CLIMATE CLIPS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS, POLITICS & SCIENCE
April 18, 2006
Ottawa plan hacks green programs
The Globe and Mail
The new Conservative government has decided to slash spending on Environment Canada programs designed to fight global warming by 80 per cent, and wants cuts of 40 per cent in the budgets devoted to climate change at other ministries, according to cabinet documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.
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Time magazine cover story propels global warming into the mainstream
Grist Magazine
"Be worried. Be very worried."
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How to seize the initiative
Time
You don't have to wait for Washington to tell you to reduce emissions.
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Mass extinctions a risk: Climate study
Toronto Star
Climate change will cause the extinction of tens of thousands of species in coming decades, warns a study in the scientific journal Conservation Biology.
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Pulling the plug on standby power
The Economist
Billions of devices sitting idle in “standby” mode waste vast amounts of energy. What can be done about it?
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David Suzuki urges Ontario premier to steer clear of nuclear expansion
Canadian Press
Renowned environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki, a man Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty described Tuesday as his childhood idol, says he'll be "very disappointed" if the province chooses to expand its nuclear power base.
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Yes, it's been the warmest Canadian winter on record
CBC News
It isn't final proof that the world is heating up, but federal climatologists say this has been the warmest Canadian winter since nationwide record-keeping began in 1948.
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Rising levels of carbon dioxide will dump even more water into the oceans
The Economist
The lungs of the planet, namely green-leafed plants that breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen, also put water vapour into the atmosphere.
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Better read than dead
Grist Magazine
Three new books put the spotlight on our warming world.
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First coalbed methane drilling in Alberta draws complaints
Canadian Press
Industry, government and regulatory officials say there's simply no way that coalbed methane drilling in Alberta is ever going to cause the kind of widespread water contamination it has in parts of the United States. But some residents of central and southern Alberta aren't so sure.
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Oslo's sewage heats its homes
Reuters
In an extreme energy project tapping heat from raw sewage, Oslo's citizens are helping to warm their homes and offices simply by flushing the toilet.
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Green chic: At last top celebrities wake up to plight of the planet
Independent
Vanity Fair, the self-confessed bible for America's high rollers, has emphatically embraced the green cause.
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Fifty ways to help save the planet
Vanity Fair
What you can do.
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