New laws raise minimum wage, target global warming (Naples Daily News: Sat, 30 Dec) For hundreds of thousands of minimum-wage workers around the country, the new year brings a raise. Musicians worried about copycats get some protection in Illinois. And California takes steps to reduce the power-plant pollution that is believed to contribute to global warming.
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Arctic ice break raises global warming fears (Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Sat, 30 Dec) Researchers have confirmed that an enormous ice shelf broke away from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic last year and they warn it could be another symptom of global warming.
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Global warming threatens plateau (China Economic Net: Sat, 30 Dec) The environmental condition of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, seen as a barometer for the world's health, is worsening due in large part to global warming, according to a geological survey.
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Two more global warming false alarms (High Plains Journal: Fri, 29 Dec) The global warming debate has developed a pattern: In part A, a scientist makes a scary claim and gets headlines for himself, and his funding source, across the known world. In part B, a few months later new evidence blows the scary claim away-but with no press coverage of its demise.
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China Fears Disasters, Grain Cut from Global Warming (Environmental News Network: Thu, 28 Dec) Global warming threatens to intensify natural disasters and water shortages across China, driving down the country's food output, the Chinese government has warned, even as its seeks to tame energy consumption.
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