
Oregon Zoo offers lecture series on impact of global warming (The Hillsboro Argus: Tue, 02 Jan) PORTLAND - Some say global warming isn't an issue, but in the past 50 years, average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada and eastern Russia have climbed by as much as 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 4 degrees Celsius).
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Other Views: Polar bears and global warming (The Idaho Statesman: Tue, 02 Jan) Long the poster child of global warming, this week the polar bear became its official icon. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed designating the bears "threatened" by the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice, which is essential to their survival.
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New laws raise minimum wage, target global warming (The Times of Northwest Indiana: Tue, 02 Jan) 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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Global Warming skeptics in denial (Herald Journal: Wed, 03 Jan) Coverage of a recent study linking wild fires and climate (HJ 12/26/06) has prompted several good questions from local HJ reader Tony Wegener (HJ 12/29/06). The most important of these pertains to whether or not humans are capable of effecting global-scale climate change.
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