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But with a month left until 192 nations gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to hammer out a new international treaty to slow global warming, the Obama administration and Democrats are under pressure to show movement on a climate bill. The three senators met individually Wednesday with Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Carol Browner, the president's assistant for energy and climate change. (MSNBC -- Politics)
The Young Pro Nov 5, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009 2:28 PM EST. Harkins is The Citizen's innovation coordinator, an active member of the IGNITE young professionals group in Cayuga County and is always happy to hear from fellow young pros. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Must stop climate change Nov 5, 2009
For example, it has long been understood that global warming will cause the tundra to thaw, releasing carbon dioxide, which will cause even more warming, but new ... President Barack Obama said Friday that opponents of his energy bill are disputing the evidence of global warming in a cynical ploy to undermine efforts to curb pollution and steer the nation to greener energy sources ... In his State of the Union address, President Bush acknowledged "the serious challenge of global climate change,"... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction Nov 5, 2009
Since then the fungus _ believed to be spread by international trade and global warming _ has virtually wiped out the wild frog population. "Only a single male has been heard calling since," IUCN said. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Three Senators Join Forces On Climate Bill Nov 5, 2009
Denmark to hammer out a new international treaty to slow global warming, the Obama administration and Democrats are under pressure to show movement on a climate bill ... Lieberman co-authored a global warming bill last year along with former Republican Sen ... Republicans will no doubt try to oust Graham for swaying from the global warming denial party line. (CBS News)
With tax break, a big carbon footprint Nov 5, 2009
ENVIRONMENTALISTS who are worried about global warming should pay attention to the congressional debate about extending the home buyers tax credit. Federal tax policies toward housing have long encouraged Americans to emit more carbon. (Boston Globe)
What others say: Cooling global warming Nov 5, 2009
Web Search powered by YAHOO. Today, it is 387 parts per million - and growing. (Athens Banner-Herald)
CALL FOR CUTS Nov 5, 2009
A panel of U.N. climate scientists said in 2007 that emissions by developed nations would have to be cut by between 25 and 40 percent by 2020 to avoid the worst of global warming. European Union lawmakers gave final approval to hand polluting industries including steelmakers free carbon emissions permits for up to a decade, to safeguard them from unfair competition with countries which faced no carbon limits. (AlertNet)
Is the World Outsourcing Its Greenhouse Emissions to China? Nov 5, 2009
Beyond its contribution to global warming, China is also a world leader in other forms of pollution, given its huge population and its ambition to become the next international economic superpower. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), current levels of air pollution in China far exceed international environmental standards. (Scientific American)
Gore's Profits Of Doom Nov 5, 2009
Junk Science: The oracle of climate disaster has a new book out on global warming that should be on the fiction list. He asks us to commit economic suicide while he rakes in millions from his green investments. (Investors Business Daily)
Deforestation as Carbon Culprit Drops Relative to Effects of Fossil Fuels Nov 5, 2009
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated in 2007 that deforestation was responsible for 20 percent of greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. Almost 200 nations that will meet next month in Copenhagen have yet to agree on what role forests should play in a climate treaty intended to extend or replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Republican Victories May Make Democrats Cautious on Backing Obama's Agenda Nov 5, 2009
Democrats in competitive House districts, many of them already cautious about Obamas push to overhaul the U.S. health- care system and curb emissions blamed for global warming, might be more resistant to move ahead on the measures and face attacks from a newly energized Republican Party, the analysts said. The Nov. 3 election results are a real warning bell for moderate Democrats, said , associate professor of communications at Boston University. (Bloomberg -- US)
Coral reef troubles warn of disaster Nov 5, 2009
Today, many of our planet's natural areas are seriously threatened by human incursion, overexploitation and global warming: Less than a fifth of the world's original forest cover remains in unfragmented tracts, while just one-third of coastal mangroves survive to protect coastlines from storms and erosion ... To give reefs and other ecosystems a chance, it's crucial that world leaders embark upon a combined effort to protect earth's remaining natural areas, beyond even international attempts to... (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Democrats play down vote defeats Nov 5, 2009
In the short term, the off-year results will surely colour perceptions within the Washington Beltway, as Obama and the Democratic-run Congress strive to pass landmark healthcare reform legislation, then turn to a major bill to fight global warming. The outcome is unlikely to make things easier for the White House and its allies. (BBC News -- Americas)
Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change Nov 5, 2009
WASHINGTON German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming ... Merkel cited as clear proof of global warming icebergs that are melting in the Arctic, African people forced to flee their homelands because of drought and the rise in global sea levels ... The chancellor met at the White House with President Barack Obama... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Arctic fishing soon to be limited Nov 5, 2009
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday that the plan establishes an orderly process to consider requests to develop fisheries in the Arctic, and it provides time for science to catch up to changing Arctic conditions, specifically global warming and the loss of sea ice. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction Nov 5, 2009
Since then the fungus believed to be spread by international trade and global warming has virtually wiped out the wild frog population. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning Nov 5, 2009
Research Meteorologists found that the temperature changes brought on by global warming are significant enough to cause an increase in the occurrence. . (Science Daily)
Plum Center for Life Long Learning to Open Nov 5, 2009
With global warming, we are witnessing the emergence of more and more coastlines. This course can help meet requirements for someone s future career in the Coast Guard. (Fairfax Chronicle, VA)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Nov 5, 2009 U.N. Climate Pact Deadline in Doubt Nov 5, 2009 Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Nov 5, 2009 Nov. 5 letters to the editor Nov 5, 2009 Climate: G77 takes on West Nov 5, 2009 * Merkel presses US on climate in Congress speech Nov 5, 2009 Group backs climate-change bill Nov 5, 2009 INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: What causes global warming Nov 5, 2009 'WE WON LAST NIGHT' Nov 5, 2009 After Dec. 3, commercial fishing will be off-limits in Arctic Nov 5, 2009 Atheist group gathering in Seattle Nov 5, 2009 Watertown state Rep. Jon Hecht to hold office hours Nov 5, 2009 Video game to help flood planners Nov 5, 2009 Falling fertility Nov 5, 2009 The environmental protection racket Nov 5, 2009 Malaysia and Indonesia decline to vote on contentious greenhouse gas proposal Nov 5, 2009 Schwarzenegger visits state's Capitol Hill Dems Nov 4, 2009 Nancy Pelosi Nov 4, 2009 Africans End U.N. Climate Meetings Boycott Nov 4, 2009 Ghana must deal with Invasive Alien Species - Ayittey Nov 4, 2009 Paying off our global warming sins Nov 4, 2009 County GOP calls for Rexford to resign Nov 4, 2009 Disney Co. spending $7M on conservation projects Nov 4, 2009 Largest Farms Must Monitor Greenhouse Gases Starting Jan. 1 Nov 4, 2009 Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change Nov 4, 2009 Senate health-care bill would cover prayer-based treatments Nov 4, 2009 US, EU agree to reduce global emissions by 50% Nov 4, 2009 Following the sun Nov 4, 2009 Africa leads charge on climate change Nov 4, 2009 I'll Pass on 'Opting Out' Nov 4, 2009 Climate Change Could Create Agricultural Winners And Losers In East Africa, New Study Warns Nov 4, 2009 Altamont Landfill's gas fuels garbage trucks Nov 4, 2009 Notorious 'Man-eating' Lions Of Tsavo Likely Ate About 35 People -- Not 135, Scientists Say Nov 4, 2009 Commercial fishing banned in Arctic waters as of Dec. 3 Nov 4, 2009 Hidden Solar Cells: 3-D System Based On Optical Fiber Could Provide New Options For Photovoltaics Nov 4, 2009 Japan wants yen to be the anchor of Asia Nov 4, 2009 Gore Denies... Nov 4, 2009 Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection Nov 4, 2009 Letter: Protect Silver Maple forest Nov 4, 2009 Wade McIntyre: Mud and music at Voodoo Fest Nov 4, 2009 GORE'S BIG PROFITS FROM 'GLOBAL WARMING'... Nov 4, 2009 Survey: Economists see threat in climate change Nov 4, 2009 Global Warming Science: Real? Or Too Raw? Nov 4, 2009 Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Nov 4, 2009 APEC CEO Summit in Singapore Sees Record Turnout of APEC Leaders Nov 4, 2009 Plum Center for Life Long Learning to Open Nov 4, 2009 Africa: Continent Can Help Mitigate Climate Change [analysis] Nov 4, 2009 Offshore Wind Could Surge Nov 4, 2009 GOP Senators Absent At Start Of Climate Debate Nov 4, 2009 EU urges US climate plan as GOP boycotts Senate panel vote Nov 4, 2009 Global warming Nov 4, 2009 World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Nov 4, 2009 Climate bill boycott shows sharp divide Nov 4, 2009 Blowing jobs to China Nov 4, 2009 Climate talks face difficult road ahead of meeting Nov 4, 2009 Merkel makes historic US address Nov 4, 2009 Climate Debate Has Rocky Start for US Senate Panel Nov 4, 2009 Al Gore: "I am optimistic" Nov 4, 2009 Eco group hosts Spring Canyon speaker Nov 4, 2009 Republican senators boycott climate bill Nov 4, 2009 Global warming draws heat at board meeting Nov 4, 2009 Why Are Kilimanjaro's Glaciers Fading? Nov 4, 2009 17,000 Species Face Extinction, Group Says Nov 4, 2009 The Young Pro Nov 4, 2009 Read Chris Wallace's interview Nov 4, 2009
But the greatest impact has come through global warming, with successive editions of the atlas showing shrinking ice fields and evaporating lakes. It reveals the rapid retreat of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake and now the tenth. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Amazon's Low Salt Content Keeps Carbon Emissions at Bay Nov 5, 2009
But decomposition releases carbon dioxide, a potent that contributes to global warming. To better predict how much greenhouse gas might be released in the future, scientists are struggling to find any unknown carbon stores. (National Geographic)
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the European Union presidency, said the holdup in the U.S. Senate of a climate bill made it impossible to meet a deadline next month for adopting a binding agreement regulating the world's emissions of gases that cause global warming. A flurry of diplomatic activity reflected high tensions worldwide as two years of negotiations approach a climax at a major climate conference opening Dec. 7 in Copenhagen. (Time.com)
But Congress is now in Democratic hands, and President Bush is cool to some Schwarzenegger initiatives, including his pushes on global warming and universal health coverage ... The governor also described his appeal to Democratic voters, even though he says he remains a loyal Republican "We are out there in a unique way, leading in health care reform and fighting global warming," he said. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
I appreciate the comments Mr. William Jouris made concerning my column on global warming. The theories surrounding global warming and climate change are quite complex and certainly at times contradictory ... Our government, especially as it approaches the worldwide climate conferences in Copenhagen in December is in a powerful position to help change attitudes and to promote efforts which will decrease this country s contribution to global warming. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Nitin Sethi, TNN 5 November 2009, 03:43am IST. NEW DELHI: The Barcelona talks on climate change saw further fireworks with the chairperson of one of the two parallel tracks of the negotiations coming under fire from G77 countries, including India, for directing the process away from the ambit of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Bali Action Plan, which differentiates between rich countries and the rest. (India Times, India)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged the US to agree to binding climate goals, telling US lawmakers in a speech to Congress there was no time to lose in the fight against global warming ... We need an agreement on one objective X global warming must not exceed two degrees Celsius, she said ... Speaking to reporters during a picture-taking session in the Oval Office, Obama praised Merkels leadership on climate change and warned of a potential catastrophe if countries... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
American Businesses for Clean Energy will push for passage at the same time that other business groups, most notably the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, try to block or change global warming bills wending their way through Congress ... Other business organizations, such as the United States Climate Action Partnership, have spent years urging Washington to fight global warming ... The group is being formed at a time of intense debate within the business community over global warming. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Enhanced 'greenhouse effect' causes global warming - USATODAY.com ... Enhanced 'greenhouse effect' causes global warming ... Do you agree with the science behind this explanation of global warming. (USA Today -- Tech)
Our economy, like any other, will wither away without a thriving manufacturing base while these idiots hand-wring about a fabricated "global warming" fairytale and refuse to acknowledge the health costs associated with jackpot-justice and venue-shopping malpractice attorneys. I m afraid we're going down hard here. (The Drudge Report)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday that the plan establishes an orderly process to consider requests to develop fisheries in the Arctic, and it provides time for science to catch up to changing Arctic conditions, specifically global warming and the loss of sea ice. "We need a rush of scientists into the Arctic, not an armada of cargo ships, oil platforms and fishing trawlers," said Chris Krenz, Arctic project manager for conservation group Oceana. (Juneau Empire)
liv4fun wrote on Nov 4, 2009 1:36 PM:" TDN Bad Girl - Your "Truth and Science" has been proving it's self wrong for centuries!!! The earth used to be flat??? Coffee used to be good for you, oh wait, it not, oh wait, it is again. Global Warming??? Look over the years and see all the Truths that have been changed or altered by science. Scientists are always proving themself wrong and thats OK. We can now believe the next thing they say because they are "Experts"??? One thing science has proven... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Markey is chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Editor's note: The time of the Hecht office hours had a typo in the original posting. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
With global warming one of the world's biggest threats, Foresight's project was designed to inform government policy about how to protect valuable coastlines effectively, as well as devise better long-term flood defences. You lose if the public dislike you. (Yahoo News -- Game Consoles)
What s more, the parts of the world where populations are growing fastest are also those most vulnerable to climate change, and a rising population will exacerbate the consequences of global warming water shortages, mass migration, declining food yields. In principle, there are three ways of limiting human environmental impacts: through population policy, technology and governance. (The Economist)
CAN I be the only person who finds the whole topic of global warming to be incredibly boring ... I happen to like warm weather and refuse to be spooked by global warming until polar ice melt is lapping round my ankles and the wife and hamster have fled to the safety of Genting Highlands. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
United Plantations Bhd vice-chairman and executive director Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen said global warming was not created by the palm oil industry alone but driven mainly by heavy fossil fuels consumption in the West. It is unfair just to single out palm oil. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
But Congress is now in Democratic hands, and President Bush is cool to some Schwarzenegger initiatives, including his pushes on global warming and universal health coverage ... The governor also described his appeal to Democratic voters, even though he says he remains a loyal Republican "We are out there in a unique way, leading in health care reform and fighting global warming," he said. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Opponents are to be vanquished, not appeased (says one associate, Her attitude is, God bless their souls, but these people don t believe in global warming,' ) and she has no problem dividing the word into moral absolutes. (She recently said of insurance companies, It s almost immoral, what they are doing. (Salon)
The Africans, supported by about 70 other developing countries, said industrial nations were making weak commitments to stave off dramatic temperature rises while Africa was being devastated by droughts and floods blamed on global warming ... The Africans want redistribution,by the global agreement on climate change that would set up a panel to take funds from the wealthier nations and give to the poorer nations,to further their development while maintaining the global warming agreement. (CBS News)
The workshop would address the pertinent issues of global warming and its repercussion on biodiversity. The menace of water hyacinth to water resources and fisheries resulted in more than 100 per cent reduction in fish catches for the past few years, leading to the abandonment of entire fishing communities. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
As a venture capitalist for Expansion Capital Partners, a firm that invests in clean technologies, Day's all too aware that his purring engine makes an incremental contribution to global warming ... But he can help jump-start a new way to arrest global warming ... In the past few years, more than a dozen carbon-neutral companies have popped up to sell the promise that you can mitigate your contribution to global warming, whether your contribution comes from commuting to work, catching a flight... (Salon)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:12 p.m.. John Gastaldo / Union-Tribune. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday laid out the scientific risks of inaction on global warming and went straight to his main point - the climate and energy bill starting its way through the Senate could help drive what he called "energy opportunity.". The Senate is only now taking up the bill - Tuesday was its first hearing - and much could change as senators demand amendments and compromises. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
The EPA rule is part of an attempt to combat global warming. Its new reporting system, says the agency, will provide a better understanding of where GHGs are coming from and will guide (the) development of the best possible policies and programs to reduce emissions. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming ... Cites rise in global sea levelsMerkel cited as clear proof of global warming icebergs that are melting in the Arctic, African people forced to flee their homelands because of drought and the rise in global sea levels ... The chancellor met at the White House... (MSNBC -- International)
Uh oh, the dimocrats are talking up global warming again, better get out you snow plows and fill up your salt trucks ... While the flat earth foot dragging ostriches are denying anthropogenic global warming and preaching Adam and Eve, the Harvard geniuses are building windmills (yawn). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
US, EU agree to reduce global emissions by 50. PTI 4 November 2009, 10:03am IST. (India Times, India)
Scienter wrote on Nov 3, 2009 7:01 AM:" We need a boycott of Campbell Scientific. It all starts with name. Don't those Yo Yo's over there realize that this is a faith based community and that we rely on the good lord to provide for our energy needs. Science, as it is used today, is merely a tool to advance the liberal agenda of the global warming hoax.We don't need no stinking solar panels, we need to drill more and what we can't drill we need to buy from the middle east.What Campbell... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Nitin Sethi, TNN 4 November 2009, 04:52am IST. NEW DELHI: The recalcitrant group of industrialised countries came under fire on the first day of Barcelona climate talks with African countries, in an unprecedented move, blocking all negotiations on Kyoto Protocol unless the rich nations provided concrete and unconditional targets for greenhouse gas emissions for the mid-term. (India Times, India)
It's not settled science like global warming or Darwinian evolution. But in the meantime, they'd like to spend trillions of dollars to remake our entire health care system on a European socialist model. (Human Events Online)
3, 2007) The devastating impact of global warming is already evident in Indonesia and will likely worsen due to further human-induced climate change, warns WWF. Annual rainfall in the world's fourth most. (Feb. (Science Daily)
"As California continues to move forward with its nation-leading policies to fight global warming, we need a diverse, dependable and environmentally sound mix of energy supplies to meet the needs of our people and our economy," Schwarzenegger said. E-mail David R. Baker at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
(June 25, 2008) Scientists have found the first clear example of how climate extremes, such as the increased frequency of droughts and floods expected with global warming, can create conditions in which diseases. (June 10, 2008) An increase of epileptic seizures and behavioral abnormalities in California sea lions can result from low-dose exposure to domoic acid from toxic algal blooms as a fetus. (Science Daily)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday that the plan establishes an orderly process to consider requests to develop fisheries in the Arctic, and it provides time for science to catch up to changing Arctic conditions, specifically global warming and the loss of sea ice. "We need a rush of scientists into the Arctic, not an armada of cargo ships, oil platforms and fishing trawlers," said Chris Krenz, Arctic project manager for conservation group Oceana. (Anchorage Daily News)
16, 2009) The concept of delaying global warming by adding particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the climate could unintentionally reduce peak electricity generated by large solar power plants by as much. (Aug. (Science Daily)
28 May 2008: Justin McCurry visited the Unesco-protected ice region of the Shiretoko peninsula in Japan, now threatened as a result of global warming. . (Yahoo News -- Asian Economy)
RealClearPolitics - Video - Gore Denies He Is Profiting From Global Warming ... Gore Denies He Is Profiting From Global Warming. (The Drudge Report)
22, 2007) Global warming is impacting more than the water levels in the Great Lakes. It could be the beginning of the end for the moose and wolves of Isle Royale. (Science Daily)
As global warming advances, these rare areas become the only refuge for regional wildlife and for extensive floodplain functioning to protect citizens. A rarely sighted yellow-breasted chat at Alewife was posted on Mass Birds this week. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
One of the Kiss guys eventually made the first and only political statement of the group's saccharine sweet glam concert, declaring that if anyone in the audience was in the house to hear about a solution to global warming or ending world hunger, they were in the wrong "blanking" place; those kinds of things would still be around in the morning, party tonight. There followed many Kiss songs backed by fireballs shooting off the stage, flames firing out of guitars, guitar smashing, and a barrage... (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Few people have been as vocal about the urgency of global warming and the need to reinvent the way the world produces and consumes energy as Mr Gore ... Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming sceptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in. (The Drudge Report)
In fact, the survey of economists finds 94% believe the U.S. should join climate agreements to limit global warming ... The survey results to be released today come as debate over the economics of global warming moves center stage in Washington, D.C. senators boycotted a hearing Tuesday over an Environmental Protection Agency analysis about the costs of a clean-energy bill ... 84% agreed the effects of global warming "create significant risks" to the economy, particularly to agriculture,... (USA Today -- Tech)
com - Global Warming Science: Real ... Global Warming Science: Real ... Most global warming data shows temperatures rising most in the Arctic. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Sweet is expecting bigger turnouts this time because of public dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq and controversies over the administration's handling of terrorism suspects and its response to global warming. The group has focused recruiting in part on younger audiences. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Among the columnists are Dr Bjorn Lomborg, Director for the Copenhagen Consensus Center and author of "Cool it: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming"; Mr Peter Lscher, President and CEO of Siemens AG; and Mr Stephen King, HSBC's Group Chief Economist and Global Head of Economics and Asset Allocation Research. During the CEO Summit, SIIA will also help chronicle and synthesize the viewpoints presented at the various sessions. (JCN Network, Japan)
With global warming, we are witnessing the emergence of more and more coastlines. This course can help meet requirements for someone s future career in the Coast Guard. (Fairfax Chronicle, VA)
Africa will suffer consequences out of all proportion to its contribution to global warming, which is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from wealthy countries ... Environmental activists in Africa people like Nnimo Bassey in Nigeria, Wangari Maathai in Kenya, and Marc Ona Essangui in Gabon are thus also on the frontlines against global warming ... Yet global warming comes primarily from greenhouse gas emissions outside Africa. (allAfrica.com)
The whole alternate investment house comes tumbling down if we get two more years of cooling, and tax payers decide that rebates to protect us from Global Warming are a waste of money. Once political parties start getting turfed out of office for supporting them, you can kiss any expansion in alternate energy developments goodbye. (Energy Pulse, CO)
The partisan rift in the Environment and Public Works Committee, which delayed votes on amendments to the legislation, exposed the sharp divisions in the Senate over how to address global warming ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes impassioned plea to Congress for joint efforts on global warming in an address to both chambers Tuesday. (W-USA News, DC)
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told Congress we have no time to lose in the effort to combat global warming ... WASHINGTON - European leaders pressed Congress and the White House yesterday to unite on a plan to combat global warming before next month s summit in Denmark, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep partisan rift ... Al Gore, a leading voice for action on global warming, said he expects Obama to visit the Copenhagen... (Boston Globe)
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But the greatest impact has come through global warming, with successive editions of the atlas showing shrinking ice fields and evaporating lakes. It reveals the rapid retreat of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world's fourth largest lake and now the tenth. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
The partisan rift in the Environment and Public Works Committee, which delayed votes on amendments to the legislation, exposed the sharp divisions in the Senate over how to address global warming. Democrats also have been split on the issue. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
It's amazing to me that people who are so alarmed about global warming are so reluctant to adopt the obvious short-term solution -- the bridge until the day when we have affordable renewable energy -- of nuclear power. It seems to me intellectually dishonest. (Salon)
The Africans, supported by about 70 other developing countries, said industrial nations were making weak commitments to stave off dramatic temperature rises while Africa was being devastated by droughts and floods blamed on global warming ... Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming ... UN leader hopes US will act soon on global warming. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a rare address to both houses of Congress, has called on the US to join European efforts on global warming ... She urged the US to sign up to internationally binding obligations that global warming must not exceed 2C at the UN-backed meeting in Copenhagen in December. (BBC News -- Americas)
European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep partisan rift. An emotional plea for action by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an address before Congress was met with silence from most Republicans, while Democrats stood and applauded. (ABC News -- Wire)
For a long time, Obama that, what with soaring gas prices last summer and that pesky global warming thing on the horizon, a new energy plan would be his administration's highest priority ... The Texas congressman, who earlier this week tried -- and failed -- to stump Energy Secretary Steven Chu, tussles with Al Gore over global warming ... Joe Barton, R-Texas, from a where he showed off his uncanny scientific knowledge and incredible ability to swiftly and conclusively debunk the theory of... (Salon)
He currently works with the National Wildlife Federation as a part of its global warming campaign. He is one of 21 members of the Spring Creek Canyon Alliance. (Daily Collegian, PA)
The partisan rift in the Environment and Public Works Committee, which delayed votes on amendments to the legislation, exposed the sharp divisions in the Senate over how to address global warming ... to Congress said Tuesday there is "no time to lose" when it comes to global warming and that the United States and Europe must lead if an international agreement on curtailing greenhouse gases is to be achieved. (MSNBC -- Politics)
A routine vote on a resolution on renewable energy for Rio Rancho Public Schools turned a little heated last Monday as the discussion turned to global warming. School board president Don Schlichte said he was uncomfortable passing a resolution that stated the dependence on fossil fuels contributes to global warming ... He said there was no need to strike the global warming phrase from Resolution No. 09-005, and said that the majority of scientists agree and confirm that fossil fuels have... (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Kilimanjaro Receding Glaciers: Global Warming to Blame ... All of this back-and-forth might suggest on first blush that the scientists are arguing over whether global warming is even happening ... Still, even if Mote is right, that doesn't rule out global warming as a root cause of glacier retreat. (Time.com)
Since then the fungus - believed to be spread by international trade and global warming - has virtually wiped out the wild frog population ... I began reading this thinking global warming would be the villain ... until this, ""Since then the fungus - believed to be spread by international trade and global warming - has virtually wiped out the wild frog population. (CBS News)
Thursday, January 1, 2009 2:28 PM EST. Harkins is The Citizen's innovation coordinator, an active member of the IGNITE young professionals group in Cayuga County and is always happy to hear from fellow young pros. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
And it's going to be bigger than anybody thinks, especi 0000059E ally especially if health care gets passed, and if they get cap-and-trade, and they start going down this global warming fiasco track and get something passed on that. There will be a revolt at the polls. (Fox News)
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