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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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U.S. to Withdraw from Kyoto Global administration plans to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman told reporters on March 27. The treaty requires the United States to reduce greenhouse emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels by
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2. U.S. Proposes New Strategy to Fight Global Warming

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.

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U.S. Proposes New Strategy to Fight Global Warming How concerned are you about global warming? Do you think new initiatives with farms and forests will reduce greenhouse gases? Add your thoughts in Abuzz. Or ask your own question about International News. reparing for renewed international
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3. Arctic Shortcut Worries Canadians

New York Times article on the possible pressures faced by Canada's Northwest Passage due to global warming.

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Arctic 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
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4. New Greenhouse Gas Identified, Potent and Rare (but Expanding)

New York Times article stating that scientists have found rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic gas in the air that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases.

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New Greenhouse Gas Identified, Potent and Rare (but Expanding) cientists have found rising concentrations of a newly identified gas in the air that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases, the dozens of compounds released by industry and the burning of fuels that act
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5. Pacific Ocean Showing Signs of Major Shifts in the Climate

New York Times article reports that changes in the Pacific Ocean are making it more likely that winter weather in much of the U.S. will exhibit unusual warmth alternating with sharp cold.

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6. Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

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Pacific Ocean Showing Signs of Major Shifts in the Climate hanges in the Pacific Ocean are making it more likely that winter weather in much of the United States will exhibit unusual warmth alternating with sharp cold, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., reported
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A review of market based initiatives to combat global warming, including tradeable permits and carbon taxes.

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7. Destructive Storms Drive Insurance Losses Up - Will Taxpayers Have to Bail Out Insurance Industry?

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Scientists now believe that rising global temperatures may exacerbate extreme weather events, leading to increased damages in the decades ahead. [WorldWatch Institute]

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What do you think is the most important step that the global community can take to reduce hunger and poverty?: Increase funding for agricultural research and investment Recognize the important role that women farmers have in producing food in the developing world Recognize the role of small
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8. Civilization - Use It or Lose It

Audio conversation with William Calvin about rapid global climate changes. Includes related links.

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Civilization — Use It or Lose It . . . is a theoretical neurophysiologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, who also trained in physics. Most of his nine books are written for general readers, including How Brains Think , in the widely-translated Science Masters series. The Throwing
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9. FluorideAlert.org: Potent and Rare Greenhouse Gas Identified

Article on rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic fluoride that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases.

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Potent New Greenhouse Gas Discovered Latest News from Greenhouse Gases Environmental News Service MAINZ, Germany, July 31, 2000 (ENS) - Researchers from seven institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States have detected a previously unreported compound of industrial origin in
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10. Equity Watch

An online newsletter giving an Indian perspective on current events relating to climate change. Published by the Global Environmental Governance Unit of the Centre for Science and Environmen

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