Archive for April, 2007

Doctors sue La. over care for poor (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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Bush, EU leaders deadlocked on climate change (AFP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L), whose country holds the rotating EU and G8 presidency, US President George W. Bush (C) and EU Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso arrive for a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.  Bush and visiting European leaders agreed Monday to define global warming as a serious problem requiring "urgent" action, but deadlocked on what concrete remedies to apply.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President George W. Bush and visiting European leaders agreed Monday to define global warming as a serious problem requiring "urgent" action, but deadlocked on what concrete remedies to apply.

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U.S. balks at new climate report (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendrat Pachauri answers a question from media at United Nations office in Bangkok Monday April 30, 2007. A major climate meeting opened Monday in the Thai capital with delegates addressing how the world's governments can best take action now to avoid the dire consequences of a warming planet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - The United States and China want to amend a major report by U.N.-sponsored climate researchers to play down its conclusion that quick, affordable action can limit the worst effects of global warming, according to documents reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.

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EU-U.S. summit call for "urgent" climate action (Reuters)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso listen as President Bush speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 30, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - The European Union and the United
States agreed on Monday that global warming is an "urgent"
priority, and President George W. Bush conceded he must work to
convince Russia of the need for a missile shield in Europe.

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How will global warming affect us? (The Ironton Tribune)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

It gets almost daily attention in the news media and in scientific circles: global warming. How will it affect us? How does it affect our weather? Plants and animals? Our future? Is it something area residents are concerned about?

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Corps asked to explain pump contract (AP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, leads a protest march in New Orleans, Saturday, April 28, 2007. The march was to protest the pace of recovery from Hurricane Katrina in the 9th ward. Jackson is flanked by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications — typos and all — from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimately won the $32 million contract, a review of documents by The Associated Press found.

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Bush, EU leaders to discuss climate, trade (AFP)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

US President George W. Bush (R) chats with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country holds the rotating EU and G8 presidency, and EU Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso (L) during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.   Bush and visiting European Union leaders were expected Monday to bolster economic ties, as well as show unity on Iran and try to paper over differences on global warming.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President George W. Bush and visiting European Union leaders were expected Monday to bolster economic ties, as well as show unity on Iran and try to paper over differences on global warming.

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PepsiCo Takes Top Spot In Global Warming Battle (Beverage World)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Guess what corporate global warming fighter the Environmental Protection Agency will crown its national “green power” kingpin today. Whole Foods? No. Starbucks? Nope. Give up? It’s PepsiCo.

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Plant trees to cushion global warming effect, says DENR head (Sun Star)

Monday, April 30th, 2007

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged the public to plant trees in their respective communities to help cushion the effects of global warming.

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N.C. Cities Sign Anti-Global Warming Pledge (WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh)

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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