Archive for June, 2008

UN chief urges rich nations to lead on Africa, climate (AFP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A Somali refugee woman awaits treatment at a local hospital in Ifo camp northeast of Nairobi, Kenya on June 18. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to rich nations not to backtrack on assistance to the cash-straped continent while urging action on climate change(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Tuesday to rich nations not to backtrack on assistance to Africa and action against climate change at next week’s Group of Eight summit.

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Global warming discussion is Tuesday night (The Framingham Tab)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

State Rep. Pam Richardson will host a discussion about the global warming Solutions Act at her Nichols Road district office Tuesday night, July 1,  at 7:30 p.m.

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Global warming discussion is Tuesday night (The MetroWest Daily News)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

State Rep. Pam Richardson will host a discussion about the global warming Solutions Act at her Nichols Road district office tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7:30 p.m.

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UN: Farmers suffer $6B in damages from China quake (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

AP - The devastating earthquake in China last month caused around $6 billion in damages for farmers in Sichuan province and killed millions of farm animals, a U.N. agency said Monday.

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China Earthquake Was Rare Type (LiveScience.com)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

LiveScience.com - The major earthquake that devastated China last month was something of a seismological oddity, seismologists report in a new analysis. The faults that caused the temblor rarely rumble.

More than 69,000 people are confirmed to have died from the magnitude 7.9 quake that struck China’s Sichuan province around noon on May 12, leveling school buildings and other poorly-constructed structures.

The earthquake was also a complete surprise to scientists. …

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Twin tropical storms weaken in Pacific (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

AP - Tropical Storm Boris is weakening far off Mexico’s Pacific coast and isn’t a threat to land.

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River cresting above flood stage at St. Louis (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Corn plants grow on a flood damaged farm field, Saturday, June 21, 2008, near Colfax, Iowa. Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding which has damaged a portion of the crop, the government reported Monday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - The National Weather Service says the swollen Mississippi River is about to crest at just under nine feet above flood stage at St. Louis.

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Fund aims to help small Japanese firms cut emissions (AFP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Wind turbines generate electricity on the Nunobiki highlands at Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, 2007. A new fund aims to help small Japanese companies gain access to technologies to reduce emissions of gases blamed for global warming, its supporters said Monday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - A new fund aims to help small Japanese companies gain access to technologies to reduce emissions of gases blamed for global warming, its supporters said Monday.

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Experts urge states to invest in CO2 carbon capture and storage (AFP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Smioke billows from a factory in Beijing, China. A CO2 conference in The Hague has heard how capturing and storing carbon emissions holds the key to managing climate change amid rising use of polluting oil, gas and coal.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - Capturing and storing carbon emissions from power generation holds the key to managing climate change amid rising use of polluting oil, gas and coal, an international CO2 conference heard in The Hague on Monday.

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India in solar energy push as climate plan launched (AFP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An Indian worker wipes down the surface of a solar panel in New Delhi. India has released a national plan to tackle climate change with a focus on renewable energy, but stuck by its refusal to specify targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.(AFP/File/Nicholas Bradley)AFP - India on Monday released a national plan to tackle climate change with a focus on renewable energy, but stuck by its refusal to specify targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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