Thursday September 09th 2010, 11:58 pm
FOR those who think the worst climate-change projections would become a reality no matter what we do, think again.
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Here’s the catch to limiting climate change
Fresh water changes are signs of climate change: WWF report
Thursday September 09th 2010, 9:42 pm
The impacts of climate change are most visible in the dramatic changes occurring to the planet' s fresh water resources, said a report released Thursday by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at the ongoing World Water Week in Stockholm on Sept. 5-11.
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Climate change czar clears the air on role
Thursday September 09th 2010, 8:41 pm
Canada's newly appointed climate change ambassador says his position is necessary, even though the government had left it vacant for six months through key negotiations on the international stage, including this summer's G8 and G20 summits in Ontario.
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Global warming? It doesn’t exist, says Ryanair boss O’Leary
Thursday September 09th 2010, 8:18 pm
Charging for toilets, weighing passengers and flying with a lone pilot: Ryanair's combative boss Michael O'Leary is renowned for backing unusual ideas, but some passengers may feel that even he has overstepped the mark with his latest comments – denying the existence of global warming.
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Climate-change study: Today’s power plants aren’t the problem
Thursday September 09th 2010, 7:14 pm
But tomorrow's could be, unless efforts to combat climate change include much more development of carbon-free sources of energy. The findings appear Thursday in the journal Science.
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How Much Global Warming Is Guaranteed Even If We Stopped Building Coal-Fired Power Plants Today?
Thursday September 09th 2010, 7:03 pm
Humanity has yet to reach the point of no return when it comes to catastrophic climate change, according to new calculations. If we content ourselves with the existing fossil-fuel infrastructure we can hold greenhouse gas concentrations below 450 parts per million in the atmosphere and limit warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels--both common benchmarks for international ...
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Global warming is a winnable war, with proper planning: Study
Thursday September 09th 2010, 4:36 pm
Humans have yet to push the planet past the point of no return when it comes to global warming, according to the surprising results of a new study.
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‘Without looking to West, Asia can take on climate change, poverty’
Thursday September 09th 2010, 3:47 pm
East Timor President Jos Ramos-Horta (second from left) with Swami Navananma Jnana Thapaswi, director, Santhigiri Ashram (left), Shashi Tharoor, MP, and Corinna Ybarra Arnold, head of Cultural Affairs, American Consulate, Chennai, at the inauguration of an international conference on “Global Warming, Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Secular Spirituality” in Thiruvananthapuram on ...
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Global warming is a winnable war, with proper planning: Study
Thursday September 09th 2010, 3:36 pm
Humans have yet to push the planet past the point of no return when it comes to global warming, according to the surprising results of a new study.
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World Bank’s Climate Change Envoy Steers Around Hot-Button Issues
Thursday September 09th 2010, 10:56 am
Ask Andrew Steer, the World Bank's new climate change envoy, what he thinks of his institution's controversial recent decisio...
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Markey: New temperatures figures more proof of climate change
Thursday September 09th 2010, 10:56 am
The numbers tell the truth, Representative Edward Markey asserted this afternoon in his latest effort to overcome what global warming skeptics call "Climategate." At the international climate change conference in Copenhagen, the United Nations weather agency reported today that this...
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