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- The big un-chill: Climate change damages winter tourism
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Add to the economic costs of climate change the $12 billion winter tourism industry. A new report from the nonprofit groups Protect Our Winters and [...]
- Senate Dems push climate change amendment
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Senate Democrats are attempting to force a vote on climate change through an amendment to the defense authorization bill.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-R.I.) amendment calls for [...] - Doha Conference: Kyoto Protocol And Other Issues Remain Unresolved
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Almost 200 nations are meeting in Doha until Dec. 7 to try to extend struggling U.N.-led efforts to slow global warming to avert ever more [...]
- UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
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Though it’s tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was “probably not a coincidence” but an example of the extreme [...]
- U.N. talks seen falling short despite climate change fears
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Despite mounting alarm about climate change, almost 200 nations meeting in Doha from Monday are likely to pay little more than lip service to the [...]
- U.N. Global Warming Summit: Heading Over the Climate Cliff
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Paul Krugman got me thinking about climate change this morning.
Not that the bearded oracle was writing about global warming. Krugman’s newest New York Times column [...] - Greenhouse Gases Hit Record High in 2011
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The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a record high in 2011, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Tuesday (Nov. [...]
- Iowa scientists: Climate change caused the drought
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Scientists are saying that due to climate change caused by greenhouse gases, Iowans should brace themselves for more bad weather like the 2012 drought.
More than [...] - World’s Largest Investors Call For Climate Change Action
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A coalition of the world’s largest investors called on governments on Tuesday to ramp up action on climate change and boost clean-energy investment or risk [...]
- Al Gore calls on Barack Obama to ‘act boldly’ on climate change
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The former vice-president and climate champion, Al Gore, has called on Barack Obama to seize the moment and use his re-election victory to push through [...]
