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31/5/05
HURRICANE season could renew global warming debate
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… States this summer, their roar is likely to be accompanied by the din
of another storm — an angry debate among US scientists over the impact
of global warming …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30604395.htm
SCIENTIST digs into global warming
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
… When global cooling was all the hubbub in the 1970s, he kept his distance.
When global warming got traction in the 1990s, he resisted. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11774009.htm
AFRICAN Drought and Global Warming
Tech Central Station – Richfield,OH,USA
… at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in New Orleans suggests
that much of Africa will experience increasing drought as global warming
progresses in …
www.techcentralstation.com/053105D.html
SEATTLE asks cities to fight global warming on own
Dallas Morning News (subscription) – TX,USA
The mayor of Seattle has persuaded 151 other US cities to agree to reduce
global warming by voluntarily following the Kyoto Protocol that the Bush
…
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/loca
lnews/stories/053105dnmetkyoto.fd4226c5.html
BRUSSELS focuses on effort to tackle climate change
Financial Times – London,England,UK
The European Commission will step up attempts to tackle climate change
this week amid concern that international progress is again being stalled
by the US. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/12448cfa-d120-11d9-9c1d-00000e2511c8.html
SMALL species back-up giant marsupial climate change extinction …
EurekAlert – Washington,DC,USA
Thinking small in a time when everything was big has helped Queensland
researchers to unearth new evidence that climate change, instead of humans,
was …
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-05/ra-ssb052705.php
PANEL launched for climate change
Korea Herald (subscription) – Seoul,South Korea
… yesterday an intergovernmental panel to oversee the assessment of scientific,
technical and socioeconomic information relevant to climate change on
Korean …
www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/05/31/200505310002.asp
29/5/05
WORLD’S mayors seek to fight global warming, make cities greener
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
… week to forge a set of international guidelines for sustainable urban
living — billed as a municipal version of the Kyoto Protocol on global
warming that the …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/29/state/n122800D35.DTL
STATE to tackle global warming
San Jose Mercury News – San Jose,CA,USA
… Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to unveil an ambitious plan this week
to combat global warming that would make California the largest state
in the nation to set …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/
local/states/california/northern_california/11767896.htm
GLOBAL warming junk
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Please inform Bill Steigerwald (”Too few global skeptics,” May 8 and TribLIVE.com)
that the US Department of Defense has declared global warming to be a
…
pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/letters/s_338574.html
CORPORATE leaders call for UK leadership on climate change
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
… from thirteen major UK and international companies are offering to
support the Government in developing new, longer-term policies for tackling
climate change. …
i-newswire.com/pr22836.html
GLOBAL Climate Change To Spawn Future Lawsuits
RedNova.com – Dallas,TX,USA
… fired power plants or their corporate inheritors, even auto companies
which make gas-guzzling SUVs — all are tempting targets for climate-change
lawsuits in …
www.rednova.com/news/science/152574/global_climate_change_to_spawn_future_lawsuits/
28/5/05
GLOBAL warming? A small few non-believers say no
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
Rev up your SUV. Jump in a plane to New York for a morning meeting about
how global warming is a “scam” and head back in the afternoon. …
seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/226175_climate29.html
GENERAL Electric puts new focus on global warming
U.S. News & World Report – USA
… But it takes a special kind of imagination to envision the Bush administration
and a Republican Congress enacting a law to address global warming. …
www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/050606/6warm.htm
BUSINESS chiefs offer Blair partnership on climate change
Financial Times – London,England,UK
A group of senior busi-nessmen has urged Tony Blair to provide industry
with stronger incentives to tackle climate change and set long-term targets
on …
news.ft.com/cms/s/025272f2-cf14-11d9-8cb5-00000e2511c8.html
CLIMATE change takes center stage
Salon – USA
A series of climate-change proposals will go before the Senate next month,
but some are greener than others. By Amanda Griscom Little. …
www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/28/muckraker/
UN & WCC Anxious of Global Climate Change’s Impact on World …
ChristianToday – London,UK
… countries, with a combined population of 2 billion, including 450 million
undernourished people, production losses due to climate change may drastically
…
www.christiantoday.com/news/society/un.wcc.anxious.
global.climate.changes.impact.on.world.poverty/287.htm
CLIMATE change poses threat to crops in India: UN:-
Webindia123 – India
New Delhi, May 28 : Climate change threatens to sharply increase crop losses
in many developing countries like India, says the UN Food and Agriculture
…
news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=84169&n_date=20050528&cat=Business
NUCLEAR Power Not Needed to Reduce Global Warming Emissions
Environment Colorado (PressRelease) – Denver,CO,USA
DENVER—With Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman introducing a new global
warming bill late yesterday afternoon that includes incentives for nuclear
power …
environmentcolorado.org/envco.asp?id2=17377&id3=DO
UN: Africa Faces Food Crisis Under Global Warming
Discovery Channel – USA
… people in sub-Saharan African countries are most in danger of starvation
and food security difficulties in the light of the latest findings on
global warming. …
dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20050523/africawarming.html
G8 will not set targets to cut global warming
Independent – London,England,UK
… discuss the role of nuclear power in reducing climate change – but
it is not preparing to set new targets or a timetable to reduce global
warming, according to …
news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=642008
GLOBAL warming
Marketplace (audio) – Minneapolis,MN,USA
Description: A new UN report reveals that global warming poses a growing
threat to feeding the world. Marketplace’s Cheryl Glaser has a report.
…
mpr.streamsage.com/marketplace/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid=AM200505273
FAO warns over global warming
??? – Beijing,China
Global warming is likely to significantly diminish food production in many
countries and greatly increase the number of hungry people, the United
Nations Food …
edu.sina.com.cn/en/2005-05-27/191733343.html
US told to face up to climate change
Guardian Unlimited – UK
… In an interview with the Guardian ahead of the British-chaired G8 summit
in July which seeks to promote climate change and Africa as the great
challenges of …
politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,9061,1494310,00.html
BUSINESSES call for urgent action on climate change
Guardian Unlimited – UK
The right government policy on climate change could minimise costs to business
and need not harm competitiveness, 13 of Britain’s most powerful companies
said …
www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1494083,00.html
CLIMATE change threatens world’s hungry
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
27 (UPI) — Climate change threatens to increase the world’s hungry by
reducing land available for farming, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
said. …
washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050526-094634-8878r.htm
EUROPE Tackles Climate Change During Green Week 2005
Environment News Service – USA
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 27, 2005 (ENS) – “Get to grips with climate change”
is the slogan and the goal, of this year’s Green Week, the European Commission’s
…
www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2005/2005-05-27-04.asp
ENVIRONMENT: Green Week 2005 gets to grips with climate change
EUROPA (press release) – Brussels,Belgium
Get to grips with climate change is the slogan, and the objective, of this
year’s Green Week, the Commission’s annual conference programme and exhibition
…
europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/
05/624&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
27/5/05
UN highlights global warming threat
Australian Financial Review – Australia
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says global warming is likely
to significantly diminish food production in many countries and greatly
increase the …
afr.com/articles/2005/05/27/1117129859350.html
GLOBAL warming not new, but it’s happening faster
Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago,IL,USA
It’s happening all over the globe today, of course. But it also happened
back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. A new fossil study …
www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-hot26.html
CITIES take on global warming
Marketplace (audio) – Minneapolis,MN,USA
Description: President Bush has declined to sign the Kyoto Protocol, the
treaty designed to cool global warming. The White House …
mpr.streamsage.com/marketplace/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid=AM200505262
ARCTIC Leaders Appeal Over Global Warming
Omega Letter Intelligence Digest (subscription) – USA
Indigenous leaders from Arctic regions around the world called on the European
Union on Tuesday to do more to fight global warming and to consider giving
aid …
www.omegaletter.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=5421
DRAFT G8 deal on climate change ‘lets US off hook’
Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
THE Prime Minister’s aim of securing a breakthrough on climate change at
the G8 summit appears destined to end in failure, according to a leaked
document seen …
news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=578612005
FAO: Farmers feel the heat of climate change
Bangkok Post – Klong Toey,Bangkok,Thailand
Rome _ Climate change threatens to increase the number of the world’s hungry
by reducing the area of land available for farming in developing countries,
the …
www.bangkokpost.com/News/27May2005_news25.php
ASKING about climate change
Channel 4 News – London,UK
Radiohead singer Tom Yorke has launched “The Big Ask” campaign for action
on climate change with Friends of the Earth. Africa and …
www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=208
MORE shareholders ask ExxonMobil for action on climate change
Waste News – Akron,OH,USA
shareholders called on the world´s largest oil company to address climate
change and its effect of on the company´s bottom line. …
www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1117115493
26/5/05
ARCTIC Leaders Appeal Over Global Warming
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Indigenous leaders from Arctic regions around the
world called on the European Union on Tuesday to do more to fight global
warming and to …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2005/05/25/AR2005052501711.html
GLOBAL warming panel approved by NC Senate
Lexington Dispatch – Lexington,NC,USA
A study commission would examine the potential damage of global warming
upon North Carolina in a bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday. …
www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
?AID=/20050525/APN/505250986&cachetime=5
NUCLEAR Power Not Needed to Reduce Global Warming Emissions
Common Dreams (press release) – Portland,ME,USA
WASHINGTON — May 25 — With the nuclear industry running an aggressive
public relations campaign to promote itself as the solution to global
warming, a report …
www.commondreams.org/news2005/0525-03.htm
XCEL Energy is a leading global warming polluter
Environment Colorado (PressRelease) – Denver,CO,USA
DENVER—Environment Colorado turns up the heat on Xcel Energy by challenging
the company to reduce its global warming pollution and urging Congress
to take …
environmentcolorado.org/envco.asp?id2=17343&id3=DO
EXPERTS to grapple with carbon cap at NY Global Warming conference
Environmental Media Services (press release) – Washington,D.C.,USA
The high-level discussion of the plan will be part of Global Warming Solutions
2005, June 8 and 9 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, organized by Clean
Air …
www.ems.org/nws/2005/05/25/experts_to_grapp
RADIOHEAD star backs climate change law
ITV.com – UK
… The Big Ask campaign calls on the public to write to their MPs and
ask them to back the Climate Change Bill. Speaking at the campaign …
www.itv.com/news/entertainment_460376.html
ACTION on Climate Change
a2Mediagroup.com – UK
… “The Scottish Executive is committed to tackling the causes of climate
change and adapting to its unavoidable impacts. “In global …
www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=69&a=5534&sid=7345cfcc8e81dd1ada88ed82abc03257
THOM YORKE CAMPAIGNS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
NME.com – UK
The singer is calling for thousands of people across the country to back
The Big Ask, a campaign backed by Friends Of The Earth, to make the government
…
www.nme.com/news/112462.htm
NEW Study on Cost-Effective Climate Change Policy
Magic City Morning Star – Millinocket,ME,USA
PORTLAND — The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) today released “Climate
Change policy: A Cost-Effective Strategy for the US and Maine,” a policy
paper that …
magic-city-news.com/article_3929.shtml
EXXONMOBIL Investors Give Record High Support to Climate Change …
CSRwire.com (press release) – USA
… support today to a shareholder resolution seeking greater analysis
and disclosure from the company about the financial impacts posed by global
climate change. …
www.csrwire.com/article.cgi/3988.html
25/5/05
ARCTIC Leaders Urge EU on Global Warming
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
… Arctic regions of Canada, Russia, the United States, Finland and Scandinavia
called on the European Union on Tuesday to do more to fight global warming
and to …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401372.html
CALIFORNIA, Northeast Officials to Discuss Global Warming in NYC …
CSRwire.com (press release) – USA
(CSRwire) NEW YORK, NY – The look of future US action on global warming
will become clearer June 8 and 9 in New York City, as environment commissioners
from …
www.csrwire.com/article.cgi/3981.html
CHURCH Plans G8 Climate Change Protest
Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… The Kirk is demanding action over climate change from the world’s most
powerful leaders — a key theme of Britain’s G8 presidency. …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4598792
NEW Campaign for Climate Change Law – 73% Say Government Not Doing …
Friends of the Earth (press release) – UK
… front man Thom Yorke is today (May 25) calling for thousands of people
across the country to back The Big Ask, a new national climate change
campaign to make …
www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/new_campaign_for_climate_c_24052005.html
SCIENTISTS use meteors to investigate climate change and giant …
PhysOrg.com – Evergreen,VA,USA
… “The mesosphere has been called the miner’s canary for climate change;
meaning that it is very sensitive and the changes there may be larger
than in any …
www.physorg.com/news4225.html
THE winds of change are here…
Belfast Telegraph – Belfast,UK
John Woods, Director (Northern Ireland), Friends of the Earth, reveals
why he believes it’s time for the Government to get serious about tackling
climate change …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=641046
DEFRA’S Chelsea exhibit highlights climate change
Green Consumer Guide – UK
A Defra-sponsored exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, which began this
week, addresses the immediate and future challenges of climate change.
…
www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php?news=2590
24/5/05
HALF of Europe’s plant species at risk from global warming: study
Channel News Asia – Singapore
PARIS – More than half of Europe’s plant species will be at threat or classified
as vulnerable by 2080 as a consequence of global warming, a study published
on …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/149085/1/.html
DISSIDENT shareholders push Exxon Mobil on global warming
KLTV – Tyler,TX,USA
IRVING, Texas Shareholders of Exxon Mobil on Wednesday will vote on proposals
from dissident investors on a range of social and environmental resolutions.
…
www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3381162
HOW to win a global-warming suit.
Slate – USA
In his recent novel State of Fear, Michael Crichton centers his plot on
a global-warming lawsuit that has been threatened by a leading environmental
group on …
slate.msn.com/id/2119312/
WARMING is blamed for earlier springs
Contra Costa Times – CA,USA
… first signs of spring are appearing earlier in the year, and a new
study from Stanford University released last week says human-made global
warming is clearly …
www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/11715739.htm
THE business end of global warming
Fort Worth Star Telegram – Fort Worth,TX,USA
By Michael H. Crosby. Corporate America is shifting gears on global warming.
Until recently, leading US companies were either in …
www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/11704830.htm
BLAIR to focus on climate change
Economic Times – India
… prime minister Tony Blair will embark on a diplomatic mission ahead
of a G8 summit in July to press for agreement on Africa and climate change,
his office said …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1119329.cms
A continent split by climate change: New study projects drought in …
EurekAlert – Washington,DC,USA
BOULDER – A new analysis of Africa’s past and future climate shows that
the Sahel region, which experienced catastrophic drought until rains returned
in the …
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-05/ncfa-acs051705.php
CLIMATE-CHANGE fears prompt CIS rebellion at Exxon
Guardian Unlimited – UK
… Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) which says the world’s biggest
stock-listed oil company talks down links between man-made CO2 emissions
and climate change …
www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1490739,00.html
SCIENTISTS use meteors to investigate climate change and giant …
innovations report – Bad Homburg,Germany
Using the new radar, scientists will be able to investigate climate change
and explore the theory that while the lower atmosphere is warming, the
upper …
www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/umwelt_naturschutz/bericht-44635.html
MINISTER Lord Bach Visits Climate Change Garden At Chelsea Flower …
a2Mediagroup.com – UK
Horticulture Minister Lord Bach today (Mon) visited the Defra-sponsored
exhibit addressing the challenge of climate change garden during his tour
on the first …
www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=45&a=5423&sid=c8c27a7a5d6fc6daece1a31898f61120
23/5/05
CARBON tax good way to curb global warming
Contra Costa Times – CA,USA
… Not only has Anderson embraced the consensus view of the worldwide
scientific community that global warming is real and human-caused, but
he also has urged us …
www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/11710638.htm
WILL global warming impact tourism hotspots?
New Scientist (subscription) – UK
… the climate of certain resorts. But will global warming drive them
to new tourist hotspots? Apparently not. A shift in weather will …
www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7409
BOB White letter: Global warming is a serious matter
In-Forum (subscription) – Fargo,ND,USA
A recent report in the journal, Science, tells that fish in the North Sea
are moving north to escape warmer waters. Why? Well the …
www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=92684§ion=Opinion
CLIMATE change will create refugees
The Mercury (subscription) – Durban,South Africa
Copenhagen: The middle of Europe could become crowded by “climate-change
refugees” escaping a thawing Arctic to the north and Mediterranean droughts
to the …
www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=301&fArticleId=2530514
22/5/05
FORECASTING global warming
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh,PA,USA
It’s amazing that the “left” cannot refute the data of the few extremely
talented global warming skeptics. Instead, they try to …
pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/letters/s_336478.html
MEASURING the reality of climate change
BBC News – UK
… by about 20 feet. David Shukman meets the Nasa team who study the effects
of climate change on the ground. Picture the scene of …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4566123.stm
SULTANATE will attend meet on climate change
Times of Oman – Oman
… Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources, will participate in
the 22nd session of sub-authorities of the United Nations framework pact
on climate change …
www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=15640&pn=local
21/5/05
US & European Investors Support Global Warming Resolutions with …
CSRwire.com (press release) – USA
… The resolutions come as many of ExxonMobil’s leading domestic and foreign
competitors are acknowledging the impact of global warming on their bottom
lines and …
www.csrwire.com/article.cgi/3967.html
US freezes hopes for global warming agreement
Environmental Data Interactive – UK
The UK government’s hopes of reaching international agreement on global
warming have been dealt a serious blow after a US spokesman said he was
not convinced …
www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=9958&channel=0
ASPEN names global warming project chief
Rocky Mountain News – Denver,CO,USA
ASPEN – This ski resort town, whose economy and snowpack could be severely
affected by climate changes, named its first global warming project manager
Thursday …
rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3792844,00.html
IN US, fight against global warming finally reaching a boil
San Jose Mercury News – San Jose,CA,USA
By Fred Krupp. Future generations may debate what finally moved America
to confront global warming. … Was it 132 mayors pledging to cap global
warming pollution? …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/11693984.htm
US: Ben and Jerry’s Plans to Lick Global Warming
CorpWatch.org – Oakland,CA,USA
… What was it like? “Very cold, sparsely populated – and melting.”. This
trip is part of Ben & Jerry’s “Lick Global Warming” campaign. …
www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12285
CLIMATE change could crowd middle of Europe-EEA
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
COPENHAGEN, May 20 (Reuters) – The middle of Europe could become crowded
by “climate change refugees” escaping a thawing Arctic to the north and
Mediterranean …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20487124.htm
CHINA, India, and Brazil: activists debate climate change (part …
Open Democracy – London,UK
… convince our governments to shift to a low emission, non-fossil dependent
development pathway, and strengthen the international climate change regime.
…
www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-climate_change_debate/chinabrazilindia_2525.jsp
COMPENSATION to save forests ‘will curb climate change’
SciDev.net – UK
… warming. The call came this week at an international meeting of the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. …
www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=2103&language=1
US Supports Korea’s Entry to Climate Change Forum
Korea Times – Seoul,South Korea
The US government will support Korea’s decision to join the Carbon Sequestration
Leadership Forum (CSLP), an international climate change initiative that
is …
times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200505/kt2005052020021611880.htm
WEB site explains how climate change affects New York City
PhysOrg.com – Evergreen,VA,USA
Named the Climate Change Information Resource, New York Metropolitan Region
(CCIR-NY), the site was unveiled on Tuesday, March 29th and can be found
at http …
www.physorg.com/news4181.html
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY – MAY 22, 2005
Biodiversity, the vast array of plant and animal species found on Earth, is threatened on many fronts – mostly as a result of human activities. Species extinction, habitat destruction, genetic contamination are undermining the bases for sustaining life. In this selection of reports, IPS brings you the environmental, political, economic and social challenges to the planet’s species and to efforts to protect them.
BURMA-CHINA: Open Borders, Demand Keep Wildlife Trade Going
By Myint Zaw
MUSE, Burma – Asked if he sees many wild animals in the forests nearby, the head of a village in Shan state near the Burma-China border quips, ‘’You people from the big cities have a better chance to see animals than us, because you have zoos and we have an empty forest.’’
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28722
BRAZIL: Outcry Over Gov’t Deforestation Figures
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO – The near-record rate of deforestation in the Amazon jungle last year has sparked an outcry from environmentalists in Brazil and around the world, but some charge that the true extent of the destruction is even greater than the figures released by the Brazilian government.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28753
Africa’s Top Biosafety Envoy Shut Out of Canada Talks
By Stephen Leahy
BROOKLIN, Canada – Africa’s chief negotiator for the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety has been denied entry into Canada to attend meetings to finalise key provisions regarding the international movement of genetically engineered organisms that scientists say could have an adverse effect on biodiversity.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28747
Kenya’s Forests at Risk
By Joyce Mulama
NAIROBI – For many people, Kenya is defined by the endless
grasslands of the Masai Mara, herds of wildebeest and accompanying
predators. It may surprise them to know, then, that the country is also home
to 1.7 million hectares of indigenous forest – and that this land is under
threat.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28766
Overfishing Threatens Vietnam’s Marine Life
By Tran Dinh Thanh Lam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – ‘’Never in my life have I seen these prices for anchovies!’’ exclaimed Sau Tinh, the owner of Thanh Quoc – a factory producing fermented fish sauce at Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang Province. The fish sauce industry is taking a toll on the sea’s anchovy stocks.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28743
Blazing Trails in Puerto Rico
By Carmelo Ruiz
SAN JUAN – Unique cooperation between civil society and government has resulted in a prize-winning effort to preserve biodiversity and water quality in Puerto Rico: the creation of a 62,050-acre nature preserve across the island’s central mountain range.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28740
Global Warming Kills Species, Endangers Humans – Scientists
By Stephen Leahy
BROOKLIN, Canada – Global warming may now be the largest cause of soaring rates of species extinctions, which threaten the global ecosystems that sustain life on Earth, scientists say.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28732
MEXICO: Montes Azules Reserve at the Eye of the Storm
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY (Tierramérica) – Located in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve brings together an explosive mix of irregular human settlements, guerrilla groups, the logging and burning of forests, plundering of species, and opposing visions of how to manage the area’s natural wealth.
www.ipsnews.net/new_notan.asp?idnews=28727
COLOMBIA: Anti-Drug Herbicide to Be Sprayed Again in Nature Reserves
By Yadira Ferrer*
BOGOTA (Tierramérica) – The Colombian government plans to renew fumigation in nature reserves using the herbicide glyphosate to wipe out illicit drug crops. The practice was suspended in March 2004 in those areas as a result of protests by activists who argued that it violated international treaties, national laws, and agreements with local indigenous and peasant farming communities.
www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28759
20/5/05
GLENWOOD resident is Aspen’s global warming project manager
Aspen Times – Aspen,CO,USA
Dan Richardson, a Glenwood Springs city councilman and consultant in “performance
building,” has been named Aspen’s new global warming project manager.
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www.aspentimes.com/article/20050519/NEWS/50519001
GLOBAL warming a greater threat than WW II Agitator
ZPEnergy – USA
Overtone writes: Global warming is a bigger threat to the world than Hitler,
a leading historian has warned. Dr Jim Hunter told …
www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1322
AMERICA wakes up to climate change
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
… years of debate in the United States, and opposition to action by the
Bush administration, America is finally waking up to the reality of global
climate change …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-5-2005_pg5_28
AIRPORT billed for climate change
BBC News – UK
An environmental group is presenting Bristol Airport with a “bill” for
climate change as the airport prepares for its inaugural New York flights.
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news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/england/bristol/4562171.stm
CHINA, India, and Brazil: activists debate climate change (part …
Open Democracy – London,UK
… In June it will publish China’s first national strategy on tackling
climate change under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-climate_change_debate/article_2520.jsp
CLIMATE change and industry
International Herald Tribune – France
Immelt runs the biggest company in America, and for that reason some environmental
groups hailed his speech last week on climate change as a tipping point
in …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/19/opinion/edwarm.ph
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