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Future dim for Texas air-quality bills.
When TXU and other companies announced their huge expansion of coal power in Texas, gaping holes in the state's air pollution rules became apparent.
Dallas Morning News.
30 April 2007
The big dry.
Australia is struggling to cope with the consequences of a devastating drought. As the world warms up, other countries should pay heed.
Economist.
30 April 2007
How to save the planet? More nuclear power and GM crops, say climate experts.
More than 2,000 scientists will put forward a global warming action-plan this week, including a major expansion of nuclear power, using GM crops to boost biofuels and burying carbons underground.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
30 April 2007
Forests threatened by plagues of insects.
Canada's vast boreal forest is facing the devastating threat of mountain pine beetles as early as this summer, causing widespread economic and environmental damage, an eminent expert warns.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
30 April 2007
Religion must help protect planet, conference says.
God wants believers to be green. That's the message emerging from a Vatican conference on climate change which was the latest sign of growing concern by religious groups around the world over the fate of the planet.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Views differ on warming's effect on grizzlies.
One grizzly can consume 20,000 calories a day--the rough equivalent of snarfing 1.5 Big Macs every hour. But for the 500 or so grizzlies that live near Yellowstone National Park, the Earth's warming climate may change what's on the menu.
Billings Gazette.
30 April 2007
'2 degrees more could wipe out up to 30% of world population.'
Delegates are debating how to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions that could threaten hundreds of millions with hunger and disease in the coming decades.
Saturday Star.
30 April 2007
Carbon capture is climate best bet.
A worldwide program to capture greenhouse gases from power stations and factories could be humanity's best chance of saving itself from climate change, a report will say this week.
Perth Sunday Times.
30 April 2007
Top scientists eye masterplan on climate change.
The world's leading climate change experts gathered in Bangkok on Monday to thrash out a masterplan on limiting the worst impacts of global warming, but amid deep divisions over how to go about it.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
IPCC conference opens in Bangkok on how to combat global warming.
The costs of cutting greenhouse gases and who will pay for doing it are likely to be the key issues at a major U.N.-backed climate change meeting of scientists and diplomats in the Thai capital this week, participants said Sunday.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Bangkok hosts key climate summit.
Climate change experts are meeting in Bangkok for a major conference to discuss ways to combat global warming.
BBC.
30 April 2007
Experts meet on global warming.
A major international climate meeting opened today in Bangkok to discuss how the world can best take action now to avoid global warming.
Melbourne Herald Sun.
30 April 2007
Green groups urge action now on climate change.
Environmental groups Monday called for immediate and decisive action on climate change, amid concern that powerful nations will seek to water down a masterplan aimed at tackling global warming.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
As bad news mounts, global talks on climate rules look ever more crucial .
The best that can be hoped for may be an extension of the relatively weak Kyoto Protocol, due to expire in 2012. The alternative is a world without any carbon-reduction rules at all.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Altruism out the door amid fierce global warming battle.
When the world's top minds on global warming sit down to work out how to save the planet, altruism is an early casualty as self-interest and politics take over, participants admit.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
Climate change meeting opens in Thailand.
Delegates at a major climate meeting debated Monday how to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions that could threaten hundreds of millions with hunger and disease in the coming decades.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Costs of cutting greenhouse gases expected to take center stage at climate talks.
A major climate meeting opened Monday in the Thai capital with delegates addressing how the world's governments can best take action now to avoid the dire consequences of a warming planet.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Climate panel goes for nuclear option.
Climate change experts are on a collision course with environmentalists over proposals to fight global warming with more nuclear power and using genetically modified crops to boost biofuel production.
Aukland New Zealand Herald.
30 April 2007
The heat is on for greenhouse gas methane.
Across the globe, chickens and pigs are doing their bit to curb global warming. But cows and sheep still have some catching up to do.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Oddball global warming schemes rejected.
Unconventional schemes for tackling global warming – such as installing a giant sunshade in orbit – are set to be bluntly rejected by U.N. experts this week.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
Top global scientists gather on climate change.
The world's leading climate change experts gathered Monday in Bangkok to consider how to lower greenhouse gas emissions to save the planet from the worst effects of global warming.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
Climate meeting to discuss costs of emissions cut.
The costs of cutting greenhouse gases and who will pay for doing it are likely to be the key issues at a major UN-backed climate change meeting of scientists and diplomats in the Thai capital this week, participants said Sunday.
China Daily.
30 April 2007
Experts meet on UN report: Warming can be slowed.
After two gloomy United Nations reports on global warming, scientists and governments on Monday begin looking at how to fight climate change with green groups saying the time for bickering is over.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Gore visits UN, offers help on global warming.
Former Vice President Al Gore offered on Friday to work closely with the United Nations in furthering programs on global warming, the UN secretary-general said.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Main conclusions of UN climate panel's third report.
The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looks at the costs of mitigating and adapting to climate change and the tools available to achieve reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
U.S. and China criticize climate report.
The United States and China want to water down a proposed plan for fighting climate change, arguing that action to reduce greenhouse gases will be more costly and time-consuming than scientists claim.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Climate bill 'will permit dangerous warming'.
The climate change Bill would still allow "dangerous" global warming to happen, an influential Labour backbencher said yesterday.
London Daily Telegraph.
30 April 2007
Icebergs threaten vast Russian gas project.
Russia's giant Shtokman gas field, one of the world's most challenging offshore projects, will face even greater problems as global warming unleashes vast icebergs into the Arctic, a senior scientist says.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
EU puts money over environment - campaigners
The European Union remains too focused on the costs of protecting the environment despite sending strong signals on its plans to fight climate change, environmental groups said on Friday.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Germany in losing battle to save last glacier.
The winds are cold at any time of the year on Germany's highest mountain but the country's last glacier is melting away despite Herculean efforts to counter the effects of climate change.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
China's Wen urges curbs on energy-guzzlers.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday urged a policy crackdown on energy-gorging industries that belch pollution, saying his coal-dependent nation had to rein in emissions causing global warming.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Greenpeace calls India bulb firms "climate villains."
Greenpeace says India must ban old-style incandescent light bulbs in favour of more energy efficient light sources to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 4 percent.
Reuters India.
30 April 2007
Alcoa cans its carbon dioxide output.
The worldwide aluminium industry's commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions footprint has led Alcoa to develop a method of capturing carbon dioxide in its bauxite residue.
Sydney Australian.
30 April 2007
Clean energy is the way forward: expert.
Some call it radical while others say it can't be done, but an Australian expert in energy solutions is calling for zero energy growth target by 2012.
Australian Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Labor commissions 'Stern-style' report.
The federal Opposition has commissioned an economics professor to head a Stern-type review into the impact of climate change on Australia's future.
Australian Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Howard's nuclear power walk with US may split the voters.
Recent Labor polling shows about two-thirds of voters reject nuclear power as the answer to global warming, while more than 90 per cent want the Government to pursue renewable alternatives such as solar and wind energy.
Brisbane Times.
30 April 2007
Climate change talks start to complete UN report.
Government representatives and scientists from around the world began negotiations in Thailand on the wording of a United Nations report on how to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
Bloomberg News.
30 April 2007
Labor and states to conduct climate study.
Federal Labor today teamed up with state governments to commission an Australian version of the Stern report on climate change.
Australian Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Government's $10 billion boost for global warming.
Fossil fuel-burning industries receive up to $10 billion a year in Australian taxpayers' money, a study has found.
Australian Associated Press.
30 April 2007
Rudd comissions climate report.
The federal opposition has commissioned an economics professor to head a Stern-type review into the impact of climate change on Australia's future.
Queensland Courier Mail.
30 April 2007
Australian cities facing 'Big Dry' water shortages.
Drought-stricken Australia faces the world's most extreme climate change challenge as millions of city dwellers try to cope with water shortages, according to the country's most recognised scientist.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
Gore calls Canada climate plan a 'fraud'.
Al Gore condemned Canada's new plan to reduce greenhouse gases, saying it was "a complete and total fraud" because it lacks specifics and gives industry a way to actually increase emissions.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
City must address 'eco-apartheid' reality.
Yesterday's public forum on Toronto's climate change plan illustrated a major challenge facing the city as it attempts to become the greenest in North America.
Toronto Star.
30 April 2007
Gore blasts green plan.
Global warming crusader Al Gore has put the Conservative government in his climate change crosshairs, lambasting the feds' recently released green plan.
Ottawa Citizen.
30 April 2007
Some firms finding going green is actually good for business.
Every business wants to look green, but last week one got a rare chance to become the public face for corporate responsibility on the environment in Canada.
Canadian Press.
30 April 2007
Anti-sprawl laws receive tepid review.
California State Assembly Bill 842, authored by a Sacramento-area legislator, asks that regional growth plans require people in newly developed areas to drive 10 percent less than people in the rest of the region.
Oakland Tribune.
30 April 2007
'Carbon credits' fueling debate.
Schwarzenegger will buy "carbon credits" in the Fred M. van Eck Forest, in the form of trees allowed to live and grow bigger and older so they can absorb more carbon dioxide. The purchase will offset some of the global-warming gas released during the governor's frequent trips by private jet.
Sacramento Bee.
30 April 2007
N.C. cities join fight on global warming.
Increasing numbers of city governments across North Carolina are signing onto a campaign led by the nation's mayors to fight global warming.
Greensboro News & Record.
30 April 2007
Solar heating.
Florida is emitting CO2 pollution faster than nearly every other state in the country, according to a new study from a U.S. Public Interest Research Group. But installing a solar hot water system can help reduce the increase of emissions and save some cash.
Central Florida News 13 TV.
30 April 2007
Growing within solitude.
Global warming threatens the 85 acres of alpine habitat in the Adirondacks -- if the temperature really goes up they're going to get pushed off the mountain. There's no place for them to go.
Glens Falls Post Star.
30 April 2007
PepsiCo takes top spot in global warming battle.
Guess what corporate global warming fighter the EPA will crown its national "green power" kingpin Monday. Whole Foods? No. Starbucks? Nope. Give up? It's PepsiCo.
USA Today.
30 April 2007
Experts meet on U.N. report but time running out.
After two gloomy U.N. reports on global warming, scientists and governments on Monday began looking at how to fight climate change, with green groups saying the world has the means to cut emissions at little cost.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
EasyJet slams 'snake oil sellers' in offset market and goes it alone.
EasyJet has warned that the carbon offsetting market is riddled with "snake oil salesmen" determined to make excessive profits from green-minded air passengers.
London Guardian.
30 April 2007
US recognizes warming threat but drags feet on remedies.
As the world's largest spewer of carbon-dioxide emissions, the United States has shrugged off blame for global warming and continues to question recommended methods for slowing down the trend.
Agence France-Presse.
30 April 2007
U.S. pushes climate change off the agenda.
E.U. leaders are in Washington today to talk about global warming, but White House opposition has been so staunch that they're holding their breath — for now.
MarketPlace.
30 April 2007
Pacific whale decline 'a mystery.'
Grey whales in the eastern Pacific appear to be in some trouble, with the cause far from clear, scientists say.
BBC.
30 April 2007
Enviromentalists reject nuclear energy in Ghana.
Environmentalists are calling for a rejection of nuclear power in Ghana, citing negative repercussions to the suggested solution for the energy crisis currently facing the country.
Accra Statesman.
30 April 2007
Incentives help convert cow manure to biogas.
Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind (D-La Crosse) wants to provide incentives to farmers for developing and using anaerobic-methane digesters, which convert wasted methane gas into usable energy. The La Crosse Democrat says manure management is a big problem and it's bad for the environment.
Wisconsin Radio Network.
30 April 2007
Marcal pins hopes on fuel harvested from the farm.
A power plant in Elmwood Park could soon be running on essentially the same oil used in deep fryers.
Bergen County Record.
30 April 2007
Ethanol stands alone as a biofuel despite concerns.
Corn ethanol has been championed by politicians as a "win, win, win" solution for America's energy demands.
Greeley Tribune.
30 April 2007
Solar loans light up rural India.
More than 100,000 people in rural India have benefited from an innovative loan scheme that helps families buy home solar power systems.
BBC.
30 April 2007
Solar power affordable: UN.
A solar power project in India supplying electricity to 100,000 people will be widened to other developing nations after showing that clean energy can be cheaper than fossil fuels, a UN report said overnight.
Reuters.
30 April 2007
Venture capital rushes into alternative energy.
Money is flowing into alternative energy companies so fast that “the warning signs of a bubble are appearing,” according to a report on investment in clean technology by a New York research firm, Lux Research.
New York Times.
30 April 2007
Fluorescent bulbs are known to zap domestic tranquillity.
Experts on energy consumption call it the "wife test." And one of the dimly lighted truths of the global-warming era is that fluorescent bulbs still seem to be flunking out in most American homes.
Washington Post.
30 April 2007
‘Green’ construction becomes second nature to building industry.
What do the Supreme Court and San Diego’s construction industry have in common? They’re both taking steps to address global environmental concerns.
San Diego Business Journal.
30 April 2007
Tourism threat to Earth's last great wilderness.
Britain is to warn a summit on the Antarctic that soaring numbers of tourists flocking there on cruise ships could have serious environmental implications for the world's last great wilderness.
London Guardian.
30 April 2007
Baird attacks 'knee-jerk' reaction
Environment Minister John Baird says the negative reviews of his government's new green plan by high-profile celebrities are a "knee-jerk" reaction from people who haven't looked at the policies objectively.
Edmonton Journal.
30 April 2007
Record on recycling remains a mixed bag.
It's been the law in New Jersey for 20 years, but some schools, businesses and others still aren't recycling as much as they should, officials say.
Asbury Park Press.
30 April 2007
MPCA chief, set to deal with 3M, sees long-term chemical cleanup.
A team of negotiators will sit across the table from 3M officials and try to reach a deal over the cost and scope of cleaning up the sites in Woodbury, Cottage Grove and Oakdale, Minnesota, where 3M waste was buried years ago.
Associated Press.
30 April 2007
