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31.05.2006 from Europa portal:
'Climate change is a global problem, and yet each one of us has the power to make a difference.' Make your difference by following some of these tips.
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Related topics/regions: [Europe]
29.05.2006 Delegates at a United Nations sponsored-conference on climate change have agreed on how to pursue negotiations on further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, officials who participated in the first round of talks concluded in Bonn, Germany, today, said in a statement.
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Related topics/regions: [Environment] [United Nations]
29.05.2006 from Treehugger blog:
Sir David Attenborough is no longer sceptical on climate change. 'Now I do not have any doubt at all,' he says, and explains why.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
27.05.2006 from Climate Change blog:
Both countries are building dirty coal-fired power stations fast. These are not 'clean energy sources' as industry PR suggests: the 'lie that may destroy the Earth's atmospheric system'.
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Related topics/regions: [China] [United States] [Energy]
The gathering storm: corporations and climate change
25.05.2006 from Deltoid, Tim Lambert's blog:
How to apply for a job at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), home of the 'alleged global warming crisis' ads. Pink Punko leads the way...
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Corporations]
Image: The gathering storm: corporations and climate change © CorpWatch
Slower speeds mean fewer pump stops
24.05.2006 from the climate 'extremist' blog:
At last! Proof that driving gently makes real sense if you want to reduce your CO2 impact right away.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Transport]
Image: Slower speeds mean fewer pump stops
Ice sheets will melt faster
23.05.2006 from Science Blog:
Climate change estimates for the next century may have substantially underestimated the potential magnitude of global warming.
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Image: Ice sheets will melt faster © British Antarctic Survey
22.05.2006 from Shea Gunther's blog:
Only humans do this. Not ostriches TV ads by Big Oil in the US 'are a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public about the global warming debate'. Are we surprised?
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Corporations]
20.05.2006 from Center for Global Development blog:
Smoke plumes from fossil fuel-burning It hasn't been all plain sailing as the carbon market and its managers are still finding their way. But it is still an historic model for what the whole world must do to combat climate change, claims David Roodman.
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Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Energy] [International cooperation]
12.05.2006 UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (OneWorld) - With growing concerns over high prices of oil and its adverse impact on the world's poor and the environment, the United Nations is urging policy makers to explore the use of alternative sources for energy.
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Energy] [Consumption] [Renewable energy]
Exeter Climate Action
10.05.2006 from Exeter Climate Action:
The recent international conference on Climate Change held at ExeterÂ’s Met Office came to the dramatic conclusion that the world is close to the "point of no return". So the people of Exeter aim to set a shining example of how to change things.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Cities]
Image: Exeter Climate Action
10.05.2006 A severe drought is likely in Pakistan in the coming months, weather experts at the national meteorological department in the capital, Islamabad, warned on Monday, with reservoir levels in some areas already dangerously low after a dry winter and little rain expected in the next two months.
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Satellite view of Earth
06.05.2006 from Dr Jeff Master's Wunderblog:
The arguments of global warming skeptics were dealt a major blow this week.
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Science]
Image: Satellite view of Earth
Heating the patio heats the planet
03.05.2006 from Grownupgreen:
By increasing BritainÂ’s greenhouse gas emissions by 380,000 tonnes a year, patio heaters are "an absurd invention," says Norman Baker.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Pollution]
Image: Heating the patio heats the planet © CorpWatch
Climate change, demo, London, 2005
01.05.2006 from Friends of the Earth:
A new FoE survey shows "strong support for a new climate change law across all age groups and all social groups".
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Law]
Image: Climate change, demo, London, 2005

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