Monday June 02nd 2008, 2:16 pm
The much-hyped global warming bill before the Senate this week is probably doomed, so the debate will be largely about political positioning and spin.
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A Guide To The Global Warming Debate (CBS News)
A Climate Change Proposal With Cash (US News & World Report)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 2:04 pm
"Cap-and-dividend" advocates say to tackle global warming, Uncle Sam will need to hand out money.
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Debate on climate bill heats up
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Monday June 02nd 2008, 1:05 pm
A Senate debate over global warming legislation turned into late-night drama Wednesday marked by an eight-hour reading of the 492-page bill and a call for senators to return — some of them from their homes — to cast a procedural vote not long before midnight.
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Senate taking up key climate-change bill (San Francisco Chronicle)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 1:04 pm
The Senate will decide this week whether to follow in California's footsteps and pass legislation requiring cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. Lawmakers are to vote today to begin debate on a bill that could reshape the U.S....
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US lawmakers to debate sweeping climate change bill (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 12:49 pm
US lawmakers were poised Monday to begin debating a far-reaching climate change bill that has backing from scientists, economists, Democrats and Republicans, but is opposed by the White House.
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Renewable energy core of India’s climate change strategy (New Kerala)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 12:20 pm
New Delhi, June 2 : Buffeted by record oil prices and global warming, the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in its meeting here Monday placed development of renewable energy at the core of India's strategy to combat climate change, officials said.
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Brown Argus butterfly sees positive effects of climate change (EurekAlert!)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 9:24 am
The Brown Argus butterfly Aricia agestis has expanded northwards in Britain during the last 30 years. It is thought that the recent expansion of the species is due to the increasing summer temperatures caused by global warming.
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Renewable energy core of India’s climate change strategy (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 9:10 am
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Buffeted by record oil prices and global warming, the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change in its meeting here Monday placed development of renewable energy at the core of India's strategy to combat climate change, officials said.
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Methane release could cause abrupt, far-reaching climate change (Environmental News Network)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 8:30 am
An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from ice sheets that extended to Earth's low latitudes some 635 million years ago caused a dramatic shift in climate, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) report in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The shift triggered events that resulted in global warming and an ending of the last "snowball" ice age.
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Bishop says climate-change deniers are as bad as sex dungeon father Josef Fritzl (Daily Mail)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 8:29 am
An Anglican Bishop has compared people who fail to take action to prevent global warming to the Austrian man who allegedly locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.
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Bishop says climate-change deniers are as bad as sex dungeon father Josef Fritzl (Evening Standard)
Monday June 02nd 2008, 8:27 am
An Anglican Bishop has compared people who fail to take action to prevent global warming to the Austrian man who allegedly locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, repeatedly raping her and fathering seven of her children.
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