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UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (Boston Globe)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:32:01 GMT

The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.

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UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (kansascity.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:35:00 GMT

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Australia's Quality Of Life At Risk Without Urgent Action On Global Warming (Free Internet Press)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:18:14 GMT

Australia was urged Friday to "think big" on climate change and to adopt without delay a broad-based greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme in as many industries as possible, including the energy and transport sectors. Professor Ross Garnaut, the Australian government's chief climate change adviser, said that climate change was already having a huge impact...

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UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (OTB News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:03:22 GMT

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world’s richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years….

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Australia needs carbon trading to fight climate change: study (Physorg)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:24:13 GMT

A major climate change report for Australia's government on Friday recommended the rapid introduction of an emissions trading scheme to curb greenhouse gases and warned that delay could be disastrous.

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Global Warming Religion (Mangan's)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:49:00 GMT

You may have already seen Bret Stephens' WSJ article, Global Warming as Mass Neurosis , in which he compares the global warming crowd to a religious movement. After recounting several inconvenient facts, Stephens writes: If even slight global cooling remains evidence of global warming, what isn't evidence of global warming? What we have...

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There is no evidence man-made CO2 causes climate change (Global Warming Skeptics)

no_email@example.com (sunsettommy) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:38:09 GMT

Engineering News There is no evidence man-made CO2 causes climate change Dr Kelvin Kemm Published: 4 Jul 08 - 0:00 EXCERPT: During 2008, have we seen many stories in the newspapers about 2007 being particularly warm as a result of global warming? During 2006, the doomsters were predicting that 2007 would be the hottest year on record, so why have we seen no reports...

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South Asian countries unite to combat climate change (YubaNet.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:20:04 GMT

Eight South Asian nations have adopted an environmental action plan to mitigate the impact of climate change in the region. Environmental ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), an economic and political body, adopted the declaration in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on 3 July after a three-day meeting.

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New Website Empowers National Park Visitors To Address Global Warming (YubaNet.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:04:00 GMT

You can help Yosemite reach its carbon footprint goal! The National Park Service in cooperation with the National Park Conservation Association have developed a new website, www.doyourpartparks.org , which empowers national park visitors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help national parks to become leaders in combating global warming. It's simple. Go to the website and pick a park to create...

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G8 seen failing to keep climate change vows (Reuters) (Get Mash)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:20:58 GMT

Reuters - None of the G8 countries have come close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging especially far behind, a study published on Thursday found. Read the full story

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Move to Canada if You Want to Avoid the Worst of Climate Change (Treehugger)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Image from jpctalbot At the risk of gross oversimplification, let me start by revealing the Climate Change Risk report 's two main takeaways: Avoid living in most parts of Africa if you're especially risk averse (75 percent of the world's 20 most vulnerable countries are found there) and move to Canada to best hedge your bets. The Comoros Islands: most at risk The riskiest location by...

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CEOs Outline Climate Change Policies (MATTER MAGAZINE)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT

The Kyoto Protocols expire in 2012. CEOs around the world are already planning for it. Last month, more than 100 executives put together an outline of policy recommendations for managing climate change. They presented this outline the Japanese Prim Minister, Yasuo Fukuda. Fukuda is currently planning for the next G-8 summit, which will be held this month, in July. This move isn’t just...

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Global Warming - Time to pay the price (A Western Heart)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:47:00 GMT

LiveNews - Professor Ross Garnaut's 600-page draft report on climate change, of which the make-up of an emissions trading scheme (ETS) is a major focus, was released today. Speaking at the report's launch in Canberra, Prof Garnaut said climate change was a "diabolical" policy problem. [snip] "Without early and strong action, some time before 2020 we will realise we have...

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Cartoonists Find Climate Change Not So Funny (Treehugger)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:20:59 GMT

Here's the winner of Earthworks 2008, a global cartoon competition, with 600 entrants from 50 countries. Earthworks organisers " hoped that the competition would stimulate cartoonists to use their pens and wit to help combat environmental devastation and give new impetus to our desperate fight to stop global warming." The winning cartoon, "Coat Star", is by Mikhail Zlatkovsky from Russia....

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Floating cities to house climate change refugees (NewsLite)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:04:01 GMT

An architect says he has come up with a answer to the problems of rising sea waters - floating cities. Each 'Lilypad' would be capable of housing 50,000 people who will be made homeless as sea levels rise. It is predicted that within 100 years the sea will have risen 90cm and displaced 50 million people around the world - including cities like London and New York. Designed by award-winning Belgian...

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Flat Screen TV’s Are Latest Global Warming Culprit (The Hot Joints)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:25:09 GMT

If it’s something you like to do or something you like to own, chances are that liberals are going to blame it on global warming. Such is the case with flat screen TV’s, which have become the latest victims in an increasingly hysterical global warming agenda. Almost half of the televisions sold around the globe so far this year have been plasma or LCD TVs. But this boom...

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Climate change imperils July Fourth (again) (Gristmill)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:50:37 GMT

By Joseph Romm Global warming threatens our White Chistmases with winter heatwaves . And our Halloweens with poor pumpkin crops . And our Arbor Days with record wildfires . And our immoral myopia threatens Father's Day . At this rate, the only holiday left will be the gas tax holiday -- for oil companies ! But I digress. Last year, Independence Day fireworks fizzled out for many thanks...

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Cool Views of Climate Change (Washington Post)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Â· "Aqueous," a small group show downtown, pulls double duty as heat relief and climate change lecture. The exhibition's photographs, video and painting give sweaty Washingtonians some cooling eye candy: Pools, polar bears and ice caps figure prominently. The strongest work on view examines global...

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Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of Gas (ProudToBeCanadian Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:31:02 GMT

You may want to give credit where credit is due to Al Gore and his global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because there is a direct connection between Global Warming and four dollar a gallon gas. It is shocking, but true, to learn that the entire Global Warming frenzy is based on the environmentalist’s attack on fossil fuels, particularly...

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Climate Change May Challenge National Security, Classified Report Warns (Docuticker)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:48 GMT

Climate Change May Challenge National Security, Classified Report Warns Source: The Earth Institute at Columbia University The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has completed a new classified assessment that explores how climate change could threaten U.S. security in the next 20 years by causing political instability, mass movements of refugees, terrorism, or conflicts...

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