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Court says no deadline for EPA on global warming

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:14:41 +0000

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Bush administration doesn’t have to speed up a decision on whether greenhouse gases blamed for global warming threaten public...

Report: Climate change linked to national security

AP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:39:20 +0000

Global warming is likely to increase illegal immigration, create humanitarian disasters and destabilize precarious governments in political hot spots, all of which could affect U.S. national security, according to an assessment by U.S. intelligence...

NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance'

AP — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:55:47 +0000

Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world’s only hope is drastic...

World needs to spend $45 trillion to battle warming

Vikas — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:44:28 +0000

The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released...

Calif. Democrat pushes for climate bill

AP — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:14:29 +0000

The Democratic head of the Senate’s environment committee tried Saturday to drum up support for legislation to deal with “one of the most important issues of our time,” global...

City residents produce less carbon

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:15:58 +0000

While cities are hot spots for global warming, people living in them turn out to be greener than their country cousins.

Vintners rethink and replant to stay competitive

AP — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:43:44 +0000

Fruity merlot from Siberia? Not so fast, say vintners from Champagne to California.

Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes

AP — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:00:28 +0000

Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the...

McCain urges free-market solution on warming

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:37:10 +0000

John McCain broke with the Bush administration and Republican Party orthodoxy Monday as he not only declared global warming real, but reached out to Democrats and independents with a free-market solution that includes capping carbon-fuel...

McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:27:05 +0000

Republican John McCain, reaching out to both independents and green-minded social conservatives, argues that global warming is undeniable and the country must take steps to bring it under control while adhering to free-market...