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U.N. ties red meat to global warming

UPI - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

LONDON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Cutting back on red meat will curb global warming, a Nobel Prize-winning United Nations climate expert says.

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Conference at Clemson continues to address issues related to global warming
Anderson Independent-Mail - Sat Sep 6, 10:30 pm EDT
Scientists need to play a more integral part in the public process to effectively address global warming, author Bryan Norton said Saturday.
Church faithful are certain Palin has God on her side
The Record - Sun Sep 7, 1:30 am EDT
When Elaine Colianni caught her first glimpse of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on television last week, her reaction was immediate and intense.
Australia told to cut greenhouse gas emissions
USA Today - Fri Sep 5, 4:34 pm EDT
A government pledge to slash Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by midcentury would not stop dangerous global warming and should be extended to an 80% target, a report recommended Friday.
India says nuclear deal will ensure economic future
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Sep 7, 3:36 am EDT
The Indian government welcomed a decision by nuclear supplier nations to end the decades-old ban on trading with the country, saying it would propel India's future economic growth.
India exultant over end to nuclear isolation
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Sep 7, 1:49 am EDT
The Indian government exulted over a decision by nuclear supplier nations to end the decades-old ban on trading with the country, and open up a reactor market worth billions of dollars.
Asia pollution may boost U.S. temperatures
CNN.com - Fri Sep 5, 12:55 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.
Square dancing continues, though numbers dwindle
The Pantagraph - Sun Sep 7, 7:51 am EDT
LINCOLN -- As global warming chips away at the polar caps and honeybees vanish, troubling changes are occurring that may endanger the destiny of Illinois' official state folk dance.
Summit eyes carbon capture
Louisville Courier-Journal - Sat Sep 6, 4:51 am EDT
With federal greenhouse-gas limits possible in the near future, Indiana's utilities could soon face the challenge of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants that generate most of the state's electricity.
Climate change activist speaks Thursday
Casper Star-Tribune - Sun Sep 7, 5:20 am EDT
One of the leading activists on climate change will be in Wyoming this month to describe how saving money and grappling with climate change work well together, according to a release from Casper College.
Harper aims to put Conservative stamp on Canada for longer haul
AFP via Yahoo! News - 45 minutes ago
A fierce defender of Canada's involvement in Afghanistan and a committed free-marketeer, Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes to keep his Conservative Party in power for the long haul after October 14 elections.
Stephane Dion, aiming to return his Liberal party to power
AFP via Yahoo! News - 49 minutes ago
He has been derided as "risky" for Canada and a "ball and chain" for his party, but Liberal leader Stephane Dion aims to pull off the move of his political career by snatching the premiership away from conservative Stephen Harper.
Australian climate advisor urges 10 percent emissions cuts
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Sep 5, 3:37 am EDT
Australia's chief climate advisor Friday urged a 10 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 but conceded this may not save the country's natural assets such as the Great Barrier Reef.
‘The Question of Global Warming’: An Exchange
New York Review of Books - Thu Sep 4, 11:51 pm EDT
The New York Review received many letters concerning "The Question of Global Warming" by Freeman Dyson [ NYR , June 12]. Following are comments by William D. Nordhaus, whose book A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies , was reviewed in the article, as well as letters from two other readers, along with a reply by Freeman Dyson.
Does global warming mean we're losing Lake Erie?
The Sandusky Register - Sun Sep 7, 2:18 am EDT
SANDUSKY Get ready for hot weather that will make Ohio feel like part of the Deep South.
Bad Sign For Global Warming: Thawing Permafrost Holds Vast Carbon Pool
Science Daily - Sun Sep 7, 1:13 am EDT
Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, making it a potentially mammoth contributor to global climate change depending on how quickly it thaws
Outpacing climate change with atmospheric research collaboration
UC Newsroom - Fri Sep 5, 11:47 pm EDT
New institute brings together experts, instruments, and models in aerosol chemistry.
Sides gear up for battle over power plant air permit
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - Sun Sep 7, 11:54 am EDT
WATERLOO — The proposed 750-megawatt Elk Run Energy Station would burn cleaner than existing coal-fired power plants in nearby Cedar Falls. But opponents of the project proposed by LS Power say Black Hawk County residents can ill afford to inhale the additional hazardous emissions from the project planned for Waterloo’s northeast side.
Will Canada's oil boom be an environmental bust?
The Standard-Times - Sun Sep 7, 11:36 am EDT
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta.
Nuclear power advantages: What supporters say
The State - Sun Sep 7, 12:09 am EDT
ENVIRONMENT • Nuclear power plants don’t burn fuels that produce air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, which produces greenhouse gas, blamed for global warming. • Nearly a third of all U.S. greenhouse emissions are linked to the generation of electricity. While only about a quarter of all electrical power comes from clean-air sources, nuclear plants generate three-fourths of that power. ...
CNN - Asia Pollution May Boost U.S. Temperatures
CBS 46 News Atlanta - Fri Sep 5, 3:58 pm EDT
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