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1. UN to get report on climate panel August 30 (AFP)
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AFP - A UN-requested review of the world's top panel of climate scientists, accused of flaws in a key assessment on global warming, will be unveiled on August 30, the investigating committee said on Friday. ...

2. Swiss to host ministers' meeting on climate finance (AFP)
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AFP - Ministers will meet in Switzerland next month to discuss crucial financing to curb the impact of global warming, ahead of the UN climate conference in Cancun, Swiss authorities said on Thursday. ...

3. UN climate panel head expects no climate deal at Cancun (AFP)
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AFP - The head of the UN's climate science panel said Wednesday there was little prospect of a breakthrough in efforts to forge a global agreement on climate change at a world meeting in December.  ...

4. Greenpeace pushes for renewable energy in SAfrica (AP)
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AP - South Africa has renewable resources that can provide solutions to the country's energy problems and create jobs — while fighting global warming, Greenpeace officials said Wednesday. ...

5. Russia Wildfires Not Due to Climate Change, Scientists Say (LiveScience.com)
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LiveScience.com - Russia's heat wave, drought and wildfires, by themselves, are not signs of global warming, according several leading climatologists - despite widely reported claims this week by a Russian ...

6. Official: Russian disaster sign of global warming (AP)
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AP - Russia's heat wave, drought and wildfires — which have killed dozens of people and destroyed millions of acres (hectares) of wheat — are another indication that global warming is causing ...

7. Australia corals to light up cancer cure fight (AFP)
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AFP - Australian scientists have discovered a cluster of brilliant shallow-water corals that could help in the search for anti-cancer drugs and to understand global warming, a researcher said Saturday. ...

8. Dalai Lama sounds alarm over global warming amid floods (AFP)
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AFP - The Dalai Lama said global warming could be to blame for devastating flooding and mudslides across Asia as he offered prayers on Saturday for victims of the disasters.  ...

9. Giant Iceberg Breaks As Term 'Global Warming' Hits 35
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... pressing issues of our time: global warming. ...

10. Russia's peatland fires seen burning for months
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Some of Russia's smog-causing peatland fires are likely to burn for months, part of a global problem of drained marshes that emit climate-warming greenhouse gases, experts said on Wednesday.  ...

11. Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World (OneWorld.net)
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... pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if any impact on global warming, according to Lester Brown. ...

12. Past Decade was Warmest on Record, According to Scientists in 48 Countries
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In an ongoing global warming trend spanning 50 years, each of the past three decades has been warmer than the previous one, with the past ten years the warmest on record, according to a report recently ...

13. Ten key indicators show global warming "undeniable" (Reuters)
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Reuters - Melting glaciers, more humid air and eight other key indicators show that global warming is undeniable, scientists said on Wednesday, citing a new comprehensive review of the last decade of climate ...

14. Scientists say global warming is continuing (AP)
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AP - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.  ...

15. Declining algae threatens ocean food chain: study (AFP)
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AFP - A century-long decline in tiny algae called phytoplankton could disrupt the global ocean food chain, including the human consumption of fish, according to a study released Wednesday.  ...

16. Malaysia may close more dive sites hit by coral bleaching (AFP)
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AFP - Malaysia may close three more popular dive sites in the South China Sea which have been hit by coral bleaching blamed on global warming, an official said Wednesday.  ...

17. Air Products and Chemicals
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... The issue of global warming, whether one believes completely in its claims or not, has raised American awareness to level where it's now clear that we cannot continue to release emissions and pollutants ...

18. Spotlight on Air Products and Chemicals
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...  The issue of global warming, whether one believes completely in its claims or not, has raised American awareness to level where it's now clear that we cannot continue to release emissions and pollutants ...

19. Air Products and Chemicals
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... The issue of global warming, whether one believes completely in its claims or not, has raised American awareness to level where it's now clear that we cannot continue to release emissions and pollutants ...

20. Transitioning to Cool Roofs
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In the effort to slow the pace of global warming, researchers and policy makers are encouraging the use of lighter colors for rooftops and streets worldwide. Dark, non-reflective surfaces which are common ...

21. Transitioning to Cool Roofs
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In the effort to slow the pace of global warming, researchers and policy makers are encouraging the use of lighter colors for rooftops and streets worldwide. Dark, non-reflective surfaces which are common ...

22. Climate change makes marmots munch and mate: study (AFP)
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AFP - Global warming has been rough on polar bears, but for Colorado's marmots it has meant more food and more sex, according to a unusual study released on Wednesday.  ...

23. Rising sea drives Panama islanders to mainland
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Rising seas from global warming, coming after years of coral reef destruction, are forcing thousands of indigenous Panamanians to leave their ancestral homes on low-lying Caribbean islands.  ...

24. For Hudson Bay Polar Bears, The End is Already in Sight
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The polar bear has long been a symbol of the damage wrought by global warming, but now biologist Andrew Derocher and his colleagues have calculated how long one southerly population can hold out. Their ...

25. US to feel more heat, more often in coming years: study (AFP)
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AFP - Targets set by policy makers to slow global warming are too soft to prevent more heatwaves and extreme temperatures in the United States within a few years, with grim consequences for human health ...

26. Anesthetics Could Add to Global Warming (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Inhaled anesthetics used to put patients to sleep during surgery contribute to global climate change, according to a new study. ...

27. The aerosols conundrum
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... aerosols not only cool the Earth-atmosphere system — the system by which the atmosphere and oceans interact and affect the global climate — but also heat it. By describing the potential dual effects of ...

28. British report clears climate scientists of exaggeration
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Leading climate scientists on Thursday welcomed a British report that cleared researchers of exaggerating the effects of global warming and said they hoped it would restore faith in the fight against climate ...

29. POLL: Majority of Americans Oppose Gas Tax, New Energy Taxes in Wake of Gulf Oil Spill
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New national survey finds that 70% of Americans oppose new energy taxes to combat global warming IER President: “The American people are smarter than the political class in Washington think – they see ...

30. Moynihan, as Nixon aide, warned of global warming (AP)
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AP - Documents released Friday by the Nixon Presidential Library show members of President Richard Nixon's inner circle discussing the possibilities of global warming more than 30 years ago.  ...