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Rising Tide of Sewage Threatens World's Oceans (NewsBlaze) While good progress has been made in curbing oil and chemical pollution, a rising tide of sewage is threatening the world's seas and oceans, endangering human health, wildlife and livelihoods ranging from fisheries to tourism, according to a new United Nations report published today. Canada sacks Arctic envoy, abolishes post (Reuters Canada) The Canadian government, which is seeking to boost sovereignty in its vast Arctic territories, has sacked its ambassador to the main international circumpolar grouping and abolished the envoy's position, Foreign Minister Peter MacKay said on Wednesday. Canada is embroiled in territorial disputes with the United States over the Beaufort Sea and its natural gas deposits. Ice Age North Atlantic temperatures, tropical oceans linked (EurekAlert ) Sudden shifts in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last ice age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in the salinity of the north Atlantic Ocean, according to research published Oct. 5 in the journal Nature. Nations Meet To Discuss Global Warming (Sci-Tech Today) The meeting on global warming in Mexico is the second recent gathering of wealthy nations and emerging economies since British Prime Minister Tony Blair said last year that the global warming issue would be a priority during his presidency of the G-8 group of industrialized nations. Global warming threatens US Northeast (United Press International) Scientists say global warming will substantially change the climate in the U.S. Northeast if heat-trapping emissions are not curtailed. And the scientists say the extent and impacts of that change depend on the choices governments, businesses and citizens make today. Norway CO2 cuts of up to 80 pct "dead cheap"-study (Reuters) Norway can axe emissions of greenhouse gases by up to 80 percent by 2050 without constraining economic growth in the world's number three oil exporter, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday.

The big melt: Canada's North on front line (Victoria Times Colonist) The northwest wind has picked up, sending waves crashing on to the gravel spit that helps protect this remote community on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. By early evening, the water is rolling right over the spit, and a little more of Jackie Jacobson's townsite is swallowed by the sea. Sir Michael calls time on putting back clocks (Worcester News) Sir Michael has put down a question in Parliament to Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, asking him whether he will consider maintaining British Summer Time throughout the year as an energy-saving measure. US Companies Are Feeling The Heat On Climate Change (Industry Week) U.S. companies face growing pressure from shareholders, investors and insurers, to assess and publicly address climate risks. They are moving rapidly to satisfy the markets and their shareholders, defend lawsuits and stave off future liability. Britain: acting on greenhouse emissions cheaper than doing nothing (Radio New Zealand) Britain has told the world's worst polluting nations that acting now to cut greenhouse gas emissions would be vastly cheaper in the long run than doing nothing. Global warming will threaten millions say climate scientists (New Zealand Herald) Drought threatening the lives of millions will spread across half the land surface of the earth in the coming century because of global warming, according to new predictions from Britain's leading climate scientists. Record $1 Billion Emissions Reduction Purchase Made in China (Treehugger) The World Bank and two Chinese companies have recently orchestrated the world's biggest emissions-reduction deal to date: $1.02 billion for 19 million tons of HFC-23 (trifluoromethane), a greenhouse gas that happens to have a global warming potential 11,700 times stronger than carbon dioxide. Click here for yesterday's news Click for this page's permanent location

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