECO:nomics summit

Mother Nature Network, GA
Recent submarine data in the Arctic indicates that a total thaw of the polar ice cap could take place during summer months in less than 5 years. The multiple, compounded repercussions from such a cataclysmic event are just beginning to be understood ...
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'Clean coal' spokesman ducks question on greenhouse gas emissions

Tampabay.com, FL
But the industry does itself no favors when Joe Lucas, the spokesman for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, ducks a question about greenhouse gas production while being interviewed on CNN. Just FYI Joe: Carbon dioxide emissions from ...
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Curbing greenhouse-gas emissions from autos

SmartBrief, DC
President Barack Obama is striving to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles by developing a national standard. A spokesman said Obama "believes that one national policy for autos would provide the industry with certainty while achieving our ...
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US Energy Secy pledges to fight global warming

Reuters India, India
... and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - US Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday pledged to work with Congress to pass legislation that would impose a cap-and-trade system to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming.
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Obama veers from Bush's environmental course

USA Today
The hard work, such as filling in the details of how Obama will keep his campaign pledge to cut global warming gases 80% by 2050, lies in front of the new administration. Christie Whitman, Bush's first chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, ...
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Lawmakers want to pull plug on emissions deal

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Jan Brewer and her agencies of the power to impose new greenhouse gas pollution rules on Arizona residents and businesses. But the plan could get an icy reception from Brewer. Legislation set for debate Tuesday would prohibit the state Department of ...
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Kerry: Clean energy revolution coming

Boston Globe, United States
"For the first time ever, America will put a price on carbon that will light a fire under our green entrepreneurs, drive development of new clean technologies, re-energize our economy, and tackle global climate change-all at the same time.
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Evolution, Ecosystems May Buffer Some Species Against Climate Change

Science Daily (press release)
5, 2009) - Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the ...
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So Nashville isn't afraid of the dark.

Examiner.com
... them consciously of their own accord decide to live an environmentally healthier life style, than to have an entire day of reminding them how big their carbon foot print is, and how they personally by not driving a hybrid killed a polar bear cub.
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China to plough extra 20% into agricultural production amid fears ...

guardian.co.uk, UK
China will increase spending on agricultural production by 20% this year amid warnings that climate change could spark a future food crisis . Prime minister Wen Jiabao's announcement of an extra 121 billion yuan (��13bn) to boost farm yields and raise ...
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Suppliers blind to climate change effect: report

Livemint, India
Bangalore: Athird of the suppliers to the world's 34 large corporations don't perceive any risk to their business from climate change, says a new study. That's an alarming find because experts say no matter how well an organization manages its ...
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Drought threatens Amazon, speeds global warming: study

AFP
The Amazon tree canopy which absorbs massive amounts of greenhouse gases often succumbs to the effects of dryness, thereby accelerating global warming by not absorbing CO2, scientists said. Drought also accelerates the depletion of the region's carbon ...
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StatoilHydro says subsea carbon store does not leak

Reuters
OSLO (Reuters) - A carbon dioxide store beneath the floor of the North Sea remains tight and is not leaking the greenhouse gas 13 years after storage began, Norwegian oil and gas company StatoilHydro said on Thursday. Companies and scientists have ...
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US Energy Secretary pledges to fight global warming

Reuters India, India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday pledged to work with Congress to pass legislation that would impose a cap-and-trade system to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. "Such legislation will provide the ...
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Unep launches ‘50 by 50’ greenhouse gas emission

Business Mirror, Philippines
THE United Nations Environment Program (Unep) has launched a road map seeking to halve greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles as the world's car fleet is expected to triple by 2050 that will aggravate the effects of climate change.
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Only a Matter of Time for Greenhouse Gas Limits

Kiplinger.com, DC
President Obama isn't the only one pushing for legislation to control greenhouse gas emissions. Even businesses prefer it to a strictly regulatory approach. By Andrew C. Schneider, Associate Editor, The Kiplinger Letter Think greenhouse gas legislation ...
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Global Warming May Get Its Very Own Top Level Domain

Washington Post, United States
Not because it's global warming/eco related, there's plenty of money being thrown around to support just about every crazy green idea out there. I just don't think the world needs another top level domain, and certainly not one that is designed for ...
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IT versus global climate change

InfoWorld, CA
For example, green tech can help combat global climate change, which, if left unstopped, could have devastating effects on the planet and, in turn, the economy. At the same time, green technology offers opportunities for IT organizations to once again ...
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Students rally for climate change in capital

Ithaca College The Ithacan,  USA
"They're thinking about educational opportunities to work with peers to teach about climate change." On Monday, 2000 students participated in the "Capitol Climate Action" rally - separate from Power Shift - outside the Capitol Power Plant to protest ...
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Calpine Receives EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Recognition

MarketWatch (press release)
Calpine has the largest fleet of CHP, also known as cogeneration, plants in the US The 2008 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Report issued by the EPA estimated that the high efficiency of Calpine's 32 CHP projects produced an estimated 65.066 million metric ...
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Quest for food security breeds neo-colonialists

Times Online, UK
They are defensive, a response to soaring prices, the fear of climate change and drought. The people of the Middle East are trying to buy a lifeline, knowing full well that oil is pointless when there is nothing to eat. They know about hoarding, ...
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Volunteers Invited to Track Seasonal Signs of Climate Change

Environment News Service
TUCSON, Arizona, March 4, 2009 (ENS) - Citizen scientists are being recruited to help scientists observe the effects of climate change on the behavior of plant and animal species found across the United States. Volunteers are asked to study the ...
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Students Rally for Climate Change Legislation

Voice of America
Organizers say the rally was one of the largest in the US focused on climate change. Despite snow and freezing temperatures, hundreds of students -- appropriately wearing green -- rallied in front of the US Capitol Monday demanding that Congress pass ...
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Textbook, greenhouse gas bills pass Senate

Diamondback Online, MD
Two bills supported by students - the College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act - cleared the state Senate and may be up for a vote in the House of Delegates in a matter of weeks. Sen.
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What does the changing climate have in store for Lane County?

The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
by Matthew Preusch, The Oregonian University of OregonA new University of Oregon report tries to predict the impacts of climate change in the Upper Willamette Basin. A report from the University of Oregon tries to explain some of the consequences of ...
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South Africa sees binding climate change policy in 3 years

Reuters
By Agnieszka Flak MIDRAND, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa expects to put in place a binding climate change policy within three years to cap emissions by 2020-25, the environment minister said at the launch of a climate summit on Tuesday.
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Climate change hits Wales birds

News Wales, UK
Climate change is having a detectable impact on certain species of birds struggling to survive in Wales. And scientists say we must keep global temperature rise below the 2 degree ceiling - anything above this will create global havoc. the world's ...
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Cricket Terror, Blair on Climate Change, and Nuclear Energy

Council on Foreign Relations, NY
Blair on Climate: The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair urges world leaders not to forget climate change even as the economic meltdown dominates the agenda. He says that while rich countries should take the lead, developing countries, ...
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Curbing emissions among Obama’s goals Doyle embraces cap and trade

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
"When we undertook this, we understood that a national cap and trade system was far preferable," he said at a climate change symposium on Capitol Hill. "But we didn't want to be totally inactive. I hope that as Congress now moves forward with this ...
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