Posted on December 17, 2008 by Aaron
Using new satellite technology that measures changes in mass in mountain glaciers and ice sheets, NASA geophysicist Scott Luthcke concluded that the losses amounted to enough water to fill the Chesapeake Bay 21 times.
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Posted on November 29, 2008 by Aaron
In Los Angeles on Monday, Mayor Villaraigosa’s office presented a ground-breaking plan to generate 1.3 GW of solar electricity by 2020. But this effort is just one of many initiatives that LA has taken as a leader in urban sustainability and green policies.
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Posted on December 16, 2007 by progressivepop
It overran by a day and the American delegation found itself being roundly booed, but a compromise deal on saving the planet has been hammered out at the climate change conference. Juliette Jowit, Caroline Davies and David Adam in Bali report
After tears, jeers and a dramatic eleventh-hour U-turn by the United States, a compromise deal [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2007 by progressivepop
As former vice president Al Gore urged delegates here Thursday night to “go far, quickly” in reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming, international negotiators remained at an impasse over how to construct a road map leading to a worldwide climate agreement by the end of 2009.
Gore pressed officials from across the globe to [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2007 by progressivepop
The U.N.’s top climate official warned policymakers and scientists trying to hammer out a landmark report on climate change that ignoring the urgency of global warming would be “criminally irresponsible.”
Yvo de Boer’s comments came at the opening of a week-long conference that will complete a concise guide on the state of global warming and what [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by progressivepop
The White House significantly edited testimony prepared for a Senate hearing on the impact of climate change on health, deleting key portions citing diseases that could flourish in a warmer climate, documents obtained by The Associated Press showed Wednesday.
The White House on Wednesday denied that it had “watered down” the congressional testimony that Dr. Julie [...]
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