Saturday June 14th 2008, 8:59 pm
Excerpt: The Army is weighing in on the global warming debate, claiming that climate change is not man-made.
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Global Warming Roundup (The Asheville Tribune)
R.I. Sen. Whitehouse sees silver lining in demise of global-warming bill (The Providence Journal)
Saturday June 14th 2008, 8:26 pm
WASHINGTON — The Senate’s global-warming bill, many months in the making, is dead for this congress, but one of the senators involved in preparing it says the work wasn’t wasted.
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China clearly overtakes U.S. as leading emitter of climate-warming gases.
Saturday June 14th 2008, 7:00 pm
China accounts for two-thirds of growth in global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007.
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Melting Asia.
Saturday June 14th 2008, 7:00 pm
China and India are increasingly keen to be seen to be tackling climate change--though it is dirtier, China is making a more convincing show of action.
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Is it crunch time for coal?
Saturday June 14th 2008, 7:00 pm
In two years' time, Australia will get an emissions trading system — a system environmentalists say should close down brown-coal-fired power stations forever. The Age.
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The race for survival.
Saturday June 14th 2008, 7:00 pm
Enlisting endangered species in the fight against global warming is either a brilliant tactical maneuver—or an arrogant abuse of the law.
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Infested fish may bear scars of global warming.
Saturday June 14th 2008, 7:00 pm
The Alaskan salmon has been a rare success story among exploited fisheries, but locals report that much of the Yukon River population is peppered with 'white spot disease,' or Ich. A crash could be disastrous.
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Walking on a wire.
Saturday June 14th 2008, 7:00 pm
Los Angeles needs green power. Does it have to tear up the desert to get it?
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G8 finance chiefs say global warming demands urgent action (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday June 14th 2008, 12:37 pm
World finance chiefs Saturday said urgent action was needed to battle global warming, calling for funds to provide green technology to developing nations to help them reduce emissions.
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