Archive for July, 2008

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Canada.com
Climate Change Means More Kidney Stones
Wired News - 10 hours ago
By Brandon Keim July 14, 2008 | 4:00:00 PMCategories: Climate, Health It seems an odd affliction to include on the list of climate change-related health
Kidney stones may become more common with climate change: study The Canadian Press
Global warming to spark rise in kidney stone cases, study says Chicago Tribune
Researchers Link Kidney Stones to Climate Change University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
New Scientist (subscription) - Houston Chronicle
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Governors can’t agree on climate change fix
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 43 minutes ago
But they couldn’t come to a consensus position on climate change or nuclear expansion or the future of coal. The best they could do was a letter calling on
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Becomes Chairman of National MarketWatch
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Radio Australia
Markets hold their breath for Australia’s climate change response
Stock and Land, Australia - 1 hour ago
Plans to combat climate change and our responses to it – including an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) – need consider the potential impact on global
Swan denies Treasury advised against carbon capture scheme ABC Online
PM’s $5bn green gamble against Treasury advice NEWS.com.au
Call for immigration quota to include climate change refugees Visa Bureau
Thoughts on Freedom - FinanceAsia
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Oysters getting cooked by climate change
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 hours ago
Oyster farmers in the Pacific Northwest and California, who face a shortage of “spat” to replant their oysters beds, aren’t the only ones struggling with
Rudd talks tough on climate change
The Age, Australia - 22 hours ago
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is talking tough on climate change as the government prepares to launch a major paper on emissions trading on Wednesday.
Big rivers tipped to lose 40pc of flow The Canberra Times
Rudd uses report to defend stance on climate change The West Australian
PM warns on Murray-Darling water forecast figures ABC Online
Land - Adelaidenow
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Climate change concerns for north Qld tourism
ABC Online, Australia - 4 hours ago
Tourism experts say North Queensland and its tourism hot spots will be hit the hardest by climate change in Australia. University of New South Wales

The Age
‘Get real’ on climate change
The Canberra Times, Australia - Jul 13, 2008
BY EWA KRETOWICZ Professor Jeffrey Sachs says it is time to ”get real” on climate change. The Columbia University economist arrived in Canberra yesterday
Alarm on carbon trading scheme The Age
Technology key to convincing China on emissions trading: economist ABC Online
Australia must lead China on climate The Age
The Age
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Bridging the Gap on Climate Change
Washington Post, United States - Jul 13, 2008
By Richard G. Lugar and Henry M. Paulson Jr. Despite the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, there remain sharp political disagreements
Brilliant Plans to Destroy the Planet: The World Bank Tackles AlterNet
Bush’s Clean Technology Fund: Too Little, Too Late Earth2Tech
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Climate change doesn’t harm Rudd in poll
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 17 hours ago
The past two weeks have been dominated by debate about climate change and the release of the Rudd government-commissioned Garnaut report, which warns of
Voters embrace environmentally cuddly PM NEWS.com.au
Cap and Redistribute Wall Street Journal
Insight/Letter from Australia: Sacrifices for a green future New Straits Times
The Canberra Times
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Calgary Herald
Economics of climate change
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Jul 12, 2008
At last week’s Group of Eight (G8) summit on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, climate change battled heightened economic worries for top billing.
G8 summit missed chance to make a difference BCLocalNews
Climate change alert : CSE The New Nation
Lack of Details in G8 Agreement on Climate Change Brings Criticism Voice of America
Buffalo News - guardian.co.uk
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
The G8’s crafty climate-change strategy
National Post, Canada - 5 hours ago
After years of heating up precariously, the issue of climate change seems destined for a gradual but manifest cooling-off period.
Video: G8 Leaders Dig Into Environmental Issues AssociatedPressBush signs up to climate change, yet still a huge divide exists The Age
Johnny-come-lately on climate change The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
China Daily - TIME
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guardian.co.uk
G8 and climate change
Irish Times, Ireland - 7 hours ago
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali last December, delegates from more than 180 countries, rich and poor alike, committed themselves to negotiate a
Remarks at the Major Economies Meeting On Energy Security and MFA China (press release)
Warming Threatens US Security Seattle Post Intelligencer
Ghana to host international conference on Climate Change Ghana News
Talk Radio News Service - Economic Times
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Boston Globe
New evidence shows the extent to which the White House censored
guardian.co.uk, UK - 14 hours ago
But in an interview last week, he said that the obstruction on climate change was more than he could abide, which prompted him to leave the agency in early
Cheney Encouraged Deletions in Climate Change Testimony findingDulcinea
Cheney accused on climate change The Age
Editorial: Climate-Change Accord Philadelphia Inquirer
Environment News Service - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Radio Australia
Carbon rethink may change political climate
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 16 hours ago
Dr Nelson warned yesterday the climate change debate should not be allowed to become a “religious crusade”, with “people that are running around saying,
Govt criticises coalition climate policy Sydney Morning Herald
Brendan Nelson choking on carbon Melbourne Herald Sun
Nelson may seek ‘low impact’ ETS in 2012 Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au - Sydney Morning Herald
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Harper gets failing grade on climate change plans
Dundas Star,  Canada - 2 hours ago
Canadians appear ready to accept punitive government action as long as it addresses the climate change crisis that looms over our planet.
Oil prices temper G8 climate change declaration: Harper Canada.com
Developing countries, G8 reach tepid standoff on climate change Globe and Mail
Australian climate advisor welcomes G8 initiative Radio Australia
Canada.com - Canada.com
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Allianz Partners with Students to Bring Climate Change Message to
MarketWatch - Jul 9, 2008
The Allianz-WWF Southeast Climate Witness Program is part of a larger on-going climate change partnership between WWF, the largest private conservation
New Report From WWF Projects Stressed Water Resources Common Dreams (press release)
WWF Briefing to Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Southeast US MarketWatch
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Radio Australia
Climate change producing fat Australian tuna
Radio Australia, Australia - 3 hours ago
The Australian tuna industry says climate change is helping grow the food sources of the sought after fish. [Reuters] Australia’s tuna industry says climate
Bigger fish due to climate change: tuna industry ABC Online
Global warming may benefit tuna industry ABC Online
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Qld Govt attacks climate change coastal levy plan
ABC Online, Australia - 5 hours ago
The company has made the recommendation to the Federal Government’s Standing Committee on Climate Change, but Queensland Natural Resources Minister Craig
Climate change levy ‘unfair’: Abbot Sunshine Coast Daily
Magnetic Is rejects climate change levy plan ABC Regional Online
Mayor rejects call for climate change levy ABC Online
Sunshine Coast Daily
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AFP
In Namibian desert, the heat is on to address climate change
AFP - 3 hours ago
But signs that climate change may be worsening the already harsh conditions in this patch of desert have led to novel experiments and skillful improvisation