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Demand Juices Cranberry Prices

Who knew? Fruit has become darling of health food fans

Nov 21, 07 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Cranberries have become so popular with health-conscious consumers that processors are struggling to keep up with demand, and fresh berries are expected to run out before Christmas, reports the Wall Street Journal. Poor weather—unusually warm and not enough rain—have contributed to rising prices for the "wonderberry." More »

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climate change • cranberries • Ocean Spray

Dutch Try New Strategies as Tides Rise

With 60% of country below sea level, climate change hits home in Netherlands

Nov 18, 07 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The most famous dike-builders in the world are reconsidering their strategy for holding out against climate change, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Instead of tightly controlled and engineered dikes, the Netherlands is trying out a so-called "soft approach" that breach dikes and allow large areas to flood, while protecting... More »

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climate change • global warming • Netherlands • sea level

Bush Invites Gore, Nobel Winner

Political opponents never reconciled after bitter 2000 election

Nov 17, 07 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Bush recently invited US Nobel laureates to their annual White House photo op, but he personally called Peace Prize winner and bitter presidential loser Al Gore—and moved the event to November 26 to accommodate Gore's schedule. “It’s unusual, that’s for sure,” said one Gore advisor.... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Nobel Prize • Election 2000 • George W. Bush

UN Warns of 'Abrupt' Warming

Earth at 'tipping point' of irreversible catastrophe: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon

Nov 17, 07 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The last and most forceful of a series of UN reports on climate change unveiled today urges swift action to avoid "abrupt and irreversible" damage to the environment. Melting glaciers will cause a rapid rise in sea levels, wiping out vulnerable species and destroying water and food supplies for... More »

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climate change • Africa • United Nations • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Antarctica • glacier • natural disaster • food security • water shortage • Ban Ki-Moon

Program Tracks Web's CO2 Emissions

Raising consciousness of how the Internet impacts climate change

Nov 16, 07 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - If you're reading this, you're contributing to climate change. That's the message of two PhD students who have created a widget to calculate how much carbon dioxide Web sites generate. Operators can download and install the free program on their sites and then buy an equivalent amount of carbon offsets,... More »

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climate change • Internet • global warming • software • widget • carbon emissions

Katrina
Death Toll: 320M Trees

Hurricane's impact on forests leads to massive CO2 release

Nov 16, 07 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Hurricane Katrina killed 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, and the die-off is affecting the atmosphere as well as the landscape. Decaying trees will release about 367 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the amount released in a whole season of US forest fires, the LA Times reports.... More »

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climate change • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • carbon • deforestation • Mississippi • Gulf Coast

Global Warming Makes Spring Come Later?

Without a cold snap, vegetation takes longer to bloom down south

Nov 14, 07 7:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Global warming, a spark for spring's early arrival up north, appears to be delaying its appearance in southern states, the New Scientist reports. Southern leaves are coming later, not earlier, according to a Maryland researcher. "It's really surprising," says Xiaoyang Zhang of Earth Resources Technology. "Nobody had... More »

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climate change • global warming • vegetation • seasons • lilacs

Plants and Stooges Spike Town Halls

One can’t be sure the questioner's a plain old citizen, Salon observes

Nov 14, 07 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The town hall meeting has long been an American tradition in which regular folk talk with political candidates, but Salon’s Michael Scherer says our modern variant is so diluted by plants and stooges it should “be placed inside quotation marks.” Hillary Clinton’s campaign called attention to... More »

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climate change • Hillary Clinton • town hall meeting • interest groups • Election 2008

China, India Stick With Coal as Air Worsens

Low cost, availability outweigh concerns over effects on climate

Nov 14, 07 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Coal will remain the key source of power generation in China and India for the foreseeable future, the AP reports today from an energy conference in Rome, despite outside pressure on the countries to reduce carbon emissions. Leading officials urged the international community to help the booming Asian countries develop... More »

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China • climate change • India • global warming • coal power

Melting Alaska, Tourist Hot Spot

Visitors flock to see climate change first-hand

Nov 14, 07 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Tourists traditionally head to Alaska for cruises and fishing, but for a growing number, it’s a global warming pilgrimage. Heating up five times faster than anyplace else, Alaska has drawn politicians, scientists, and now tourists to see the melting future, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “This has immediate... More »

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climate change • environment • Alaska • tourism • ecotourism • Arctic • glacier

Sham Study Tricks Climate Skeptics

Warming blamed on bacteria; pundits trumpeted the news

Nov 12, 07 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Turns out undersea bacteria don’t cause global warming after all. But they were on trial for 70 minutes last week after a British prof's email chain linked to a sham study. Climate skeptics and conservatives—Rush Limbaugh included—trumpeted the study until a University of Colorado prof smelled something... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • Rush Limbaugh • hoax • skeptics

Big Industries Joust Over Energy Prices

Companies strive to suit their own ends
in tug-of-war over green policies

Nov 8, 07 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - US industries are at each other’s throats over energy policy as each sector tries to protect its own interests. A prime example came last year, when Dow Chemical's push for tougher automobile fuel-economy standards—which would help keep a lid on Dow's oil expenditures—ran afoul of automakers, who... More »

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climate change • ethanol • vehicle emissions • biodiesel • oil price • auto industry • crude oil • Dow Chemical Co.

Dems Run Risk With Costly Green Reforms

Could win suburban support, but price tag will draw GOP attack

Nov 6, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The leading Democratic candidates are committed to far-reaching environmental pledges, surely fueling future GOP attacks—and potentially turning next November in either party’s favor. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards have all signed on to 80% cuts in greenhouse gases by mid-century, the Post reports, which could mean... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • energy • John Edwards • greenhouse gases • suburban voters

China Widens Antarctic Presence

The race for the continent's seabed continues

Nov 6, 07 4:49 PM CST
(Newser) - China will build its third Antarctic research facility, expanding its presence on the continent as the international race for rights to the seabed heats up. As melting ice caps open the possibility of mining the seabed, countries including Chile, Argentina, and the UK are scrambling to claim portions of the... More »

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China • climate change • Chile • Argentina • Antarctica • Britain

83% Back Sacrifice to Fight Warming

But global survey
mixed on higher
fuel taxes

Nov 6, 07 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Four out of five people worldwide indicated they're ready to make personal lifestyle changes to combat global warming—even those from the worst carbon dioxide spewers, China and the US, according to a BBC poll of 22,000 people. Support was mixed, however, on increasing taxes on coal and oil,... More »

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China • climate change • energy • environment • carbon dioxide • taxes • poll • fossil fuel • US

Green Groups Oppose Plan to Curb CO2 With Plankton

Company's project to fertilize oceans with nutrients 'risky,' environmentalists say

Nov 5, 07 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - An environmental coalition today came out against a project that hopes to slow the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, by stimulating ocean plankton to consume the global warming-linked greenhouse gas. The groups decried the plan by an Australian company to pump nutrients into the sea between the Philippines... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • plankton • ocean • green technology

Look for More, and Bigger, Wildfires as West Warms

Get used to more frequent, more damaging blazes

Oct 26, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 16 uncontrolled wildfires this week prompted the largest evacuation in California history, the San Francisco Chronicle asks climate experts whether we'll be seeing more of them, thanks to global warming. The answer: Yes. Hotter, drier conditions in the future will lead to more fires in more places. This was... More »

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climate change • wildfires

UN Report Paints Grim Portrait of Planet's Future

Environmental decline spurs poverty, disease

Oct 25, 07 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A major UN report says the health and wealth of millions of people around the world are at risk because of worsening environmental problems, BBC reports. The UN report cited deforestation, overfishing, shortages of drinking water, and rising greenhouse gas levels among the biggest problems. And it criticized a "... More »

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climate change • environment • United Nations • deforestation

White House Scrubbed CDC's Climate Speech

Critics say Bush team deleted portions
on global warming

Oct 24, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House halved prepared testimony the CDC director gave to a Senate committee this week, zapping sections about diseases that might result from global warming. A Bush spokeswoman said the speech was not “watered down,” the AP reports, but sentences such as “scientific evidence supports the... More »

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climate change • disease • White House • testimony • Dana Perino • air pollution

Half of All Species Risk Extinction as Earth Warms

Humans will survive climate change, many other species won't: study

Oct 24, 07 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming could trigger the extinction of half the world's plant and animal species—although humans will probably survive, according to a new British study of the likely effects of climate change. Researchers studied links between mass extinctions and climate changes over 520 million years. In one event, 95% of... More »

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climate change • global warming • extinction • species • biodiversity • University of York • University of Leeds • greenhouse

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