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Solar cycle may drive Venice's floods
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31.7.2010 |
New Scientist: GM Organisms |
| Solar cycle may drive Venice's floods |
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[newstrust :: Storm]
[newstrust :: Sea Level]
[newstrust :: Floods n Droughts]
[arghyam :: Floods2009]
[demo :: Storm]
[demo :: Sea Level]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[irge304 :: Storms]
[tushargupta101 :: Floods2009]
[subbu :: Climate change]
[subbu :: Storm]
[subbu :: Sea Level]
[subbu :: Floods n Droughts]
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The latest developments
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31.7.2010 |
Washington Post: Nation |
| The latest developments |
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[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
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On Our Radar: Oil Spill Larger Than China Admits
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31.7.2010 |
NY Times: Science |
An American oil spill consultant suggests the Chinese spill was larger than the government admits.
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[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[demo :: Wind]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Species]
[subbutest :: NYT CC]
[subbutest :: All Srcs]
[subbutest :: NYT]
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Al Gore Won't Be Charged For Alleged Groping
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31.7.2010 |
WCCO: National |
Former Vice President Al Gore won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006, the county prosecutor said Friday. District Attorney Michael Schrunk said the case has numerous problems and isn't appropriate for a criminal prosecution.
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[newstrust :: United Nations on Climate]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
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No assault charge for ex-VP Gore
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31.7.2010 |
BBC: Front Page |
| Former US Vice President Al Gore will not face charges over claims he assaulted a masseuse in an Oregon hotel room in 2006. |
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Time for a fresh approach on climate change
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31.7.2010 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| By bill barron
Updated Jul 30, 2010 02:20PM MDT
Senate Democrats abandoned any hope of passing a climate bill proposed by Sens. John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman late last week, but closure, in this case, is actually a good thing. Their bill would have allowed for more offshore drilling, subsidies for coal and opportunities for polluters to purchase cheap and questionable carbon offsets. It also would have opened up a Wall Street approach to emissions trading, introducing further volatility to the price of energy. In short, we were headed down... ... |
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[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
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[irge304 :: Clean Coal]
[irge304 :: Cars]
[newstrust :: Green Power]
[newstrust :: Clean Coal]
[newstrust :: Cars]
[newstrust :: Businesses]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[subbutest :: All Srcs]
[subbutest :: All]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
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Making sense of the impasse on U.S. climate change policy
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31.7.2010 |
Seattle Times: Opinion |
| Evidence continues to mount about climate change and its possible consequences. Jeffrey Sachs marvels at the lack of progress as U.S. leaders seem paralyzed by special-interest groups. Real leadership is needed to break the logjam. |
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[irge304 :: Green Power]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Agriculture]
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Best of the Web Today: Sherrod v. Breitbart
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31.7.2010 |
Wall St. Journal: Opinion |
| What kind of journalist would cheer a defamation plaintiff? |
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[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
[subbutest :: WSJ GW]
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Chevy Volt May Not Cut Efficiency Mustard
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31.7.2010 |
NPR: All Things Considered |
| Robert Siegel speaks with John Voelcker, editor of GreenCarReports.com, and senior editor of High Gear Media Inc., about why the Chevy Volt may not qualify for a California Tax Rebate of $5,000, and why single drivers of Volts may not be able to use the HOV lanes in California, as the Nissan Leaf drivers will. |
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Just who is Ken Cuccinelli?
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31.7.2010 |
Washington Post |
| Just who is Ken Cuccinelli? |
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[newstrust :: Amendments]
[newstrust :: Illegal Immigrant]
[newstrust :: Citizenship]
[newstrust :: Family Quota]
[demo :: Generic]
[demo :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: Generic]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
[flenvcenter :: Health System]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[newstrust :: Capital Punishment]
[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
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The Climate Fight Heads to California
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31.7.2010 |
American Prospect |
| TAP talks to economist Matthew Kahn about the promise of California's fledgling cap-and-trade system -- and the campaign to undo it. |
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[newstrust :: Trade]
[newstrust :: Financial Regulation]
[newstrust :: Jobs]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Emissions]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Indo-US ties promising trajectory
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30.7.2010 |
Hindustan Times: World |
| The Indo-US relationship has become stronger under the Obama Administration and is on a "very promising" trajectory, encompassing cooperation in areas like energy, climate change, trade and science and technology, a top American official has said. |
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[subbu :: India Specific]
[newstrust :: India and Global Economy]
[fredericknoronha :: blog]
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A Lively Debate on Climate Change
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30.7.2010 |
NY Times: Science |
| A Lively Debate on Climate Change |
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[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[demo :: Species]
[subbutest :: NYT CC]
[subbutest :: NYT GW]
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25 dead as forest fires rage across Russia
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30.7.2010 |
AP Top News |
By MANSUR MIROVALEV
2010-07-30T15:40:11Z
MOSCOW (AP) -- Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes....
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[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[flenvcenter :: Fire]
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EPA creates new Tribal Climate and Energy Information site
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30.7.2010 |
ICT: Living |
| A new site created by the Environmental Protection Agency, Tribal Climate and Energy Information, supports American Indian and Alaska Native communities whose health, economic well-being, and cultural traditions depend upon their natural environment, and who want to or are taking the steps necessary to mitigate climate change. |
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Generic]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[newstrust :: Green Power]
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No change after policy feedback
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30.7.2010 |
BBC: Front Page |
| The coalition government issues detailed responses to the public's policy suggestions but says there will be no changes. |
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Fires Rage Across Russia Amid Record Heat
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30.7.2010 |
NPR News |
| The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought. July has been the hottest month in Moscow in 130 years of recorded history. |
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[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[flenvcenter :: Fire]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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How Obama Could Bring 'Change' to Energy Policy Stalemate
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30.7.2010 |
Commondreams.org Views |
| by Jeffrey Sachs NEW YORK – All signs suggest that the planet is still hurtling
headlong toward climatic disaster. The United States’ National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its “State of
the Climate Report” covering January-May. The first five months of this
year were the warmest on record going back to 1880. May was the warmest
month ever. Intense heat waves are currently hitting many parts of the
world. Yet still we fail to act. read more |
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[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: United Nations on Climate]
[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
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The Maldives' Obama deserves our support | Farahanaz Faizal
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30.7.2010 |
Guardian: Comment is Free |
| The remnants of the Maldives' past dictatorship must not be allowed to sink Mohamed Nasheed's fledgling democracy
When Mohamed Nasheed was elected president of the Maldives in late 2008, ending Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's 30 years of rule, he brought into office the hopes and aspirations of the Maldives' 350,000 people.
The new, British-educated president started well, releasing journalists and prisoners of conscience incarcerated by the former regime, closing down a notorious jail where dissidents were held and tortured and forgoing the opulence of Gayoom's palaces and Mercedes, choosing instead to live in a modest bungalow and walk to work.
The freedoms ordinary Maldivians now enjoy – to criticise, to demonstrate, to join a political party ... |
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[subbu :: Climate change]
[Genecampaign :: Climate change]
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EPA Rejects Petitions to Reverse Climate Change Endangerment Finding
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30.7.2010 |
Common Dreams: Headlines |
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WASHINGTON, DC - The Environmental
Protection Agency today turned back 10 petitions from the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Peabody Coal and others that
asked the agency to rescind its scientific finding that heat-trapping
greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. read more |
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[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Sea Level]
[newstrust :: Glacier]
[newstrust :: Ecosystems]
[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
[demo :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Sea Level]
[demo :: Glacier]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
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