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American mayors take the lead in climate change.
The federal government has been dithering on climate change for years; luckily, America's local leaders are filling the vacuum.
Newsweek.
08 April 2007
Conservatives warm to climate concerns.
How popular is global warming as a political issue? So popular that even conservative state lawmakers are getting into the act, using the issue to sell everything from building dams and nuclear power plants to thinning forests.
Fresno Bee.
08 April 2007
The alien fungus that came to Canada.
A medical mystery is unfolding on Vancouver Island, centered on a tropical disease apparently brought to North America by a warming climage.
Washington Post.
08 April 2007
Twist in climate-change fight pits corporations against each other.
Big electricity users, including Boeing and Microsoft, are locked in a showdown with the state's biggest utilities. The issue: how much power might cost if the measures on global warming become law.
Seattle Times.
08 April 2007
U.N. report raises pressure on China to cut pollution.
As China's economy roars ahead, leaving Technicolor rivers and polluted skies in its wake, the world's most populous nation has struggled to craft environmental policies that will appease critics at home and abroad.
Los Angeles Times.
08 April 2007
Scientists get last say in climate study.
Two distinctly different groups, data-driven scientists and nuanced offend-no-one diplomats, collided and then converged on the UN's most recent climate report.
Associated Press.
08 April 2007
All eyes on Vermont as auto-emissions case procedes.
The future of the American automobile will be at stake Tuesday when a showdown over greenhouse-gas emissions and global warming begins in the unlikeliest of places -- a courtroom in Vermont, where fewer cars are registered than in any other state.
Burlington Free Press.
08 April 2007
For the Chief Justice, a dissent and a line in the sand.
The decision by the Supreme Court ordering the Bush administration to take global warming seriously is likely to be remembered for two reasons other than its directive to the EPA.
New York Times.
08 April 2007
Forces dig in for energy battle.
A four-year battle to bring liquefied natural gas to California comes to a head beginning this week, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two state commissions make key decisions on a project that pits the state's dependence on fossil fuels against the push to boost renewable energy and combat climate change.
San Francisco Chronicle.
08 April 2007
Dogwoods to frogs, tulips to snow, Knox shows signs of warming.
Since the '60s, each decade's snowfall in Knoxville has decreased. Signs that range from singing frogs to warming watersheds indicate our area weather is changing.
Knoxville News Sentinel.
08 April 2007
A drink that might just cost you the Earth.
When you go out for dinner tonight, consider where the bottle of water on the table came from. It may have been shipped from a distant Pacific island, or the slopes of the French Alps, 17,000 kilometres away.
Melbourne Age.
08 April 2007
Global-warming debate moves to Congress.
A new round of warnings about global warming catastrophes has stoked an already simmering debate in Congress about the urgency of climate-change legislation.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
08 April 2007
Snow goose invasion points to Arctic thaw.
In February, birders flocked to the town of Stanwood, Washington, population 5068, for the area's second annual Snow Goose Festival. The number of geese at Stanwood has skyrocketed in recent years. But that may be a stark warning of global warming.
New Scientist.
08 April 2007
Effects of global warming already felt in Japan.
The latest report by a U.N. panel on climate change may have focused on future dangers, but some of the problems it warns of have already been witnessed in Japan and other parts of the world.
Osaka Daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
08 April 2007
China to share burden of greenhouse gas emission cuts.
China will promise to participate proactively in talks on an international framework to fight global warming from 2013.
McClatchy Newspapers.
08 April 2007
Global warming threatens Africa's Cape peninsula.
A library of evidence suggests that Africa will suffer more than any other continent from the impact of climate change during the course of the century.
iafrica.com.
08 April 2007
Africa already suffering from climate change.
The effects of climate change have begun on the African continent, further contributing to the hardships of the world's poorest populations.
Toronto CTV.
08 April 2007
Warming and Africa's revolution.
Extreme weather won't make life easier for Africa, but smart policies are already cushioning the blow.
Newsweek.
08 April 2007
Experts at odds over German role in combating climate change.
Germany and the EU are at loggerheads over whether Europe's largest economy is doing enough to lower greenhouse gases.
Deutsche Welle.
08 April 2007
EU urges Germany to do more in climate protection.
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has urged Germany, the current holder of the rotating European Union presidency, to do more to protect the environment.
Agence France-Presse.
08 April 2007
Unicorns of the sea: Dying in the depths.
Narwhals, the "unicorns" of the sea, are in particular danger as whales and dolphins, already depleted by centuries of hunting, are driven towards extinction by global warming, a new report reveals.
London Independent.
08 April 2007
Mountain climbers witness global warming.
Mountaineers are bringing back firsthand accounts of vanishing glaciers, melting ice routes, crumbling rock formations and flood-prone lakes where glaciers once rose.
Associated Press.
08 April 2007
Mosquitos will flourish in a world that is getting warmer and wetter.
Temperature increases from 0.5 to 3 degrees can double the population of mosquitoes that carry malaria, and the speed that dengue incubates.
Newsweek.
08 April 2007
Britain unprepared for climate change effects.
Britain must accelerate its efforts to build flood defences and prevent droughts if it is to cope with the effects of climate change.
London Daily Telegraph.
08 April 2007
Tories raise climate stakes.
The Tories are to challenge Labour on a key plank of their green policy by adopting a far more ambitious target for cutting harmful greenhouse gases.
London Guardian.
08 April 2007
Climate change already under way in Texas.
The drought conditions that have dogged Central Texas in the past couple of years will become closer to the norm, Columbia University scientists concluded in a report published this week in the journal Science.
Austin American-Statesman.
08 April 2007
In California, warming trend renews water debate.
Climate change is expected to alter California's hydrology in dramatic ways.
Associated Press.
08 April 2007
American West gets dire global warming warning.
The Western United States could face a grim future of drought, melting mountain snow packs, increased forest fires and insect infestations because of global warming.
Denver Post.
08 April 2007
Columbia River Basin highlighted in U.N. global warming report.
Significant decline in snowpacks will present water-management challenges in the Northwest.
Associated Press.
08 April 2007
... and not a drop to drink
Drinking water will become more scarce in B.C., and threats to water quality more frequent, as a result of climate change, experts warned.
Vancouver Sun.
08 April 2007
Scientists offer living proof of climate change threats.
Climate experts who worked on the 1,572-page report on climate change say that some weather events and extremes will become more frequent in the 21st century. It is virtually certain that global warming is under way.
Vancouver Sun.
08 April 2007
World eyes SA nuclear capabilities.
The world's nuclear energy industry is beating a path to South Africa's door after the government's announcement that it plans to build a new nuclear power station.
Johannesburg Independent.
08 April 2007
Scientists tip the return of Depression-era dust bowl.
The "dust bowl," a Depression-era environmental disaster that drove 500,000 people from the southwestern US, may soon return, scientists warned in a report released yesterday.
Agence France-Presse.
08 April 2007
Japan, China to agree on farm, environment.
Japan will offer China help to curb greenhouse gas and Beijing will agree to resume importing Japanese rice when China's premier pays a landmark visit here this week, reports said Sunday.
Agence France-Presse.
08 April 2007
Global warming will lower Lake Erie.
Global warming will lower water levels in Lake Erie, just one of the drastic consequences facing the planet if steps aren’t taken to reduce rising temperatures, scientists say.
Associated Press.
08 April 2007
Firms go it alone on carbon trading.
Australian businesses are becoming impatient with the Federal Government and are demanding more certainty about the future of carbon trading before investing in new infrastructure.
Melbourne Age.
08 April 2007
Report highlights need for Canada to get moving on climate change, critics warn.
Canada needs to do more to prepare for the effects of climate change and to adapt to the damage already done, the government and opposition parties said, following the release of a major international report.
CanWest News Service.
08 April 2007
Time to face facts on climate change.
Taxes are not the answer -- politicians should level with us about what we need to do.
Vancouver Province.
08 April 2007
All families to get "green pledge card."
Households across the country are to receive a “green pledge card” and leaflet from the government about how they can help to combat climate change and do more for the environment.
London Times.
08 April 2007
Bhutan leads the battle for environment.
As the world community struggles to come to grips with global warming and climate change, the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan may be about to show the way ahead. Bhutan is set to become the first nation in the world where the citizens will have a constitutional obligation to preserve the environment.
Malaysian Sun.
08 April 2007
Warming warning.
Arctic expedition is dogging global warming impacts.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
08 April 2007
Alaska is in no rush to protect polar bear.
The polar bear is mentioned only obliquely in the latest international survey of global warming science - as a "predator high in the food chain" likely to suffer as sea ice melts in the Arctic.
McClatchy Newspapers.
08 April 2007
Scientists peer into clouds for climate answers.
University of Utah researchers are decoding clues in the skies -- the constantly changing, ethereal clouds -- for answers that could help create better climate change forecasts.
Salt Lake Tribune.
08 April 2007
Toward improving environment one light bulb at a time.
If you're concerned about global warming but can't afford a hybrid car, try changing the light bulbs in your home.
Los Angeles Daily News.
08 April 2007
Global warming could pummel Lake Erie economy.
Lake Erie could suffer the ravages of global warming in the next century, while also buffering Northeast Ohio from the worst effects.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
08 April 2007
Does God need man to preserve Earth?
Recently, a new debate has begun within the evangelical movement over whether it should join in the ongoing debate about global warming.
Shreveport Times.
08 April 2007
GOP seizes climate issue.
Logging, nuke plants can fight warming, lawmakers say.
Sacramento Bee.
08 April 2007
Climate wars loom over scarce resources.
Existing divisions between rich and poor countries will be sharply exacerbated by the pattern of climate-change effects in the coming years, the latest United Nations report on the effects of global warming has made clear.
Pretoria News.
08 April 2007
The race to make fuel from sugar.
The race is on to find enough sugar cane to satisfy the world's craving for biofuels.
Newsweek.
08 April 2007
County farms' fuel crop a shocker in Washington state.
Soil here pumps out twice as much fuel as European farms.
Everett Daily Herald.
08 April 2007
The greenest city in the U.S.A.
A confluence of geography and demography has made Vermont a model for greening.
Toronto Star.
08 April 2007
Building green piques interest.
Nationally, a 2005 survey of architectural firms by the American Institute of Architects showed a rise in the use of green design principles, driven by rising energy costs and growing concern about the impact that construction has on the environment.
Des Moines Register.
08 April 2007
Going green.
Volvo plant is committed to helping environment.
Asheville Citizen-Times.
08 April 2007
Green homes ripen.
Efficient, less-polluting building is on the rise.
Myrtle Beach Sun News.
08 April 2007
Forces dig in for energy battle.
A four-year battle to bring liquefied natural gas to California comes to a head beginning this week, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two state commissions make key decisions on a project that pits the state's dependence on fossil fuels against the push to boost renewable energy and combat climate change.
San Francisco Chronicle.
08 April 2007
Smart irrigation.
As water grows more scarce -- and more expensive -- in California, not to mention even more water-starved regions around the world, developments like state-of-the-art irrigation will be inevitable.
Fresno Bee.
08 April 2007
