Archive for October, 2007

Tens of thousands flee Mexico flooding (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

A pre-Colombian Olmec head is seen partially underwater due to heavy floods in Villahermosa, eastern Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. The Grijalva and Carrizales rivers broke their banks and thousands of residents were forced to leave their homes and seek security in shelters. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - A week of heavy rains unleashed massive flooding Wednesday in southeastern Mexico, where tens of thousands fled the rising waters for shelters in Tabasco and Chiapas states.

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Wildfires Spew Millions Of Tons Of Global Warming Gas (KMGH 7 Denver)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

In just one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide — the primary global warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles do in a week, scientists figure.

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Global warming: Inconvenient truths of another kind (New Straits Times)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

FOR all who believe that global warming is caused primarily by humans and is an undeniable threat to our way of life, I would like to clarify three prime misconceptions about global warming and climate change.

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Using Fires To Sell Global Warming (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Climate Change: We don’t know which is weirder — Dennis Kucinich’s belief in UFOs or the House holding hearings on Harry Reid’s claim that global warming caused California’s wildfires. The “scientific link” doesn’t exist.

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Professor Studies Global Warming Effects On Ants (NBC 17 Raleigh)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

RALEIGH, N.C. – Scientists regularly study the effects of global warming on weather, but one North Carolina State professor is taking a look at how global warming affects ants.

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California calls new fire alert as winds forecast (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

A firefighter sets a burn out as he battles a fire in southern California, October 24, 2007. About two-dozen fires ravaged southern California last week, destroying 2,300 buildings, according to the California Office of Emergency Services. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - California’s weary firefighters
were placed on a new fire alert on Wednesday after weather
forecasters warned of hot dry winds this weekend similar to
those that sparked 22 deadly blazes last week.

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Killer storm heads toward the Bahamas (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Residents struggle to cross a flooded river due to heavy rains caused by tropical storm Noel, in Leogan, southern Haiti, Monday, Oct.  29, 2007. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the death toll to 60 on Wednesday and forcing some parents to choose which of their children to save from the surging waters.

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Religious leaders tackle climate change (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AP - A coalition of religious leaders urged Congress on Wednesday to ensure that the poor and most vulnerable are protected from the effects of climate change.

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Religious leaders act on climate change (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AP - A coalition of religious leaders urged Congress on Wednesday to ensure that the poor and most vulnerable are protected from the effects of climate change.

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Allergic to Global Warming? (Bay Weekly)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Is it true that global warming can exacerbate allergies? –Alex Tibbetts, Seattle, Wash. global warming can make allergies worse simply because the major pollen producers that trigger allergic reactions thrive and flourish in warmer air.

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