Global Warming in the News

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Global Warming News Monday December 18th 2006

AWOL in battle vs. global warming
(The Manila Times: Mon, 18 Dec) WHEN it comes to the international battle against global warming, the United States is still AWOL. At a recent conference with delegates from 180 nations, the Bush administration reiterated its refusal to accept any limits on US greenhouse-gas emissions.

Paying to ease global-warming guilt
(The Burlington Free Press: Mon, 18 Dec) SAN FRANCISCO - Jill Cody used to feel guilty whenever she drove her car or flew on an airplane. She worried about pumping heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming.

Is Global Warming All It's Cracked Up To Be?
(Blogcritics.org: Mon, 18 Dec) Al Gore loves to pontificate about global warming - but just what is "global warming," and what, if anything, can be done about it? Or is it just a ploy to scare us into paying higher taxes? We should certainly do all we can to reduce carbon emissions, because it makes no sense to enlarge our "carbon footprint" without good reason. On that note, I often wonder how many of these global ...

1 bil. in Asia to face water shortage in 2050: global warming report
(Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News: Mon, 18 Dec) _ Global warming may cause serious effects in around 2050, including more than 1 billion people in Asia facing water shortages, coastal areas submerging under water, the spread of cholera and surging food prices, according to a draft international report obtained Monday.

Students, politicians to view Al Gore's global warming film
(The Royal Gazette: Mon, 18 Dec) Hundreds of students and political figures will today be discussing ways to tackle global warming at an event at the new Berkeley Institute.

US: Big six attempt to throw out California's global warming lawsuit
(just-auto: Mon, 18 Dec) The six largest vehicle manufacturers in the US, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan and Honda, have asked a US federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the state of California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.

Global warming melts Europe's ski business
(The Economic Times: Mon, 18 Dec) PARIS: Global warming could devastate the ski resorts of Europe within decades, especially in lower-lying areas, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. "Of the countries studied, Germany is most at risk," the OECD said in a statement.

Global warming is no hoax
(Chico Enterprise-Record: Mon, 18 Dec) Phil Hoff cites a video lecture by Dr. Art Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) as "the truth about global warming." The OISM is merely a small ultra-conservative group of people with Robinson as president and a few volunteers.

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