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Climate change catches up with Canada's forests (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:09
| Washington Post: Millions of acres of Canada's lush green forests are turning red in spasms of death. A voracious beetle, whose population has exploded with the warming climate, is killing more trees than wildfires or logging. The mountain pine beetle has devastated swaths of lodgepole pines, reshaping the future of the forest and the communities in it. "It's pretty gut-wrenching," said Allan Carroll, a research scientist at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, B.C., whose studies ... |
United Kingdom: Climate change 'will affect NI' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:09
| BBC: Northern Ireland could face one of the worst storm threats in Europe, according to a report. The World Wildlife Fund predicted the number of winter storms in the UK could rise by up to 25% over a 30-year period, if emissions are not reduced. It said low-lying coastal areas such as the Ards peninsula, Belfast Lough and the Foyle estuary could be hardest hit. Fruit producers such as Armagh's apple growers could also suffer, it claimed. The Stormy Europe report ... |
Australia: Coast breaks summer records (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:10
| AAP: NEW South Wales and Queensland sizzled through one of the states' hottest summers on record while western and southern Australia basked in more balmy conditions. Global warming and natural variation are among the factors blamed by the weather bureau for the scorching east coast temperatures. And forecasters warn more record-breaking summers are on their way. Victoria had a hotter and drier summer than usual, with daytime temperatures averaging between one and two degrees ... |
EPA Plans Cuts in Benzene, Other Air Toxics for Cars, Fuel, Containers (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:10
| Associated Press: The government wants better built fuel cans, cleaner-starting engines in cold temperatures and a nearly 40 percent cut in benzene in gasoline to cut air toxics associated with gasoline. The new requirements would go into effect between 2009 and 2011 under a proposal Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, making federal standards similar to California's evaporative emission standards for light-duty vehicles. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said that within the next ... |
United States: Is it global warming, or just weird? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:10
| Boston Globe: It could be just another temperamental New England winter. Or it could be a sign of a more permanent shift in the region's climate. However you look at it, the weather across Greater Boston has been strange this season, with January ranking as the region's sixth-warmest on record, and temperatures as high as 57 last month sandwiched between cold snaps and snow, according to the National Weather Service. Locally, the warm weather has meant early plant growth, and some gardeners ... |
Canada: Pact with provinces needed on Kyoto, Tories say (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:10
| Globe and Mail: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government appears in no hurry to define a plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in compliance with the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, saying that an agreement with the provinces must be reached first. Federal Environment Minister Rona Ambrose said yesterday that the only way Canada can effectively reduce greenhouse gases is to be certain all the provinces "are on the same page" with Ottawa. "One of the key ... |
US to intensify energy initiatives with India (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2006 at 12:00:10
| IANS: US President George W. Bush Thursday underlined the need to intensify initiatives with India in pursuit of renewable or alternate sources of energy to take the pressure off crude oil whose prices are soaring. "We are looking forward to working with India in an advanced energy initiative," Bush said in a statement announcing an agreement between the two countries on civilian nuclear power cooperation. The civil nuclear cooperation agreement is the offshoot of a pact the ... |
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