Friday March 28th 2008, 11:12 pm
CLIMATE change is now officially a human rights issue, as the UN Human Rights Council yesterday passed a resolution on the subject, recognising that the world’s poor were particularly vulnerable.
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Climate change now a rights issue (Daily Dispatch)
Question is: Can man affect global warming? (Daily Record)
Friday March 28th 2008, 10:15 pm
Question is: Can man affect global warming? Many prominent climate scientists say no. They say the idea of man changing the global climate is a fallacy and the promotion of the idea is a fraud. See Global warming? It’s a fraud, at rightalk.com.
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Climate change ‘eroding rights’ (Gulf Daily News)
Friday March 28th 2008, 7:11 pm
GENEVA: Climate change could wear away the human rights of people living in small island states, coastal areas and parts of the world subjected to drought and floods, the UN Human Rights Council said yesterday.
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Low-lying Maldives wins climate change probe (CNN.com)
Friday March 28th 2008, 5:06 pm
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- The island nation of the Maldives said it made a big step forward Friday toward protecting its very existence, which it fears is threatened by global warming.
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Earth Hour: A Global Event On Climate Change (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
Friday March 28th 2008, 3:43 pm
On Saturday millions of people around the world will join together to "turn off the lights" for an hour to make a bold statement about climate change.
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UN human rights body turns to climate change (Deepika)
Friday March 28th 2008, 3:40 pm
GENEVA, Mar 28 (Reuters) Climate change could erode the human rights of people living in small island states, coastal areas and parts of the world subjected to drought and floods, the UN Human Rights Council said today.
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Climate-change panel cites threat to Virginia from global warming (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Friday March 28th 2008, 1:18 pm
CHARLOTTESVILLE—The effects of global warming on Virginia are not certain, but some threats seem pretty clear, members of the state’s climate-change panel say.
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U.N. human rights body turns to climate change (AlertNet)
Friday March 28th 2008, 12:43 pm
Source: Reuters (Adds resolution on safe drinking water from paragraph 8) By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - Climate change could erode the human rights of people living in small ...
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Increased knowledge about global warming leads to apathy (New Kerala)
Friday March 28th 2008, 11:29 am
Washington, March 28 : A new study has shown that increased knowledge about global warming leads to apathy and a decreased sense of responsibility among people about the issue.
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U.N. human rights body turns to climate change (AlertNet)
Friday March 28th 2008, 10:00 am
Source: Reuters GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - Climate change could erode the human rights of people living in small island states, coastal areas and parts of the world subjected to drought and floods, the U.N. Human ...
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Climate change now a UN human rights issue (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Friday March 28th 2008, 9:24 am
Climate change is now officially a human rights issue, as the UN Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution on the subject, recognising that the world's poor are particularly vulnerable.
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