Archive for ‘global warming’
Special Spending
November 5th, 2007
Analysts say there’s a problem with lawmakers doing too much.
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China blames warming for growing water shortages
November 5th, 2007
China suffers a water shortage of nearly 40 billion cubic metres a year which Water Resources Minister Chen Lei blamed largely on global warming, state media reported on Monday. “The changes have led to a combination of both frequent drought and flooding,” the China Daily newspaper quoted Chen as saying
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CO2 emissions and climate change
November 5th, 2007
By the end of the century scientists are projecting an increase in global emissions from between 2.5. and 10.5 degrees. How do our CO2 emissions affect their predictions?Professor Diane Sullivan interviews Dr. Paul R. Epstein of the Harvard Medical School, Nancy Cole of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Kurt Olson Professor of Law at MSL on this episode of …
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Should the US sign the Kyoto Agreement?
November 5th, 2007
Countries around the world have signed the Kyoto Protocol. Is it effective? Should the US have signed the amendment?Professor Diane Sullivan interviews Dr. Paul R. Epstein of the Harvard Medical School, Nancy Cole of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Kurt Olson Professor of Law at MSL on this episode of The Massachusetts School of Law’s Educational Forum: Global Warming.The …
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Global Warming Solutions
November 5th, 2007
Is it too late to stop the effects of global warming, or could economic incentives jump start a new future for our planet? Professor Diane Sullivan interviews Dr. Paul R. Epstein of the Harvard Medical School, Nancy Cole of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Kurt Olson Professor of Law at MSL on this episode of The Massachusetts School of …
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Most would pay higher bills to help climate - poll
November 5th, 2007
Millions of people around the world are willing to make personal sacrifices, including paying higher bills, to help redress climate change, a global survey said on Monday. The survey found 83 percent of those questioned believed lifestyle changes would be necessary to cut emissions of climate warming carbon gases.
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U.S. Mayors Meet to Sign Climate Protection Pact, Pledging to Cut Carbon Emissions to 7% Below 1990 Levels
November 2nd, 2007
Cities Address Climate Change - Interview with Trenton NJ Mayor Douglas Palmer.
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Fires spew tons of global warming gas
November 1st, 2007
In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide — the primary global warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure.
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Global warming bill advances in Senate
November 1st, 2007
Lawmakers took the first step Thursday on a bipartisan global warming bill that would impose mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases from power plants, industrial facilities and transportation
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U.S. climate bill seen as sign of political shift
November 1st, 2007
A milestone, a landmark and “the political center of gravity is finally shifting on global warming.” Those accolades greeted a U.S. Senate subcommittee’s approval Thursday of a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions, mostly because it is the first of a dozen such measures that might have a chance of becoming law.
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Heroes of the Environment
November 1st, 2007
Former Philippine professor, think-tank founder and one of China’s richest men appear in Time’s Heroes of the Environment.
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In the Maldives, a Counterintuitive Resort
October 31st, 2007
WSJ’s Patrick Barta travels to the Maldives, where some fear rising tides from global warming could swallow it whole but developers like the Four Seasons persist in making it a new exclusive destination.
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Ozone set to harm world vegetation, economy-study
October 29th, 2007
The spread of ozone, a greenhouse gas, could inflict serious damage on vegetation in many places, cutting up to 12 percent off the value of global crops by 2100 and hurting the world economy, a study said Monday.
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MPs call for new climate body
October 29th, 2007
A group of MPs has said the government is not doing enough to tackle climate change.
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Weather Extra: Chinook winds
October 24th, 2007
The warm temperatures over the past couple of days are not a result of Global Warming. This week in Weather Extra, Hutch and Ryan discuss the Chinook wind. Hutch - Even though the Rocky Mountains are hundreds of miles away from Bismarck, they still have a huge influence on the weather. Temperatures lately in the Bismarck-Mandan area have been on …
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