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PM Says Australia Will Export Coal Despite Global Warming
February 8, 2007 12:00 AM - Rod McGuirk, Associated Press
Australia would not end its biggest single export, coal, as part of the government's strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday.
Global Warming to Require More Robust Disaster Monitoring
February 8, 2007 12:00 AM - Laura MacInnis, Reuters
Global warming will require more robust monitoring of hurricanes, typhoons and other disasters, mirroring systems in place to watch for tsunamis, a top United Nations official said on Wednesday.
Horse Teeth Give Details of Ancient Big Chill
February 8, 2007 12:00 AM - Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
Details on the largest climate change since the age of dinosaurs come straight from the horse's mouth, as equine teeth provide clues to how long, how cold and when the big chill was, scientists reported Wednesday.
Indonesia Flood Victims Face Stinking Garbage, Mud
February 7, 2007 12:00 AM - Ed Davies and Mita Valina Liem, Reuters
Thousands of residents of the Indonesian capital began returning to their homes on Wednesday as flood waters receded, but they faced a huge task clearing up streets and homes caked in stinking garbage and mud.
EU to Spread Burden of Proposed Car Emission Cuts
February 6, 2007 12:00 AM - Jeff Mason, Reuters
The European Commission will propose carmakers should be required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new cars to an average of 130 grams per kilometre by 2012, a European Union source said on Monday.
Forty-Six Nations Call for Tougher U.N. Environment Role
February 5, 2007 12:00 AM - Alister Doyle, Reuters
Forty-six nations called for the creation of a more powerful U.N. environment agency on Saturday, saying the survival of humanity was at risk, but the United States, China and Russia did not sign up.
PM Says Australia Must Put Price on Carbon Emissions
February 5, 2007 12:00 AM - Rod McGuirk, Associated Press
Australia must place a price on carbon emissions to fight climate change, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday in an apparent softening on his refusal to join in global carbon trading.
Defying Mark Twain, World Seeks to Fix Weather
February 5, 2007 12:00 AM - Alister Doyle, Reuters
"Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it," according to a complaint widely attributed to Mark Twain. But now the quip faces its strongest test after dire scientific and economic warnings about the risks of failing to address ever more extreme weather blamed on global warming.
Climate Report Spurs Immediate Calls for Drastic, Speedy Change
February 2, 2007 12:00 AM - John Leicester, Associated Press
The bleak outlook of a major new report on climate change shifted the onus onto governments, even mankind, to stop prevaricating and truly act, with warnings Friday from around the world that drastic, rapid change is needed -- not least from the United States.
Worrying Report on Climate Change Released in Paris
February 2, 2007 12:00 AM - Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report Friday saying they have little doubt global warming is caused by man, and predicting that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level will "continue for centuries" no matter how much humans control their pollution.