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Bush makes climate pitch tied to technologySep 28, 2007 — MSNBC WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday urged nations to set a goal for curbing emissions tied to global warming, but stopped short of accepting mandatory curbs laid out in an existing U.N. accord. |
Bush convenes own climate summitSep 27, 2007 — MSNBC WASHINGTON - At President Bush's invitation, delegates from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters began talks Thursday at the State Department aimed at coming up with "aspirational goals" to curb global warming. |
US Poll: Leaders failing on environmentSep 27, 2007 — Associated Press WASHINGTON - Americans want their leaders to move boldly to help the environment but give them dismal grades for their actions so far, according to a poll released Wednesday that highlighted rampant pessimism on the issue. |
U.S. Trying to Block Calif. on EmissionsSep 25, 2007 — Washington Post The Bush administration has conducted a concerted, behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to try to generate opposition to California's request to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, according to documents obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. |
PM 'has let Canadians downSep 25, 2007 — The Province UNITED NATIONS -- Interest in a "flexible" approach to combating global warming is now in the ascendancy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told world leaders yesterday at a United Nations summit on climate change. No longer available |
Canada back in middle on world stage, Harper saysSep 25, 2007 — Globe & Mail NEW YORK — Prime Minister Stephen Harper Tuesday declared Canada is back as a middle power on the world stage, citing the Conservative government's action on Afghanistan, climate change and engaging the Americas as examples. |
UN chief urges action on climateSep 25, 2007 — BBC News NEW YORK — UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to act quickly to deal with climate change. He told a gathering of heads of state in New York that a global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions must be negotiated through the UN. |
Harper to address UN session on climate changeSep 24, 2007 — Globe & Mail OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address a special session of the United Nations today aimed at launching a second phase to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. |
Environment trumps health care, Afghanistan as key issue: pollSep 24, 2007 — CBC News The environment tops a list of the most important issues facing Canadians, surpassing health care, the economy and the war in Afghanistan, a new poll suggested Monday. |
Feds slash ecology network’s budget by 80 per centSep 23, 2007 — Chronical Herald HALIFAX - Federal funding cuts to environmental programs will hamper the government’s ability to track climate change, local environmentalists said Friday. |
Federal report scorns Harper's climate-change planSep 22, 2007 — CBC News OTTAWA - The federal government's own environmental advisory body has lobbed sharp criticism at the Conservatives for their climate-change plan, accusing them of overestimating what the plan will accomplish. |
Ozone deal called boost to fighting climate changeSep 22, 2007 — Reuters OTTAWA - A deal by 191 nations to eliminate ozone-depleting substances 10 years ahead of schedule is a "pivotal moment" in the fight against global warming, Canadian Environment Minister John Baird said on Saturday. |
Arctic sea ice loss 'shattered' 2005 recordSep 21, 2007 —MSNBC After several weeks reporting record lows of summer sea ice in Arctic seas, scientists this week noted that sea ice was starting to form again as fall approaches — but not before one more record low. |
NZ to bring in carbon trading, but still lags KyotoSep 20, 2007 —Reuters WELLINGTON - New Zealand said on Thursday it would bring in carbon trading over the next six years as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, though admitted even these measures will not meet its Kyoto Protocol target. |
'Too late to avoid global warming,' say scientistsSep 19, 2007 — The Independent A rise of two degrees centigrade in global temperatures – the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic climate change which will expose millions to drought, hunger and flooding – is now "very unlikely" to be avoided, the world's leading climate scientists said yesterday. |
State loses car climate-link caseSep 18, 2007 — Reuters WASHINGTON - A US federal judge has dismissed a case brought by California against six leading carmakers over alleged damage caused by cars' CO2 emissions. |
Could Kyoto Protocol use a touch of Montreal?Sep 16, 2007 — Reuters WASHINGTON - Could the solution to global warming be as simple as a switch of cities? For those who think the Kyoto Protocol is not working to cut greenhouse gas emissions that are heating the planet, why not take some lessons from the Montreal Protocol, praised as the world's most successful climate treaty? |
Northwest Passage Opens: Arctic Sea Ice Reaches New LowSep 16, 2007 — Science Daily Science Daily — The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has now (September 14, 2007) shrunk to its lowest level since satellite measurements began nearly 30 years ago, opening up the Northwest Passage – a long-sought short cut between Europe and Asia that has been historically impassable. |
GM to power warehouse with solar energySep 13, 2007 — Reuters DETROIT - General Motors Corp on Thursday said it will add one of the largest solar power installations in corporate use at a warehouse in California, generating half the electricity needed to run the facility. |
Carmakers lose lawsuit on carbon emissionsSep 13, 2007 — Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont and several other states scored a victory on Wednesday in their battle to get automakers to comply with rules aimed at reducing global warming. |
Pacific gray whale 'recovery' could be all wrongSep 11, 2007 — Associated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. - One of the great success stories of the ocean, the return of the Pacific gray whale, may have been based on a miscalculation, scientists reported Monday in a study based on whale genetics. What was assumed to be a thriving whale population actually is at times starving from a dwindling food supply, said study co-author Stephen Palumbi, a Stanford University marine sciences professor. And global warming is a chief suspect. |
US predicts polar bear meltdownSep 10, 2007 — BBC News WASHINGTON, DC -- Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be gone by the middle of the century, says a US government agency. The US Geological Survey (USGS) says parts of the Arctic are losing summer ice so fast that no bears will be able to live there within several decades. |
Shockwaves from melting icecaps are triggering earthquakes, say scientistsSep 8, 2007 — The Independent |
São Paulo bans outdoor ads in fight against pollutionSep 7, 2007 — Worldwatch Institute |
Battery breakthrough, or just hot air?Sep 6 , 2007 — Associated Press |
Aussies ‘looking down the barrel of climate change'Sep 4 , 2007 — NBC News |
3 court cases for climate changeSep 4 , 2007 — CNN Money |
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