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Freeze Tibet
Global warming liquefying the glaciers of Tibet |
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04 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Freeze Tibet Global warming liquefying the glaciers of Tibet High-altitude Tibet is known as the "rooftop of the world," but lately the roof is a bit saggy. Global warming is rapidly melting glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, water source for many of the region's rivers. This great melt -- already being felt in flooding -- could eventually cause water shortages and a variety of other troubles. Villagers in Miyon, who live near ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, Tibet (all these topics) |
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Forth by Northeast
Seven Northeastern states sign greenhouse-gas pact |
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03 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Forth by Northeast Seven Northeastern states sign greenhouse-gas pact Thumbing their noses -- or whatever states have where noses should be -- at the Bush administration, seven Northeastern states have committed to cut their planet-toasting carbon dioxide emissions 10 percent by the end of 2018. New York Gov. George Pataki (R) dreamed up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and has been working since 2003 to get neighboring stat ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, Northeast (all these topics) |
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McKibben and Sierra Magazine
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David Roberts |
27 Dec 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Every column Bill McKibben writes on climate change becomes more dread-laden and portentous, but I never stop enjoying them. His latest is "Year One" in Sierra Magazine. The money clip: We will soon learn, for example, that what we've been calling 'global warming' is better thought of as excess energy trapped in the atmosphere, which will express itself in every possible way. Like the Bush administration's energy bill, these manifestations will also be ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Is It Hot in Here, Or Is It Just Me?
2005 to be one of the hottest years recorded |
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16 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Is It Hot in Here, Or Is It Just Me? 2005 to be one of the hottest years recorded This year will go down as one of the hottest on record. NASA's Goddard Institute says 2005 will beat 1998, the current record-holder, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.K. Meteorological Office -- using the same land and ocean data as NASA, but crunching it in slightly different w ... |
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| Topics: climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news (all these topics) |
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The Talk of the Drown
Polar bears drowning as Alaska sea ice disappears |
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15 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Talk of the Drown Polar bears drowning as Alaska sea ice disappears OK, we're trying to keep a positive outlook here, but ... drowning polar bears? Seriously? And just when therapy was starting to work. In September 2004 (the year the polar ice cap receded a record 160 miles from Alaska's north coast), federal researchers doing routine aerial surveys counted 10 bears swimming in the open ocean as far as 60 miles off Al ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Polar bears drowning
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David Roberts |
14 Dec 2005 |
Gristmill |
| I thought this new Greenpeace commercial was kind of a cutesy joke. But no: Turns out polar bears really are drowning. (Yeah, it's subscription only, so there's an excerpt below the fold.) Scientists for the first time have documented multiple deaths of polar bears off Alaska, where they likely drowned after swimming long distances in the ocean amid the melting of the Arctic ice shelf. ... In a quarter-century of aerial surveys of the Alaskan coastline befo ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, polar bears (all these topics) |
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Off Season
Climate change is messing with the seasons in a Rocky Mountain forest |
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13 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Off Season Climate change is messing with the seasons in a Rocky Mountain forest Since 1968, researchers have gathered air samples from near the summit of Colorado's Niwot Ridge in the Rocky Mountains, and tracked carbon dioxide levels in the conifer forest below. They've amassed the world's third-longest record of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that record provides a troubling glimpse of how forests respond to a ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, news, wilderness (all these topics) |
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No Talk and No Action
Why the Montreal climate summit was too painful to watch |
Bill McKibben |
12 Dec 2005 |
Soapbox |
| I've been to climate meetings in locales that stretch from Kyoto to The Hague, Mexico City to the Maldives. It would have been awfully easy to get in the old hybrid and drive two hours north to Montreal for the big climate-change confab that wrapped up this weekend -- if nothing else, it's a city I love deeply. But I couldn't bring myself to do it in the end. I knew it was going to be too ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, Canada, climate, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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All This Aggravation Ain't Satisfactionin' Us
Montreal summit wraps up with agreement to ... have more summits |
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12 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| All This Aggravation Ain't Satisfactionin' Us Montreal summit wraps up with agreement to ... have more summits The U.N. climate talks in Montreal ended this weekend with plenty of drama but little progress. The big news, such as it is, is an agreement by a coalition of some 150 nations to convene new talks to generate a set of binding greenhouse-gas emissions caps for 2012 when Kyoto expires. The U.S. balked a ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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As the World Spurns
U.S. attacked on three fronts for obstructing climate action |
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08 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| As the World Spurns U.S. attacked on three fronts for obstructing climate action Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin took direct aim at the U.S. during yesterday's climate summit meetings in Montreal, reproaching the planet's leading emitter of greenhouse gases for not joining in international efforts to combat global warming. "To the reticent nations, including the United States, I say this: the ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, European Union, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Let's Take This Slow on the Road
Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy |
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08 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Let's Take This Slow on the Road Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy American lobbyist Chris Horner is trying to convince major European companies to join a campaign against the Kyoto Protocol and any future such strategies to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases -- but he's not making much headway. Horner is a senior fellow at the Compe ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, European Union, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Catch Him if You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce documentary about global warming |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Catch Him if You Can Leonardo DiCaprio to produce documentary about global warming Eco-minded actor Leonardo DiCaprio -- who tools around L.A. in a Prius and has been outspoken about issues like worldwide access to potable water -- is now bringing a tree-hugging message to film. According to spokesdude Ken "Walkin' on" Sunshine (we made that middle part up), DiCaprio has starte ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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The Summit of Our Discontent
U.S. continues to stomp mightily on Montreal climate summit |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Summit of Our Discontent U.S. continues to stomp mightily on Montreal climate summit Poor Canada got it from both sides this week at the Montreal climate summit. On Tuesday, it suggested that the 189 nations party to the original 1992 U.N. climate convention meet formally over the next two years to discuss post-Kyoto strategies for greenhouse-gas reduction. The Bush administration/ExxonMobil deleg ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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Ah-Ha California
California pushing ahead with ambitious plan to fight global warming |
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06 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ah-Ha California California pushing ahead with ambitious plan to fight global warming Earlier this year, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) broke with the Bush administration's do-nothing stance on global warming when he pledged that by 2050, his state would shrink its greenhouse-gas emissions to 80 percent of 1990 levels. On Thursday, the state's Climate Action Team will release an aggressive plan ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news (all these topics) |
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The Long, Hot Summit
U.S. senators, E.U. ministers press Bush to join climate talks |
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06 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Long, Hot Summit U.S. senators, E.U. ministers press Bush to join climate talks At the U.N. climate summit in Montreal, there's increased pressure on the U.S. to join in -- and when we say "pressure" we mean "begging." On Monday, 24 senators, including four Republicans, sent President Bush an open letter asking the administration to participate in the negotiations -- or ... |
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| Topics: climate, European Union, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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March of Climes
Thousands march worldwide for action on global warming |
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05 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| March of Climes Thousands march worldwide for action on global warming On Saturday, 100,000-plus people in over 30 countries put feet to street and called for effective action to fight global warming -- marches timed to coincide with the midpoint of the climate summit in Montreal. Enviros at the summit delivered a 600,000-signature petition to the U.S. consulate demanding American action on climate change. But lead U.S. negoti ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Deconstructing Hurricane
Intense 2005 hurricane season may be harbinger of things to come |
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01 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Deconstructing Hurricane Intense 2005 hurricane season may be harbinger of things to come This year's Atlantic hurricane season officially ended yesterday (at which point we emerged from basement bunker, blinking), having racked up a record-breaking 26 named storms. Thirteen of these became hurricanes, and three reached Category 5 strength, including Katrina. And over half the past two seasons' storms have made landfall, comp ... |
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| Topics: Atlantic Ocean, climate, news (all these topics) |
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A Current Despair
Waning of Atlantic currents could chill Europe |
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01 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Current Despair Waning of Atlantic currents could chill Europe Remember that movie The Day After Tomorrow? With the shifting ocean currents that cause sudden, catastrophic climate changes? Crazy stuff! Michael Moore territory! Well ... funny story. Turns out the Atlantic Ocean currents that move warm tropical waters northward and cooler waters south have in fact slowed dramatically -- by about 30 percent in ... |
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| Topics: Atlantic Ocean, climate, European Union, news (all these topics) |
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Leggo My Negotiation
U.S. gums up works at Montreal climate talks |
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30 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Leggo My Negotiation U.S. gums up works at Montreal climate talks Representatives of the world's governments are currently gathered in Montreal for a historic summit on the most pressing problem facing civilization: global warming. And the U.S.? "The United States is opposed to any such discussions," says Harlan Watson, who bears the somewhat misleading title of "chief U.S. climate negotiator." Watson is qu ... |
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Carbon Choppy
Northeast greenhouse-gas pact delayed |
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29 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Carbon Choppy Northeast greenhouse-gas pact delayed The long-negotiated and much-anticipated -- by us climate geeks anyway -- cap-and-trade climate pact among nine Northeast states, originally set to be announced this week, has been delayed. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has extended negotiations, saying that with recent spikes in energy prices, the plan would raise the cost of electricity too much for end users ... |
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| Topics: climate, Mitt Romney, news, Northeast (all these topics) |
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See the Forest for the Fees
Tropical nations want payment for protecting carbon-sinking rainforests |
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29 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| See the Forest for the Fees Tropical nations want payment for protecting carbon-sinking rainforests "Cough up the dough, Mr. West, or the forest gets it!" OK, we're being a little dramatic. But a group of 10 developing nations has made it clear this week at the U.N. climate summit in Montreal that it wants a little ... inducement ... to preserve its rainforests. The "Rainforest Coal ... |
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| Topics: climate, Costa Rica, news, Papua New Guinea, rainforests (all these topics) |
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Against Montreal Odds
Pro-Kyoto Canadian gov't likely to fall as Montreal climate meet begins |
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28 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Against Montreal Odds Pro-Kyoto Canadian gov't likely to fall as Montreal climate meet begins Some 10,000 officials, activists, and scientists from more than 180 countries are gathering in Montreal today for a U.N. climate-change summit. It was supposed to be Canada's moment to shine: Its influential and persuasive environment minister Stephane Dion, a strong Kyoto advocate, is chairing the summit and intends to lead negot ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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At Least He Can Pronounce 'Nuclear'
Blair softens on mandatory emissions targets and warms to nuclear power |
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22 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| At Least He Can Pronounce "Nuclear" Blair softens on mandatory emissions targets and warms to nuclear power British Prime Minister Tony Blair's shifting approach to climate change has environmentalists in a stormy mood. Earlier this fall, he hinted publicly that he was cooling his support for extending the Kyoto Protocol's mandatory greenhouse-gas reduction targets beyond the treaty's conclusion in 2 ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, nuclear power, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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See You in the Handbasket
Climate-change studies project fun future of droughts, floods, illness |
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18 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| See You in the Handbasket Climate-change studies project fun future of droughts, floods, illness The latest issue of the journal Nature has three new studies on the likely impacts of climate disruption. Turns out it's gonna be a cakewalk! Ah, sadly, we kid. Millions who depend on mountain snow and glaciers for their water supplies -- especially in Asia and South America -- are expected to face shortages as rising temper ... |
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| Topics: Asia, climate, news, South America (all these topics) |
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Comic Belief
Comedian Larry David chats about making global warming funny |
Amanda Griscom Little |
17 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| This Sunday night, you may find yourself crying over global warming. Crying because you're laughing so hard, that is, thanks to Larry David -- co-creator of Seinfeld and creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm -- and his eco-activist wife, Laurie David. Larry David. Photo: HBO. At 8 p.m. (7 p.m. Central) on Nov. 20, TBS will air "Earth to America!," a two-hour comedy extravag ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, funnies, green living, interview, TV (all these topics) |
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