Australia ratified the Kyoto protocol, leaving the United States the only major industrialized country not to do so.
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Archive for the ‘the environment’ Category
Australia ratifies Kyoto
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007China and France to work together on climate change
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007China and France signed a bilateral pact to fight against climate change together.
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Climate change update
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Australia’s new Prime Minister pledged to sign the Kyoto Protocol, leaving the US as the only major economy which still opposes the agreement, scientists warned that poor people will bear the brunt of climate change, and Oxfam found that more than four times the number of natural disasters are occurring now than did two decades ago, in a study Sunday that largely blamed global warming.
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Report: UK media covers climate change better
Thursday, November 15th, 2007It was reported that UK newspapers report on climate change 3 times as much as the US, and they did it more accurately.
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Orme runs out of water
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007The town of Orme, Tennessee, which has suffered from a prolonged drought, announced that it had run out of water.
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UN: World has too many people in it
Saturday, October 27th, 2007The UN reported that we may be passing the point of no return.
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Fox News considers terrorist link to California wildfires
Thursday, October 25th, 2007A Fox News anchor speculated that Al-Qaeda might have started the fires in California.
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Chertoff waives environmental laws to build Mexico border fence
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, waived several environmental laws to resume building the Mexico border fence; meanwhile President Bush announced he will ask Congress to approve a $500 million package to help Mexico fight drug cartels, the largest international anti-drug effort by the United States in nearly a decade.
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Oceans absorbing less CO2
Monday, October 22nd, 2007The amount of Carbon Dioxide being absorbed by the world’s oceans has decreased, and rising sea levels were reported to threaten 21 major cities by 2015.
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Survey: US should do something about global warming
Saturday, October 20th, 2007A survey found that most Americans now believe that humans are causing global warming, and that we should do something about that.
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Scientists: Ozone layer facing record losses
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007The Ozone Layer shrunk by a third this year.
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Poll: Global Warming is real
Saturday, September 29th, 2007A recent gallup poll found that 72% of the US population are either ‘Completely Convinced’ or ‘Mostly Convinced’ that “global warming is happeningâ€.
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Bush skips global warming discussions; makes dinner
Friday, September 21st, 2007President George W. Bush skipped all events related to the UN discussions on global warming, except for dinner, because he was holding his own summit later in the week.
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Study: Biofuels may hurt the environment
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Biofuels, championed for reducing energy reliance, boosting farm revenues and helping fight climate change, may in fact hurt the environment and push up food prices, a study suggested on Tuesday.
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Melting glaciers reveal the last frontier
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Melting ice in the Arctic revealed previously unknown islands that have yet to be claimed.
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Naked people highlight global climate change
Monday, August 20th, 2007A bunch of naked people stood around on a glacier to promote awareness about climate change.
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DiCaprio makes “An Inconvenient Truth” with star power
Monday, August 20th, 2007Leonardo DiCaprio made a movie about the environment.
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Scientists: Walking better for the environment than driving
Friday, August 10th, 2007Scientists debunked a scientist’s claim that for meat-eaters, driving is better for the environment than walking.
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UN: Extreme weather records broken in 2007
Friday, August 10th, 2007The United Nation’s World Meteorological Organization warned that record-breaking weather extremes have been recorded in almost every continent this year, with global land temperatures reaching their highest levels since records began in 1800.
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Scientists: Driving better than walking for environment
Monday, August 6th, 2007Scientists pointed out that if you eat meat, it’s probably better to drive your car than to walk.
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