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  • July 2008

    • Flat-Screen TVs Pose Major Climate Risk

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 3, 08 12:03 PM CDT

      Flat-Screen TVs Pose Major Climate Risk

      (Newser) - Soaring demand for flat-screen TVs could accelerate global warming faster than coal-fired power stations, the Guardian reports. A leading environmental scientist warns that a gas used in their manufacture and not controlled in the Kyoto treaty—as other greenhouse gases are—is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is being made in escalating amounts. More »

  • May 2008

    • Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 26, 08 3:38 AM CDT

      Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

      (Newser) - Billions of dollars spent to encourage developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are being wasted on projects that don't qualify, according to two new studies of the UN's carbon credit program. The Kyoto agreement arranges for wealthy countries unable to meet emission reductions to instead subsidize green energy projects in developing countries. But the fund is routinely abused by energy companies in developing countries improperly claiming emission reduction credits. More »

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      United Nations  • carbon emissions  • clean energy  • green energy  • Kyoto Protocol  • carbon trading  • Kyoto treaty

  • March 2008

    • Blair Pitches Global Climate Pact

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 14, 08 3:44 AM CDT

      Blair Pitches Global Climate Pact

      (Newser) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will seek to privately broker a new international agreement to cut carbon emissions by 50% before 2050 that would include China, India and the US, reports the Guardian . Blair has been working on the project with climate change experts since he left office last summer. He's convinced global warming is the biggest threat the world faces and that action must be taken in the next two years or it will be too late to reverse the problem. More »

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      China  • climate change  • global warming  • India  • carbon emissions  • Tony Blair  • G8 summit  • Yasuo Fukuda  • USA  • Kyoto treaty

  • October 2007

    • Aussie Chief Calls New Elections

      Reuters  |  Oct 14, 07 11:14 AM CDT

      Aussie Chief Calls New Elections

      (Newser) - Prime Minister John Howard, trailing in national polls after 11 years in office, set national elections today for Nov. 24. Howard will run on the nation’s current economic boom, Reuters reports. His opponent, Labor leader Kevin Rudd, says he'll pull Australian troops out of Iraq, though domestic issues are expected to dominate at the polls. More »

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      Iraq  • Australia  • election  • labor  • Kevin Rudd  • John Howard  • Kyoto treaty

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