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US Senate Drops Bill to Cap Carbon Emissions

by Haroon Siddique and agencies A major climate change bill that would have capped carbon emissions has been abandoned by Democrats in the US Senate in the face of opposition from both sides of the house.Under pressure from falling popularity ratings, ...
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EPA Employees Blow the Whistle on Flawed Climate Bills

Washington, DC - The major bills before Congress to regulate greenhouse gases to combat global climate change suffer from "multiple unfixable flaws" that undermine their effectiveness, according to a detailed congressional disclosure by tw...
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BP and the Ocean

We have not in fact yet returned to normal operating hours, and I know this isn't about Palestine. Cross-posted from Truthout.

The news from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe keeps on worsening. First, we heard about a piddling 1,000 barrels per day. That number was from the Coast Guard. Then, there was a quick [...] Related posts:

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Hudson Bay Polar Bears ‘Could Soon Be Extinct’

by Michael McCarthy, Environment EditorPolar bears in the Hudson Bay area of Canada are likely to die out in the next three decades, possibly sooner, as global warming melts more Arctic ice and thus reduces their hunting opportunities, according to Can...
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Rate of Arctic Sea Ice Melt Heats Up

by Randy BoswellArctic Ocean sea ice melted faster last month than it has in any previous June since satellite measurements began 30 years ago, continuing a pattern that could see a new record retreat by summer's end, according to North America's main ...
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Climate Change Means More Heatwaves, Premature Deaths, Scientists Warn

WASHINGTON - Climate change is a serious health hazard that the United States must prepare for, according to government and university scientists from across the country. They advised Thursday that climate models show that global warming will increase...
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Heather Rogers and Gwynne Dyer: Our Environmental Clock Is Ticking

Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.
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Climate Change, Foreclosure in Detroit, and Oscar Grant

Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.
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Millions Face Starvation as Niger Prays in Vain for Rain

by Alastair Stewart To the north of Niger, the creeping Sahara; to the south, oil rich and agriculturally lush Nigeria - this nation straddles the Sahel - dry, hot and cruel. It has suffered catastrophic droughts - 1974, 1984 and 2005. And now, anot...
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‘Climategate’ Inquiry Mostly Vindicates Scientists

by Raphael G. SatterLONDON - An independent report into the leak of hundreds of e-mails from one of the world's leading climate research centers on Wednesday largely vindicated the scientists involved, saying they acted honestly and that their resea...
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