Tag: Climate Change

Experts warn species in peril from climate change

ORLANDO, Fla. - Climate change threatens to kill off up to a third of the planet's species by the

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Report: 4.2 million new ‘green’ jobs possible

WASHINGTON - A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2 million new environmentally friendly

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Palin: Cause of global warming ‘doesn’t matter’

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Tuesday that global warming is "real," but stressed that

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Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record

Following a record-breaking season of arctic sea ice decline in 2007, NASA scientists have kept a close watch on

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Massive 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand's remote and largely uninhabited Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, New

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7,500 Mexicans evacuate; flooding shuts oil wells

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials have evacuated 7,500 people and are keeping oil wells shut in Veracruz due to

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Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe

PARIS (AFP) - Climate change will amplify the risk of flooding in northwestern Europe, water scarcity and forest fires

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Pollution increases 3 percent

WASHINGTON - The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a

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EU panel resists pressure to water down car emission targets

BRUSSELS (AFP) - An EU environment panel resisted pressure on Thursday from Europe's powerful car-making industry to water down

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EU must keep climate plans despite economic crisis

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europe must not water down its plans to tackle global warming despite the current financial crisis,

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