http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/072900sci-environ-canada.htmlNew York Times article on the possible pressures faced by Canada's Northwest Passage due to global warming.News and MediaArctic Shortcut Worries Canadians
UKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories -- In this Arctic village,
beachfront real estate means a summer view of polar sea ice glinting a
But last summer, Inuvialuit natives here on the northern edge of
Canada had front-row seats for unusual open-water traffic -- a
waiting for hand_moderationArcticShortcutWorriesCanadians
Scientists now believe that rising global temperatures may exacerbate extreme weather events, leading to increased damages in the decades ahead. [WorldWatch Institute]
New York Times article on the U.S. proposal that countries get as much credit for using forests and farmers' fields to sop up carbon dioxide, the chief warming gas, as they would for cutting emissions from smokestacks and tail pipes.
The Bush administration plans to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman told reporters on March 27.
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