 An aviation global warming tax could prove very useful
(Bangkok Post: Mon, 22 Oct) The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have joined hands in ''condemning'' the Dutch Government's plan to tax outbound passengers by as much as 45 as part of an effort to reduce air travel and combat global warming.
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 World Bank to step up action against global warming
(EARTHtimes.org: Mon, 22 Oct) Washington - Leading member nations of the World Bank agreed Sunday to step up the lender's role in fighting global warming, urged donors to boost help for the poorest countries and welcomed the growing strength of emerging economies like China as ai...
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 Citing Global Warming, Kansas Denies Plant Permit
(New York Times: Sat, 20 Oct) In what opponents say is a first, a Kansas regulator has turned down a permit for a large coal-fired power plant solely because of the global warming gases it would emit.
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 Gregg nods at bill on global warming
(The Nashua Telegraph: Sat, 20 Oct) CONCORD (AP) -- Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says a new Senate bill to combat global warming "deserves serious consideration," even though one of the bill's sponsors says it goes beyond President Bush's proposals on global warming. ...
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Global warming a 'planetary emergency,' says Nobelist Gore
Top NASA scientist to talk at UM about global warming
