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Living on the edge, Indians watch their islands wash away.
A recent study by Sugata Hazra, an oceanographer at Jadavpur University in Calcutta, found that during the last 30 years, 163 square kilometers, or 63 square miles, of the Sundarbans, a group of islands in India, have vanished entirely.
International Herald Tribune.
10 April 2007
Total destruction of forests predicted to cool Earth.
Logging is often attacked because living trees help to mop up carbon dioxide, thereby buffering rises in greenhouse gases. But deforestation has different effects in different parts of the world.
Nature.
10 April 2007
Challenge to emissions rule is set to start.
The fight over cars and carbon dioxide moves today from the Supreme Court to a federal courtroom in Burlington, Vt., in a case that automakers say could reshape vehicles sold on the East and West Coasts.
New York Times.
10 April 2007
Proposal to list polar bears as endangered species generates heavy public comment.
More than 500,000 people have commented on a proposal to list polar bears as "threatened" under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
TXU sheds coal plan, charts nuclear path.
TXU Corp. has scrapped plans to build a large fleet of coal-fired power plants in Texas but hasn't altogether abandoned its expansion efforts. Instead, it hopes to build the biggest nuclear-power plants in the U.S.
Wall Street Journal.
10 April 2007
Vermont auto emission trial to open.
From auto executives to climate scientists, a parade of witnesses will make the case for and against limiting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks during a trial scheduled to begin today in U.S. District Court in Burlington.
Burlington Free Press.
10 April 2007
Global-warming skeptics take aim at trees.
Global-warming skeptics are gleefully seizing on the latest study of trees and climate to try out a new motto for living in a warmer world: Cut trees, not SUVs!
Oakland Tribune.
10 April 2007
Allergen-producing plants thrive with climate change.
U.S. researchers in recent years have found strong links between carbon dioxide emissions, one of the main greenhouse gases, and the growth of ragweed or other plant pests.
CanWest News Service.
10 April 2007
How trees might not be green in carbon offsetting debate.
It may have become the penance of choice for the environmentally conscious individual, but planting trees to offset carbon emissions could contribute to global warming if they are planted outside the tropics, scientists believe.
London Guardian.
10 April 2007
Trees to offset the carbon footprint.
A new study suggests that the location of new trees is an important factor when considering carbon offset projects.
Agence France-Presse.
10 April 2007
Planting trees 'contributes to global warming'.
Planting new trees in snow-covered northern regions may actually contribute to global warming as they have the counter-effect of tropical forests, a study shows.
Melbourne Herald Sun.
10 April 2007
Deforestation effects depend on location.
The effect of deforestation on climate depends on three things -- location, location and location.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
A warming planet.
UN panel warns of broad, catastrophic disruptions if greenhouse gases rise unabated.
Chemical & Engineering News.
10 April 2007
Goa, going, gone - Asia tourism faces climate chaos.
In coming decades, warmer weather, rising seas, more intense storms, even changes in ocean currents will literally wipe some idyllic destinations off the tourist map, experts say.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
Is the globe really warming up?
We hear about it often, but more times than not the issue of global warming is taken lightly by young people and adults alike.
Kingston Jamaica Observer.
10 April 2007
Antarctica-borne team back.
A programme was organised at the Mormugao harbour to welcome the Indian team, which returned from Antartica.
Goa Herald.
10 April 2007
Changing climes: Global warming impacts appearing around the globe.
The second report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reveals that global warming impacts are already advancing, and will get worse.
Scientific American.
10 April 2007
UK government gives details on low-carbon car study.
The British Government has given more details of a review examining ways to reduce the global warming impact caused by cars.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
Experts say now's time to save planet.
Devon environmentalists have welcomed the stark warning on climate change being issued by the Exeter-based expert Martin Perry.
Exeter Express & Echo.
10 April 2007
Glaciers in iceland melting faster than ever.
Oddur Sigurdsson, an Icelandic geologist who has undertaken studies of Iceland's glaciers, said the nation's glaciers are melting at record speed and may disappear completely after 200 years due to global warming.
Iceland Review.
10 April 2007
German companies could harvest profits from climate change.
The prophets of climate doom may dominate the country's television screens, but many German companies are beginning to look to the profits that could be made from beating the threats posed by climate change.
Deutsche Welle.
10 April 2007
Africa needs regional networks to fight warming
Africa must build regional forecasting networks to predict and help avert the worst impacts of global warming, climate experts said on Tuesday.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
Cape must reduce power use by 2010.
Cape Town's business and industry sectors will have to cut electricity consumption by 10 percent by 2010 and municipal buildings and operations by 12 percent by 2015.
Cape Town Cape Times.
10 April 2007
Warming to bring drought, floods and hunger to Asia.
Food shortages, water scarcity, heatwaves, floods and migration of millions of people will occur across Asia as a result of climate change, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the U.N. climate panel, said on Tuesday.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
Indonesia puts furniture boycott plan on table.
Indonesia has urged world consumers to stop buying products made from illegally logged wood, and says rich countries should pay the poor to preserve forests in the battle against global warming.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
Group prods Indian govt to cut greenhouse gases.
Environmental group Greenpeace warned yesterday India's emission of greenhouse gases will grow almost fourfold by 2050. It called for laws on emissions and incentives to sectors adopting renewable energy.
Doha Gulf Times.
10 April 2007
Greenpeace’s pro-climate energy blueprint.
The international activist body Greenpeace has suggested an energy outlook and blueprint for India to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 4% by 2050, thereby asking it to take a pro-active step towards climate change mitigation.
Kolkata Statesman.
10 April 2007
Acidic oceans threatening sea life, UN panel says.
Rising carbon dioxide emissions are making the world's oceans more acidic, particularly closer to the poles, heralding disaster for marine life, a major UN report on climate change impacts says.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
New climate change report released.
Warming temperatures will cause increased drought and sea-level rises in Australia and New Zealand by 2030 and threaten ecologically rich sites such as the Great Barrier Reef, according to excerpts from a new scientific report released Tuesday.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
Climate change has dire health implications.
Increases in illness and death from dengue fever, injuries, and heat stress are some of the implications of climate change, warns the Public Health Association (PHA).
Scoop.
10 April 2007
Climate scientists warn New Zealand must adapt.
The second part of a report from the UN's IPCC says sea levels are likely to rise between 19 centimetres and 59 centimetres. It warns that New Zealand sea levels could rise about half a metre by the end of the century.
Radio New Zealand.
10 April 2007
Global warming could cause higher asthma rates.
Scientists today are warning that the higher priority for governments around the world should be the impact global warming on human health. Of particular concern here in Australia are the predictions about asthma.
ABC News.
10 April 2007
Scientists develop model to combat sea level rise.
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) are developing a digital model of Australia's coast to work out which areas will be submerged by climate change.
ABC News.
10 April 2007
Climate report warns of rising New Zealand sea levels.
A New Zealand scientist says some Pacific Islands are expected to struggle with the effects of climate change by the middle of this century.
Radio New Zealand.
10 April 2007
Climate change grips Aussie poll debate.
Environmental guru Sir Nicholas Stern has caused an uproar in Australia by challenging conservative Prime Minister John Howard on climate change.
Karachi News International.
10 April 2007
Climate change: New Zealand will adapt, says coalition.
New Zealand's ability to adapt will make it better equipped to handle predicted changes to the environment, a business group developing policy on climate change says.
Radio New Zealand.
10 April 2007
Earth's crowded enough, some say.
We have a global population problem. Some Portlanders are doing — or, not doing — something about it.
Forest Grove NewsTimes.
10 April 2007
Minister 'misinformed' on warming, scientist says.
Environment Minister John Baird is "sadly misinformed" about global warming science, says one of Canada's leading climatologists, who is calling for the minister to sit down with researchers to discuss how Canada can better prepare for a warmer world.
CanWest News Service.
10 April 2007
Global warming could boost B.C. wine industry, experts say.
The province has given $40,000 to the B.C. Grapegrowers Association to study the feasibility of growing wine grapes in the Lillooet-Lytton area, previously considered too cold to support a commercial wine industry.
Vancouver Province.
10 April 2007
Rising concern over sea levels.
Rising sea levels could be one of the biggest effects climate change has on Nova Scotia, says Environment Minister Mark Parent.
Halifax Chronicle Herald.
10 April 2007
Sea level changes likely to be big climate change impact on Nova Scotia -- minister.
Nova Scotia’s minister of the environment says rising sea level is the most worrying impact climate change will have on the province.
Canadian Press.
10 April 2007
Global warming bad? Not for Canada.
Global warming has a lot of people worried, but none of them seem to be from Canada.
United Press International.
10 April 2007
Trial set to start over states' authority on emissions.
A court challenge over whether states have the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles gets under way Tuesday in a Vermont courtroom, with automakers suing to block Vermont from enacting new standards they say will cut into sales, curb availability and drive up costs.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
Planting trees falls short at saving the world.
Although a tree can remove more than a ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during its lifetime - reducing the amount of the most common greenhouse gas behind the planet's warming - planting trees willy-nilly may not be the best strategy, researchers from Stanford University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said Monday.
San Jose Mercury News.
10 April 2007
California snowpack melt stirs water worries.
Water content in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in California continues to drop toward its lowest level since 1990, raising concerns about the availability of water for generating hydroelectricity and irrigating the state's vast farmlands.
Reuters.
10 April 2007
EPA ruling paves way for wider action.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency has the power to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases could hasten federal regulatory action and support state initiatives on climate change of the kind pioneered by California's 2002 decision to regulate automobile emissions.
Forbes.
10 April 2007
Westminster passes on climate-protection vow.
The Westminster City Council passed a resolution last night promoting energy conservation to counter global warming but stopped short of endorsing a climate-protection pledge signed by leaders of more than 400 cities and towns.
Baltimore Sun.
10 April 2007
California: How the Golden State went green.
In the state where the car is king and the freeways go on forever, revolution is in the air - and the water, and the landfills. California is bravely blazing a trail in the fight against climate change. Now its Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is being hailed as a global eco-hero.
London Independent.
10 April 2007
Global warming threat forecast in Galveston.
The city got troubling news last month in the form of a geological hazard map that showed a shrinking island and development in areas threatened by rising sea levels, erosion and sinking land.
Houston Chronicle.
10 April 2007
Stars are on board for a college tour on global warming.
The "Stop Global Warming College Tour" is part of a rising tide of celebrities — from Leonardo DiCaprio to John Travolta — who have taken up the cause of global warming, calling for regulatory action to limit the human production of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide.
Houston Chronicle.
10 April 2007
City announces no-idling campaign.
Burlington, Vermont, kicked off a new campaign against vehicle idling Monday with a united front of the city's administrative leadership.
Burlington Free Press.
10 April 2007
Vermont battles car industry.
Today, a federal judge will hear opening arguments in a lawsuit filed by automakers and car dealers challenging the Green Mountain state's right to impose tough auto emissions standards on new cars and trucks.
Detroit News.
10 April 2007
Clearing the air in town.
Last month, the Woodstock town board approved a nonbinding resolution that called for "implementing policies resulting in no net emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases" by 2017.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
Bush, Defense Dept. get 'Muzzle' awards.
The Bush administration and the Defense Department are among the winners of the 2007 Jefferson Muzzle awards, given Tuesday by a free-speech group to those it considers the most egregious First Amendment violators in the past year.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
US braces for global warring.
The United States fears climate change could trigger new humanitarian crises and force countries to go to war over diminishing water and energy resources.
Sydney Morning Herald.
10 April 2007
Grasping the geopolitics of warming.
The CIA, NSA, the Pentagon and the FBI should pool data and offer a comprehensive review of the national security threat posed by global warming, say U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Hagel.
Inter Press Service.
10 April 2007
Courtroom showdown over emissions.
California has had tougher auto emissions standards for years and federal law has allowed other states to choose: abide by our federal rules or abide by California's.
Burlington WCAX TV.
10 April 2007
Web site checks your climate change risk.
A computerized service that assesses global warming risks and other environmental threats is now available for any address in the contiguous United States.
USA Today.
10 April 2007
Bend ski resort considers building wind turbines.
Wind turbines on Mount Bachelor are an option the ski area will look at this summer as it seeks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent in the next five to 10 years.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
Warming sign? Another early spring for Rocky Mountains.
Spring is coming early to the western slope of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, providing continuing signs of a warming world, according to a conservation biologist.
National Geographic News.
10 April 2007
Flying the green skies.
Two major European airlines are offering their passengers a chance to do something about global warming. British Airways and most recently Scandinavian Airlines System have established programs that give travelers the opportunity to pay carbon-offset fees to help fund clean technology projects.
San Francisco Chronicle.
10 April 2007
Malaysian company says bio-fuel from nipah palm tree can help halt global warming.
A Malaysian government-backed company claimed Tuesday it has found a new source of energy to replace fossil fuels — ethanol from nipah palm trees that it believes can help stop global warming.
Associated Press.
10 April 2007
In his veggie van, activist spreads the word on global warming.
The mission of Tom Jackson's near coast-to-coast road trip in an aging, vegetable-oil-eating "alternative-fuels vehicle" is to promote a new documentary on global climate change.
Great Falls Tribune.
10 April 2007
Thinking globally, acting locally.
The simple take on global warming is that it’s a very complex issue. That’s the first thing Nathan Currier said Monday night during a lecture on climate change at Lynchburg College.
Lynchburg News and Advance.
10 April 2007
A problem for the ages: prize-winning scholar grapples with nuclear waste.
Canadian scholar Selvadurai has spent 25 years looking for practical solutions to a problem that won't go away - devising safe storage facilities for radioactive waste, be it high-level spent fuel from nuclear reactors or debris from hospitals and industrial equipment.
Montreal Gazette.
10 April 2007
Rough road for co-op exec.
Nothing about Stan Lewandowski is green. Just ask environmentalists and some of his customers. Or him.
Denver Rocky Mountain News.
10 April 2007
Virginia governor issues renewable mandate.
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine issued an executive order Monday, directing state agencies to improve energy efficiency.
United Press International.
10 April 2007
GM serious about electric car.
The buzz around the electric car concept has hardly diminished since GM unveiled it four months ago at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Canadian Press.
10 April 2007
Meet the solar-powered trash can.
New type of trash dumpster helps keep streets clean and curb carbon emissions.
Business Week.
10 April 2007
Hungary now less keen on green energy goals.
Whilst the Czech Republic and Germany have committed themselves to promoting green energy, Hungary’s Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány commented recently that funds could be put to better than use than for production methods of renewable energy.
Budapest Times.
10 April 2007
Tsunami to feature in Bollywood love story.
A new Bollywood film will set a love story around the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in a rare take by the Mumbai film industry on natural disasters.
New India Press.
10 April 2007
Hall forum touts the power of wind .
Wind energy. It's here and it's available. So what is it about this alternative resource that keeps its use and popularity way below environmentally toxic oil?
Poughkeepsie Journal.
10 April 2007
Groups: Replace nuclear power.
New Jersey environmentalists detailed a plan Monday to replace the state's nuclear power facilities by 2020, combining a more efficient use of energy with cleaner energy alternatives such as wind farms at the Jersey Shore.
Gloucester County Times.
10 April 2007
Governor urged to stop new coal plant.
Environmental groups warn of new pollution if state permits coal-burning plant in Early County. To make their point, they stood along River Street with a large inflatable coal power plant with smokestacks bearing labels such as "acid rain" and "mercury poisoning."
Savannah Morning News.
10 April 2007
Students get green message in DNR educational trailer.
Students at Clear Creek Elementary School got a chance to learn more about recycling, energy conservation and hazardous materials while touring the Iowa Department of Natural Resources mobile educational trailer Monday morning.
Mason City Globe Gazette.
10 April 2007
San Francisco garbage goes green.
Even garbage in San Francisco is going green - thanks to today’s announcement that the city’s entire fleet of garbage and recycling trucks are running on alternative fuel.
San Francisco Sentinel.
10 April 2007
