Red Sky News | The Global Meltdown
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SKorea to set up first carbon trading company
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will set up its first carbon trading company to help regulate greenhouse gas emissions,
Global warming unprecedented in 1,300 years
WASHINGTON — A new scientific study adds evidence that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere fluctuated a bit over time,
World’s Number of starving hits 925 million
GLOBAL numbers afflicted by acute hunger rose from 850 million to 925 million by the start of 2008 because
Water shortage cripples Palestinian farming
BARDALA, West Bank (Reuters) - In the plains around the village of Bardala, the Israeli-Palestinian tug-of-war over land and
Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, a researcher
Canada’s Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away
OTTAWA (AFP) - Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third
Norway pledges up to US$1B for Amazon preservation
BRASILIA, Brazil - Norway will give Brazil US$1 billion by 2015 to preserve the Amazon rain forest, as long
US lawmakers vote to end 26-year ban on offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers Tuesday sought to overturn a decades-old ban on offshore drilling voting in favor of
Climate change could devastate Philippines
MANILA (AFP) - Climate change could have a devastating impact on the Philippines, leading to widespread destruction of the
World’s glaciers facing huge threat
GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations said Monday that swathes of mountain ranges worldwide risk losing their glaciers by