Global Warming
Almost every day the news contains reports about global warming. We hear about the millions of cars on the roads in Canada, spewing carbon dioxide (CO2) and smog causing pollutants. Debates rage about how and when to end our reliance on coal-fired electricity generation, the single largest source of greenhouse gases. Disturbing headlines highlight [...]
February 29, 2008 in Global Warming News
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Global Warming News : Indian PM calls for ‘climate justice’ to fight global warming
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged rich countries to ensure technology transfers to developing nations to combat climate change under a transparent global regime.
Calling for “climate justice,” Singh said developing countries such as India needed environment-friendly technologies in various sectors.
“We in the [...]
February 29, 2008 in Global Warming News
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Global Warming News : Cold wave in India attributed to global warming
The recent cold wave sweeping across Mumbai and other parts of India could be attributed to global warming, experts said Tuesday here at an environmental conference.
Addressing the ‘Combat Global Warming’ conference at the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) here, former union minister for power and [...]
February 29, 2008 in Global Warming Effects, Global Warming News
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Global warming threatens to redraw world’s wine map: experts
A vineyard in Europe. Climate change is threatening to redraw the world’s wine-producing map, and the effects are already being seen in earlier harvests and coarser wines, experts told a conference Friday.
Champagne produced in southern England? Bordeaux in the Loire Valley? Climate change is threatening to redraw [...]
February 28, 2008 in Global Warming Effects, Global Warming News
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