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Fighting Global Warming The Right Way  -  22 Oct 2007
Hartford Courant,...greenhouse gases released by human activities including burning oil in cars and coal in power plants are causing most of the observed global warming.

Canada can assume a leadership role in deciding how to tackle ...  -  22 Oct 2007
Vancouver Sun,...required six-per-cent reduction in emissions below 1990 levels by 2012, emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have increased instead.

Eating kangaroo meat will cut down on green house gas emissions  -  22 Oct 2007
Daily Mail,Dr Diesendorf, who produced an environmental plan for Greenpeace, points out that nearly a quarter of earth's greenhouse gases come from agriculture and the

Earth to PETA  -  22 Oct 2007
SalonHere in the US, livestock's impact is not quite so extreme: Six percent of our greenhouse gases come from livestock production, compared with 19 percent

From Bagels to Coal Fires: An Unorthodox Economist Keeps Pushing ...  -  22 Oct 2007
New York Times,By Paul Feldman There is growing acceptance that the earth’s climate is changing, and that action is needed to control the production of greenhouse gases.

EPA makes California fume  -  22 Oct 2007
Marketplace,It aims to cut greenhouse gases 30 percent by 2016. The waiver request has been pending for almost two years, and Governor Schwarzenegger and other state

Duke's altar call for coal  -  22 Oct 2007
News & Observer,This when climate scientists are telling us that we need to immediately cap CO2 production and begin to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases over the next

Urban green housing key for environment: agency  -  22 Oct 2007
CTV.ca,...land within a city-- were found to be more effective than greenfield suburban developments in reducing greenhouse gases related to vehicles.

Kansas Nixes New Coal Plant Because It's Unhealthy  -  22 Oct 2007
Wired NewsAs with California's push, Kansas's could set a precedent unfavorable to companies responsible for emitting greenhouse gases. The industry will likely

Climate Change 2007  -  22 Oct 2007
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)...and that the principal cause of global warming is anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases, especially CO2,� Chiavetta notes.

RESEARCH & IDEAS Lawrence Lab Plays Role in Setting Emission Targets  -  22 Oct 2007
Daily Californian,The Sutro Tower in San Francisco takes one air sample a day, while the tower in Walnut Grove takes 24-hour measurements of the greenhouse gases,

Activists say gov. is green, but cautious  -  22 Oct 2007
Los Angeles Times,...opposed by oil companies, would have required cleaner fuels for trucks and cars as part of the state's ambitious attempt to reduce greenhouse gases.

Moving up the food chain  -  22 Oct 2007
The Age,A family fast food chicken meal results in greenhouse gases equivalent to a 38 km car trip. Imports of bottled water to Australia have more than doubled in

Energy synergy  -  22 Oct 2007
Orlando Sentinel,But as we plan growth in electric power, priority must be given to energy sources that do not emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

The PETA Principle  -  22 Oct 2007
Waterbury Republican American,But The Los Angeles Times only last week got wind of the dangers, calling those emissions "silent but deadly" sources of greenhouse gases.

Mining emits greenhouse gases  -  Oct 21, 2007
Manila Times,By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent Legazpi City: Mining industries are a major source of greenhouse gases which pollute the environment, as Gilbert Gonzales

Oceans absorbing less greenhouse gases  -  Oct 20, 2007
Earthtimes,The oceans and the ecosphere supply the Earth's primary carbon sinks, absorbing greenhouse gases some say contribute to global warming.

Nuclear giant's green push splits environmentalists  -  Oct 21, 2007
Chicago Tribune,Rowe, a passionate advocate of the need to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, sounded the alarm on global warming to Congress back in 1992,

Bill Would Cap Global Warming Gases  -  Oct 18, 2007
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate blueprint for tackling global warming would require power plants and vehicles to reduce their greenhouse gases by 70 percent.

Telecoms can cut Australian greenhouse gases - Telstra  -  Oct 17, 2007
Telecom Paper (subscription),Telecommunications networks can help to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 4.9 percent by 2015, and offer up to AUD 6.6 billion per year in cost

Scientists gauge greenhouse gases above SF in warming experiment  -  Oct 14, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,In a first-of-its kind experiment, a group of university and government scientists has begun to monitor greenhouse gases in the air above San Francisco.

Greenhouse gases almost stable in 2004-5, but stayed well above ...  -  Oct 15, 2007
The Canadian Press...prepared by Environment Canada, Statistics Canada and Health Canada, show that greenhouse gases, smog and water pollution remain troubling.

Historic bill in Senate to fight warming  -  Oct 18, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,The bill would cap greenhouse gases at the 2005 emission level starting in 2012 and gradually reduce them to 1990 levels - a 15 percent reduction - by 2020.

Aussie scientist: Greenhouse gases worse  -  Oct 8, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The report states that increasing levels of greenhouse gases are likely ... > full story Climate Change Inevitable In 21st Century, New Study Says (March 21

State set to sue Bush administration for waiver to enforce ...  -  Oct 21, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,The target is carbon dioxide, one of the predominant greenhouse gases linked to global warming. Automakers are steadfast. They say state laws illegally

PM reveals development funds for clean energy  -  Oct 21, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,Under this scheme, which will start by 2012, the Government will impose a cap on the total amount of greenhouse gases which can be emitted by energy

Tax-cut plans leave boom buyers hurting  -  Oct 20, 2007
Tallahassee.com,Despite what happens here in the United States, global emissions of greenhouse gases will continue to grow until technologies reach developing countries,

DRI Corporation Encourages Use of Public Transit to Help Reduce ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),..."We encourage the use of public transit as a means of reducing the deadly greenhouse gases that are harming our environment. We're doing our part to help

Ontario's great scam revealed  -  Oct 18, 2007
Edmonton Sun,But just as Alberta's big contributor to greenhouse gases and pollution is oilsands development, Ontario's is the auto sector and coal-fired

Combatting Climate Change  -  Oct 18, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Forestry companies subject to these rules are well poised to be major contributors to the state's effort to reduce greenhouse gases.

Senate considers bipartisan bill to cap global warming gases  -  Oct 18, 2007
WKBT,The legislation would require power plants and vehicles to reduce their greenhouse gases by 70%. The proposal announced today by Senators John Warner of

How can you predict global warming if you can't predict rain?  -  Oct 17, 2007
Christian Science Monitor,It may have been El Niño (a periodic warming of the eastern Pacific that has profound climatic effects); it may have been a rise in greenhouse gases.

Realtime Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases in Urban Environment  -  Oct 15, 2007
Technocrat.net,Monitoring stations have gone live in San Francisco and in Walnut Grove California, to monitor greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to look at local levels

UN climate chief urges action on global warming  -  Oct 18, 2007
AFP..."It is essential for us to stabilise the concentration of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, because otherwise there will be increasing misery," he

Price to cut greenhouse gases  -  Sep 30, 2007
Edmonton Sun,By The Canadian Press MONTREAL— Quebec energy companies are going to start paying a carbon tax to help cut greenhouse gases. The carbon tax, believed to be

Efforts under way to help reduce greenhouse gases  -  Oct 15, 2007
Hattiesburg American,By James L. Cummins The issue of climate change, of which carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas (GHG) and a major contributor, will be addressed in a variety

Bush: We can cut greenhouse gases without sacrificing economic growth  -  Sep 28, 2007
USA TodayUSA TODAY's David Jackson reports that President Bush told delegates from the world's largest economies that they can cut greenhouse gases without

Egypt: An Environmental Make-Over for an Ancient Industry  -  Oct 20, 2007
AllAfrica.com,..."It would have been a shame if all we focused on was greenhouse gases," says Szudy. "That is valuable of course, world wide, but what we wanted to know was

Goal is global consensus on greenhouse gases  -  Sep 22, 2007
Houston Chronicle,This highlights two urgent questions: how to use energy without producing excess greenhouse gases that create disruptive conditions on a global scale;

Probes over SF, Walnut Grove analyze sources of carbon dioxide  -  Oct 15, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,AP SAN FRANCISCO – New probes bolted onto a giant antenna tower are sniffing for greenhouse gases, part of an experiment to measure how much this region is

Killer cow emissions  -  Oct 15, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Livestock are a leading source of greenhouse gases. Why isn't anyone raising a stink? It's a silent but deadly source of greenhouse gases that contributes

Developer to go it alone on greenhouse gases  -  Sep 27, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,THE new owners of the Carlton United Brewery site are planning how to generate their own electricity to reduce greenhouse gases - even though the State

Bush Calls for Goal on Reducing Greenhouse Gases  -  Sep 28, 2007
NPRNPR.org, September 28, 2007 · President Bush said Friday the United States and the rest of the world's worst polluters should work together to set a goal

The Plan For Climate Change  -  Oct 17, 2007
Hartford Courant,The first principle should be clear, rigorous and immediate goals for nationwide reductions in greenhouse gases. The United States alone accounts for

Cutting Carbons to Reduce Greenhouse Gases  -  Oct 12, 2007
Realty Times,Many scientists have linked these so-called greenhouse gases to global warming -- although there is still considerable debate about the issue.

State has new reporting rules for greenhouse gases (2:23 pm)  -  Oct 12, 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is the most prominent of greenhouse gases that scientists say are accumulating in the atmosphere, where they act

Swedish city is leading the way in reducing greenhouse gases  -  Oct 14, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,Several US cities including Austin, Texas; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle have launched programs to reduce greenhouse gases. In Vaxjo, (pronounced VECK-shur),

State sets rules for reporting greenhouse gases  -  Oct 12, 2007
KOB.com,SANTA FE (AP) - New Mexico’s oil and gas refineries, concrete factories and power plants must begin reporting greenhouse gas emissions next year under a new

EU: Airlines must cut greenhouse gases  -  Sep 28, 2007
BusinessWeekBy ROBERT WIELAARD The European Union reaffirmed Friday a plan to force airlines using European airspace to cut carbon dioxide emissions despite opposition

EU: Airlines Must Cut Greenhouse Gases  -  Sep 28, 2007
Houston Chronicle,By ROBERT WIELAARD AP Writer © 2007 AP BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union reaffirmed Friday a plan to force airlines using European airspace to cut

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