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UN Urges Climate Action; Nations Split on Tactics |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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BONN, GERMANY (Reuters) -- The United Nations urged far tougher
action to fight global warming on Monday at a 166-nation conference
split over how far to trumpet bleak U.N. climate reports that outline
rising risks.
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Japan Gives $2.1B to Stem Climate Change |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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(AP) -- Japan pledged up to $2.1 billion in aid Sunday to the Asian
Development Bank to combat global climate change and promote
greener investment in the region.
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Kalam Calls for Energy Independence |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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(The Tribune) -- President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today said
there was a serious and immediate need for power reforms and energy
independence as the country had a small portion of oil and natural gas
resources compared to its huge population.
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IPCC Reports Quick Action Can Avert Worst Climate Impacts |
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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BANGKOK (ENS) --
Catastropic global warming can be avoided without excessive economic
cost but the world must begin to act at once, a UN climate change panel
representing 2,500 international scientists said today.
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Canada Climate Change Plan Is Questioned |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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(AP) -- The head of the international body that oversees the Kyoto
treaty said Monday that Canada's new climate change plan does
not guarantee that greenhouse gas emissions will decrease.
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Arctic Melt Faster than Forecast |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- Since 1979, the Arctic has been losing summer ice at
about 9% per decade, but models on average produce a melting rate less
than half that figure.
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Chinese Puzzle Bamboozles U.N. Climate Talks |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -- U.N. talks on climate change are at risk of bogging
down under the weight of hundreds of amendments from governments and
China's objections to a proposed blueprint for battling global warming,
a senior delegate said on Tuesday.
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Prince Urges War to Stop Climate Change |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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(BusinessWeek) -- Prince Charles said Tuesday that urgent action is needed to fight
climate change, likening the struggle to Britain's battle against Nazi
Germany in World War II.
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FACTBOX- Reports by the U.N. Climate Panel |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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(Reuters) -- Top climate experts and government officials from
around the globe gather in Bangkok on Monday to discuss a draft report
on how to fight climate change and how much it might cost.
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U.N. Chief Backs Gore on Climate Change |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he intends to use
Al Gore's "very powerful political message" on
climate change to mobilize international awareness and political
support for international action on global warming.
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ALP Climate Policy Not Enough - Greens |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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(news.com.au) -- Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd today outlined the new policy, which
will allow households to borrow up to $10,000 in low interest loans to
help buy rainwater tanks, solar panels and other initiatives designed
to combat climate change.
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Climate Change Talks Grow in Importance |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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(StarTribune.net) -- As the world warms and scientists' warnings
grow urgent, climate negotiators are counting down toward make-or-break
talks later this year, hoping for progress on a long-term deal to
sharply reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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New York to Follow London's Example with Congestion Charge |
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- To Londoners it will seem a bargain. Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of
New York, yesterday unveiled plans for a congestion charge on cars
entering the busiest parts of Manhattan. Compared with London's £8, New
York's proposed charge will be a snip at $8, around £4 at today's
exchange rates.
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Officials Take Step Forward Toward Renewable Energy |
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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(AFNews) -- The groundbreaking
ceremony for the construction of North America's largest solar
photovoltaic power system took place here April 23. The Nellis solar
energy system, once operational, will generate 25 million
kilowatt-hours of "clean" electricity for the base. The project is
scheduled for completion in early 2008.
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China Could Overtake US as Biggest Emissions Culprit by November |
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- China may overtake the United States as the world's biggest source of
greenhouse gases within months, one of the world's leading energy
analysts predicted yesterday.
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Global Warming Could Spur "Conflicts" |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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OSLO (Reuters) -- Droughts, floods and rising seas linked to global
warming could spur conflicts in coming decades, experts said on Monday,
the eve of a first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change.
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Global Warming Called Security Threat |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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(NY Times) -- For the second time in a month, private consultants to the government
are warning that human-driven warming of the climate poses risks to the
national security of the United States.
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UK to Raise Climate Talks as Security Council Issue |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited) -- The British government will make a concerted effort this week to push
climate change up the global agenda when it raises the subject for the
first time within the UN security council.
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Chavez Hosting Summit on Energy |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- The pros and cons of ethanol and plans for a 5,000
mile natural gas pipeline are top of the agenda at the South American
Energy Summit in Venezuela.
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First Ever Sino-US Symposium on Energy Market Development and Risk Management Coming to Houston |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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HOUSTON (PRNewswire) -- As another sign of China's growing impact on the world energy complex, and the interconnection between the US and the Chinese energy markets, a first ever Sino-US Symposium on Energy Market Development and Risk Management will be held in Houston April 28 and 29, where dozens of policy-makers and energy executives from China will meet with US counterparts to discuss the demands of risk management in the strategic energy arena.
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Rocks are Hot in Future of Energy |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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(The Age) -- Investors in geothermal energy projects exploring the potential
to generate carbon-free electricity should view the industry as
other high-risk mining ventures, backers say.
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We Must Adapt for Climate Change Now |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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(smh.com.au) -- The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, released late last week, reminds us of the need to develop
and implement adaptation strategies. For too long there has been a
reluctance to embrace adaptation, while those advocating emission
reductions have claimed the moral high ground. In a recent paper in
the scientific journal Nature it was stated that adaptation
has been treated with the same distaste that the religious rig
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Billions Face Climate Change Risk |
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Saturday, 07 April 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- Billions of people face shortages of food and water
and increased risk of flooding, experts at a major climate change
conference have warned.
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Justices Push EPA to Act on Car Emissions |
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Thursday, 05 April 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (LA Times) -- The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for a more
aggressive attack by government on global warming, which could include
the first national rules to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new
cars, trucks and power plants.
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Palm Oil: the Biofuel of the Future Driving an Ecological Disaster Now |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
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(The Guardian) -- The numbers are damning. Within 15 years 98% of the rainforests of
Indonesia and Malaysia will be gone, little more than a footnote in
history. With them will disappear some of the world's most important
wildlife species, victims of the rapacious destruction of their habitat
in what conservationists see as a lost cause.
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Global Warming Driving Australian Fish South: Report |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global warming is starting to have a
significant impact on Australian marine life, driving fish and
seabirds south and threatening coral reefs, Australia's premier
science organization said on Wednesday.
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Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
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(NY Times) -- The world’s richest countries, which have contributed by far the most to the atmospheric changes linked to global warming, are already spending billions of dollars to limit their own risks from its worst consequences, like drought and rising seas.
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Report to Project Climate Impact |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (AP) -- A U.N. conference on climate change opened Monday
with the EU's top environment official calling on the United States to
join efforts to curb global warming.
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US 'Must Regulate Car Pollution' |
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Monday, 02 April 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- The highest court in the US has ruled that the
government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate
exhaust gases from new cars and trucks.
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Castro Criticizes U.S. Biofuel Policies |
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro lashes out against U.S. biofuel plans in an
op-ed piece published Thursday, a sign Cuba's 80-year-old leader may be
taking a more active role in public affairs after months sidelined by a
still undisclosed illness.
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