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Garnaut: modest climate cuts ok

smh.com.au     4 hrs ago   20 related          

Top climate adviser Ross Garnaut says Australia should aim for a 10 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 because immigration rules out any greater reduction. In a major report released today, Professor Garnaut...                    

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Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US

nwsource.com     10 hrs ago   4 related          

WASHINGTON -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new...                    

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Global warming likely to stoke more powerful hurricanes

thenews.com.pk     1 hr ago   6 related          

Friday, September 05, 2008 PARIS: Global warming is likely to boost the power of the strongest tropical cyclones, a study released on Wednesday says. “As the seas warm, the ocean has more energy to convert to tropical...                    

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physorg.com: While the disintegrating Columbia Glacier is adding to ocean levels this century the total global sea rise by 2100 may be lower than many are anticipating according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. Credit: Tad Pfeffer University of C ... physorg.com

Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast

reuters.com     11 hrs ago   5 related          

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday....                    

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Climate change threatens Kakadu National Park

brisbanetimes.com.au     5 hrs ago   1 related          

Tourism in the Northern Territory will be hard hit by climate change, in particular the wetlands of Kakadu National Park, researchers say. Charles Darwin University's(CDU) School for Social and Policy Research (SSPR) has...                    

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GM plans to dump use of landfills

usatoday.com     6 hrs ago          

By Sharon Silke Carty, USA TODAY DETROIT — In an attempt to green up the planet, and its image, General Motors will confirm today plans to make half of its 181 plants worldwide "landfill-free" by the end of 2010. Ten GM...                    

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Aliens have landed - and they're thriving

independent.ie     9 hrs ago          

By Paul Melia Friday September 05 2008 Paul Melia ALMOST three dozen alien species are thriving in Ireland because of global warming and record rainfall levels. Among species that have become a common feature of Irish...                    

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Best bet to turn the White House green?

reuters.com     3 hrs ago          

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Who's best equipped to turn the White House green -- John McCain or Barack Obama? Both have made energy security and environmental stewardship part of...                    

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Bad Hair Day: Are Aerosols Still Bad for the Ozone Layer?

sciam.com     10 hrs ago   1 related          

Dear EarthTalk: What’s the deal nowadays with aerosol spray cans? I thought that the ozone-depleting chemicals used in them were eliminated back in the 1970s. Is this true? If so, what is now used as a propellant? Are...                    

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Immediate stop-work order to be issued to errant developers

thestar.com.my     8 hrs ago          

THE Housing and Local Govern­ment Ministry will issue an immediate stop-work order to developers who are found to have flouted building regulations and procedures regarding hillside development. Its minister, Datuk Seri...                    

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