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Climate Change Bill Passes Energy Committee
May 21, 2009 - The Hill
The Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday night completed their markup of major climate change legislation, passing the bill out of committee on a 33-25 vote. Full Article
By Jared Allen © 2009 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
 
US Says CO2 is a Danger to Human Health
April 18, 2009 - Financial Times
A ruling by US Environmental Protection Agency stating that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health clears the way for the regulation of CO2 emissions under existing air pollution laws. Full Article
By Andrew Ward and Sarah O'Connor © 2009 The Financial Times Ltd
 
Solar-Powered Cooker Nabs Climate Prize
April 9, 2009 - Reuters
Oslo -- A $6 cardboard box that uses solar power to cook food, sterilize water and could help 3 billion poor people cut greenhouse gases, has won a $75,000 prize for ideas to fight global warming. The "Kyoto Box," named after the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol that seeks to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, is aimed at billions of people who use firewood to cook. Full Article
© 2009 Thomson Reuters
 
UN Sounds Warning After Antarctica Ice Shelf Rips
April 8, 2009 - Google News
Paris -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the breakway of a Jamaica-sized ice shelf from the Antarctic peninsula could accelerate global warming in this already vulnerable region. Satellite pictures show a 40-kilometre (25-mile) ice bridge that was the Wilkins Ice Shelf's last link to the coast had now shattered at its narrowest point, about 500 metres (yards) wide, UNEP said. The Wilkins Ice Shelf once covered around 16,000 square kilometres (6,000 square miles) before it began to retreat in the 1990s, and by last May the ice bridge was all that connected it to Charcot and Latady islands. Full Article
© 2009 Agence France Presse © 2009 Google
 
Economic Crisis Cut EU's CO2 Emissions in '08: Institute
April 2, 2009 - Space Daily
Oslo -- The economic crisis hitting the European Union caused the bloc's carbon dioxide emissions to drop by six percent last year, according to the Oslo-based research institute Point Carbon. The EU's 27 member states, which take part in the bloc's emissions trading scheme, emitted 2.11 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2008, compared to 2.24 billion a year earlier. Full Article
© 2009 Agence France Presse
 
Increased Number Think Global Warming Is “Exaggerated”
March 11, 2009 - Gallup
Princeton, NJ -- Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. This represents the highest level of public skepticism about mainstream reporting on global warming seen in more than a decade of Gallup polling on the subject. Full Article
By Lydia Saad © 2009 Gallup, Inc.
 
Gore Group Backs Creation of .eco Domain
March 5, 2009 - Yahoo! News
Washington -- A group seeking the creation of a .eco Internet domain to promote environmental awareness has won the backing of former US vice president Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. Dot Eco LLC, which has applied to the regulatory Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for the .eco extension, made the announcement at ICANN's current meeting in Mexico City. The group said .eco "will be established for individuals to express their support for environmental causes, for companies to promote their environmental initiatives, and for environmental organizations to maintain their websites in a namespace that is more relevant to their core missions." Full Article
© 2009 Agence France Presse © 2009 Yahoo!
 
NASA Satellite Crashes
February 25, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
A NASA satellite designed to measure greenhouse gas emissions and pinpoint global warming dangers crashed after a protective covering failed to separate from the craft shortly after launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The loss of the $278-million satellite came as a severe blow to NASA's climate monitoring efforts, as well as the builder of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va. Full Article
By John Johnson Jr. © 2009 Los Angeles Times
 
Obama Unveils New Climate Change Team
December 15, 2008 - Yahoo! News
Chicago -- President-elect Barack Obama nominated Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu as his energy secretary, placing the expert in renewable energy on the frontlines of climate change policy and ending the nation's "addiction" to foreign oil. Joining Chu will be Lisa Jackson, chief of staff to the New Jersey governor, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Obama also appointed Carol Browner, who served as EPA administrator under president Bill Clinton, to the new job of White House "climate czar" overseeing the battle against global warming. Full Article
© 2008 Agence France Presse. © 2008 Yahoo!
 
Dry Mushrooms Could Slow Climate Change
November 4, 2008 - Planet Ark
Washington -- According to researchers, mushrooms and other fungi that feast on dead vegetation in the soil in dry northern areas like Alaska and Siberia eat less and produce less climate-warming carbon dioxide when the temperature climbs. Full Article
By Deborah Zabarenko © 2008 Reuters © Planet Ark
 
Dutch to Take New Measures Against Global Warming
September 3, 2008 - Google News
The Hague, Netherlands -- The Netherlands needs a massive new building program to strengthen the low-lying country's water defenses against the anticipated effects of global warming for the next 190 years. The plan by the Delta Commission includes more than US$144 billion in new spending through the year 2100 to take measures such as broadening coastal dunes and strengthening sea and river dikes. Dutch policymakers have, until now, prepared for a rise in sea level of around 30 inches (80 centimeters) by 2100. The commission said the country must plan for a rise in the North Sea by as much as 4.25 feet (1.3 meters) by 2100, and 6.5-13 feet (2-4 meters) by 2200. Full Article
By Toby Sterling © 2008 The Associated Press © 2008 Google
 
Ontario to Sign Cap-and-Trade Climate Plan
July 18, 2008 - The Ottawa Citizen
Quebec City -- Ontario will join a transcontinental environmental network devoted to fighting climate change as early as today, increasing pressure on Alberta and Saskatchewan to ramp up their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ontario will sign on to the Western Climate Initiative, joining seven U.S. states, British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec. The WCI includes plans to establish North America's first transcontinental cap-and-trade system in 2012. Full Article
By Lee Greenberg © 2008 Canwest Digital Media
 
 

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