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Western water woes tied to manmade warmingJan 31, 2008 — AP WASHINGTON - People driving their cars, cranking on their air conditioners and switching on lights and dishwashers are responsible for most of the climate changes that are gradually drying up water supplies in arid and growing western states, a new study finds. |
Canadian provinces eye carbon-trading planJan 29, 2008 — Reuters VANCOUVER - Many of Canada provinces are pursuing a carbon-trading plan to fight climate change, saying on Tuesday it was inevitable the country would adopt a such system, even if the current federal government is cool to the idea. |
Alberta to miss climate talksJan 29, 2008 — Globe & Mail VANCOUVER — Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach will reinforce his image as Canada's maverick on climate change today by skipping a meeting with every other provincial leader on how to adapt to a changing environment. |
Bush to commit $2 billion to climate change fundJan 28, 2008 — Reuters WASHINGTON - The United States will commit $2 billion over the next three years to a new international fund to promote clean energy technologies and fight climate change, President George W. Bush told Congress on Monday in his annual State of the Union speech. |
Value of U.S. House's carbon offsets is murkyJan 28, 2008 — MSNBC WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives has presumably learned that money cannot buy love or happiness. Now, it turns out it's not a sure solution to climate guilt, either. No longer available |
Europe transport can meet new emission limits: BarrotJan 25, 2008 — Reuters DAVOS, Switzerland - The European car and airlines industries should be able to adapt to new plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions, EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said on Friday. |
Alberta green plan puts PM 'on the spot'Jan 25, 2008 — Globe & Mail OTTAWA AND CALGARY — Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is at odds with the federal government and on a collision course with other premiers after the release Thursday of his long-anticipated climate-change plan. |
Canadians relying more on cars: reportJan 23, 2008 — Canwest News Service WINNIPEG - Car dependence is on the rise, even as more Canadians declare concern for the environment and live in urban areas with access to better public transit. |
Care about the environment? Eat less meatJan 23, 2008 —Globe & Mail Last week, Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the United Nation's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change, asked the world to "please eat less meat." Speaking at a press conference in Paris, he said meat was a very carbon-intensive commodity, a fact established by UN research showing that livestock production creates more greenhouse gases than all forms of transport combined. |
A new way to measure your shoes: carbon footprintJan 18, 2008 — Globe & Mail TORONTO - If Loblaws follows other retailers in green labelling, shoppers could get the chance to literally calculate their exact carbon footprint from a new pair of boots or even a box of chocolates. |
B.C. introduces country's 1st hybrid school busJan 16, 2008 — CBC News KELOWNA - The country's first hybrid electric school bus has rolled out in Kelowna on Tuesday in a pilot project the school district says will save money and cut fuel consumption. |
2008 US presidential candidates' positions on the issuesJan 16, 2008 — AP Here is a summary of where the 2008 presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues. (Scroll down in the article for their positions on climate change) No longer available |
Escalating ice loss found in AntarcticaJan 14, 2008 — Washington Post WASHINGTON - Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates. No longer available |
Global warming taking its toll on KootenaysJan 11, 2008 — Globe & Mail VANCOUVER -- Outside of some areas in the Arctic, the hardest hit place in Canada for global warming is southeastern British Columbia, in a rugged, mountainous region known for its deep snowpacks. |
Manitoba improves energy efficiency in building codeJan 10, 2008 — CBC News WINNIPEG - The provincial government has announced changes to its building code intended to make new homes more energy efficient and safer for both occupants and emergency workers in case of fire. |
Oilsands producers get failing grade on environmentJan 10, 2008 — Reuters ALBERTA - A new report card has given a failing grade to nine of 10 Alberta oilsands producers on their environmental performance. |
Montana joins B.C., Manitoba, 6 other states in regional climate initiativeJan 9, 2008 — AP HELENA, Mont. - The state of Montana is now part of a Canadian-U.S. regional compact targeting global warming. No longer available |
Grass biofuels 'cut CO2 by 94%'Jan 8, 2008 — BBC News WASHINGTON - Producing biofuels from a fast-growing grass delivers vast savings of carbon dioxide emissions compared with petrol, a large-scale study has suggested. |
Green woes greets India's new $2500 carJan 8, 2007 — Reuters NEW DELHI - India's "People's Car" has yet to be unveiled and the advertising campaign has not even begun, but some Indians are already raving about Tata Motor's new $2,500 car -- despite the fears of environmentalists. |
Federal report calls for carbon tax, trading in CanadaJan 7, 2008 — Canadian Press OTTAWA - A federal advisory panel is recommending the creation of a carbon tax or carbon-trading mechanism to help Canada reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. |
Global warming hits Australia with fires and floodsJan 3, 2008 — Reuters CANBERRA - Australia endured bushfires, floods and record high temperatures in its drought-ravaged foodbowl in 2007 as global warming brought the nation's sixth hottest year on record, the weather bureau said on Thursday. |
Natural causes may also play role in Arctic thawJan 2, 2008 — AP WASHINGTON - There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found. Nature is pushing the Arctic to the edge, too. |
California sues EPA over greenhouse gas regulationsJan 2, 2008 — AP SACRAMENTO - California sued the federal government Wednesday in its ongoing bid to set the country's first greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, providing new data to show its program is superior to a federal plan |
Oil Prices Jump to $100 a BarrelJan 2, 2008 — NPR NEW YORK - The price of oil surged past $100 per barrel for the first time Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year. |
Giant sail technology could make shipping greenerJan 2, 2008 — The Guardian One of the first large cargo ships in 100 years to cross the Atlantic with the help of the wind will set off from European shores this month on a voyage which is due to make maritime history. |
Winning the carbon war not an easy task, but doableJan 1, 2008 — CanWest News Service Canadians are among the most notorious greenhouse gas producers on Earth, generating CO2 at almost every turn. |
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