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U.S. Air Pollution: Less Smog, but More Soot in East (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:06
| The United States is less smoggy than it used to be, but dangerous soot particles are rising in the densely populated eastern part of the country, the American Lung Association reported Tuesday. |
Rainmakers Give Light Relief in Warm, Dry World (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:06
| Welcome to the work of the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking, a small front line in Thailand's fight against drought -- a struggle likely to become increasingly desperate if scientists and governments meeting in Bangkok this week fail to agree a masterplan to tackle global warming. |
Beijing Car Ban Cut Air Pollutant by 40 Percent, Study Shows (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| When officials in Beijing kept about 800,000 cars off the road for three days last year, it cut the amount of nitrogen oxide air pollution almost instantly by about 40 percent, scientists reported Monday. |
Interior Expands Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling off Alaska, Virginia and in Gulf (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| The Interior Department announced a major expansion of offshore oil and gas development Monday with proposed lease sales covering 48 million new acres off Alaska, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and in the central Atlantic off Virginia. |
Seven Colorado River States Submit Plan for Sharing Water in Drought (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| Seven states dependent on the Colorado River filed a plan with the Interior Department on Monday aimed at divvying up water resources during times of drought.
Officials said the long-debated pact would protect 30 million people who depend on the river for drinking water. |
Dominica Defends Support for Whaling Following Prime Minister's Visit to Japan (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| Dominica rejected criticism Monday that its vote on an international whaling council was up for sale after the prime minister returned from Japan with new aid pledges and renewed his support for commercial whaling. |
For Asian Countries, Targeting Rice Paddies Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| As delegates at a global warming conference hash out the best ways to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the problems -- and a possible solution -- may lie just outside Thailand's teeming capital in the country's rice fields. |
U.S. Arm of Royal Dutch Shell Joins Coalition for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Caps (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| Royal Dutch Shell's U.S. arm said Monday it has joined a corporate/environmental coalition urging Congress to require limits on greenhouse gases tied to global warming, the third oil major to do so. |
China Climate Offensive Has Eye on Growth (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-01-2007 at 09:01:07
| China, soon to be the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluter, has gone on the offensive in global warming politics, opposing emissions caps likely to shape contentious negotiations about solutions. |
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