Global Warming

Western governors offer emissions plan to cover greenhouse gases

iht.com     5 hrs ago   39 related          

Seven U.S. Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system. The draft plan, made public Wednesday by Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski's...                

Going Nuclear--Why America should embrace nuclear power.

freerepublic.com     2 hrs ago   43 related          

Going Nuclear By John PerazzoFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, July 24, 2008 Something was amiss when Al Gore gave his high-profile speech on global warming last week, and it wasn’t just the gas-guzzling SUV caravan that...                

ActaCell Closes 58 Million Series A Financing Investment Consortium Led By DFJ Mercury Includes...

prnewsnow.com     7 hrs ago   17 related          

ActaCell Inc announced today that it secured 58 million in Series A financing DFJ Mercury led the round with syndicate investment from Googleorgs RechargeIT program Applied Ventures LLC the venture capital arm of Applied...                

UK 'blocking' EU green energy plans

msn.com     11 hrs ago   18 related          

Britain has been accused of trying to water down a European Union directive designed to give renewable energy sources such as wind, wave and solar power easier access to national electricity grids. The UK has been pushing to...                

India firms lag in climate action: report

reuters.com     4 hrs ago   15 related          

By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top firms face little stakeholder pressure to combat climate change with only about 40 percent of the companies surveyed setting voluntary carbon emissions reduction goals, a...                

Why are penguins dying on the beaches of Brazil?

nwsource.com     9 hrs ago   4 related          

NITERÓI, Brazil — The discovery of hundreds of young penguins washing up along the Brazilian shoreline over the past month has... NITERÓI, Brazil — The discovery of hundreds of young penguins washing up along the Brazilian...                

Deluge of cute kittens could be an unexpected effect of global warming

deseretnews.com     8 hrs ago   3 related          

By Alyse Knorr Scripps Howard News Service Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:11 a.m. MDT Global warming and kittens. "The brain receives instructions to produce a hormone that basically initiates the heat cycle in a cat,"...                

Study warns of water problems

signonsandiego.com     8 hrs ago   2 related          

A new study predicts that climate change will create devastating drought in this state and throughout the Southwest and continue to drop the levels of already low Lake Mead and Lake Powell, threatening the water supply for 2...                

Carbon market takes shape

sacbee.com     7 hrs ago   4 related          

California joins with six states and four Canadian provinces to cut emissions. By Jim Downing - jdowning@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 24, 2008 Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D1 Your carbon...                

Destruction of Wetlands Could Unleash Carbon Bomb

enn.com     1 hr ago   1 related          

The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday. Wetlands contain 771 billion tons of...                

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