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ANALYSIS-Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline
Reuters* EU emissions trading provoked ire from U.S., China, others * European officials gave UN agency fall deadline to show progress * Little decided so far, resolution may not be ready in time By Allison Martell May 19 (Reuters) - Hope is fading for a...Tags: Global Warming, China, Politics, Air Transportation Industry, Conservation
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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline
Reuters(Reuters) - Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading...Tags: Global Warming, China, Politics, Air Transportation Industry, Conservation
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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Lamar Alexander, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Global Warming, Benghazi, Career and Workplace
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Mailbag: Fire-ring smoke makes it hard to breathe
As a resident of Huntington Street, I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. It's horrible; the air quality is being adversely affected. My window sills are black with the soot from the fires. My screens are black, my...Tags: Global Warming, Weather, Dick Cheney, Conservation, Ecosystems
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Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge
“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change. This book is a “must read” for those wanting to understand climate change, climate maintenance and their...Tags: Solar Energy, Wind Power, Science and Technology, Weather, Science
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COLUMN-Busting the carbon budget: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Budgets are made to be broken - especially when they are written by politicians. Unfortunately it seems the world is on course to break the...Tags: Global Warming, Science and Technology, Conservation, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ecosystems
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Global Warming, Science and Technology, Politics, Natural Disasters, Conservation
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Smith Islanders should direct ire at Washington
Tim Wheeler's report on the future of Smith Island and the state's idea to buy residents out so they may relocate tells a heartbreaking story of people whose attachment to the island goes back many years, 400 years in some cases ("Smith Islanders debating...
Tags: Lobbying, Weather, U.S. Congress, Politics, Conservation
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Smith Island denial
Even the most jaded observer must acknowledge there's something admirable about the desire of so many living on Smith Island to see their community survive and prosper. Residents of this marshy (and shrinking in both population and real estate)...
Tags: Global Warming, Weather, Somerset County (Maryland), Conservation, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Canada PM touts Keystone pipeline in U.S., says must be approved
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper turned into a pitch man for TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday, telling a New York audience the project is so important that Washington has to approve it. President Barack...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Politics, Conservation, Ecosystems
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READER SUBMITTED: Hall High School Grad Takes on Climate Change
West HartfordEmma Beede, 2009 graduate of Hall High School in West Hartford, is combating climate change by taking on the fossil fuel industry. In January, the senior at Rhode Island School of Design founded Divest RISD, a campaign demanding that the school end its...Tags: Education, Politics, Radio, Conservation, Ecosystems
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Canada PM defends tar sands pipeline plan, saying oil will come into US anyway
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another. Stephen Harper addressed...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Politics, Conservation
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