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• Apparent Problem With Global Warming Climate Models Resolved (Science Daily)

  30 May 2008
  Yale University scientists may have resolved a controversial glitch in models of global warming: A key part of the atmosphere didn’t seem to be warming as expected. Computer models and basic principles predict atmospheric temperatures should rise slightly faster than, not lag, increases in surface temperatures. Also, the models predict the fastest warming should occur at the Tropics at an (...)
  
  

• Moulton to Head Global Warming Program for Wilderness Society (The Wilderness Society)

  30 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (May 21, 2008) - The Wilderness Society has hired David Moulton, former staff director and chief counsel of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, to serve as director of climate change policy and conservation funding. He started work this week.
  
  

• Which U.S. Cities Contribute Most to Global Warming? [News] (Scientific American)

  30 May 2008
  If you care about reducing your emissions of greenhouse gases, then you might want to move to Honolulu, Los Angeles or Portland, Ore., according to a new study from The Brookings Institution. These three metropolises boast, respectively, the lowest three per capita levels of world warming pollution (read: carbon dioxide) in the nation’s top 100 metro areas. [More]
  
  

• More research needed on global warming (Las Cruces Sun-News)

  30 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier.
  
  

• Malnutrition Is Cheaper to Fight Than Global Warming (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

  30 May 2008
  May 30 (Bloomberg) — The world’s decision-makers should favor fighting malnutrition over global warming because it will yield bigger benefits at a lower cost, a summit of more than 50 economists concluded.
  
  

• Scientists sign petition denying man-made global warming (Daily Telegraph)

  30 May 2008
  More than 31,000 scientists have signed a petition denying that man is responsible for global warming.
  
  

• Bill Scher: McCain’s Incoherence on Global Warming Reaches New Heights (HuffingtonPost)

  29 May 2008
  Yesterday, Sen. John McCain said he does not support the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill, and would not show up to vote on it next week....
  
  

• Global warming in D minor (The San Francisco Examiner)

  29 May 2008
  Under a court order and four years late, the White House Thursday produced what it called a science-based "one-stop shop" of specific threats to the United States from man-made global warming.
  
  

• Lawmaker Thinks ‘Green’ Widlitz Spearheads Landmark Global Warming Bill (Guilford Courier)

  29 May 2008
  One local lawmaker is working to improve the environment by introducing bills that will help reduce global warming, increase the recycling of electronics, and encourage consumers to purchase energy-efficient appliances.
  
  

• Markey announces global warming bill (North Adams Transcript)

  29 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Edward Markey is pushing a bill he says would significantly reduce global warming. The Massachusetts Democrat unveiled a bill Wednesday that seeks an 85 percent cut in greenhouse gas pollution by 2050.
  
  

• Study: Florida Should Prepare For Global Warming (First Coast News)

  29 May 2008
  TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups say that while Florida should do its best to avoid global warming, it should also prepare for it by discouraging new building along coasts that could be under water one day
  
  

• Markey announces global-warming bill (The Nashua Telegraph)

  29 May 2008
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., is pushing a bill he says would significantly reduce global warming. ...
  
  

• Ranking of global-warming pollutants by metro area has much to do with sprawl (Orlando Sentinel)

  29 May 2008
  Honolulu and Los Angeles are the cleanest, while cities in Florida and other Southern states pump far greater amounts of carbon into the sky, according to the most comprehensive look yet at sources of global-warming pollution.
  
  

• Global warming may drop Great Lakes water levels (Detroit News)

  28 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — A report released Wednesday by an environmental group warns that unless Congress acts to curb global warming, Great Lakes water levels will drop, beaches will close more often because fierce storms will cause sewage overflows, and fish and animal populations will drop — hurting tourism and hunting.
  
  

• Florida Global Warming (WMBB TV Panama City)

  28 May 2008
  If you think Florida summers are hot now, it’s only going to get hotter in the future according to a new report about the effects of global warming.
  
  

• Runaway Global Warming 635 Million Years Ago (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

  28 May 2008
  A sudden and extreme case of runaway global warming 635 million years ago was caused by an abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, scientists said today.
  
  

• Global warming to deplete Great Lakes even more (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

  28 May 2008
  Global warming will likely drain more water from the Great Lakes and pose added pollution threats to the region’s vulnerable ecosystem, environmental groups said in a report issued on Wednesday.
  
  

• Global warming to deplete Great Lakes even more (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

  28 May 2008
  Global warming will likely drain more water from the Great Lakes and pose added pollution threats to the region’s vulnerable ecosystem, environmental groups said in a report issued on Wednesday.
  
  

• Report: Congress must pay to counteract global warming’s effect on Great Lakes (Detroit Free Press)

  28 May 2008
  The Great Lakes are likely to face serious threats from global warming and Congress needs to pay for restoring the lakes now so they’ll have a better chance of being resilient once temperatures rise and lake levels drop as predicted. Warming over the next century could lower lakes and expose toxic sediment that has been buried, reduce wetlands that help filter pollution and cause heavy rains (...)
  
  

• Markey unveils sweeping global warming bill (Boston Globe)

  28 May 2008
  By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff Representative Edward J. Markey, the chairman of the special House committee on global warming, today unveiled sweeping legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions and raise billions of dollars to create alternative sources of energy. The...
  
  

• Environmental coalition urges taking global warming into future plans (Naples Daily News)

  28 May 2008
  Florida stands to be a big loser when it comes to global warming and should act now to combat rising sea levels, extreme weather and declining ocean health, a coalition of environmental groups urged this morning.
  
  

• Markey Announces Global Warming Bill (WBZ Boston)

  28 May 2008
  Rep. Edward Markey is pushing a bill he says would significantly reduce global warming.
  
  

• Global Warming Protection (WCTV Tallahassee)

  28 May 2008
  A coalition of experts meeting in Tallahassee say global warming could destroy Florida’s natural beauty if people don’t start taking steps to save the environment.
  
  

• Report: Global warming to have dire effects on Great Lakes (Detroit News)

  28 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — A report released Wednesday by an environmental group warns that unless Congress acts to curb global warming, Great Lakes water levels will drop up to 3 feet; beaches will close more often because of urban and farm pollutants dragged in by fierce storms; and fish and animal populations will decline, damaging tourism and hunting.
  
  

• Markey announces global warming bill (Boston Herald)

  28 May 2008
  WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward Markey is pushing a bill he says would significantly reduce global warming. The Massachusetts Democrat unveiled a bill today that seeks an 85...
  
  

• Virginia Tech to develop campus plan to reduce global warming emissions (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)

  28 May 2008
  Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger has announced the university will develop a campus sustainability plan, one aimed at reducing global warming emissions in every day campus operations, by the end of the 2009 spring semester.
  
  

• Markey announces global warming bill (Boston Globe)

  28 May 2008
  Rep. Edward Markey is pushing a bill he says would significantly reduce global warming. The Massachusetts Democrat unveiled a bill Wednesday that seeks an 85 percent cut in greenhouse gas pollution by 2050.
  
  

• Report: global warming effects to worsen (Albany Times Union)

  28 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — Global warming is already affecting the nation’s forests, water resources, farmland and wildlife and will have serious negative consequences over the next 25 to 50 years, according to a report issued Tuesday by the federal government. The scientific assessment by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, which was commissioned by the Agriculture Department and carried out by 38 (...)
  
  

• Global warming here, U.S. warns (Pioneer Press)

  27 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — Global warming already is affecting the nation’s forests, water resources, farmland and wildlife and will have serious negative consequences over the next 25 to 50 years, according to a report issued Tuesday by the federal government.
  
  

• Study: We’re feeling global warming now (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  27 May 2008
  Global warming is already affecting the nation’s forests, water resources, farmland and wildlife and will have serious negative consequences in the next 25 to 50 years, a government report said Tuesday.
  
  

• Global warming to shorten ski season: CSIRO (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  27 May 2008
  Scientists say Australian skiers should prepare for shorter ski seasons because of global warming.
  
  

• Global warming to shorten ski season: CSIRO (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

  27 May 2008
  Scientists say Australian skiers should prepare for shorter ski seasons because of global warming.
  
  

• Global Warming Could Reduce Hurricanes (WCSH 6 Portland)

  27 May 2008
  UNDATED (AP) — A new study says global warming could reduce the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic over the next century.
  
  

• Study: Obesity Contributes to Global Warming (FOX 29 Lake Charles)

  27 May 2008
  Do you think obesity contributes to global warming? A new study says that people who are obese use more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, contributing to the modern day problem of global warming.
  
  

• Greenpeace rally in Palm Desert to kick off global warming campaign (The Desert Sun)

  27 May 2008
  Greenpeace is holding a rally at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert to kick off a campaign, called Project Hot Seat, to pressure Congress to take action on global warming.
  
  

• Thousands join global warming summit (Sun Star)

  27 May 2008
  SEVERAL thousands of Zamboagueños join the first Summit on Disaster Preparedness for the Global Warming and Food Security held Tuesday, at the Zamboanga City Coliseum, which was fully packed to its capacity of 10,000 people.
  
  

• More doubt about global warming (Valley Independent)

  27 May 2008
  Imagine this nightmarish scenario: Twenty years hence when the Church of Global Warming has secured carbon taxes and stifling controls on industry, adherents of environmental Armageddon announce that "climate change" isn’t influenced by man-made factors after all.
  
  

• Study: Global warming could reduce number of hurricanes (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)

  27 May 2008
  A new study says global warming could reduce the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic over the next century.
  
  

• Global Warming Might Reduce Hurricanes (WDSU New Orleans)

  27 May 2008
  NEW ORLEANS — A new study reported that global warming could reduce the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic over the next century.
  
  

• Study: Global warming could reduce number of hurricanes (KPLC Lake Charles)

  27 May 2008
  Associated Press - May 27, 2008 10:14 AM ET A new study says global warming could reduce the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic over the next century.
  
  

• Global Warming May Mean Fewer Hurricanes (WKRG News 5 Mobile)

  27 May 2008
  New study shows that global warming could mean that less tropical storms develop in the Atlantic Ocean in the next century. More
  
  

• Global Warming Could Reduce Number Of Hurricanes (FOX 24 Macon)

  27 May 2008
  UNDATED (AP) - A new study says global warming could reduce the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic over the next century.
  
  

• Experts Continue Throwing Global Warming Theories Against the Wall (WAAY-TV Huntsville)

  27 May 2008
  A new study says global warming could reduce the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic over the next century. It was led by a hurricane expert at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  
  

• Yale University Researchers Resolve Global Warming Mystery (Yale University)

  27 May 2008
  Yale University scientists reported Sunday that they may have resolved a controversial glitch in models of global warming: A key part of the atmosphere didn’t seem to be warming as expected.
  
  

• On global warming, it’s McCain v. GOP (Politico via Yahoo! News)

  27 May 2008
  John McCain’s tempestuous relationship with his own party will be on full display when the Senate dives into a major global warming debate next week.
  
  

• Global-warming talks fail to agree on near-term goals (Philly.com)

  27 May 2008
  KOBE, Japan - Under pressure to make progress toward a new global-warming pact, Group of Eight environment ministers yesterday endorsed cutting greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury, but failed to agree on much more contentious near-term targets.
  
  

• Controversial Study Says Global Warming Keeps Hurricanes Away (WFTV 9 Orlando)

  26 May 2008
  A new study done by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration reports that global warming actually cuts down on the number of Hurricanes each season.
  
  

• Malta caught up in the middle of the global warming challenge (Malta Today)

  26 May 2008
  One of the effects of global warming is the current movement of migrants from Africa to Europe, with Malta caught directly in between.
  
  

• New laws take small steps to address global warming (Minnesota Public Radio)

  26 May 2008
  Two bills that didn’t get much attention will help reduce Minnesota’s contribution to global warming.
  
  

• Global warming forces European ski resorts to offer summer sports (Daily Telegraph)

  26 May 2008
  European ski resorts are branching into the summer holiday market as the results of global warming hit the slopes.
  
  

• Study Cites High Cost of Global Warming, Says Action Would Be Cheaper (Environmental News Network)

  26 May 2008
  Doing nothing about global warming would cost America dearly for the rest of this century because of stronger hurricanes, higher energy and water costs, and rising seas that would swamp coastal communities, says a new study by economists at Tufts University. The study concludes that it would be cheaper to take aggressive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions than it would be to suffer the (...)
  
  

• It’s easy to stop global warming (Honolulu Advertiser)

  26 May 2008
  There are 51 ways "You Can Prevent Global Warming (And Save Money)" ($12.99), according to authors Jeffrey Langholz and Kelly Turner. In the "Shop Right" section, it mentions buying locally grown food, eating foods in season and shopping for organically grown food, which is both better for you and better for the environment. — Advertiser Staff
  
  

• Leaders vow to fight global warming (Tucson Citizen)

  26 May 2008
  KOBE, Japan - Environment chiefs from the world’s top industrial countries pledged "strong political will" Monday toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, declaring that developed nations should take the lead in battling global warming.
  
  

• Vintners adjust methods to stay competitive in a global warming world (Lawrence Journal-World)

  25 May 2008
  Fruity merlot from Siberia? Not so fast, say vintners from Champagne to California. As global warming threatens to change the land vintners have relied on — sometimes for centuries — established wine growing regions around the world are deploying techniques old and new to adapt.
  
  

• Fruits of global warming (Boston Herald)

  25 May 2008
  AY, France - Fruity merlot from Siberia? Not so fast, say vintners from Champagne to California. As global warming threatens to change the land vintners have relied on...
  
  

• World Bank, U.S., Britain and Japan Take on Warming (New York Times)

  25 May 2008
  The World Bank will raise at least $5.5 billion with the United States, Britain and Japan this year to help poor nations use clean technology and tackle global warming.
  
  

• Evangelical campaign questions human-caused global warming (The Kansas City Star)

  25 May 2008
  A coalition of conservative evangelical leaders wants to enlist 1 million Christians to sign a statement questioning whether human-caused global warming is a real threat.
  
  

• U.N. big urges more effort vs. global warming (Boston Herald)

  25 May 2008
  KOBE, Japan - The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned yesterday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations...
  
  

• U.N. official fears nations slipping on global warming (Denver Post)

  25 May 2008
  The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned Saturday.
  
  

• Less water vapour could ease global warming (Jamaica Gleaner)

  24 May 2008
  A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL scientist thinks too little attention is being placed on water vapour or H2O gas as a contributing factor to global warming.
  
  

• ‘Effects of global warming worse than thought’ (Dawn)

  24 May 2008
  KOBE, May 24: Global warming is damaging the earth more quickly than previously forecast and rising oil prices threaten to speed the growth in greenhouse gas emissions, scientists and activists told environment ministers from industrialised nations on Saturday.
  
  

• UN climate chief says battle to stem global warming is slowing (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

  24 May 2008
  KOBE, Japan - The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the United Nations climate chief warned Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy countries to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

  24 May 2008
  By JOSEPH COLEMAN The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases. The ministers gathered in the western Japanese city of Kobe for a three-day meeting as evidence mounted that rising world temperatures have (...)
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)

  24 May 2008
  Associated Press - May 24, 2008 3:43 PM ET KOBE, Japan (AP) - The U.N. climate chief is warning that the world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming.
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (WTOL 11 Toledo)

  24 May 2008
  Associated Press - May 24, 2008 3:43 PM ET KOBE, Japan (AP) - The U.N. climate chief is warning that the world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming.
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (KRON 4 Bay Area)

  24 May 2008
  KOBE, Japan (AP) - The U.N. climate chief is warning that the world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming.
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)

  24 May 2008
  Associated Press - May 24, 2008 3:43 PM ET KOBE, Japan (AP) - The U.N. climate chief is warning that the world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming.
  
  

• UN climate chief says battle to stem global warming is slowing (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

  24 May 2008
  KOBE, Japan - The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the United Nations climate chief warned Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy countries to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

  24 May 2008
  The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases. The ministers gathered in the western Japanese city of Kobe for a three-day meeting as evidence mounted that rising world temperatures have been taking a toll (...)
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (Las Vegas Sun)

  24 May 2008
  Sat, May 24, 2008 (9:17 a.m.) The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
  
  

• U.N. climate chief: Global warming battle slowing (USA Today)

  24 May 2008
  The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
  
  

• Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (AP via Yahoo! News)

  24 May 2008
  The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
  
  

• Coalition Denies Global Warming (The Lakeland Ledger)

  24 May 2008
  A coalition of conservative evangelical leaders wants to enlist 1 million Christians to sign a statement questioning whether human-caused global warming is a real threat, and arguing that restrictive environmental policies harm poor people.
  
  

• Students join education effort on global warming (The Ocala Star-Banner)

  24 May 2008
  OCALA - By creating a temporary landmark on Friday, local students hoped to play a role in making a lasting impact on worldwide attitudes toward global warming.
  
  

• Evangelical campaign questions human-caused global warming (The Monterey County Herald)

  24 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of conservative evangelical leaders wants to enlist 1 million Christians to sign a statement questioning whether human-caused global warming is a real threat and arguing that restrictive environmental policies harm poor people.
  
  

• Debate over global warming and USDA gardeners’ map (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

  24 May 2008
  The debate over global warming is now spilling into gardening as the USDA reviews whether it should change its zones for planting based on warming trends.
  
  

• Global Warming Sticker Shock (Environment News Service)

  23 May 2008
  WASHINGTON, DC , May 23, 2008 (ENS) - If global warming continues unchecked, by 2100, New York City will feel like Las Vegas does today and San Francisco will have a climate comparable to that of today’s New Orleans.
  
  

• Kiwi Party sceptics on global warming (TVNZ)

  23 May 2008
  The Kiwi Party is the latest to declare its hand on Emissions Trading. Leader Larry Baldock feels the Government’s proposed scheme would put the economy under the stress of increased regulation and says that would be a stupid move, when there is no evidence to prove global warming.
  
  

• Vintners seek sunny side of a warming world (USA Today)

  23 May 2008
  Fruity merlot from Siberia? Not so fast, say vintners from Champagne to California. As global warming threatens to change the land vintners have relied on, established wine growing regions around the world are deploying techniques old and new to adapt.
  
  

• Global warming causing stress on livestock, scientists say (HT via Yahoo! India News)

  23 May 2008
  VETERINARY SCIENTISTS have said that it is time to formulate strategies for combating the global warming induced environmental stress on livestock, which is badly affecting their production.
  
  

• Tidal Cycle Could Amplify Global-warming Related Sea-level Rises (Science Daily)

  23 May 2008
  The results of several scientific studies conducted since 1993 have confirmed a 3.2 cm sea level rise. Although this variation might appear negligible, it has in fact turned out to be twice as high as that recorded over the whole of the previous century. This increase in sea level is a consequence of global warming. When sea temperature rises, the sea expands and therefore occupies a greater (...)
  
  

• Republicans less concerned by global warming news (New Scientist)

  23 May 2008
  When it comes to global warming in the US, how knowledge translates into concern depends upon people’s political views, say political psychologists
  
  

• Republicans less concerned by global warming news (New Scientist)

  23 May 2008
  When it comes to global warming in the US, how knowledge translates into concern depends upon people’s political views, say political psychologists
  
  

• Study: Attacking global warming now will save money (Miami Herald)

  23 May 2008
  Doing nothing about global warming would cost America dearly in the rest of this century because of stronger hurricanes, higher energy and water costs, and rising seas that would swamp coastal communities, according to a new study by economists at Tufts University.
  
  

• Study cites high cost of global warming, says action would be cheaper (The Sacramento Bee)

  23 May 2008
  WASHINGTON – Doing nothing about global warming would cost America dearly for the rest of this century because of stronger hurricanes, higher energy and water costs, and rising seas that would swamp coastal communities, says a new study by economists at Tufts University.
  
  

• Global warming threatens Chesapeake Bay (Moldova.org)

  22 May 2008
  U.S. conservationists said the Chesapeake Bay region could lose more than half of its ocean and estuarine beaches if global warming continues unabated.A study by the National Wildlife Federation projected rising sea levels will significantly reshape the region’s coastal landscape and threaten hunting and fishing, which contribute about $725 million to the region’s economy.Our region’s national (...)
  
  

• Bay at risk from global warming (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

  22 May 2008
  The National Wildlife Federation predicts that rising sea levels caused by global warming could drown half the Chesapeake Bay’s beaches and swamps by 2100.
  
  

• Global warming threatens Chesapeake Bay (UPI)

  22 May 2008
  WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) — U.S. conservationists said the Chesapeake Bay region could lose more than half of its ocean and estuarine beaches if global warming continues unabated.
  
  

• Stop global warming (USA Today)

  22 May 2008
  Stop global warming Cara Hartley - Bloomington, Ind. The Bush administration recently conceded that global warming is a real and dire threat to the survival of polar bears when it added them to the threatened species list ("U.S. adds polar...
  
  

• Global Warming Experiment in Pellston Kills Thousands of Trees (9&10 News Cadillac)

  22 May 2008
  Research scientists from the University of Michigan Biological Station killed more than 6,000 aspen trees as part of a global warming experiment. They say the aging trees were already dying off, so they speeded up the process and cut off the bark to starve the trees.
  
  

• NRDC Report on Global Warming: Doing Nothing Comes with a Huge Price Tag (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

  22 May 2008
  A report released today by researchers at Tufts University, commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), presents two ways of estimating the costs of inaction on climate change, both leading to staggering bottom lines. A comprehensive estimate, based on state-of-the-art computer modeling, finds that doing nothing on global warming will cost the United States economy more than (...)
  
  

• Bay Area Air Board Approves Global-Warming Fees for Businesses (HispanicBusiness.com)

  22 May 2008
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area’s air pollution board Wednesday became the first in the United States to levy fees on businesses for the global warming gases they emit.
  
  

• Evangelical campaign questions human-caused global warming (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  22 May 2008
  WASHINGTON - A coalition of conservative evangelical leaders wants to enlist 1 million Christians to sign a statement questioning whether human-caused global warming is a real threat and arguing that restrictive environmental policies harm poor people.
  
  

• Senate Committee Votes to Let California Enforce Clean Cars Global Warming Law (NRDC Worldview)

  22 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (May 21, 2008) – Today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 10-9 to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to allow California to enforce its historic law to reduce global warming pollution from cars.
  
  

• Deforestation: The Hidden Cause of Global Warming (YaleGlobal Online)

  22 May 2008
  Deforestation accounts for about 25 percent of carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
  
  

• Air board adopts global warming fee (Vallejo Times-Herald)

  22 May 2008
  SAN FRANCISCO - The Bay Area’s air pollution board Wednesday became the first in the United States to levy fees on businesses for the global warming gases they emit. Declaring that local governments have a role in helping solve a global problem that Congress and the Bush
  
  

• Southern Company Senior VP Chris Hobson to Present June 3 at Lehman Brothers Global Warming Solutions Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

  22 May 2008
  Southern Company Senior Vice President of Research and Environmental Affairs Chris Hobson will speak at the Lehman Brothers Global Warming Solutions Conference on June 3, 2008. The conference will be held at the Lehman Brothers Headquarters Building at 745 Seventh Avenue in New York.
  
  

• Our View: State’s fever on global warming may be cooling (Appeal-Democrat)

  22 May 2008
  The state’s costly, grandiose scheme to combat global warming is finding resistance from many of the same folks who approved it two years ago. Meanwhile, legislative opposition also is growing to the plan to create a global warming state think tank financed by a utility users’ surcharge.
  
  

• Bay Area air board approves global-warming fees for businesses (Contra Costa Times)

  21 May 2008
  The Bay Area’s air pollution board Wednesday became the first in the United States to levy fees on businesses for the global warming gases they emit.
  
  

• Starwatch Consumer: Watching global warming (The Kansas City Star)

  21 May 2008
  Google Inc . users can watch how global warming will affect their corner of the planet on a new Web site that combines data from British scientists with the Internet company’s Google Earth programs. The site will show the loss of Antarctic ice shelves over the past 50 years on animated maps. Web surfers also can view projected rises in temperature for different parts of the (...)
  
  

• Starwatch Consumer: Watching global warming (The Kansas City Star)

  21 May 2008
  Google Inc . users can watch how global warming will affect their corner of the planet on a new Web site that combines data from British scientists with the Internet company’s Google Earth programs. The site will show the loss of Antarctic ice shelves over the past 50 years on animated maps. Web surfers also can view projected rises in temperature for different parts of the (...)
  
  

• Legislator questions global warming, pushes for nuclear power as renewable energy Wednesday (Deseret Morning News)

  21 May 2008
  Rep. Michael Noel called global warming "pure bunk" and made a pitch Wednesday for defining nuclear power as a renewable energy resource.
  
  

• Global warming prophets are modern snake oil salesmen (Sterling Journal-Advocate)

  21 May 2008
  It’s my belief that Al Gore and his experts, whose egos are so big they think of themselves as almost god-like, are not much more than 20th century snake oil salesmen. “Global warming” has happened before, just like the earth has been through several ice ages, all without man’s help.
  
  

• Protecting Polar Bears Must Include Mitigating Global Warming, Group Argues (Science Daily)

  21 May 2008
  Following a three-year legal battle to protect the polar bear from extinction due to global warming, three environmental groups won protection for the species with the announcement May 14 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the polar bear as a federally "threatened" species. While the polar bear listing is one of the administration’s clearest acknowledgments to date of the urgent (...)
  
  

• Bay Area air board approves global-warming fees for businesses (Contra Costa Times)

  21 May 2008
  Larger companies such as oil refineries will pay the most for the greenhouse gases they emit; the money will fund the study of global warming.
  
  

• Bay Area air board approves global-warming fees for businesses (Contra Costa Times)

  21 May 2008
  Larger business such as oil refineries will pay most to fund study of global warming
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must also fight global warming (USA Today)

  21 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (USA Today)

  21 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• Bay Area regulators to vote on global warming fees (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

  21 May 2008
  Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay area aren’t waiting for state or federal authorities to do something about global warming.
  
  

• Ford gets his chest hair ’ripped out’ for global warming! (New Kerala)

  21 May 2008
  Melbourne, May 21 : What would you do to raise awareness about the effect of deforestation on global warming? Well, if you’re Harrison Ford then you wax your chest.
  
  

• Global warming: Forge new path, urges Nobel winner (The Star)

  21 May 2008
  PETALING JAYA : Developing countries should avoid the present carbon economic system that is responsible for global warming, said Nobel Peace Prize co-winner and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (Las Vegas Sun)

  21 May 2008
  Wed, May 21, 2008 (12:02 a.m.) Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)

  20 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• Bay Area air regulators to vote on global warming fees (San Francisco Chronicle)

  20 May 2008
  Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay Area aren’t waiting for state or federal authorities to do something about global warming. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s board of directors was set to vote on new rules Wednesday that would...
  
  

• Bay Area air regulators to vote on global warming fees (The Fresno Bee)

  20 May 2008
  Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay Area aren’t waiting for state or federal authorities to do something about global warming.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)

  20 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• EPA’s Johnson defends actions on global warming (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

  20 May 2008
  The head of the Environmental Protection Agency came under sharp attack at a House hearing Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers accusing him of repeatedly caving in to White House pressure on environmental issues such as global warming and a recently enacted health standard for smog.
  
  

• Newspaper Questions Heat Up Global Warming Debate (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)

  20 May 2008
  WCCO meteorologist Mike Fairbourne is expressing concern that some environmental groups are blaming humans too much for global warming — accusing them of using "squishy science" to make their point.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)

  20 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (Las Vegas Sun)

  20 May 2008
  Tue, May 20, 2008 (9:52 a.m.) Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (The Charlotte Observer)

  20 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act. In court documents filed late Friday, the Center for Biological Diversity and other groups asked a federal judge to reject Interior Department actions that were announced last (...)
  
  

• Critics: Polar bear plan must fight global warming (AP via Yahoo! News)

  20 May 2008
  Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials’ refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
  
  

• McCain jumps aboard the global warming train (Lampasas Dispatch Record)

  20 May 2008
  David Limbaugh If John McCain were truly a maverick, he would publicly break from the politically correct culture that demands obedience to its global warming narrative. But sadly, he continues to do the opposite.
  
  

• WCCO meteorologist: Global warming ’extremism’ uses ’squishy science’ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  20 May 2008
  It’s great to see someone stand up for what they believe even when it’s unpopular. Way to go, Mike! We need more people like this. poll: Is global warming science ’squishy’?
  
  

• Obesity contributes to global warming (Canada.com)

  20 May 2008
  Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
  
  

• 31,000 Scientists Say No To Global Warming (The Chattanoogan)

  20 May 2008
  Here’s a little fact that you will never see reported in the press, 31,072 scientists have signed a petition stating that there is no convincing evidence of greenhouse gasses causing global warming. And the media tells me that the argument is over and that everyone is in agreement.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (The World)

  20 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• WCCO meteorologist: Global warming ’extremism’ uses ’squishy science’ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  20 May 2008
  Longtime WCCO-TV meteorologist Mike Fairbourne says that the environmental movement is practicing "squishy science" when it ties human activity to global warming.
  
  

• Pumping sulphur gas into atmosphere could slow down global warming (New Kerala)

  20 May 2008
  Washington, May 20 : An Australian scientist has proposed a radical solution to slow down global warming, by suggesting a technique which would place sulphur gas into the Earth’s stratosphere to keep out the Sun’s rays.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (Daily Herald)

  19 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• 31,000 scientists reject global warming’ agenda (WorldNetDaily)

  19 May 2008
  ’Mr. Gore’s movie has claims no informed expert endorses’ More than 31,000 scientists across the United States, including more than 9,000 PhDs in fields including atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties, have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the assumption that the human production of greenhouse gases is damaging Earth’s (...)
  
  

• Global Warming to Decrease Hurricanes, Study Says (National Geographic)

  19 May 2008
  Hurricanes will occur less frequently but be slightly wetter and stronger, predicts the latest finding in the contentious debate over global warming and hurricanes.
  
  

• Global warming damage probed (Gulf Daily News)

  19 May 2008
  THE extent of damage Bahrain may suffer due to global warming is to be examined in a major report, it was announced yesterday.
  
  

• Global Warming May Result in Fewer - but Nastier - Hurricanes (TechNewsWorld.com)

  19 May 2008
  Atlantic hurricanes will be fewer in number but more intense as a result of global warming, a new study predicts. In the study, researchers performed hurricane simulations using a new model that they say improves upon previous ones with both higher resolution and an improved ability to simulate past observed changes in Atlantic hurricane activity.
  
  

• Study: Global warming not worsening hurricanes (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

  19 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Study: Global Warming Reduces Hurricanes (ABC News)

  19 May 2008
  Increase in Atlantic hurricanes is not caused by global warming, study finds.
  
  

• Global warming ’not to blame’ for rise in hurricanes in the Atlantic, say experts (Daily Mail)

  19 May 2008
  Fears of an epidemic of hurricanes due to global warming are unfounded, experts said today. New research suggests that hurricanes will become less common by the end of the century, but possibly more destructive
  
  

• Freescale Powertrain Microcontrollers Feature Emissions Control Technology to Combat Global Warming (Broadcast Newsroom)

  19 May 2008
  SHANGHAI, China, BUSINESS WIRE — To help reduce automotive emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a family of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) with integrated emissions control technology.
  
  

• Freescale Powertrain Microcontrollers Feature Emissions Control Technology to Combat Global Warming (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)

  19 May 2008
  To help reduce automotive emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a family of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) with integrated emissions control technology. Like other Freescale powertrain microcontrollers, these MCUs are engineered to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and enable cost-effective, yet sophisticated (...)
  
  

• Study blasts fears over global warming (Sun-Sentinel)

  19 May 2008
  Greenhouse gases have little effect on hurricane strength, it says Although some experts warn that global warming may be dramatically increasing the number and intensity of hurricanes, a new climate study begs to differ.
  
  

• Study sez global warming won’t raise ’canes (New York Daily News)

  19 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• TOP SCIENTIST COOLS ON GLOBAL-WARMING STORMS (New York Post)

  19 May 2008
  WASHINGTON - Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, according to a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position on the subject has shifted. Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce...
  
  

• Federal scientist shifts view on global warming’s effect on hurricanes (Denton Record-Chronicle)

  19 May 2008
  WASHINGTON – Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (Las Vegas Sun)

  19 May 2008
  Mon, May 19, 2008 (12:17 a.m.) Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Global warming fight set in Senate (The Tennessean)

  19 May 2008
  WASHINGTON — Landmark legislation to reduce global warming is set to spark an intense Senate debate in early June.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (PhysOrg)

  19 May 2008
  (AP) — Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject. Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and those making landfall, research meteorologist Tom Knutson reported in a study released Sunday.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (AP via Yahoo! News)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Scientist: Rise in hurricanes not caused by global warming (Boston Herald)

  18 May 2008
  WASHINGTON - Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted...
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (WIS News 10 Columbia)

  18 May 2008
  A study by a prominent federal scientist suggests that global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in Atlantic hurricanes.
  
  

• Global Warming Not Causing More Hurricanes (WSMV Nashville)

  18 May 2008
  A prominent federal scientist says global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (San Francisco Chronicle)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject. Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in...
  
  

• Study Says Global Warming Not Worsening Hurricanes (WCTV Tallahassee)

  18 May 2008
  A research meteorologist has had a change of opinion on global warming and now says that global warming is not to blame for the recent increase in hurricane activity.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (AP via Yahoo! News)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (WAVY 10)

  18 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A study by a prominent federal scientist suggests that global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in Atlantic hurricanes. In the past, research meteorologist Tom Knutson has raised concerns about the effects of climate change on storms.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (WSYR 9 Syracuse)

  18 May 2008
  A study by a prominent federal scientist suggests that global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in Atlantic hurricanes.
  
  

• Study: Global Warming Not Tied To Hurricane Jump (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

  18 May 2008
  A noted scientist has changed his stance on the impact global warming on the yearly Atlantic Hurricane Season.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (WHBF-TV Quad Cities)

  18 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A study by a prominent federal scientist suggests that global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in Atlantic hurricanes. In the past, research meteorologist Tom Knutson has raised concerns about the effects of climate change on storms.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (WRIC 8 News Richmond)

  18 May 2008
  Associated Press - May 18, 2008 3:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - A study by a prominent federal scientist suggests that global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in Atlantic...
  
  

• Global warming not behind hurricane surge: study (CTV.ca)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent U.S. federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Obesity contributes to global warming (Regina Leader-Post)

  18 May 2008
  GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
  
  

• Global Warming May Decrease Number Of Hurricanes (CBS4 Miami)

  18 May 2008
  A noted scientist has changed his stance on the impact global warming on the yearly Atlantic Hurricane Season.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (Boston Herald)

  18 May 2008
  WASHINGTON - Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted...
  
  

• Study Says Global Warming Not Worsening Hurricanes (ABC News)

  18 May 2008
  Jump in Atlantic hurricanes not global warming, says study that predicts fewer future storms
  
  

• Study: Global warming not to blame for rise in hurricanes (Houston Chronicle)

  18 May 2008
  A new scientific paper authored by prominent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists, published this weekend, reinforces the changing climate landscape caused by global warming.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject. Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and those making landfall, research meteorologist Tom Knutson reported in a study released Sunday. In the past, Knutson has (...)
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (Las Vegas Sun)

  18 May 2008
  Sun, May 18, 2008 (10:07 a.m.) Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (USA Today)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist.
  
  

• Study says global warming not worsening hurricanes (AP via Yahoo! News)

  18 May 2008
  Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.
  
  

• Hollywood can stop the pace of global warming (Salina Journal)

  18 May 2008
  I’ve come to the conclusion that the issue of global warming would be taken more seriously if it were more frightening. One of the great joys of growing up down the street from a movie theater was having my popcorn kernels scared off by Saturday matinee horror flicks.
  
  

• Claim: Obese people cause global warming (Moldova.org)

  17 May 2008
  Some British experts say fat people are contributing to global warming more than those who are thin because they require more food and fuel.London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine scientists said the transportation and food costs of obese people are contributing to increasing energy prices and food defects.We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility. Obesity is a key part (...)
  
  

• Claim: Obese people cause global warming (UPI)

  17 May 2008
  LONDON, May 17 (UPI) — Some British experts say fat people are contributing to global warming more than those who are thin because they require more food and fuel.
  
  

• Senate poised to take up sweeping global warming bill (USA Today)

  17 May 2008
  Landmark legislation to reduce global warming is set to spark an intense Senate debate in early June.
  
  

• Kidney stones? Blame global warming (The Times of India)

  17 May 2008
  WASHINGTON: Latest research indicates that global warming could have another unwanted spin-off - it may spur the formation of kidney stones. Dehydration, particularly in warmer climes and higher temperatures, will only exacerbate this effect.
  
  

• Experts debate: To what degree does global warming affect storms? (Sun-Sentinel)

  17 May 2008
  Experts’ question: To what degree does it affect storms? When Chris Landsea talks about global warming and its potential effect on storms, he thinks of his family.
  
  

• Experts debate: To what degree does global warming affect storms? (Sun-Sentinel)

  17 May 2008
  At issue: To what degree does it affect hurricanes? When Chris Landsea talks about global warming and its potential effect on storms, he thinks of his family.
  
  

• Impact of global warming debated (Miami Herald)

  17 May 2008
  Call it sports talk for scientists. All week, some of the nation’s leading hurricane researchers, meteorologists, and prognosticators have been chatting about global warming’s effect on hurricanes.
  
  

• Global warming effect debated (Florida Today)

  16 May 2008
  FORT LAUDERDALE — Do greenhouse gases fuel hurricanes, spawning legions of stronger storms? Or is this notion strictly hot air? On Friday, two of the nation’s leading climate scientists traded opposing opinions during a cordial debate on global warming and hurricanes.
  
  

• Dist. 158 president calls global warming, diversity propaganda (Daily Herald)

  16 May 2008
  After calling global warming "one of the biggest propaganda campaigns" in American history and a diversity club "a slippery slope," Huntley’s school board president was outvoted Thursday in an attempt to block funding for recycling and diversity clubs in the district.
  
  

• Experts debate: To what degree does global warming affect storms? (Sun-Sentinel)

  16 May 2008
  Experts’ question: To what degree does it affect storms? When Chris Landsea talks about global warming and its potential effect on storms, he thinks of his family.
  
  

• Senate poised to take up sweeping global warming bill (USA Today)

  16 May 2008
  Landmark legislation to reduce global warming is set to spark an intense Senate debate in early June.
  
  

• Bay Area pollution board to consider first fees on global warming (Contra Costa Times)

  16 May 2008
  Fees would be based on global warming gas emissions
  
  

• Board to consider global warming fees (Contra Costa Times)

  16 May 2008
  Environmentalists say the Bay Area’s air pollution district is fighting global warming by proposing fees for businesses based on the gases they emit. More Green news
  
  

• McCain global warming speech critiqued (BPNews.net)

  16 May 2008
  WASHINGTON (BP)—Sen. John McCain’s recent global warming speech assured Americans of one thing, a skeptical scientist says -– no major presidential candidate in 2008 will challenge prevailing assumptions.
  
  

• Christians Launch Campaign against Global Warming Hype (The Christian Post)

  16 May 2008
  While it may seem like everyone believes in global warming and the impending catastrophe it will bring, a group of conservative Christians countered that message Thursday by launching a national campaign to gather one million signatures for a statement that says Christians must not believe in all the ...
  
  

• Latest global warming factor: Obesity (MSNBC)

  16 May 2008
  GENEVA - Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
  
  

• Rich must lead global warming fight: UN’s de Boer (Khaleej Times)

  16 May 2008
  LONDON - Efforts to combat global warming risk running out of steam because rich, developed nations are failing to show the necessary leadership, Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N.’s climate change secretariat, said on Friday.
  
  

• Could global warming make hurricanes stronger? (WINK TV Southwest Florida)

  16 May 2008
  Scientists and researchers today are expected to debate whether global warming could be making hurricanes stronger.
  
  

• INTERVIEW-Rich must lead global warming fight -UN’s de Boer (AlertNet)

  16 May 2008
  Source: Reuters By Jeremy Lovell LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Efforts to combat global warming risk running out of steam because rich, developed nations are failing to show the necessary leadership, Yvo de Boer, head ...
  
  

• Brazilian Companies Announce Global Warming Game Plan (Environmental News Network)

  16 May 2008
  The Brazil Greenhouse Gas Protocol Program was launched today and its 12 founding corporate members have voluntarily agreed to report their global-warming emissions. “The program provides options for sound measurement and allows members to take action to reduce their GHG emissions,” said Thelma Krug, secretary of climate change, Brazil Environment Ministry, at the launch event here in the IBAMA (...)
  
  

• Scientists, researchers scheduled to discuss global warming at hurricane conference (KATC 3 Lafayette)

  16 May 2008
  Associated Press - May 16, 2008 8:54 AM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Scientists and researchers today are expected to debate whether global warming could be making hurricanes...
  
  

• Scientists, Researchers Scheduled To Discuss Global Warming at Hurricane Conference (First Coast News)

  16 May 2008
  FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (AP) — Scientists and researchers today are expected to debate whether global warming could be making hurricanes stronger. It’s all part of the Governor’s Hurricane Conference, which has been going on this week in Fort Lauderdale.
  
  

• Scientists, researchers scheduled to discuss global warming at hurricane conference (7 News Miami)

  16 May 2008
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Scientists and researchers today are expected to debate whether global warming could be making hurricanes stronger.
  
  

• Obesity seen contributing to global warming (Christian Today)

  16 May 2008
  Obesity contributes to global warming too Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size
  
  

• Kidney stones? Blame global warming (Deccan Herald)

  16 May 2008
  Latest research indicates that global warming could have another unwanted spin-off - it may spur the formation of kidney stones. Dehydration, particularly in warmer climes and higher temperatures, will only exacerbate this effect.
  
  

• Indian film chosen for UN fight against Global Warming (New Kerala)

  16 May 2008
  New Delhi: A magical fable about a young boy who discovers the solution to global warming from a monk in the Himalayas has been adopted by the UN as part of its initiative to green the planet and stop Global Warming.
  
  

• Letter: Global warming has reader hot (Appeal-Democrat)

  16 May 2008
  I don’t know about you folks, but I’m pretty damn sick and tired of this global warming hype, as if we don’t have any problems with illegal aliens roaming around the U.S. and our wide open borders, bothers me the most.
  
  

• Kidney stones? Blame global warming (New Kerala)

  15 May 2008
  Washington, May 16: Latest research indicates that global warming could have another unwanted spin-off - it may spur the formation of kidney stones.
  
  

• Dist. 158 president calls global warming, diversity propaganda (Daily Herald)

  15 May 2008
  After calling global warming "one of the biggest propaganda campaigns" in American history and a diversity club "a slippery slope," Huntley’s school board president was outvoted Thursday in an attempt to block funding for recycling and diversity clubs in the district.
  
  

• Kidney stones? Blame global warming (Deccan Herald)

  15 May 2008
  Latest research indicates that global warming could have another unwanted spin-off - it may spur the formation of kidney stones. Dehydration, particularly in warmer climes and higher temperatures, will only exacerbate this effect.
  
  

• Obesity Contributes To Global Warming - Study (Planet Ark)

  15 May 2008
  GENEVA - Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.