Climate negotiators reconvene this week in Ghana
AP - Wed Aug 20, 5:47 pm EDTNegotiators meet in Ghana this week to resume work on a new climate change treaty and discuss ways to prod developing countries to join the fight against global warming.
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Africa meeting key step in climate talks: UN climate chief
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Aug 20, 9:20 pm EDTRich nations will come under pressure at climate talks in Africa this week to get specific about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, said the UN climate chief.
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Climate Conundrum
US News & World Report - Wed Aug 20, 4:02 pm EDT"Protecting Mother Nature" [July 21-28] makes the statement, "Now that there is consensus that global climate change is happening...."
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Ban Pledges Support for Pacific Islands Over Climate Change
Bloomberg.com - Tue Aug 19, 11:04 pm EDTAug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations will create a climate change center to help Pacific island nations threatened by rising seas because of global warming, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
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How Texas is responding to global warming
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 - Wed Aug 20, 5:40 pm EDTTexas easily leads the nation and is the world's seventh-largest polluter of carbon dioxide emissions.
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Climate negotiators reconvene in Ghana as pressure mounts for new carbon emissions accord
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Wed Aug 20, 4:13 pm EDTACCRA, Ghana - Negotiators meet here this week to resume work on a new climate change treaty and discuss ways to prod developing countries to join the fight against global warming.
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New US president will help climate change fight: Australian PM
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Aug 19, 3:52 pm EDTThe next US president will provide fresh impetus to the fight against global warming, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday.
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Warming wreaks havoc, islanders say
MSNBC - Wed Aug 20, 3:39 pm EDTClimate change is wreaking havoc in the small island states of the South Pacific and assistance is needed for those already hit by rising seawater and severe storms, an islands leader said.
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Climate change creating havoc in Pacific islands
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Aug 20, 1:28 pm EDTClimate change is wreaking havoc in the small island states of the South Pacific and assistance is needed for those already hit by rising seawater and severe storms, an islands leader said Wednesday.
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Heretic in the religion of global warming in our society
Gazette.Net - Wed Aug 20, 8:46 pm EDTI can't help but respond to the letter from Joyce Phillips of Thurmont ("Jenkins can't see the light through the smog," The Gazette, Aug. 14). Not believing in manmade global warming does not in any way suggest a "total disregard for Earth."
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Future Impact Of Global Warming Is Worse When Grazing Animals Are Considered, Scientists Suggest
Science Daily - Wed Aug 20, 10:21 pm EDTThe impact of global warming in the Arctic may differ from the predictions of computer models, according to new research, which shows that grazing animals will play a key role in reducing the anticipated expansion of shrub growth in the region, thus limiting the shrubs' predicted and beneficial carbon-absorbing effect.
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Birds can't keep up with climate change: study
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Aug 19, 7:05 pm EDTThe habitats of wild bird species are shifting in response to global warming, but not fast enough to keep pace with rising temperatures, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Coal king Peabody cleans up
USA Today - Wed Aug 20, 11:35 am EDTThe scene repeated around the clock here at the world's largest coal mine, Peabody Energy's North Antelope Rochelle Mine in the Powder River Basin underscores both the abundance and the grimy nature of the USA's most plentiful energy resource.
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Hungry Musk-Oxen, Caribou Could Help Warming Arctic
National Geographic - Wed Aug 20, 9:32 am EDTLarge grazing animals temper the effects of climate change on Arctic ecosystems by keeping plant explosions in check, according to a new study.
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Global warming likely to mean more droughts and more floods
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 - Wed Aug 20, 2:25 pm EDTSitting on the edge of Seco Sinkhole in rural Medina County, watching runoff pour into the Edwards Aquifer, it is hard to imagine San Antonio running out of water.
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Containing Climate Change
Foreign Affairs Magazine - Wed Aug 20, 1:02 pm EDTArticle preview: first 500 of 3,693 words total.
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Opposing view: More protection, less red tape
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 23 minutes agoAmericans overwhelmingly support the conservation of endangered species. That's why Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973.
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UN Climate Talks Seek Quicker Pace, Plug 2050 Gaps
Planet Ark - Wed Aug 20, 4:00 pm EDTOSLO - More than 150 nations meet in Ghana from Thursday trying to speed up sluggish talks on a new climate treaty and plug big gaps in a "vision" of leading industrial nations of halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Farmers suffer from heat, water loss
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 - Wed Aug 20, 2:40 pm EDTREYNOSA, Mexico -- After a lifetime of farming the dusty earth around this northern Mexico city, Juan Pinal understands the value of water and the uncertainty it poses to his livelihood.
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Group says climate resolutions increase
USA Today - Wed Aug 20, 1:50 pm EDTSupport for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies.
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Mayor Baker wants a green Wilmington
The News Journal - Wed Aug 20, 5:38 am EDTRebuilt pool complex reflects eco-friendly future of city
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Oceanic Dead Zones Continue to Spread
Fri Aug 15, 12:00 am EDTScientific American - By David Biello - Aug. 15 (News Report) - ...
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Climate Change Equals Stronger Rains
Fri Aug 8, 12:00 am EDTScientific American - By David Biello - Aug. 8 (News Report) - ...
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Climate-Change Program to Aid Poor Nations Is Shut
Thu Aug 7, 12:00 am EDTNew York Times - By Andrew C. Revkin - Aug. 7 (News Report) - The ...
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Climate change: Prepare for global temperature rise of 4C, warns top scientist
Thu Aug 7, 12:00 am EDTThe Guardian - Aug. 7 (Special Report) - The UK should take active ...
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In Arctic 'cold war,' Russia plows ahead
Tue Aug 5, 12:00 am EDTMcClatchy - By Queenie Won - Aug. 5 (News Report) - A new cold ...
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