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Exxon to cut funding to climate change denial groupsMay 28, 2008 - The Guardian DALLAS - The oil giant ExxonMobil has admitted that its support for lobby groups that question the science of climate change may have hindered action to tackle global warming. In its corporate citizenship report, released last week, ExxonMobil says it intends to cut funds to several groups that "divert attention" from the need to find new sources of clean energy. |
'Sharrows' aim to help Winnipeg drivers, cyclists share the roadMay 28, 2008 - CBC News WINNIPEG - New bicycle lanes are being painted on more than a half a dozen busy traffic routes throughout Winnipeg. |
New climate report foresees big changesMay 28, 2008 - New York Times WASHINGTON - The rise in concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human activities is influencing climate patterns and vegetation across the United States and will significantly disrupt water supplies, agriculture, forestry and ecosystems for decades, a new federal report says. |
G8 environment ministers agree on 2050 climate goalMay 27, 2008 - ENS KOBE, Japan - Environment ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations concluded a three-day meeting in Kobe Monday with an agreement on the long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. |
Most British Columbians feel obligated to cut emissions: pollMay 21, 2008 - Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER - Most British Columbians now believe they have an individual responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even if other people don't do the same, according to a new poll on environmental attitudes. No longer available |
Manitoba clean energy discussed with WisconsinMay 21, 2008 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Manitoba and Wisconsin talked clean power Tuesday on the eve of a critical meeting in Salt Lake City that could lay the foundation for a much-talked-about continent-wide emissions cap and trade system. |
30-year dream of rapid transit in Winnipeg may soon come trueMay 20, 2008 - CBC News WINNIPEG - It has been talked about for decades — studied, shelved and restudied by an ever-changing lineup of politicians and bureaucrats. But now the planets may finally be aligning for Winnipeg to join Canada's other big cities in developing a rapid-transit system. |
Big investors seek stricter climate lawsMay 20, 2008 - Reuters WASHINGTON - Investors managing more than $2.3 trillion urged the government on Tuesday to enact strict laws to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying lax regulation could hurt the competitiveness of U.S. companies. |
Canada's GHG emissions down for second year in a rowMay 15, 2008 - Globe & Mail OTTAWA - Greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in Canada declined for a second year in a row during 2006, falling to 721 million tonnes, or by 1.9 per cent from a year earlier, according to figures released yesterday by Environment Canada. |
U.S. lists polar bear as threatened speciesMay 15, 2008 - MSNBC WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. But activists were quick to criticize the ruling, saying it was full of loopholes. |
Global carbon market takes flightMay 14, 2008 - Globe & Mail NEW YORK - Wall Street is gearing up for likely cap-and-trade legislation in the United States that could create a carbon market several times larger than in Europe |
Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fastMay 12, 2008 - Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Arctic ice is melting fast and the area covered by ice sheets in ocean could shrink this summer to the smallest since 1978 when satellite observation first started, Japanese scientists warned in a report. |
Renault seen investing up to $1 billion in electric carMay 11, 2008 - Reuters TEL AVIV - The head of an Israeli-backed electric car project estimated on Sunday that its partner, the Renault-Nissan alliance, would likely invest $500 M to $1 B in swappable-battery electric cars. |
Bike to the job June 20, Katz urgesMay 10, 2008 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Mayor Sam Katz predicts the first day of summer will be a nice day to get on a bicycle. |
Stop whining, Schwarzenegger tells carmakersMay 9, 2008 - Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met privately with seven auto executives over California's attempt to impose strict emission rules, but let it be known publicly that he told the carmakers to stop whining and start producing. |
Global cooling theories put scientists on guardMay 9, 2008 - Reuters LONDON - A new study suggesting a possible lull in manmade global warming has raised fears of a reduced urgency to battle climate change. |
Canada facing Kyoto probe over greenhouse gasesMay 7, 2008 - Reuters OSLO - Canada will be investigated on suspicion of violating rules for registering greenhouse gases that are the mainstay of a U.N.-led fight against global warming, official documents show. |
Airline emissions 'far higher than previous estimates'May 6, 2008 - The Independent LONDON - The aviation industry's failure to curb its soaring carbon emissions could lead to the "worst case scenario" for climate change, as envisaged by the United Nations. |
Environmentalists divided on burying CO2May 5, 2008 - Reuters OSLO - Greenpeace and more than 100 other environmental groups denounced projects for burying industrial greenhouse gases on Monday, exposing splits in the green movement about whether such schemes can slow global warming. |
Canadian schools sent brochures from climate change skepticsMay 4, 2008 - Canwest News Service OTTAWA - An American think tank has sent out more than 11,000 brochures and DVDs to Canadian schools urging them to teach their students that scientists are exaggerating how human activity is the driving force behind global warming. |
In a new climate model, short-term cooling in a warmer worldMay 1, 2008 - New York Times NEW YORK - After decades of research that sought, and found, evidence of a human influence on the earth’s climate, climatologists are beginning to shift to a new and similarly daunting enterprise: creating decade-long forecasts for climate, just as meteorologists routinely generate weeklong forecasts for weather. |
Canada biofuel mandate wins House supportMay 1, 2008 - Reuters OTTAWA - Canada's plan to ensure that gasoline contains 5 percent ethanol by 2010 won support in the House of Commons on Thursday despite increasing concern about the impact of biofuels on world food supplies. |
Canadian oil firm probed as hundreds of ducks dieMay 1, 2008 - Planet Ark CALGARY - Hundreds of dead and dying ducks could cost Canada's biggest oil sands producer $1 million after the migrating waterfowl landed in a pond of oily, toxic sludge in northern Alberta. |
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