Global Warming

Richard Ingrams’s Week: Why are so many deniers of climate change on the right?

"Never write about any matter that you do not well understand" – advice to us journalists once given by one of the very greatest, William Cobbett. In my many years as a newspaper columnist I have tried (perhaps not always...

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Rain clouds usually leave as quickly as they arrive. But not this time...

Weather experts talk about a moving "conveyor belt" of rain when describing Britain's continuous exposure to weather systems as they roll in from the North Atlantic. But the conveyor belt of rain over north-west England and...

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Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on climate change

In the five years I worked as a reporter in India, I sat through many uncomfortable silences during interviews about Pakistani terrorists, the pervasive caste system and Indian Muslims -- sensitive issues that, on the face of...

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Best of the Web Today: 'Failure Is Not an Option'

Obama and Holder's assault on due process. Power Line's John Hinderaker notes that Attorney General Eric Holder, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, made a similar statement under questioning from Sen. Herb Kohl,...

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Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center

Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and...

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Ralph Izzo -- Cap-and-trade climate legislation would be good for business

As a citizen, a father and a physicist, climate change tops my list of worries. As chief executive of the Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), one of the country's largest energy companies, I'm also finding it to be a...

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Rainfall gets more severe as climate heats up

The record rainfall that caused yesterday's devastating floods cannot be blamed directly on climate change, experts said. But they warned we were likely to see more extreme weather of this kind in the coming years as a result...

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Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng -- To help fix the climate, fix human rights in China

BEIJING -- On his trip to China last week, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. He noted at his town hall meeting...

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Floods should be a major wake-up call for planners

One of the major causes of the flooding is the exceptionally high November rainfall, already well beyond normal amounts for the month and likely to set new records in many parts of the west and south.

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Politics › Hatoyama eyes visit to India in late December

Saturday 21st November, 03:58 AM JST TOKYO — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is hoping to make several overseas trips next month, including one to India on Dec 29 to 30 for a summit with his Indian counterpart and another to...

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