Global Warming in the News

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Global Warming News Tuesday March 13th 2007

Is Global Warming a Hot New Litigation Frontier?
(Law.com: Tue, 13 Mar) Global warming has clearly become a hot topic for public debate. Can litigation be far behind? In fact, over a dozen lawsuits have already been brought in state and federal courts and more are anticipated. Attorneys Stuart M. Feinblatt and Monique Cofer discuss the major types of global warming litigation, some key defenses and some of the recent rulings. And they warn that although high legal ...

Crist looks to make global warming a hot-button issue
(The Palm Beach Post: Tue, 13 Mar) After Jeb Bush listened to researchers make a case last year for the theory that global warming is causing an increase in the number of strong hurricanes, he remained noncommittal about what he thought of the concept.

EU leaders agree on ambitious plan to battle global warming
(USA Today: Mon, 12 Mar) Seizing the initiative on global warming, European Union leaders agreed Friday to fight climate change with more windmills, solar panels and efficient light bulbs, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power by 2020.

David Roberts: The Public Doesn't Understand That Global Warming is Already Hitting
(HuffingtonPost: Mon, 12 Mar) A new Gallup poll finds that "most Americans believe it will be a decade or more before the manifestations of global warming begin to wreak havoc." Meanwhile, from Seth Borenstein's account of the leaked draft of the IPCC WGII report (which I wrote about here ): "Changes in climate are now affecting physical and biological systems on every continent," the report says, in marked contrast ...

Brown wants 'new world order' to fight global warming
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Mon, 12 Mar) Gordon Brown, likely to be the next prime minister, will deliver a speech calling for a "new world order" to combat global warming on Monday.

GALLUP: Most Americans Taking Global Warming In Stride
(Editor & Publisher: Tue, 13 Mar) NEW YORK A new Gallup Poll reveals an "inconvenient truth" for advocates of taking a strong immediate position to halt global warming: Most of the American public is in no rush.

Pelosi Reveals Who's Who On Global Warming Panel
(Washington Post: Mon, 12 Mar) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced the 15 members of the committee, formally known as the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

Solar Energy Conversion Offers A Solution To Help Mitigate Global Warming
(Science Daily: Tue, 13 Mar) Solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and provide increased energy efficiency, says a scientist at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Last month, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations released a report confirming global warming is upon us and attributing the growing threat to the man-made burning of fossil fuels.

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