Archive for ‘global warming’
EU cities launch climate-change battle plan
January 29th, 2008
London, Berlin, Venice and Warsaw were among almost 100 European cities to sign up Tuesday to an EU campaign for fighting global warming.
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DPJ plans bill to raise people’s awareness of greenhouse gases
January 28th, 2008
In a move to present its own proposal for curbing global warming, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan is planning to introduce to the current Diet session a bill aimed at raising the awareness of people and companies about carbon dioxide emissions, DPJ lawmakers said Monday.
Popularity: 3%
Polar Bear Controversy
January 28th, 2008
Why is the government considering polar bears for the endangered species list while their population approaches an all-time high? Climate change may be to blame.
Popularity: 4%
World’s big polluters meet in Hawaii over climate
January 27th, 2008
The world’s biggest greenhouse gas-polluting countries are sending delegates to Hawaii this week for a U.S.-hosted meeting aimed at curbing climate change without stalling economic growth.
Popularity: 4%
Camping in Antarctica
January 27th, 2008
If you think a sunseeker is someone who likes lounging on Caribbean or Mediterranean beaches, meet Joern Dybdahl. In the southern summer, the 46-year old Norwegian works in Antarctica as a technician at a research station. The rest of the year he is on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen — so he almost always lives in the land …
Popularity: 3%
Antarctica on alert for alien invaders
January 27th, 2008
Seeds, spores, mites, lichens and mosses alien to the continent have been brought unwittingly by scientists and tourists, and could disrupt life in the icy wilderness. Antarctica is best known for penguins as well as seals and whales, but scientists are finding a host of other tiny organisms from springtails — closely related to insects — to mosses.
Popularity: 3%
Fukoda announces fund to help poor meet emission targets
January 26th, 2008
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukoda announced Saturday in Davos plans by Japan to launch a 10 billion dollar fund to help developing countries cut their emissions.
Popularity: 5%
Brazil deforestation measures
January 26th, 2008
Brazil has adopted emergency measures to combat the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
Popularity: 3%
UN calls water top priority
January 25th, 2008
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world on Thursday to put the looming crisis over water shortages at the top of the global agenda this year and take action to prevent conflicts over scarce supplies.
Popularity: 3%
UN: climate change measures should be bold in face of recession
January 25th, 2008
Governments need to keep their nerve on curbing emissions in the face of potential recession, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, Yvo De Boer said Friday, warning that action was even more crucial.
Popularity: 3%
Fukuda to leave for Davos for speech on climate change, economy
January 24th, 2008
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will leave Tokyo for Switzerland on Friday to attend an international forum and unveil Japan’s new climate change initiatives as well as seek closer coordination with other economies on addressing financial market turbulence from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis.
Popularity: 4%
Researchers looking at coral threats
January 24th, 2008
Even coral reefs thought to be pristine are facing challenges, researchers said Thursday launching the International Year of the Reef. The year of the reef is a “campaign to highlight the importance of coral reef ecosystems and to motivate people to protect them,” Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said at a briefing.
Popularity: 4%
Green Candidate?
January 24th, 2008
Obama gets voted Smogmaker of ’07 by DeSmogBlog, hot bodies warm building, and three wheeled autos. ZapRoot, helping you go green.
Popularity: 7%
Japan PM hopes to take climate leadership at Davos
January 24th, 2008
Japan’s prime minister hopes to make a splash with a speech on the environment this weekend in Davos, but the beleaguered leader faces hurdles convincing the world he can spearhead the fight against climate change.
Popularity: 5%
Republicans differ on global warming
January 24th, 2008
While the major presidential candidates agree global warming is real, the Republicans are sharply divided over what to do about it — even as they chase votes in Florida, where the predicted risk of rising sea waters and more severe storms is anything but a passing concern.
Popularity: 5%
