Forest fires in Sweden over dry weather
NASA Office Is Criticized on Climate Reports
NASA?s inspector general concluded that there has been distortion and suppression of climate science, mostly by the agency?s press office.
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By ANDREW C. REVKIN
US Congress looks past Bush, takes on global warming - Feature
Washington - US legislators this week are considering the first-ever mandatory limit on greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States, ignoring White House stiff opposition, instead looking ahead to a more favourable political climate after the Novem…
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:54:00 GMT
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Yesterday the U.S. Senate began what it insists on calling "debate" (more like serial dopey speeches designed for home consumption) on the worst piece of legislation introduced into that body in the new century. Perhaps worse than anything in the last century as well.
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:48:26 -0700
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Albania heat wave blamed for two deaths
Tirana - At least two Albanians died from heart attacks blamed on a pre-summer heat wave, news reports said Tuesday. Temperatures in the Mediterranean nation reached 34 degrees Celsius last weekend and Monday. Authorities warned citizens with heart p…
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:56:02 GMT
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Nord Stream pipeline builders to seek old munitions in Baltic
Riga - Environmental concerns are a consideration in efforts to build an undersea gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, a project executive said Tuesday. Some European Union nations, including Poland, fear the Nord Stream pipeline could disturb Wo…
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:15:02 GMT
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Senate Opens Debate on Politically Risky Bill Addressing Global Warming
Some of those who voted to allow the debate to proceed are sure to argue against it on the floor of the Senate.
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By JOHN M. BRODER
In Spain, Water Is a New Battleground
Spurred on by global warming and poorly planned development, swaths of Spain are turning into desert.
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By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Bush Would Veto U. S. Climate Change Bill
Even before debate began on Monday on the first comprehensive climate change bill to reach the Senate floor, the White House said President George W. Bush would veto it in its current form.
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:14:18 -0700
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Five Myths about the Lieberman-Warner Global-Warming Legislation
This week, the Senate debates America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191), sponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.) and John Warner (R., Va). The Lieberman-Warner bill (LW) would restrict energy use to combat global warming. Like global warming itself, the bill has undergone considerable hype and little hard-nosed analysis. Several myths need to be dispelled.
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:54:12 -0700
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Storms, lightning cause damage in Netherlands
Amsterdam - Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning caused moderate damage in the Netherlands overnight, particularly in the southern provinces of Limburg and Zeeland, officials said Tuesday. The fire brigade said it received tens of calls r…
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:40:01 GMT
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"IN TIMES LIKE THESE, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these," says Paul Harvey, the legendary radio commentator. A "great transformation [is] taking place around the world…a tectonic power shift…the world is very different," writes Fareed Zakaria in his Post-American World.
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:12:40 -0700
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