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Rising temperatures over the next few decades will unleash storms, floods and drought across China's Yangtze River Basin, a new report says, raising the prospect of catastrophe for a region that is home to nearly a third of the country's population.
A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at the next month's global conference on the issue.
The Senate climate debate shifts into a higher gear this week as advocates look beyond the partisan gridlock that engulfed th...
Paris/London - Nothing less than a low-carbon energy revolution is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to acceptable levels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. A consensus is growing on the need to...
The president of the Maldives has warned that a failure to agree a deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen next month would be an act of "collective suicide".
With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are hoping to draw world attention to their fight to save the last tropical forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
In an otherwise typically error-dominated Newsweek column , George F. Will spelled "minuscule" correctly. So I don't want to read any complaints that Will gets everything wrong each time he writes about climate change. Of course, that doesn't mean we can't correct his myriad other mistakes. Here's one paragraph, with some necessary edits, just to get us started. There is much an unremarkable ...
Initial findings from new research under way on West Marin rangelands is suggesting that traditional techniques such as widespread composting and sensitive grazing practices can be remarkably effective ways of reducing levels of the climate-warming greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
BARENDRECHT, Netherlands — The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of...
Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. In a panel discussion at the Economic Club of Chicago, Rowe and Beinecke said economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is essential to our nation's economy and the environment
NEW DELHI: A study released by the Indian Ministry of Envireonment and Forests said on Monday the Himalayan glaciers were not shrinking at the rate that scientists led the world to believe and that global warming was not the cause of the melting of any glacier in the mountain range.
New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Saturday.
The Maldives, which is one of the nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels, on Monday asked fellow endangered states to go carbon neutral and lead a drive to reduce global warming.
Al Gore found his usual crowd when he walked into the middle of Davis-Kidd Booksellers on Sunday and started to talk about the need for action to slow global warming and climate change. Most applauded enthusiastically, having gathered to have him sign his newest book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, while a few there to challenge him scowled.
"Copenhagen can and must be the turning point in the international fight against climate change," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
As the health care debate nears its climax, it’s only natural to look ahead to the next big political showdown in D.C. — energy reform. It’s an issue with far reaching environmental implications, and one that contemporary society seems hard-pressed to tackle head-on. Whatever legislation emerges from the Senate, it’s a good bet it will be watered down and ineffectual, owing to the ubiquity of ...
Christians campaing for global warming action.
Madrid - Spain on Tuesday continued seeking a solution to a piracy drama off Somalia, where pirates holding 36 fishermen are demanding the release of two of their accomplices who were captured and flown to Madrid for trial. A lawyer representing one ...
Harare - The head of Zimbabwe's national trade union federation has spent two nights in a prison cell following his arrest for allegedly holding an illegal meeting, lawyers representing him said Tuesday. Lovemore Matombo, president of the Zimbabwe Co...
Oslo - Norway's government pension fund has seen a third-quarter gain of 13.5 per cent to 325 billion kroner (57 billion dollars) on the back of rising share prices, fund managers Norges Bank said Tuesday. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Glob...
Sydney - Songstress Britney Spears on Tuesday responded to complaints from fans and regulators that she was miming to her songs in her Australian concerts rather than singing them. I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show, sh...
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