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Global Warming News Thursday April 17th 2008



Bush to set 'realistic' goals to combat global warmingBush to set 'realistic' goals to combat global warming
(Los Angeles Times: Wed, 16 Apr) No specific proposal is expected. The president plans to call for a general strategy to deal with climate change. Under pressure from Congress and the courts, President Bush will unveil a plan today to set medium-range goals for reducing the gases that are blamed for global warming, administration officials said.


BHP Billiton Leads Arctic Gold Hunt in Global Warming BonanzaBHP Billiton Leads Arctic Gold Hunt in Global Warming Bonanza
(Bloomberg.com: Wed, 16 Apr) April 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air Force used the Fox Three gravel airstrip on Canada's Baffin Island to monitor Arctic skies for Soviet bombers during the Cold War. Today, Ken Leigh flies ore samples from the site as his company prospects for gold on land that's freer of ice because of global warming.


Dems Blast Bush Global Warming Plan As 'too Little Too Late'Dems Blast Bush Global Warming Plan As 'too Little Too Late'
(CBS News: Wed, 16 Apr) President Bush has laid out a new global warming policy that seeks to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, but the lack of a mandated cap on carbon emissions has led Democrats to blast the proposal as falling well short.


Bush revises strategy global warming; fears regulatory 'train wreck'Bush revises strategy global warming; fears regulatory 'train wreck'
(The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News: Wed, 16 Apr) WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush appears to be revising his stance on global warming.



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Bush shifts stance on global warmingBush shifts stance on global warming
(Newsday: Thu, 17 Apr) Shifting his long-held stance on global warming, President George W. Bush Wednesday laid down a new goal -- the year 2025 -- for halting growth in greenhouse gases, but a local climate expert who last year shared a Nobel Prize said the proposal is far too vague.


Global warming kills fish; mangroves neededGlobal warming kills fish; mangroves needed
(GMA News: Thu, 17 Apr) BACOLOD CITY, Philippines - If ranked as to scope and magnitude, rising sea levels and temperature would be the most calamitous consequences should unmitigated worst-case scenario-global warming hits South East Asia.


Stern admits he underestimated global warmingStern admits he underestimated global warming
(Financial Times: Wed, 16 Apr) The Stern report on climate change underestimated the risks of global warming, its author said on Wednesday, and should have presented a gloomier view of the future.


Bush revises global warming strategyBush revises global warming strategy
(CNews: Wed, 16 Apr) WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush appears to be revising his stance on global warming. In excerpts from a speech the president plans to deliver later today, Bush is proposing a new target for stopping the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by 2025.


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