Climate research e-mail controversy simmers
USA Today - 1 hour 24 minutes agoThe scientific conduct of climate researchers has come under increasing heat in a sprawling online debate over leaked e-mails from climate researchers.
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Vintners worry about climate change
Bennington Banner - 1 hour 35 minutes agoPARIS (AP) -- Global warming is giving French vintners a new potential headache: In a few years, champagne could be going head-to-head with British bubbly. A leading organization in France's fabled wine industry sounded the alarm Friday about the ill-effects of rising temperatures on the livelihoods of winegrowers ahead of a climate summit in Copenhagen next month.
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Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest
International Herald Tribune - Mon Nov 30, 1:55 am ETA paper company proposes to use a ring of industrial tree plantations to help stop leaks of greenhouse gases from a peat bog.
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ANALYSIS: Agreement in Copenhagen could usher in brave new world
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:18 am ETBrussels - By 2050 there could be a mirror in every desert, a windmill on every coastline and a soya cutlet on everybody's plate - if world powers agree to fight global warming at United Nations talks in Copenhagen in December. Researchers say that t...
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Climate change a challenge for Pacific islands - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:17 am ETWellington - For tiny island states in the Pacific, some with their highest points no more than a few metres above sea level, climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. Global warming not only threatens their coral reefs, fisheries and the...
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Ski resorts fight global warming; Utah gov unsure
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 7:51 pm ETSki resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season.
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Corporate America awaits new rules
Omaha World-Herald - Mon Nov 30, 2:03 am ETBusinesses are bracing for changes in emission standards.
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Illinois sixth-worst state for power plant pollution
The Columbia Chronicle - Sun Nov 29, 9:54 pm ETIllinois has the sixth-most pollution from power plants in the country, according to a new study released last week by Environment Illinois. The high ranking is yet another piece of bad news for the area’s environment. Earlier this month, Forbes ranked Chicago the third-most toxic metropolitan area in the nation, and the Chicago Tribune revealed in September [...]
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Dalai Lama urges world to act on climate change
FOX 11 Tucson - 54 minutes agoSYDNEY (AP) — Global warming needs to be the world's top priority. That's the view of the Dalai Lama.
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BACKGROUND: The world's biggest polluters
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:18 am ETBrussels - The world's greatest powers, ranked by their absolute and per-capita greenhouse-gas emissions, measured in tons of carbon dioxide (CO2, the main greenhouse gas) per year.Absolute emissions:...
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Will the EU's Saharan solar dream bring a brighter future? - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:18 am ETBerlin - You can always trust the sun to come up every morning. Some people even trust it will provide cloudy Europe with cheap, secure energy. Others have a vision it can bring a brighter future to many countries. A recently launched project aims at...
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Preservation and development clash in Brazilian Amazonia - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:17 am ETRio de Janeiro - The battle between preservation and development is red-hot in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest. In the Xingu region, indigenous communities are getting their war paint ready: they are furious about Brazilian President L...
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Commonwealth builds momentum for climate deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 2:16 pm ETCommonwealth nations representing one-third of the world's population threw their weight behind accelerating efforts to clinch an "operationally binding" U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month, their leaders said on Saturday.
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'Climategate' alleges global warming hoax
Newsday - Sun Nov 29, 9:25 am ETLeaked emails from key research scientists uncover "trick" to "hide the decline" in global warming.
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Dalai Lama flashes green in Australia
EARTHtimes.org - 26 minutes agoSydney - The Dalai Lama appealed for global action on curbing climate change Monday, telling Australians he took showers rather than baths to help save the planet. The Tibetan spiritual leader urged national governments to put international concerns ...
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Kenyan pastoralists struggle to adapt to worsening drought - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:17 am ETBadana, Kenya - You smell the carcasses before you see them, the hot equatorial breeze wafting the cloying stench of death across the arid Kenyan plain. Over a dozen corpses are embedded in the dry, dusty soil, jawbones protruding from withered, pock...
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Four police officers slain in coffee shop 'execution'
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:31 am ETWashington - Four police officers were killed Sunday in Washington state when a gunman stormed into the coffee shop where they were sitting and doing paperwork. A manhunt was underway for a person of interest. ...
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PREVIEW: Obama wants long term plan for leaving Afghanistan
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:31 am ETWashington - With President Barack Obama on the eve of unveiling his revised strategy for Afghanistan, the White House is making it clear that he wants a plan for eventual withdraw of ...
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Conservative Lobo leads in disputed Honduran election - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 12:16 am ETTegucigalpa - Porfirio Lobo of the conservative National Party was leading in Sunday's disputed presidential election in Honduras, according to preliminary official results. With 9 per cent of the vote counted, Lobo, a businessman, had close to 56 pe...
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Media groups, activists protest massacre in the Philippines
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 30, 1:01 am ETManila - Local and foreign activists and journalists marched Monday in the Philippine capital to protest the massacre of 57 civilians allegedly perpetrated by political allies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The rallyists gathered outside the p...
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EU seeks China's help on climate change, currency
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 55 minutes agoChinese Premier Wen Jiabao rebuffed calls from European leaders for faster reforms of Beijing's currency policies and said Monday that China is doing all it can to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Commonwealth big on climate change
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Mega-jellyfish sting Japan fishing
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China glaciers disappearing
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PM's overseas mission
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UN chief presses Canada on climate change
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The little island and its big, green victory
Fri Nov 27, 3:00 am ESTThe Independent - Nov. 27 (Special Report) - The Danish haven of ...
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U.S. and China to Go to Talks With Emissions Targets
Fri Nov 27, 3:00 am ESTNew York Times - By Edward Wong, Keith Bradsher - Nov. 27 (News ...
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Ind. coal-gasification plant cost reaches $2.5B
Fri Nov 27, 3:00 am ESTAssociated Press - By Charles Wilson - Nov. 27 (News Report) - ...
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Climate change to cost trillions, say economists
Fri Nov 27, 3:00 am ESTAgence France-Presse - By Richard Ingham - Nov. 27 (News Report) ...
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Lowered Expectations
Thu Nov 26, 3:00 am ESTNewsweek - By Daniel Stone - Nov. 26 (News Analysis) - The upcoming ...
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