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A carbon-neutral Norway: Fine print in the plan.
As details emerge about Norway's pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2030 emerge, environmental groups and politicians -- who applaud Norway's impulse -- say the feat is not being meaningfully accomplished.
International Herald Tribune.
21 March 2008
Fight climate change by turning roof green.
As climate change raises the alternating risks of urban flooding and drought, cities around the world are seeking better ways to manage water.
International Herald Tribune.
21 March 2008
Starbucks sows carbon farmers.
Ever heard of 'ecosystem services'? It's one of the most exciting concepts kicking around the corporate-environmental world these days.
Fortune.
21 March 2008
Melting glaciers will trigger food shortages.
The irrigation water vital for the grain crops that feed China and India is at risk of drying up, as global warming melts the glaciers that feed Asia's biggest rivers.
New Scientist.
21 March 2008
Canadians in dark over water use.
Most Canadians are blissfully unaware that the water they take for granted is being threatened by overuse and mismanagement, say experts who warn climate change could soon make water shortages an unmistakable reality across the country.
Canadian Press.
21 March 2008
Deep disturbances.
A new study finds that as carbon dioxide-rich surface water continues to sink over the coming centuries, the ocean floor will become an increasingly acidic and hostile habitat.
Nature.
21 March 2008
Sea ice recovery termed deceiving.
Critical Arctic sea ice this winter made a tenuous partial recovery from last summer's record melt, federal scientists said Tuesday.
Associated Press.
21 March 2008
Fish key to reef climate survival.
A healthy fish population could be the key to ensuring coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats.
BBC.
21 March 2008
India and China likely to face food shortage due to melting glaciers.
new study has determined that the melting of glaciers due to global warming might trigger food shortages in India and China.
Asian News International.
21 March 2008
Melting glaciers will shrink harvests in India, China.
Shrinking Himalayan glaciers will turn the Ganga in India and the Yangtze in China into seasonal rivers, massively reducing grain harvests and causing 'politically unmanageable food shortages' in the region, a leading US environmental expert has warned.
Indo-Asian News Service.
21 March 2008
Droughts, high temperatures forecasted in Cuba.
After a year of intense rainfalls, Cuba is threatened by "La Nina" climate phenomenon as experts predict it will cause a more intense drought and favor hurricane formations.
Xinhua News Agency.
21 March 2008
Will 'Bright Green' bring Discovery the long green?
Discovery Channel is launching Planet Green, a big wager that popular and corporate interest in combating global warming will continue to grow.
Wall Street Journal.
21 March 2008
Carbon free homes for student market.
Students concerned about their “carbon footprint” can now get hold of environmentally-friendly properties.
Liverpool Echo.
21 March 2008
Rainforest climate change sensor station goes wi-fi.
U.C.L.A. researchers are setting up a wireless data collection, dissemination and analysis system in Costa Rica's La Selva rainforest
Scientific American.
21 March 2008
Bloomberg says X Prize could help develop fuel-efficient cars.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a new $10 million prize to develop more fuel-efficient cars will help reduce the country's dependence on oil.
Associated Press.
21 March 2008
Amended bill for emissions cuts approved.
The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval yesterday to an ambitious set of controls on carbon dioxide emissions that are believed to contribute to global warming.
Washington Post.
21 March 2008
Advocating day of silence worldwide.
A group of environmentalists are reaching into the past in their efforts to save the future.
Malaysia News Online.
21 March 2008
Our greatest environmental challenge.
Experts say the Earth is heating up, our greenhouse gas emissions are too high and world water supplies are dangerously low.
Shanghai Daily.
21 March 2008
Kimberley looks at adapting to impact of climate change.
The City of Kimberley has developed a number of programs already to combat climate change, reduce greenhouse gases and improve life in the community.
Black Press.
21 March 2008
US power station emissions up 3 per cent.
Carbon dioxide emissions from American power plants leapt by nearly three per cent last year, the biggest annual increase in nearly a decade, according to analysis of government figures by an environmental watchdog.
London Daily Telegraph.
21 March 2008
Vast oil potential in Arctic, new data says.
A U.S.-based company that has controversially laid claim to nearly all of the Arctic Ocean's undersea oil said Thursday that new geological data suggests a "potentially vast" petroleum resource of 400 billion barrels.
CanWest News.
21 March 2008
Dirty Arctic air is nothing new.
Explorers' accounts reveal that pollution has been affecting the polar region for more than a century.
Science.
21 March 2008
US election boosts prospects for climate deal: bank.
A global agreement on tackling climate change will be much more likely under a new US president, top US investment bank Lehman Brothers said here Thursday.
Agence France-Presse.
21 March 2008
EU 'committed' to stiff CO2 cuts.
Europe's environment chief Stavros Dimas says the EU's leaders are still committed to ambitious CO2 cuts of up to 30% by 2020, despite the appearance of back-tracking at last week's European summit.
BBC.
21 March 2008
Global IT sector 'needs strong Kyoto'.
The global IT sector needs a strong post-2012 Kyoto climate deal if it is going to deliver big carbon savings, a senior businessman has suggested. IBM's climate change programme chairman Graham Whitney said globally binding targets were needed to ensure companies made "investments in significant ways".
BBC.
21 March 2008
Dhaka to host climate change meet next week.
Dhaka will host the first country-specific conference on climate change next week where the government, donors and experts will thrash out a plan to campaign for mitigation and adaptation methods and financing.
Dhaka Daily Star.
21 March 2008
McCain is praised for climate stance, not his environmentalism.
John McCain is so passionate about global warming that he talks about it at some campaign events before bringing up Iraq.
Bloomberg News.
21 March 2008
EPA official a convert on climate change.
Elin Miller, a high-level administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle, said Thursday she has gone from being a doubter to a believer in the risks of climate change, and called on the Yakima Valley to be among the nation's leaders in lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Yakima Herald Republic.
21 March 2008
Global warming bill heads to the House.
The Maryland Senate approved an amendment yesterday that environmentalists and the O'Malley administration say would significantly weaken a bill designed to reduce global warming pollution.
Baltimore Sun.
21 March 2008
City pays $20,000 for global warming survey.
Preparing to press forward with an aggressive plan to cut Austin's greenhouse gas emissions, the City of Austin paid $20,000 for a global warming survey given to 400 Texans.
Austin American-Statesman.
21 March 2008
Global warming bill dealt blow.
The Maryland Senate today severely weakened a bill designed to reduce global warming pollution in the state.
Baltimore Sun.
21 March 2008
Environmentalists open two fronts against Duke Cliffside project.
Environmental groups opened a pair of fronts Wednesday in their effort to stop construction of Duke Energy's new coal-fired generator in western North Carolina, asking state regulators to halt the project.
Associated Press.
21 March 2008
Survey: Most Austin residents believe climate change will affect them.
Eighty-nine percent of residents asked believe Austin will be affected by climate change, according to a first-ever global warming survey commissioned by the City of Austin.
Austin KVUE TV.
21 March 2008
Senate OKs less stringent greenhouse gas curbs.
Maryland carbon reductions to address climate change won preliminary approval in the state Senate today -- but the plan has been weakened amid fears it would force factories to close and home electricity prices to rise.
Associated Press.
21 March 2008
South Korea announces plans to freeze emissions.
South Korea on Friday announced a plan to freeze greenhouse gas emissions at 2005 levels for the next five years, sparking cricitism from activists who are demanding more drastic measures.
Agence France-Presse.
21 March 2008
S. Korea establishes first greenhouse gas policy.
South Korea unveiled its first-ever government scheme on greenhouse gases on Friday, vowing to freeze the ozone-depleting emissions by 2012 to tackle global warming.
Yonhap News Service.
21 March 2008
Compo for green energy casualties.
The price of electricity and petrol will rise for all Australians under the Rudd Government's plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions, and poorer households will be hardest hit, its chief economic adviser on climate change warned yesterday.
Sydney Morning Herald.
21 March 2008
Reinventing the wheel.
In the month the Chancellor raised excise duty on the country's gas guzzlers to almost £1,000, and petrol topped $111 a barrel, what is the motor industry's response? Cars powered by corn, hydrogen and even air.
London Guardian.
21 March 2008
Rail time.
Colorado students made major contributions to a new report on the benefits of public transportation published today by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group titled “A Better Way to Go: Meeting America's 21st Century Transportation Challenges with Mass Transit.”
Boulder Colorado Daily.
21 March 2008
Is Avian influenza more risky than global warming?
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has a dose of reality, if not good cheer, for the worried citizens of the world: Your worst fears about global warming or Islamo-fascist terrorism are mere whimpers in the night compared to a global flu pandemic.
The Daily Green.
21 March 2008
‘A step in the wrong direction’.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Desert Rock Energy Co. LLC and Diné Power Authority against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “is unfortunate and premature,” according to New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry.
Gallup Independent.
21 March 2008
Wind, solar potential in county unrealized.
Currently there is no wind power at all in Arizona, and the state's power comes almost entirely from coal, nuclear, natural gas and hydropower.
Havasu News-Herald.
21 March 2008
Chevron pleads case to revamp refinery.
Four hundred Richmond residents, many skeptical and disbelieving, listened to Chevron executives attempt to persuade the city planners in Richmond on Thursday to sign off on a controversial plan to remodel their 106-year-old refinery.
San Francisco Chronicle.
21 March 2008
Hirono hears of ethanol plantation.
Gay & Robinson President Alan Kennett, and key players involved in the historic sugar company’s shift to a renewable energy plantation, updated U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono yesterday at his Westside office.
Kaua'i Garden Times.
21 March 2008
