Tag: Global Warming

McCartney urges vegetarianism to fight climate ills

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to

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Canada’s polar bears in dire straits: WWF

OTTAWA (AFP) - Some of Canada's polar bear populations risk being wiped out within four decades because of climate

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Thousands march in Spain over climate change

MADRID (AFP) - Thousands marched through Madrid on Sunday to demand that the Spanish government adopt concrete measures to

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Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar

PARIS (AFP) - Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels

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Australia’s future forum looks to a republic, and Asia

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian republic, greater involvement in Asia and dealing urgently with climate change were Sunday backed

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Bush urges halt of CO2 emission growth by 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday called for halting the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

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A thirsty planet looks for solutions to water shortage

PARIS (AFP) - A world without fresh water would be a world bereft of humans, and yet one in

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Iceland: life on global warming’s front line

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - If any country can claim to be pitched on the global warming front line, it may

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Extreme weather starving Uganda’s pastoralists

The semi-arid region has typically experienced drought since the 1960s, every five to 10 years. But since 2000, the phenomenon

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US Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years

NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the

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