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Global Warming Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Washington Post, United States - Jan 2, 2009
We’re used to thinking of climate change as an environmental problem, not a military one, but it’s long past time to alter that mindset. …
Climate Change and the New Congress Living on the Earth
The Warming Earth Blows Hot, Cold and Chaotic Wall Street Journal
Understanding Climate Change News10.net
Baltimore Sun - Chief Engineer
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Iowa Climate Change Panel Releases Report
KCCI.com, IA - 19 hours ago
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council has released a report suggesting ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state by as much …
State council proposes new environmental ideas Chicago Tribune
Guest column: Iowa’s policies on climate change must be fair, make … DesMoinesRegister.com
Panel outlines greenhouse gas reduction options for Iowa Gazette Online
and weather - Chicago Tribune
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More on the governor’s climate change commission
Arkansas News, AR - 7 hours ago
By David J. Sanders In my last column, I pointed out how, either willingly or unwillingly, the Arkansas Governor’s Commission on Global Warming is a front …
Beebe: Need global effort on warming Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Beebe: Global Warming No Hoax Fort Smith Times Record
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For Dummies series tackles climate change
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 6 hours ago
The book represents Friday, when all the bits and pieces about climate change come together so you can understand them, promise co-authors Elizabeth May and …
Climate change disaster and human rights Manila Times
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In Obama’s Team, 2 Camps on Climate
New York Times, United States - Jan 2, 2009
Today, as the climate-change debate once again heats up, Mr. Summers leads the economic team of the incoming administration, and Ms. Browner has been …
Obama’s climate change policy dilemma Tampabay.com
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Take climate change personally in 2009
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 21 hours ago
by Elin Miller, Guest opinion As we begin a New Year, please join me in taking the Climate Change challenge personally. By resolving to get active in your …
Climate change hopes with Obama’s $150 billion promise Daily Monitor
Tom Burke: War passes: the climate is for ever Independent
Building an Anti-Capitalist Movement for Climate Justice Bay Area Indymedia
New Energy Focus - WalesOnline
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Lake Tahoe climate change plan to be revealed in 2009
Tahoe Daily Tribune, CA - Jan 2, 2009
By Craig Thomas LAKE TAHOE BASIN — As California Attorney General and climate change crusader Jerry Brown increases the pressure on local planners to …
‘Generation E’ — Innovating, Motivating
New York Times, United States - 22 hours ago
I am going to San Diego next week to give presentations to several schools and working with another national climate change organization to help develop …
Mass. launches effort to protect coast residents
Boston Globe, United States - Jan 2, 2009
“It’s a step forward; I applaud them,” said Paul Kirshen, a Tufts University professor and specialist in climate change adaptation. …
Tribal ministry wants say in climate change forums
Times of India, India - 19 hours ago
Seeking to be party to the high profile inter-ministerial discussions on climate change that the PMO directly coordinates, the minister, PR Kyndiah, …
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Climate Change and Your Health
Common Ground, CA - Jan 2, 2009
By Elizabeth Barker As climate change continues to trigger changes in air quality, people around the world will become more and more vulnerable to serious …
Scientists gather in Wellington for conference on climate change
3 News NZ, New Zealand - 14 hours ago
World authorities on the history of climate change are converging on Wellington for a conference on the greenhouse climate of the Paleogene period, …
Wgtn hosts climate experts TVNZ
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Spain seeks better cooperation with India
Press Trust of India, India - 7 hours ago
Fernandez in her brief speech also hailed India’s commitment to fight against climate change. “India has been an example of commitment to fight climate …
Spain announces Rs 50 lakh grant to TERI Economic Times
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Economy, Environment, People … Business Wire India (press release)
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Climate change kerfuffle
Arkansas Times, AR - 21 hours ago
David Sanders’s recent column seems to have caused quite a stir. Beebe’s remarks yesterday that global warming was not a hoax just added to it. …
Energy Star Climate Change Claims Misleading, Audit Finds
Environment News Service - Dec 31, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, December 31, 2008 (ENS) - A voluntary program promoted by the federal government to boost energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions …
Global climate change prompts new thinking for the new year
Puget Sound Business Journal, WA - Jan 2, 2009
The best lessons are often learned in tough times. Consider the case of a long-standing public agency that not only revised but reversed its mission to fit …
Carmel Citizen named ‘Climate Change Advocate of the Year’
Indianapolis Star, United States - Dec 30, 2008
The Hoosier Environmental Council, Indiana’s largest environmental policy organization, named Leslie Webb, of Carmel, ‘Climate Change Advocate of the Year’ …
My green new year’s resolutions Scenta.co.uk
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Blair to Report on Climate Change Deals at Abu Dhabi Summit
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 18 hours ago
ABU DHABI - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will report on the state of the deals on climate change at the World Future Energy Summit 2009 to be …
World Future Energy Summit welcomes Tony Blair to Abu Dhabi AME Info
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Scientists Assess the Future of Infectious Diseases
findingDulcinea, New York - 1 hour ago
Factors including “climate change, along with increasing populations, overuse of antibiotics and global trade and travel, can affect both the likelihood of …
Forging next nuclear age
CharlotteObserver.com, NC - 9 hours ago
Her current assignment comes during great change for the industry, amid intense focus on carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, energy efficiency and a …
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New problems, new solutions
Houston Chronicle, United States - 23 hours ago
Long-term forecasters such as Mack — who calculates in decades and centuries — point to problems of depleted water supplies, climate change, food production …
Oregon conservationists hope for greener 2009
kgw.com, OR - 36 minutes ago
On global warming, DellaSala and others are calling for a national summit on climate change, which would address reducing greenhouse gas emissions and …
Around the mountains: Climate change will just have to chill
Summit Daily News, CO - Jan 2, 2009
By ALLEN BEST LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Climate change caused by greenhouse-gas emissions has been called the greatest challenge of our times. …
Lack of a national climate policy nothing to sneeze at
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Jan 2, 2009
In 2005, the World Health Organization stated that the effects of climate change might have caused more than 150000 deaths in the year 2000, …
Making lifestyle changes to prevent climate change
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Jan 1, 2009
She wanted to know why the polar bear looked so scared, so we explained about climate change, greenhouse gases and carbon emissions from cars and electric …
Report Notes Potential for Abrupt Climate Change
EP Magazine, TX - Dec 31, 2008
The United States faces the potential for abrupt climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt. …
Stern hope over US climate deal BBC News
Stern Hopes For Us Carbon Reduction Cooperation The Low Carbon Economy
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Climate change hampering long-term recovery of rivers from effects …
Entertainment and Showbiz!, India - 10 hours ago
A new research has determined that climate change is hampering the long-term recovery of rivers from the effects of acid rain, with wet weather offsetting …
Climate Change and Wildlife
Red, Green, and Blue, CA - Jan 2, 2009
It’s an odd way to describe the effects of climate change. It makes the whole process sound personal, as if the El Nino effect had it in for the UK on a …
Climate Change Takes Toll On British Wildlife The Low Carbon Economy
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Councillors criticised for not caring enough about climate change
Bexhill Observer, UK - 23 hours ago
By Richard Morris A host of local councillors have been criticised for not caring enough about climate change. Local campaign group Hastings Environment …
Climate Change Poses Big Risks For Rogue River Basin
Gather.com, MA - Jan 2, 2009
Bob Doppelt — The recent snow and cold weather make it difficult to think about climate change. But, the climate is changing, global mean temperatures are …
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Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Nov 14, 2008
How the EPA ultimately handles climate change pollution in licenses reviewed under the Clean Air Act will set a precedent for dozens of coal-fired power …
‘Give consumers freedom to buy cheap power’
Express Buzz, India - Nov 14, 2008
… be mandated to procure at least 5 per cent green energy of their total requirement to fulfil the target of the national action plan on climate change. …
NASA’S Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site
Space Ref (press release) - Nov 14, 2008
Its data will reduce uncertainties in forecasts of how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere and improve the accuracy of global climate change …
Rwanda: PSF to Organise Entrepreneurship Week
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Nov 14, 2008
It is also intended to involve entrepreneurs in solving society’s problems such as poverty and climate change through economic development. …
Richardson, Clinton are weighed for State Dept.
Arizona Republic, AZ - Nov 14, 2008
Obama’s aides said he would like to have McCain as a partner on legislation they both have advocated, concerning issues such as climate change, …
Governor tells staff to prepare for warming
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Nov 14, 2008
While California has embarked on an ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming, the effects of climate change - higher temperatures …
Wyoming Calendar for November 14, 2008
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - Nov 14, 2008
Topics include socioeconomic concerns, energy development, climate change, private land-public land opportunities, working landscapes, endangered species …
Rising levels of CO2 set to increase ‘dead zones’ in tropical oceans
Newspost Online, India - Nov 14, 2008
Scientists suspect that these zones are sensitive to climate change, but previous studies have arrived at conflicting conclusions regarding exactly how and …
Liberals warn on dangers to rural life
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - Nov 14, 2008
Climate change, housing expansion, population growth and demands for new transport and energy infrastructure, as well as acute pressure on farming and rural …
Interview: ECLAC official says Chinese president’s visit to …
Xinhua, China - Nov 14, 2008
A wide range of topics including economy, energy, climate change and food will be covered at the APEC forum, and agreements reached at the meeting will be …
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AgWeb - Nov 14, 2008
Below are some excerpts: ” There is no doubt that food issues will be increasingly important in coming years, as agriculture is stressed by climate change, …
Clinton in the running for State
Pioneer Press, MN - Nov 14, 2008
Obama’s aides said he would like to have McCain as a partner on legislation they both have advocated, such as climate change, government reform, …
BrandWatch – November 2008
Ethical Corporation Magazine, UK - Nov 14, 2008
Want to read about business and climate change? Then visit ClimateChangeCorp.com for free news, analysis and newsletters.
Talking Points — We can’t get fooled again
Morris Sun Tribune, MN - Nov 14, 2008
We can’t forget that, whether you buy climate change or not, there shouldn’t be any reason we can’t clean up our environment by being better stewards of our …
Dingell allies warn ouster carries risks
DetNews.com, MI - Nov 14, 2008
“We’re going to have to deal with both climate change and health care,” Green added in a conference call with reporters to underscore Dingell’s support. …
Briefs, Nov. 15, 2008
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - Nov 14, 2008
Kovschak will discuss the role uranium will play in meeting our electrical power needs in the midst of global climate change. The seminar is free and open …
Energy Issues Take Center Stage At Conference
Jamestown Post Journal, NY - Nov 14, 2008
… Energy Association and an outspoken opponent of the BPU project, will give a presentation about meeting the threat of global warming and climate change. …
Ruling possible hurdle for plant
Charleston Post Courier, SC - Nov 14, 2008
Michael Gerrard, a lawyer not involved in the Bonanza case and author of “Global Climate Change and the Law,” said the decision “will embolden the lawsuits” …
Hey, your shade trees are blocking my solar array
Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 14, 2008
And she said they detracted from the larger issue of climate change and its potentially disastrous effects on the planet. “It makes a joke out of the …
Sustainability, Nov. 15, 2008
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - Nov 14, 2008
That rate has doubled during the past 15 years. • Recycling saves energy and reduces greenhouse emissions that cause global climate change. — Adele Israel.
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