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House panel backs Waxman as energy chairman (Reuters)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:16:17 +0000

Reuters - A champion in the fight against global warming narrowly beat a defender of the U.S. auto industry on Wednesday in a preliminary battle to head the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.

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UN climate change chief hails Obama commitments (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:30:44 +0000

AP - The recent commitments on global warming by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama mark a new beginning for world negotiations to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the head of the U.N.’s climate change body said Wednesday.

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Learn about global warming at the Children’s Discovery Museum (Bangkok Post - Thailand’s English news)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:26:38 +0000

The BMA and Children’s Discovery Museum have created the “Universe Building”, a learning facility on environmental effects, to educate the youth on global warming and its impact, which can last longer than one or two generations.

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Leadership panel backs Waxman for energy chairman (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:19:37 +0000

AP - Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the committee with oversight of energy and global warming.

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Climate change momentum fading: Asia-Pacific survey (AFP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:07:33 +0000

AFP - Climate change is fading as a priority in the Pacific Rim as the gloomy state of the global economy takes precedence, a survey of opinion leaders showed Wednesday.

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Henry Waxman picked to lead committee on energy, global warming (Los Angeles Times)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:17:19 +0000

Waxman, chosen for the crucial House post by a leadership panel, is considered the favorite to replace John Dingell. He would bring a more environmentally friendly agenda. washington — A spokeswoman for Rep. Henry Waxman says he’s been selected by a key leadership panel to replace veteran Chairman John Dingell as head of a crucial House committee with jurisdiction over energy and global …

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Hurricane season ending after record damage in US (AFP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:02:01 +0000

AFP - The Atlantic hurricane season in 2008 is coming to a close after producing 16 storms, including eight hurricanes, and inflicting record damage in the United States, a report by university researchers said on Wednesday.

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Waxman wins leadership backing Energy panel chair (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:37:30 +0000

AP - Rep. Henry Waxman of California has been selected by a key Democratic leadership panel to replace veteran Chairman John Dingell to head a crucial House committee with jurisdiction over energy, global warming and many other issues like health care.

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Dems: Waxman wins leadership backing over Dingell (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:15:58 +0000

AP - A spokeswoman for Rep. Henry Waxman says he’s been selected by a key leadership panel to replace veteran Chairman John Dingell as head of a crucial House committee with jurisdiction over energy and global warming.

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Global warming predictions are overestimated, suggests study on black carbon (EurekAlert!)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:11:17 +0000

A detailed analysis of black carbon — the residue of burned organic matter — in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.

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Hollywood Ponders Global Warming (CBS 5 Bay Area)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:52:06 +0000

Hollywood insiders and climate change experts agree that they can’t shove messages about global warming down audiences’ throats. They met at the Skirball Cultural Center on Tuesday to discuss how storytelling in film and TV can translate broad issues about climate change to everyday audiences.

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Hollywood Ponders Global Warming (CBS 13 Sacramento)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:52:06 +0000

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Africa looks to closer cooperation on climate change (AFP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:44:57 +0000

AFP - African environment ministers met Wednesday to agree a common position on climate change ahead of a major international conference on the topic in December 2009.

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Freeman Dyson Debunks Dire Forecasts on Global Warming and Other Tenets (Princeton Town Topics)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:26 +0000

Freeman Dyson gets around. Last Wednesday, for example, the 85-year-old “retired” physicist regaled a lunchtime audience at the Nassau Club with his “heretical” ideas about global warming.

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Global Warming Predictions Are Overestimated, Suggests Study on Black Carbon (Newswise)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:16:51 +0000

A detailed analysis of black carbon - the residue of burned organic matter - in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.

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Hollywood ponders global warming (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:38:44 +0000

AP - Hollywood insiders and climate change experts agree that they can’t shove messages about global warming down audiences’ throats.

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Hollywood ponders global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:38:44 +0000

Hollywood insiders and climate change experts agree that they can’t shove messages about global warming down audiences’ throats.

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6.2 quake strikes Costa Rica, Panama frontier (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:34:15 +0000

AP - A 6.2 earthquake has struck overnight on the frontier between Panama and Costa Rica, shaking people in their beds but causing no damage or injuries.

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Milton church bell to chime 350 times to help fight global warming (The Patriot Ledger)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:43:05 +0000

The Church of Our Saviour in Milton will ring its bell 350 times Sunday morning, chiming in its support for a worldwide effort to combat global warming.

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MPs pass landmark climate change bill (AFP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:44:38 +0000

AFP - MPs have given final approval to a bill committing Britain to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 — the first country to have such a legally binding framework on climate change.

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Students spread word about global warming (The Naperville Sun)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:23:30 +0000

In Alaska, glaciers are melting. In Greenland, permafrost is proving to be not-so-permanent. In Nebraska, growing seasons are, well, growing. And in Chicago, well, its mid-November, leaves are still on the trees, and the first measurable snow fall has just occurred. “It all just contributes to proving that global warming does exist,” said Crone Middle School eighth grader Jeremy Royko. “So we …

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Obama vows to fight global climate change (Windsor Star)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:23:03 +0000

Barack Obama says he will adopt an aggressive plan to fight global warming when he takes office, to mark a “new chapter” in American leadership and resolve his country’s economic woes by creating millions of high-paying green jobs.

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Strong quake strikes Panama, no damage reported (Reuters)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:22:31 +0000

Reuters - A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude and at a depth of 30 miles struck Panama near the Costa Rica border overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.

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Strong earthquake strikes Panama (Reuters)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:59:27 +0000

Reuters - A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude and at a depth of 30 miles struck Panama overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.

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$66.9M grant to test one remedy for global warming (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:50:06 +0000

Montana State University scientists have searched for years for ways to fight global warming by capturing carbon dioxide from coal plants and, instead of releasing it into the atmosphere, locking it deep underground.

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Melting ice now main driver of rising sea levels: study (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:45 +0000

AFP - Runoff from ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland along with melting mountain glaciers have replaced expanding oceans as the main driver of rising sea levels, according to a new study.

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British lawmakers pass landmark climate change bill (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:20:04 +0000

AFP - Lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill committing Britain to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 — the first country to have such a legally binding framework on climate change.

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Global warming predictions are overestimated, suggests study on black carbon (PhysOrg)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:25:06 +0000

(PhysOrg.com) — A detailed analysis of black carbon — the residue of burned organic matter — in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.

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Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama (AP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:20:27 +0000

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star President-elect Barack Obama.

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Pledge to ‘engage vigorously’ in global climate change talks (Gulf Times)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:59:33 +0000

LOS ANGELES: US President-elect Barack Obama yesterday vowed he would “engage vigorously” in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming.

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Global warming symposium to be held Dec. 3 (Stanford Report)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:14:43 +0000

A panel of journalists and researchers will gather at Stanford early next month to discuss the localized impacts of climate change.

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Obama vows to engage world on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:28:05 +0000

US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would “engage vigorously” in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming.

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Global warming data blunder: Worth the fuss? (Scientific American)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:11:18 +0000

Despite broad consensus on the existence, origins and potentially catastrophic effects of global warming, a vocal minority continues to question the motives, methods and assumptions of climate scientists sounding the alarm. So when temperature data released by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), one of the leading monitors of climate change, showed an unusually warm October, …

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Obama vows climate action despite financial crisis (Reuters)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:02:35 +0000

Reuters - Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States would “engage vigorously” in climate change talks when he is president and pledged, despite the financial crisis, to stick to plans to reduce emissions sharply by 2020.

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Schwarzenegger opens climate change summit (AP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:47 +0000

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened his climate change summit in Beverly Hills, Calif., telling attendees from 19 other countries they can protect both the environment and their economies.

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Italy, Germany to seek joint approach to climate change (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:42:23 +0000

AFP - Germany and Italy will seek a joint approach to climate change and the environment, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Obama promises leadership on climate change (AP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:32:04 +0000

AP - Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role in combating it in the United States and throughout the world.

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Obama vows to engage world on climate change (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:59:32 +0000

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would “engage vigorously” in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming.

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Obama vows to engage world on climate change (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:59:32 +0000

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would “engage vigorously” in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming.

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Obama vows to engage world on climate change (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:59:32 +0000

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would “engage vigorously” in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming.

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State unprepared for effects of warming, report says (San Francisco Chronicle)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:28:03 +0000

Despite its tough goals to reduce greenhouse gases, California is not prepared to deal with the flooding, coastal erosion and loss of wildlife habitat that scientists are predicting in the coming decades as a result of higher global temperatures, a new report…

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Thousands displaced in Indonesia as quake toll hits six (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:36:04 +0000

AFP - Six people were killed and some 10,000 displaced by the powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island this week, officials said Tuesday.

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‘I.O.U.S.A.’: Tackling the national debt (CNN Money)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:09:56 +0000

Al Gore put global warming into the family dinner conversation; now David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller and the star of “I.O.U.S.A.,” a documentary about our ballooning national debt, says that if we don’t face up to our fiscal problems, the U.S. could go broke.

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Groups to emphasize global warming legislation (WCAX-TV Vermont)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:31:18 +0000

Associated Press - November 18, 2008 5:15 AM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Members of various citizen groups are welcoming New Hampshire’s newly elected and re-elected congressional representatives…

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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform (AP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:41:24 +0000

AP - The bitter general election campaign behind them, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are seeking common ground on a range of issues in hopes of engendering greater bipartisan cooperation in Washington.

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Indonesia quake toll rises to six, more than 150 injured (AFP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:37:52 +0000

AFP - The death toll from a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to six with more than 150 people injured, officials said Tuesday.

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Letter: Putting new spinon global warming (Appeal-Democrat)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:17:05 +0000

Happily the world is taking another look at “global warming.” It’s regrettable that it took an economic meltdown for this to happen. The Oct. 24 Appeal-Democrat editorial, “Putting heat on faltering economy,” lays it out very well.

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Quake shakes southwestern Iran (Reuters)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:29:54 +0000

Reuters - An earthquake shook a province in southwest Iran on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation (AP)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:42:48 +0000

AP - No longer foes but not yet allies, President-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private on Monday, discussing possible collaboration on climate change, immigration, Guantanamo Bay and more.

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Global Warming May Prevent Next Ice Age (About.com)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:40:15 +0000

A plethora of news organizations are reporting on how the next ice age might be postponed or prevented by global warming. With this latest news, I’ve updated my list…

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