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New York Times - Fri Jul 17, 6:10 am ET
The U.S. secretaries of energy and commerce ended a visit to Beijing with an agreement seen as another incremental step to address China’s contribution to climate change.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 29 minutes ago
A scientist from the University of Rhode Island who headed research expeditions in the Arctic and the Indian Ocean will soon join the White House in a new position that targets the worldwide issue of climate change.
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Provo Daily Herald - Fri Jul 17, 3:13 am ET
The U.S. effort to counteract climate change is poised to not only destroy the U.S. economy, but dramatically increase global carbon dioxide levels.
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Bloomberg - Fri Jul 17, 7:48 am ET
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Insurers will be hit by a higher number of wind storm-related claims in Europe as a result of global warming, according to Allianz SE , Europe’s biggest insurer by market value.
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YaleGlobal Online - Fri Jul 17, 2:53 pm ET
GLOBAL warming due to greenhouse gas accumulations, if expected to be severe worldwide, will be even more keenly felt in the Arctic regions.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Jul 16, 12:15 pm ET
Top US trade and energy officials said Thursday they were confident China and the United States would step up cooperation on climate change after meeting with Chinese leaders.
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New York Times - Thu Jul 16, 10:52 am ET
The United States secretaries of energy and commerce concluded a visit to Beijing Thursday with a joint agreement seen as another incremental step to address China’s contribution to climate change.
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San Jose Mercury News - Fri Jul 17, 3:06 pm ET
Clark, at 64, is channeling his energies, skills and money into recreating himself as a seafaring environmentalist, one with a grim outlook on Earth's future. The man whose genius for computer-generated imagery led to dazzling illusions for films like 'Jurassic Park' is chronicling the destruction of the natural world by greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Jul 16, 2:39 pm ET
The nightmare global warming scenario which provided the plot for a Hollywood blockbuster -- the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe warm shuts down and triggers rapid climate change -- has long worried scientists.
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Newswise - Fri Jul 17, 1:34 pm ET
Faculty from the Department of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College offer expertise in climate change and are available for interviews on scientific and socio-political topics related to global warming.
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The Warren Reporter - 2 hours 9 minutes ago
What a remarkable change in the weather. I could not believe the number of offers I received from people who wanted to participate in the nude sun dance. Of course I did have to remind several of them that we...
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The Chattanoogan - 1 hour 48 minutes ago
Ten years ago, we were being deluged with unending reports on the coming horror that would be created by Y2K. Billions of dollars were spent to correct an imaginary problem. Then on that long predicted moment when Jan. 1, 2000, came and passed, nothing happened.
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The Huffington Post - Fri Jul 17, 3:38 pm ET
In cementing her relationship as Big Oil's bestie, it looks like Palin may have stumbled on the perfect recipe for Baked Alaska.
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redOrbit - Fri Jul 17, 9:24 am ET
The world’s glaciers are indeed melting, but a monumental study released Thursday in the journal Science discovered that it might not happen as quickly as once thought.The study notes that there are more gradual shifts in the current systems in the North Atlantic Ocean, instead of a rapid meltdown that could cause swift climate changes to Europe and other places.The research, based on a "general ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 12:52 pm ET
The first talks among governments about how to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons, a class of powerful greenhouse gases commonly used as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners, have been promising, officials said Friday.
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New York Times - Thu Jul 16, 9:25 am ET
Sen. John McCain once reveled in his stance as a maverick of the Republican Party on climate change. Now, as the Senate prepa...
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Queens Chronicle - Fri Jul 17, 4:27 pm ET
Queens College geologist Stephen Pekar braves the elements during a research trip to Antarctica last year. (handout) We can’t deny climate change is happening — the globe is warming — and we are responsible, said a Queens College geologist, who specializes in oceanographic and climatic evolution.
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Kansas City InfoZine - Fri Jul 17, 7:52 am ET
By Scott Bland - Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is widely considered the Senate's biggest global warming skeptic. But he is focusing almost exclusively on economics, not environmental science, in his opposition to current cap and trade legislation, a deviation from past years of resistance.
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New York Times - Fri Jul 17, 1:26 pm ET
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor addressed major issues of concern to the environmental community during Senate Judiciar...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Jul 16, 2:50 am ET
Top US trade and energy officials were set to meet with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao as the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases sought to step up cooperation on climate change.