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6/6/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
From Turkey Waste, a New Fuel and a New Environmental Fight
New York Times
BENSON, Minn. — For anyone curious about what thousands of tons of turkey litter looks like, piled high into an indoor olfactory-assaulting mountain of manure, this old railroad stop on the extreme edge of alternative energy production is the place to be.
6/4/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Bush Climate Plan: Amid Nays, Some Maybes
New York Times
President Bush’s shift last week toward cutting worldwide emissions linked to global warming was greeted with widespread skepticism. But mixed in with the doubts was a substantial dose of support, albeit conditional.
6/1/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Bush Proposes Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 31 — President Bush, fending off international accusations that he was ignoring climate change, proposed for the first time on Thursday to set “a long-term global goal” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and he called on other high-polluting nations to join the United States in negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the end of next year.
5/16/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Governmental Control
At Climate Summit, Cities Urged To Lead
CBS News
(AP) Mayors from around the world declared at a climate summit Tuesday hosted by former President Bill Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that cities must take the lead in the campaign to reverse global warming and cannot wait for their countries to enact national policies. “It is in cities that the battle to tackle climate change will be won or lost,” London Mayor Ken Livingstone said.
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Climate Meeting Opens on Post-Kyoto Pact
ABC News
More than 1,000 diplomats have begun working on a new accord to control greenhouse gases, with developing countries calling for more money and expertise to help them fight the potentially catastrophic effects of global warming. The 166 countries and organizations on Monday opened a two-week meeting of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, where they are to negotiate key elements of a treaty to succeed the 10-year-old Kyoto Protocol, which set binding targets on industrial countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases believed to cause global warming.
5/7/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Weekend storms signal deadly year
USA Today
The weekend blitz of tornadoes in Kansas and the Plains puts 2007 on track to be one of the busiest and deadliest tornado years in a decade, severe-storms meteorologists said Sunday. "Even if the year stopped right now, it would be the deadliest year we've had since 1999," said Greg Forbes, severe-weather expert for The Weather Channel.
5/4/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Deal reached on climate change report
CNN.com
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- International delegates reached an agreement early Friday on the best ways to combat climate change despite efforts by China to water down language on cutting destructive greenhouse gas emissions. The closed-door debate over everything from nuclear power to the cost of cleaner energy ran into the early morning hours with quibbling over wording. But consensus was eventually reached on a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N. network of 2,000 scientists and delegates from more than 120 nations. "It's all done," said Peter Lukey, a member of the South Africa delegation. "Everything we wanted to see was there and more. The message is: We have to do something now."
4/30/2007 | Global Warming, Environmental Issues
EU Demands Cows Alter Diets To Reduce Global Warming Emissions
The Sun UK
BARMY Euro MPs are demanding new laws to stop cows and sheep PARPING. Their call came after the UN said livestock emissions were a bigger threat to the planet than transport. The MEPs have asked the European Commission to “look again at the livestock question in direct connection with global warming”. The official EU declaration demands changes to animals’ diets, to capture gas emissions and recycle manure.
4/26/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Film On Global Warming Is Challenged
Yahoo.com
LONDON (AP) -- A group of British climate scientists is demanding changes to a skeptical documentary about global warming, saying there are grave errors in the program billed as a response to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
4/24/2007 | Global Warming
Lack of late snow raises risk of fires
USA Today
DENVER — Unexpected dryness and near-record warmth in March have melted much of the West's mountain snows early, worsening the potential for wildfires and extending the region's drought, federal water agencies reported Monday. Late-season snow in March and April is a critical addition to the West's winter snowpack. Gradual meltoff in late spring and summer supplies water to most of the region.
4/16/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Codey declares state of emergency because of nor'easter
Philly.com
TRENTON, N.J. - Dozens of residents were being evacuated from their homes in parts of New Jersey early Monday, as heavy rains and strong winds associated with a potent nor'easter continued to cause minor to moderate flooding of several major rivers and streams. Acting Gov. Richard Codey declared a state of emergency, giving him extra powers to handle storm-related problems. Codey urged residents to stay home from work and off the roads, if possible. More than 50 roads were closed or partially closed throughout the state, transportation officials said.
4/15/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Global Warming Protests Held Across U.S.
CBS News
(AP) Americans worried about climate change gathered Saturday on ski slopes and in cities for a nationwide day of demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to global warming. More than 1,300 events were organized in every state under the banner Step It Up 2007 to push Congress to require an 80 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
4/15/2007 | Environmental Issues, Global Warming
Major Storm Heads Toward Northeast
ABC News
NEW YORK Apr 15, 2007 (AP)— Coastal Long Island could see some of its worst flooding in 14 years when a hard-blowing nor'easter begins whipping through New York on Sunday, officials said. Forecasters were expecting sustained winds of 40 mph and a storm-surge of between 3 and 5 feet, a combination that could cause as much damage as a winter storm that wreaked havoc on the island in late 1992, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said.