Global Warming and Climate Change News

Greens ‘hurting climate change fight’ (Guardian Unlimited)
Friday January 11th 2008, 7:13 pm

Former government science chief accuses activists of jeopardising the fight against global warming [News Source]

Scientists to discuss how global warming effects diseases (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Friday January 11th 2008, 4:16 pm

Global warming in Europe could mean a host of potentially fatal diseases become more prevalent, a leading scientist warned Friday ahead of a major conference on the subject. [News Source]

Letter: Man-caused global warming a hoax (AG Weekly)
Friday January 11th 2008, 1:28 pm

As a plant scientist, I am concerned that Idaho and most states are planning to limit and reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is being done to supposedly reduce global warming. [News Source]

HSBC tops climate change strategy survey (Finextra)
Friday January 11th 2008, 11:50 am

British banking group HSBC has come out top in a study that examines how global banks are tackling the risks and challenges posed by global warming ... [News Source]

Yes to climate change, no to Charter change (The Manila Times)
Friday January 11th 2008, 9:50 am

adverse effects of global warming. Legarda flew and joined the Climate Change Adaptation and Environment Roundtable initiated by Gov. Joey Salceda of Albay. [News Source]

Ocean Fertilization ‘Fix’ For Global Warming Discredited By New Research (Environmental News Network)
Friday January 11th 2008, 9:27 am

Research performed at Stanford and Oregon State Universities suggests that ocean fertilization may not be an effective method of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a major contributor to global warming. Ocean fertilization, the process of adding iron or other nutrients to the ocean to cause large algal blooms, has been proposed as a possible solution to global warming because the growing ... [News Source]

Legislation aims to build on last year’s climate change bill (Tri-City Herald)
Friday January 11th 2008, 8:00 am

OLYMPIA -- Follow-up legislation to last year's climate change bill could be unveiled as soon as Monday, setting the stage for broader limits on polluters. [News Source]