Global Warming and Climate Change News

McCain differs with Bush on climate change (International Herald Tribune)
Monday May 12th 2008, 10:11 pm

Senator John McCain called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. to combat climate change. [News Source]

McCain Outlines His Plan to Confront Climate Change (Environment News Service)
Monday May 12th 2008, 9:56 pm

PORTLAND, Oregon , May 12, 2008 (ENS) - Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Senator John McCain of Arizona today offered his plan to combat global warming. [News Source]

McCain Breaks With Bush On Climate Change (CBS News)
Monday May 12th 2008, 9:00 pm

John McCain broke with the Bush administration and Republican Party orthodoxy Monday as he not only declared global warming real, but reached out to Democrats and independents with a free-market solution that includes capping carbon-fuel emissions. [News Source]

McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming (Boston Herald)
Monday May 12th 2008, 8:06 pm

PORTLAND, Ore. - John McCain broke with the Bush administration and Republican Party orthodoxy today as he not only declared global warming real, but reached out to Democrats... [News Source]

McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)
Monday May 12th 2008, 6:29 pm

John McCain broke with the Bush administration and Republican Party orthodoxy Monday as he not only declared global warming real, but reached out to Democrats and independents with a free-market solution that includes capping carbon-fuel emissions. [News Source]

McCain in pledge on climate change (Channel 4)
Monday May 12th 2008, 5:58 pm

America's economy and future security will rely on the country's ability to tackle climate change, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said. [News Source]

Tanzania: Global Warming Threatens Indian Ocean Islands (AllAfrica.com)
Monday May 12th 2008, 5:29 pm

Scientists are issuing an alert that the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia in Tanzania are likely to disappear under water in the next century due to global warming. [News Source]

McCain makes climate change pledge (Financial Times)
Monday May 12th 2008, 5:26 pm

John McCain on Monday vowed to put the US at the heart of international efforts to tackle global warming, proposing aggressive targets to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and the creation of a cap-and-trade system to encourage investment in green technology. [News Source]

McCain takes on global warming
Monday May 12th 2008, 4:55 pm

ALLENTOWN, PA  - APRIL 30:  Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) answers a question during a news conference after he appeared at a town hall rally at the Lehigh Valley Hospital April 30, 2008 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. McCain will run against either Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) or Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in the upcoming 2008 U.S. presidential elections.  (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)Republican John McCain argues that global warming is undeniable and the country must take steps to bring it under control while adhering to free-market principles.


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McCain to Push Cap and Trade, Nuclear Power in Climate Change Speech (The Online NewsHour)
Monday May 12th 2008, 3:26 pm

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain planned to outline his climate change policy Monday in a speech that focused on setting up a market-based cap and trade system to curb emissions, new technological innovations and working with the international community. [News Source]

McCain splits with Bush on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
Monday May 12th 2008, 1:46 pm

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican White House candidate John McCain will Monday tack sharply away from President George W. Bush on climate change, saying he will not "shirk" from the need for US global leadership. [News Source]