Archive for May, 2008

Residents give global warming warning (The Palm Beach Post)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Armed with a digital camera, two borrowed cellphones and some blank sheets of paper, dozens of residents on Saturday urged the county’s congressional candidates to do more to stop global warming and protect the environment.

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China quake-lake fears ease as angry parents grieve (Reuters)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

A helicopter takes off after transporting facilities to the Tangjiashan 'quake lake' in the quake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 30, 2008. China has evacuated over 197,000 people from an area that risks flooding by landslide- blocked rivers near the epicentre of this month's earthquake in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Engineers have completed work
to drain a lake formed by last month’s earthquake that had
threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of
China’s deadliest natural disaster in more than 30 years.

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Helicopter carrying 14 crashes in China quake zone (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

AP - China’s official news agency says a military transport helicopter carrying people injured in the country’s earthquake disaster has crashed.

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Machine to clean up greenhouse gas is breakthrough in war on global warming, say scientists (Evening Standard)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Scientists say they have invented a machine that can suck carbon dioxide out of the air – potentially creating a vital weapon in the war against global warming.

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Large quake strikes in Pacific, no damage reported (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

AP - Officials say a powerful earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Taiwan, but no damage or injuries have been reported.

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Machine to clean up greenhouse gas is breakthrough in war on global warming, say scientists (Daily Mail)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Scientists say they have invented a machine that can suck carbon dioxide out of the air – potentially creating a vital weapon in the war against global warming.

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Tropical Storm Arthur hits Yucatan Peninsula (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 02:15 PM EDT shows clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Arthur that formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma. The storm is expected to make its way into the Bay of Campeche over the next few days.   (AP Photo/Weather Undergound)AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.

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Tropical Storm Arthur, 1st of hurricane season, hits Yucatan (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 02:15 PM EDT shows clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Arthur that formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma. The storm is expected to make its way into the Bay of Campeche over the next few days.   (AP Photo/Weather Undergound)AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.

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Democrats seek support for global warming bill (KXAN 36 Austin)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Senate’s environment committee is trying to get support for global warming legislation. In the Democrats’ weekly radio address, California Senator Barbara Boxer is promoting a bill that would reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds over the next 42 years.

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Tornado tears up homes, trees in Indianapolis (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

A sheriff's deputy checks one of the units at the Falcon Point Apartments in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 31, 2008. No serious injuries were reported in the damage from a severe storm that hit the city late Friday night. Approximately 250 units in the complex were destroyed.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - A tornado tore through the east side of Indianapolis, ripping roofs off several apartment buildings, snapping trees and leaving a trail of downed power lines and debris.

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