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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

Ancient Texts Fill Blanks in Climate History

Accounts by monks, soldiers, doctors help track global warming

Sep 16, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are poring over the diaries of 17th century Swiss monks and Parisian physicians for data to help judge changes in Europe’s climate, the AP reports. Piecing together records from things as disparate as military campaigns and cherry blossom festivals dispels any doubt that the Earth is heating up,... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • Europe • history

Earth Flunks Its Annual Physical

Most vital signs bad as planet suffers from greenhouse gas 

Sep 14, 07 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the Earth's vital stats are "pronouncedly bad," according to a research institute that tracks 44 indicators of the world's health. Only six were positive. More wood was harvested this year than ever before, meat production and consumption hit record highs, people ate 156 million metric tons... More »

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climate change • global warming • Earth • consumption • carbon emissions

Sailors Find Iceless NW Passage

As ice thaws, yachts glide through Northwest Passage

Sep 13, 07 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's smooth sailing in the Arctic nowadays. Even in recent years, the ice was apt to claim adventurers who dared navigate the Northwest Passage. This year the passage has no ice. And with global warming claiming some 38,000 square miles of ice a year, the Journal reports, the Arctic... More »

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climate change • Arctic • boat • Arctic race • polar ice caps • Northwest Passage • ice melt

'Extinction Crisis' Threatens 40% of Species

Watchdog group sees serious danger to one
in four mammals

Sep 12, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 16,000 species are in serious danger of extinction, including one in four mammals and one in three amphibians being monitored by a global conservation group. With 40% of 40,000 surveyed species facing the highest levels of threat, “We’re at code red,” a top... More »

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climate change • endangered species • environment • endangered species list • extinction • El Nino • gorilla • species • Western Lowland Gorilla • Mauritius Echo Parakeet • World Conservation Union • biodiversity • animal

Climate Change Can Even Muck Up Deepest Sea Creatures

Ocean life in the dark still relies on sunlight

Sep 10, 07 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered that even the bizarre creatures that live on chemical ooze in the blackest, deepest parts of the ocean aren't safe from environmental disasters. It turns out that larvae of tiny deep-sea shrimp live on microscopic plants that rely on sunlight and filter down from the surface. More »

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climate change • environment • ocean • sunlight • shrimp • larvae

Bad News Plagues Bears

As ice caps melt, trophy hunters take aim, polar bears belong on endangered list

Sep 9, 07 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's bad enough when 40% of your habitat will disappear by mid-century, but add trophy hunters taking advantage of a loophole in US law, and it's not a good time to be a polar bear, the Independent on Sunday reports. The bears are not listed as endangered so 950 pelts... More »

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climate change • endangered species • John Kerry • global warming • Arctic • Endangered Species Act • hunting • polar bear • species

APEC Leaders Agree to Take on Global Warming

But pact isn't ambitious enough, critics say

Sep 8, 07 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations yesterday pledged to “slow, stop, and then reverse” greenhouse emissions, at the annual APEC summit. The group—which includes developing nations and top emitters Russia, China, Japan, and the US—could influence UN climate change negotiations. But critics call the pact unambitious, citing... More »

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China • climate change • Russia • Australia • global warming • Japan • APEC

Arctic Thaw Set at 40% by 2050

Researchers put 40% of Arctic underwater by 2050

Sep 7, 07 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least 40% of the polar icecap will be gone by 2050, Seattle scientists predicted today, putting the meltdown way ahead of earlier predictions that so much ice would take a century to vanish. Greenhouse gases, which linger in the atmosphere for up to 50 years, are primarily responsible for... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arctic • polar bear • polar ice caps

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