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Massachusetts Joins Northeast U.S. Greenhouse Pact
Massachusetts Thursday joined seven other northeastern U.S. states in the nation's largest pact to control greenhouse gases, bypassing a White House refusal to limit carbon dioxide emissions. >> Read the Full Article
House Speaker Pelosi Seeks to Set up New Committee to Deal with Global Warming
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought on Thursday to create a special committee in an effort to jump-start long-delayed government efforts to deal with global warming and produce a bill by Independence Day. >> Read the Full Article
Climate Future Results Show Sweltering Britain
Britain will regularly be crippled by heatwaves and floods this century, the first results of the world's biggest climate prediction experiment show. >> Read the Full Article
Indian Ocean Shift Seen Stoking Indonesia Droughts
Indonesia and perhaps Australia risk more droughts because of shifts in Indian Ocean temperatures and stronger monsoons widely linked to global warming, scientists said on Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Scientists, Evangelicals Join Global Warming Fight
U.S. scientists and evangelical Christian leaders joined forces Wednesday to protect the environment from the ravages of global warming, calling on President Bush and others in power to help. >> Read the Full Article
Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight
The world is nudging closer to nuclear or environmental apocalypse, a group of prominent scientists warned Wednesday as it pushed the hand of its symbolic Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. >> Read the Full Article
Bush Readies Speech on Ethanol, Climate Change
President Bush's annual speech to Congress next week is likely to call for a massive increase in U.S. ethanol usage and tweak climate change policy while stopping short of mandatory emissions caps, sources familiar with White House plans said Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
Federal Judge Delays Trial Over California Auto-Emission Rules
A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the trial over a lawsuit seeking to block a California law that would implement the world's toughest vehicle-emission standards. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Planet-Monitoring Satellites Need Upgrade
The U.S. satellite system that monitors Earth's environment and climate needs an urgent upgrade or scientists will lose much of their ability to predict events like hurricanes, according to a report released by the National Research Council Monday. >> Read the Full Article
Environment Ministers Lack Clout on Global Warming
Environment ministers lack power to lead a fight against global warming at a time when ever more governments portray climate change as one of the biggest threats to the planet, experts say. >> Read the Full Article