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To Save the Earth, Gobble Chicken

Beef production worst, but vegetarian diet isn't eco-friendliest

Oct 22, 07 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to environmentally friendly eating habits, a vegetarian diet isn't necessarily the answer. PETA would have us believe that meat consumption is the single biggest cause of global warming, but the group is misinformed, Salon says—fossil fuels are to blame. To chow down ethically, steer clear of... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • livestock • PETA • vegetarianism • poultry • pork

Oceans Are Absorbing Less CO2

Oct 21, 07 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oceans are absorbing half the CO2 they were in the mid-'90s, according to a study that collected more than 90,000 North Atlantic measurements over 10 years. Oceans typically absorb about a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, but the new data suggest they're becoming “saturated,” which... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • carbon dioxide • Atlantic Ocean • ocean • carbon sinks • carbon emissions

Kansas Blocks Plant Over CO2

First decision to forbid construction because of carbon emissions

Oct 19, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas' health department yesterday became the nation's first government agency to block a proposed coal-burning power plant on environmental grounds, saying it would be "irresponsible to ignore the contribution of carbon dioxide to climate change." The decision, particularly in a red state, cheered environmental groups, and it may... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Kansas • power plant • Kathleen Sebelius

Coast Guard Sets Up First Base in Warming Arctic

Plan to respond to oil spills and cruise ship emergencies

Oct 19, 07 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Coast Guard is setting up a base in the rapidly warming Arctic to help patrol anticipated tanker and cruise-ship traffic in the hot new shipping area, reports the New York Times. Officials have also begun discussions with Russia about controlling expected traffic in the Bering Strait. The base,... More »

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climate change • global warming • Arctic • Coast Guard • shipping • cruise ships

Gore Rules Out Presidential Run

Oct 17, 07 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel or not, Al Gore still isn’t running for president. “I’m involved in a different kind of campaign," Gore told Norwegian TV in an interview broadcast today. "It’s a global campaign to change the way people think about the climate crisis.” Many hoped... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Democratic presidential candidates • Nobel Prize • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008

Britain to Claim Antarctic Seabed

Bid follows this summer's Arctic territory scramble

Oct 17, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain will submit a claim to the UN for 386,000 square miles of Antarctica, its foreign office said today, joining the international race to grab a piece of the mineral- and oil-rich territory as global warming makes it more accessible. The move violates a 1959 treaty, which Britain signed,... More »

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climate change • oil • gas • United Kingdom • Antarctica • sovereignty • natural resources • mineral resources • Britain • natural gas • poles

Nobel-Winning UN Panel Head: I'm 'a Symbol'

Indian scientist has nothing but praise for co-laureate Gore

Oct 12, 07 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Peace Prize came as a surprise to the head of the UN committee that shared the award with Al Gore, who seized the opportunity to share the panel's mission: "To tell the world we need to do something about climate change urgently." Rajendra Pachauri deflected praise... More »

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climate change • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Nobel Peace Prize

White House
by Way of Oslo?

Nobel sparks new round of speculation that Gore will take to the campaign trail

Oct 12, 07 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize will increase calls for the Oscar winner to run for president. The Politico says the laureate’s likely to stay out of the race—after this, a political campaign would be an awful downer, the Washington Post notes—but not until he’s drawn... More »

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climate change • Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2008

Shipping Tops Flying as Polluter

New figures prove that shipping produces more emissions than aviation

Oct 10, 07 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - For armchair environmentalists, aviation seems the ultimate evil, but research from climatologists finds the shipping industry a "far more damaging" polluter. Maritime transportation emits twice the greenhouses gases of airplanes, the Independent writes, and the sector is growing so fast that earlier research underestimated its damage by at least... More »

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climate change • United Nations

Multinationals Have Suppliers Feeling Green

Firms to monitor environmental impact of distribution as well as manufacturing

Oct 9, 07 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some of the world’s largest firms are uniting to encourage their suppliers to incorporate environmental awareness into their operations. Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and other multinationals hope to shrink their carbon footprints, educate consumers—and soften the potential financial impact of climate change legislation that hasn't even been proposed... More »

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climate change • carbon footprint • carbon trading • corporate responsibility

Canada Asserts Arctic Authority

Ice melt inflames dispute over control of Northwest Passage

Oct 8, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of this summer's record-shattering Arctic melting, Canada is asserting its control over the Northwest Passage, increasing patrols, and planning to build a military base, the BBC reports. Apparently undeterred by competing claims to the legendary waterway, the head of the Canadian Coast Guard says it's "important... More »

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climate change • Canada • Arctic • Arctic race • Canadian Arctic

Arctic Melt Nears 'Tipping Point'

Bigger, dark sea will melt what's left faster, scientists fear

Sep 30, 07 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arctic ice has shrunk so significantly this past summer that scientists fear the region is at a dangerous "tipping point" that could trigger accelerated melting and dangerous consequences for weather patterns and environments. Ice shrank 20% below 2005’s record low. Scientists theorize that the darker sea holds more... More »

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climate change • global warming • Arctic • Antarctica • ice melt

US at Odds With World Over Climate Change

Europeans call Bush's emissions proposal 'a total charade'

Sep 29, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - International diplomats in Washington for a conference on climate change lashed out yesterday after President Bush proposed non-binding global emissions standards. Even big polluters China and India found Bush's plan unfeasible, instead favoring mandatory measures. A European diplomat had "never heard a more humiliating speech by a major leader,... More »

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climate change • George W. Bush

Bush Boosts Clean Green Platform

Speech light on specifics; critics see end run around UN

Sep 28, 07 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush asserted his commitment to fighting global warming today and proposed an "international clean technology fund" that would fund green initiatives in developing countries. But his attempt to address his administration's poor environmental reputation probably changed few minds, the Times reports, because of its lack of firm commitments... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • global warming

Evangelicals Divided Over Global Warming

True believers want to know if the Bible Belt should go green

Sep 28, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tensions among evangelicals are rising along with the sea level in a battle over whether concern for the environment has a place in houses of worship. Both sides of the widening gulf quote scripture, either to remind that God's plan is unalterable, or to cite the biblical injunction to be... More »

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climate change • global warming • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals

Rice Kicks Off Climate Summit

Secretary denies US is trying to undermine UN work

Sep 27, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice insisted the US is serious about fighting global warming today, as top polluting nations began a two-day conference in Washington. "Climate change is a global problem and we are contributing to it," the Secretary of State said. President Bush convened the conference to "support and... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Condoleezza Rice • Kyoto Protocol • green energy

New Nuke Power Plant Pitched

Reactors for Texas utility first proposed
in US in 3 decades

Sep 27, 07 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite warnings of another Three Mile Island or Chernobyl, New Jersey-based NRG Energy has set in motion a plan to build two more reactors at its South Texas nuclear power plant, an hour outside Houston. The application, filed Monday, was the first of its kind in over 30 years, and... More »

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climate change • energy • nuclear power • nuclear power plant

Just 2°C, but a Different World

Climate change conference insists that humans will have to adapt to survive

Sep 19, 07 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European Union set itself an ambitious goal when it pledged to rein in global rises in temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. That goal is now unlikely to be met, reports a UN-established group that presented its findings in London today. Martin Parry, who leads the Intergovernmental Panel on... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • European Union • heat wave • Martin Perry

CA Tosses Global Warming Suit v. Automakers

Judge dismisses California's charges against carmakers

Sep 19, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has thrown out California's attempt to hold automakers liable for the environmental implications of vehicle emissions, the LA Times reports. The judge who rejected the much-watched lawsuit Monday called global warming a "political question" for legislators, rather than courts. The suit had blamed carmakers for Sierra... More »

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climate change • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • General Motors • Honda • automaker • Ford • carbon emissions

11,000 People With No Place to Go... Yet

Global warming will put Polynesian island underwater in 50 years

Sep 16, 07 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legal experts are debating what to do with the people of Tuvalu, a Polynesian island state which will be underwater in 50 years if the globe keeps warming. Many residents have found homes in New Zealand but others have met resistance in Australia, where immigration is an election issue. International... More »

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climate change • United Nations • global warming • island • Tuvala • Polynesia

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