Archive for January, 2008

Fresh snow adds to China holiday havoc (Reuters)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Rescue crew search for victims at the collapsed workshop of a furniture factory due to heavy snow fall in Jiading district of Shanghai, January 28, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Fresh snow fell across swathes
of south China already paralyzed by harsh winter weather on
Friday, a day after President Hu Jintao headed down a coal
shaft to urge miners to help to end widespread powercuts.

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Rookery Bay event urged people to warm up to idea that global warming is a concern (Naples Daily News)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Community leaders talked Thursday about ways to turn up the heat on finding local solutions to global warming. The roundtable discussion at the Environmental Learning Center at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve was part of Focus the Nation, an unprecedented grassroots initiative that played out at thousands of similar venues in all 50 states.

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Storm battered ship grounded on English coast (Reuters)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Reuters - Passengers and non-essential crew were
airlifted off a ferry that had been at risk of capsizing in the
Irish Sea during a storm on Thursday and later ran aground,
coastguards said.

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A major mess for the interior Northeast (weather.com)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

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Nations try to advance climate road map (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Delegates listen to UN representative Yvo de Boer's remarks during the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change Agenda conference held at the East West Center, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in Honolulu.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP - Delegates from the nations that emit the most pollutants worked Thursday to advance discussions on how the world can combat global climate change.

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Storms dump more snow on much of nation (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A couple check out their reflections on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called 'Cloud Gate' and nicknamed 'The Bean' at Millennium Park, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Chicago. The Weather Underground forecast for Thursday Jan. 31 says a developing low pressure system will move through the Plains and provide significant rain in the Southeast and snow in the Plains. More heavy rain and snow is expected in the Northwest, while cold air will remain in the North. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Yet another storm swept across the nation’s midsection Thursday, burying areas still recovering from an earlier wave, canceling hundreds of flights and killing at least three people.

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Storms dump more snow on much of nation (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A couple check out their reflections on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called 'Cloud Gate' and nicknamed 'The Bean' at Millennium Park, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Chicago. The Weather Underground forecast for Thursday Jan. 31 says a developing low pressure system will move through the Plains and provide significant rain in the Southeast and snow in the Plains. More heavy rain and snow is expected in the Northwest, while cold air will remain in the North. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Yet another storm swept across the nation’s midsection Thursday, burying areas still recovering from an earlier wave, canceling hundreds of flights and killing at least three people.

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Storms dump more snow on much of nation (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A couple check out their reflections on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called 'Cloud Gate' and nicknamed 'The Bean' at Millennium Park, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Chicago. The Weather Underground forecast for Thursday Jan. 31 says a developing low pressure system will move through the Plains and provide significant rain in the Southeast and snow in the Plains. More heavy rain and snow is expected in the Northwest, while cold air will remain in the North. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Yet another storm swept across the nation’s midsection Thursday, burying areas still recovering from an earlier wave, canceling hundreds of flights and killing at least three people.

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Snow-stricken trains creak back to normal in China (Reuters)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Passengers hold umbrellas as they line up to buy tickets as it snows at a railway station in Hefei, Anhui province, January 27, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China’s snow-stricken railways
were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts
still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao
visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.

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Snow-stricken trains creak back to normal in China (Reuters)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Passengers hold umbrellas as they line up to buy tickets as it snows at a railway station in Hefei, Anhui province, January 27, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China’s snow-stricken railways
were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts
still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao
visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.

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