Archive for April, 2007

Hurricane forecaster: Oceans, not CO2, cause global warming (Fox 11 Tucson)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

DENVER — Hurricane forecaster William Gray said Friday that global ocean currents, not human-produced carbon dioxide, are responsible for global warming, and the Earth may begin to cool on its own in five to 10 years.

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Geologists study beneath Mount Baker (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

This image provided by Doug Shepherd shows hiker Dave Hess on Mount Baker in Washington in this 2006 file photo. Geologists from Western Washington University are trying to determine what is happening beneath the volcano. (AP Photo/Doug Shepherd)AP - More than three decades after steam bursts from Mount Baker resulted in a temporary evacuation of the Baker Lake area, geologists are trying to determine what is happening beneath the volcano.

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Bush, EU leaders press on climate issues (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

President Bush, right, meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is President of the European Council, center, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30, 2007.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Bush and European leaders claimed progress Monday in the effort to reduce global warming, largely by agreeing that climate change requires global action without infringing on the rights of nations to choose their own strategies.

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Bush, EU leaders discuss climate change (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

President Bush, right, meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is President of the European Council, center, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30, 2007.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Bush and European leaders claimed progress Monday in the effort to reduce global warming, largely by agreeing that climate change requires global action without infringing on the rights of nations to choose their own strategies.

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Geologists study Mount Baker happenings (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

AP - More than three decades after steam bursts from Mount Baker resulted in a temporary evacuation of the Baker Lake area, geologists are trying to determine what is happening beneath the volcano.

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Doctors sue La. over care for uninsured (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

AP - Doctors at a hospital outside New Orleans sued the state Monday, seeking $100 million they say they are owed for providing free care to poor and uninsured patients following Hurricane Katrina.

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U.S., China criticize climate report calling for quick action on global warming (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

BANGKOK, Thailand (CP) - The United States and China want to change a draft report written by hundreds of the world’s leading climate change researchers to downplay its conclusion that quick action can limit the expected catastrophic effects of global warming.

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Cities join anti-global warming pledge (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

More than a dozen cities across North Carolina have joined an anti-global warming campaign led by the nation’s mayors.

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Cities join anti-global warming pledge (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

AP - More than a dozen cities across North Carolina have joined an anti-global warming campaign led by the nation’s mayors.

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Canada climate change plan is questioned (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

AP - The head of the international body that oversees the Kyoto treaty said Monday that Canada’s new climate change plan does not guarantee that greenhouse gas emissions will decrease.

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