Tiempo Climate Newswatch

July 2007

July 31 2007: 'Insane' legal move against Heathrow protesters - Today's the day for BAA's "insanely draconian" attempt to stop a peaceful protest by climate change activists at Heathrow airport. - OneWorld

July 31 2007: Food prices to rise in U.K after floods - VietnamNews.Net

July 31 2007: Chickens dieting to help Delaware waterways - Millions of chickens in Delaware -- one of the nation's top poultry producers -- have been on a diet to reduce their impact on the environment and improve the health of the state's waterways, and it appears to be working. University of Delaware research has confirmed that Delaware chickens now digest more phosphorus in their feed, thanks to the addition of the enzyme phytase. As a result, about 23 percent less phosphorus is output in chicken manure. - EurekAlert!

July 31 2007: Report stokes Indonesia volcano row - A report blaming an earthquake for a 2006 mud volcano eruption in Indonesia has stoked a dispute about whether a gas drilling well caused the disaster. - The Age

July 31 2007: Floods And Fires Across Europe Captured From Space - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2007 - China's environment watchdog said Monday it will make it harder for heavily energy-consuming, highly polluting industries to borrow money from the banks. The State Environmental Protection Administration will regularly hand over lists of violators of environmental rules to the central bank and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the administration said on its website. Banks must conduct str ... - Terra Daily

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July 31 2007: Geneva (AFP) July 30, 2007 - More than 500 people have been killed in some of the most devastating floods to hit China for a decade, the Red Cross said Monday, launching an emergency appeal for aid to the millions left homeless. "Over the past two months, more than 200 million people have been affected and over 500 have been killed nationwide by some of the worst flooding to hit the country in the last 10 years," the Intern ... - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: 500 Dead In China As Worst Floods For Years Sweep Country - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: Hoax tornado text lands Taranaki teen in court - Stuff

July 31 2007: Cloudy Germany unlikely hotspot for solar power - Stuff

July 31 2007: Beijing to demote pollution offenders - Sydney Morning Herald

July 31 2007: US plays down APEC climate change role - Sydney Morning Herald

July 31 2007: New GE Liability Laws Needed to Protect Public - 30 July 2007 1:02pm | GE free NZ in Food Environment Inc - Scoop

July 31 2007: FSANZ has reviewed independent scientific warnings re. MON 863 and rejected them, instead concluding the corn is safe for entry into the food chain. GE Free NZ (in food and environment) believes this potentially disastrous decision signals that ... - Scoop

July 31 2007: New Zealand Farmers Global Warming Heroes - Scoop

July 31 2007: Expert Challenges Earthquake Theory Behind Indonesian Mud Volcano - Science Daily (Climate)

July 31 2007: (July 31, 2007) - -- A leading expert has repeated his assertion that an Indonesian mud volcano was almost certainly man-made despite a new study claiming the eruption might have been triggered by an earthquake. ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 31 2007: (July 31, 2007) - -- Scientists are reporting development of the first test to detect a potential biomarker for human exposure to diesel exhaust, a major source of environmental pollution that is classified as a probable ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 31 2007: Martian Dust Storm Threatens Rovers' Survival - Science Daily

July 31 2007: Scientists seek climate clues in Earth's atmosphere - A Costa Rica-based project is investigating the role that the tropical storms and clouds of the eastern Pacific play in climate change. - SciDev.Net

July 31 2007: Stronger Link Found between Hurricanes and Global Warming - Scientific American

July 31 2007: U.N. climate change meeting aims at rich countries - Scientific American

July 31 2007: Report blaming quake stokes Indonesia volcano row - Scientific American

July 31 2007: The diabetes drug Avandia should remain on the market, government health advisers recommended Monday, saying evidence of an increased risk of heart attack doesn't merit removal. - The return of oxygen-depleted water off the Oregon coast is a sign of a warming climate, which could have an ill effect on populations of sea creatures, scientists said. - Sci-Tech Today

July 31 2007: Warming Linked to More Hurricanes - Sci-Tech Today

July 31 2007: Study: Hurricane Numbers Have Doubled - Sci-Tech Today

July 31 2007: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - - The busiest stretch of the hurricane season starts in August, and almost right on cue, two disturbances were lurking in the Atlantic, one of which developed into a depression Monday night. - Rigzone

July 31 2007: Tropical Storm Forecasters Watching Low in the Atlantic - Rigzone

July 31 2007: Monday, July 30, 2007 - - Tropical storm forecasters continue to watch an area of low pressure 400 miles northeast of the Central Bahamas for development. - Rigzone

July 31 2007: Hurricane researchers have debated for years whether - Reuters

July 31 2007: Study blames - change for hurricanes - Reuters

July 31 2007: Hurricane researchers have debated for years whether - change caused by greenhouse gases from cars, factories and other human activity is resulting in... - Reuters

July 31 2007: Factoring meat into our carbon footprint - On Line Opinion

July 31 2007: Wind power booming worldwide - OneWorld

July 31 2007: NOAA [#8216]Tall Tower' To Track Front Range Carbon Emissions, Air Quality - NOAA

July 31 2007: NOAA Report on Nutrient Pollution Forecasts Worsening Health for Nation's Estuaries - NOAA

July 31 2007: Philippine Volcano Spews Ash - Newsday (AP update)

July 31 2007: Post-Flood 'Dead Zone' Found Off Texas - Newsday (AP update)

July 31 2007: Methane found to fuel rare glass sponge reefs - New Scientist

July 31 2007: Nearly 12 000 Ethiopians left homeless by floods - Nearly 12 000 people have been displaced and one person has died in western Ethiopia in flash floods over the weekend, an official said on Tuesday. "As of now, we only know that 11 886 people have been displaced and one killed from the flood that resulted from Sunday's heavy rainfall," Ojulu Bach, head of disaster prevention programme in the Gambela region, said. - Mail & Guardian Online

July 31 2007: Climate change and malaria in Nairobi - IRIN

July 31 2007: One of the worst droughts in 30 years prompts US$18.9 million appeal - IRIN

July 31 2007: By INGFEI CHEN - The fierce Humboldt squid is crowding the Pacific Coast's warming waters and behaving like an uninvited house guest who will not go away. - International Herald Tribune

July 31 2007: 51 dead or missing after latest rainstorms - Hindustan Times

July 31 2007: 'Operation Monsoon' a means to ward off poachers - Hindustan Times

July 31 2007: More on biodiversity - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 31 2007: Big rise in number of Atlantic storms blamed on global warming - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 31 2007: By Tilde Herrera, GreenerComputing.com - OAKLAND, Calif., July 31, 2007 -- The United Kingdom's Environmental IT Leadership Team met for the first time in London this month in an effort to help IT managers reduce their departments' carbon footprint and establish sustainable best practices. - GreenBiz

July 31 2007: Expert challenges earthquake theory behind Indonesian mud volcano - EurekAlert!

July 31 2007: NSTAR Offers Wind Power to Massachusetts Customers - Environmental News Service

July 31 2007: BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30, 2007 (ENS) - - If past is prologue, then to forecast where businesses will be in tackling environmental protection, humane labor practices, biodiversity, water supply and other sustainability challenges, we have to look back. - Environmental News Service

July 31 2007: ROME, Italy, July 30, 2007 (ENS) - - Wildfires blazing across much southern Europe have become the enemy for thousands of firefighters supported by water-dropping helicopters. Extreme heat has made this summer's forest fires particularly severe, with emergency officials as well as politicians blaming arsonists for sparking some of the worst ones. - Environmental News Service

July 31 2007: Climate Change Linked to Doubling of Atlantic Hurricanes - Environmental News Service

July 31 2007: BOULDER, Colorado , July 30, 2007 (ENS) - - Twice as many Atlantic hurricanes formed each year from 1995 to 2005, on average, than formed during parallel years a century ago finds a new statistical analysis of hurricanes and tropical storms in the north Atlantic. The researchers conclude that warmer sea surface temperatures and altered wind patterns associated with global climate change are responsible for the increase. - Environmental News Service

July 31 2007: Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 27, 2007 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once flexed his muscles as Mr. Universe and as an action-film hero, turns 60 Monday as the respected and popular governor of the most-populous US state. The "governator" of California, who played the robotic killing machine in the "Terminator," has become a charismatic leader whose work against global warming has drawn the interest of world dignitaries. First ele ... - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: China has announced plans to double spending on improving energy efficiency and slashing pollution, in an effort to combat its dismal environmental record. The government will spend an extra 10 billion yuan (1.33 billion US dollars) on reducing energy use and cutting pollution, according to a statement from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the state body responsible for eco ... - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: China To Step Up Energy Efficiency Drive - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: Beijing (AFP) Jul 28, 2007 - China has announced plans to double spending on improving energy efficiency and slashing pollution, in an effort to combat its dismal environmental record. The government will spend an extra 10 billion yuan (1.33 billion US dollars) on reducing energy use and cutting pollution, according to a statement from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the state body responsible for eco ... - Terra Daily

July 31 2007: Young woman meets rescuer from 1987 - A 20-year-old Canadian woman has been able to meet and thank the police officer who rescued her from a tornado exactly 20 years ago Tuesday. Kristen Lemay and her parents were living in the Evergreen Mobile Home Park in Edmonton when the tornado hit July ... - Earth Times

July 31 2007: Another challenge: capturing gases to be buried - Companies and cities are pushing to build coal-fired power plants that emit no greenhouse gases. - Christian Science Monitor

July 31 2007: When illegal migrants flood a city - Christian Science Monitor

July 31 2007: iPod Noise Pollution Irks Those Nearby - CBS

July 31 2007: * - Burying Global Warming - CBS

July 31 2007: Mark Knoller - describes conducting the first interview Vice President Cheney has given in a couple of months as, "a target-rich environment." - CBS

July 31 2007: LONDON (Reuters) - Draft plans to curb the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60 percent by 2050 ware too weak, an environment committee of... - Reuters

July 31 2007: Climate change target called too weak - Reuters

July 31 2007: international aviation and shipping emissions, currently excluded from many international measures including the - Protocol on global warming.... - Reuters

July 31 2007: PHOTO JOURNALS - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

July 31 2007: High street sales grow despite floods - Financial Times

July 31 2007: Shortfall in Aceh tsunami rebuilding fund - The reconstruction of Indonesia’s tsunami- and conflict-ravaged Aceh province is facing a shortfall of at least $1.47bn over the next two years after a reassessment of housing needs - Financial Times

July 31 2007: Canaries fires force evacuations - Forest fires raging on two of Spain's Canary Islands force the evacuation of thousands of people. - BBC (Europe)

July 31 2007: China rain storms claim 650 lives - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

July 31 2007: Uncertain times - Villagers go hungry as El Nino hits crops in remote West Timor - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

July 31 2007: S Sudan 'worst floods in decades' - BBC (Africa)

July 31 2007: Floods, fires ravage South Africa - BBC (Africa)

July 31 2007: Eye in the sky - The Jason satellite will map sea level rise in unprecedented detail - BBC (Europe)

July 31 2007: Current carbon efforts overlook the real problem - lifestyles - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 31 2007: Carbon focus 'misses the point' - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 31 2007: Hurricane boost 'due to warm sea' - BBC (Americas)

July 31 2007: 'Death risk' from air pollution - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 31 2007: China sets up pollution blacklist - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

July 31 2007: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:53 AM ET - By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The first UN special session on - Reuters

July 31 2007: Panic as Philippine volcano erupts - CNN

July 31 2007: Solar power transforms village - CNN

July 31 2007: Sudan floods kill 62, leave thousands homeless - CNN

July 31 2007: Carbon offsets: Four questions to ask - CNN

July 31 2007: Extreme weather brings flood chaos round the world - New Scientist

July 31 2007: Tropical storms stepping up with climate change - Major shifts in the number of North Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes are due to climate change, not cyclic events, says a new analysis - New Scientist

July 31 2007: Warming oceans will reduce the amount of iodine-carbon compounds released into the atmosphere - with variable results - New Scientist

July 31 2007: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:45:00 EST - Smog Still Chokes Olympic City - Discovery Online

July 31 2007: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:00:00 EST - Big Storms Double Since Last Century - Discovery Online

July 31 2007: Big Storms Double Since Last Century - Researchers say warming is to blame for the dramatic uptick in tropical cyclones. - Discovery Online

July 31 2007: John Vidal: - The cost of widening the M6 will be £1,000 an inch - and the cost to the environment of increased car use could be far more. - Guardian Unlimited

July 31 2007: SciTech Gets 5 Bln Yuan in Investment to Fight Climate Change - China has poured 5 billion yuan (US$643 million) into the fight against climate change since the beginning of the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), Vice Minister of Science and Technology Shang Yong unveiled on Tuesday in an exclusive interview with China.org.cn. - China Internet information Centre

July 31 2007: Biggest Flood Crest Heads for Three Gorges - China Internet information Centre

July 31 2007: Glaciers Melting at Alarming Speed - The Tibetan and Xinjiang glaciers -- the major source of Asia's biggest rivers -- have melted by up to an alarming 17 percent at certain spots in the past four decades. - China Internet information Centre

July 31 2007: Deadly floods in Bangladesh - CNN (Asia)

July 31 2007: China floods test Three Gorges Dam - CNN (Asia)

July 31 2007: July 31, 2007 18:28:00 - Environment Minister Gail Gago has denied the South Australian Government rejected an offer to buy land next to Morialta Conservation Park in Adelaide last year. - ABC News Online

July 31 2007: Climate change contributing to hurricane numbers: study - ABC News Online

July 31 2007: July 30, 2007 15:15:00 - A new study says the annual number of Atlantic hurricanes has doubled in the past 100 years and climate change is largely to blame. - ABC News Online

July 31 2007: Pollution expert backs pulp mill - ABC News Online

July 31 2007: July 30, 2007 12:17:00 - An air pollution consultant who was employed to help assess the pulp mill proposal says his research shows Launceston's air will not be adversely affected by the project. - ABC News Online

July 31 2007: The New South Wales Environment Minister, Phil Koperberg, has announced a new forestry package that he says will protect the environment and keep the hardwood saw-log industry viable. - ABC News Online

July 29 2007: Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of Health, United Kingdom Department of Health, Department of the Environment, Medical Research Council - EurekAlert!

July 29 2007: Seventy die in weekend floods - MORE than 70 people were killed by heavy rain and floods across South Asia this weekend, while over one million were left stranded by rising waters, officials said today. - The Australian

July 29 2007: FIERCE storms and hail have killed at least 16 people across China this weekend, adding to the hundreds of deaths this summer in floods, landslides and other natural disasters, according to state media. - The Australian

July 29 2007: Storms kill 16 in China - FIERCE storms and hail have killed at least 16 people across China this weekend, adding to the hundreds of deaths this summer in floods, landslides and other natural disasters, according to state media. - The Australian

July 29 2007: Biodiesel fuel blend for Taiwan cars - Taiwan has started selling biodiesel fuel on a trial basis as part of attempts to reduce oil imports and carbon dioxide emissions. - The Age

July 29 2007: Mariners storm into A-League Cup semis - The Age

July 29 2007: Drought inspires innovation: Bligh - The Age

July 29 2007: CFMEU launches climate change campaign - The Age

July 29 2007: Swiss to use ozone to clean waters - Swiss Info

July 29 2007: Letters: Counting the ways that planting trees helps the environment - Sydney Morning Herald

July 29 2007: (July 27, 2007) - -- Isoprene is a hydrocarbon volatile compound emitted in high quantities by many woody plant species, with significant impact on atmospheric chemistry. Researchers have applied genetic engineering ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 29 2007: Tropical Storm Usagi Forms in Pacific - Newsday (AP update)

July 29 2007: Japan Hybrid Train Fights Global Warming - Newsday (AP update)

July 29 2007: Floods kill dozens in Sudan - Mail & Guardian Online

July 29 2007: Mary Riddell: - Flood rescuers and firefighters obviously deserve our praise, but what about the valour of people society has alienated? - Guardian Unlimited

July 29 2007: After a decades-long search, scientists identify new genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis - A pair of large-scale genetic studies supported by the National Institutes of Health has revealed two genes that influence the risk of getting multiple sclerosis -- data sought since the discovery of the only other known MS susceptibility gene decades ago. The findings could shed new light on what causes MS -- a puzzling mix of genes, environment and immunity -- and on potential treatments for at least 350,000 Americans who have the disease. - EurekAlert!

July 29 2007: U.S. Treasury secretary in China  - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived in China Sunday for four days of discussions on economics and the environment. After a brief stopover in Beijing, Paulson was to fly to Xining, the capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province and home to Qin... - Earth Times

July 29 2007: Christ lifts us above the floods and their aftermath - Christian Science Monitor

July 29 2007: Patio heaters are latest global warming disaster, claims Carbon-info.org's chairman Flemming Bermann. - OneWorld

July 29 2007: Foreign press hit for 'inaccuracies' and quake nuke scare - The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry blame foreign media organizations for what the ministries say were inappropriate or inaccurate reports on a nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture damaged by a powerful earthquake that as a result caused misunderstanding and a drop in tourism. - The Japan Times

July 29 2007: As the floods recede, the yarns flow in - Guardian Unlimited

July 29 2007: Floods claim another victim - Guardian Unlimited

July 29 2007: Breaking solidarity - The EU ultimatum causing a storm at a Polish shipyard - BBC (World)

July 29 2007: Urgent Appeal for Energy Conservation - The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Mr. Eric Yankah has made a passionate appeal to the general public and all energy consumers to adopt serious energy conservation measures in view of the crises. - All Africa News

July 29 2007: Despite Quake Fears, Oldonyo L'engai Residents Won't Vacate - Members of the Maasai community living around Oldonyo L'engai mountain of Ngorongoro, have refused to vacate the area, despite recent advisory from local authorities, that the active volcano in the vicinity may erupt due to ongoing tremors. The local residents told reporters who visited the location last weekend that some experts have just assured them that the volcanic mountain will not erupt ... - All Africa News

July 29 2007: Tackle Investment Bottlenecks [editorial] - UGANDA is the country to live and invest in today. With the end of the war in the north, the country is totally peaceful. Time to fully exploit the abundant resources has come. The oil and natural gas discovered in western Uganda, the fertile soils, coupled with the good climate, offer a suitable investment environment. - All Africa News

July 29 2007: Workers in Iraq Remit U.S. $20 Million in Two Years - FIRST it was the Ugandans doing odd jobs commonly known as kyeyo remitting their hard-earned foreign exchange home. Now those in formal employment in the most dangerous place in the world have joined in flooding the Ugandan market with US dollars. - All Africa News

July 29 2007: July 29, 2007 10:26:00 - The ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has rejected Opposition criticism that the Government's new climate change strategy does not include the issue of environment-based industries. - ABC News Online

July 29 2007: The coal miners' union denies it is just trying to get Labor leader Kevin Rudd elected by launching a new ad campaign targeting the Federal Government's record on climate change. - ABC News Online

July 29 2007: The ACT Opposition says the Government's new climate change strategy doesn't have enough in it for environment-based industry development. - ABC News Online

July 28 2007: Britain's flood death toll rises to nine - EMERGENCY workers found a man's body in a submerged field yesterday, bringing to at least nine the death toll in Britain's worst floods for 60 years, police said. - The Australian

July 28 2007: Body found as UK braces for more floods - A MAN'S body was found in a submerged field today in an area devastated by Britain's worst floods in 60 years, bringing the death toll in a month of flooding to at least nine, police said. - The Australian

July 28 2007: Clinton cleavage coverage prompts storm in a C cup - The Age

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July 28 2007: Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jul 27, 2007 - A University of Arkansas graduate student is helping rice farmers grow better crops by studying the plant at its most fundamental molecular level. Cell and molecular biology major Tameka Bailey's research focuses on a certain type of proteins and the molecular mechanisms that trigger rice's response to stressful conditions, such as drought, high salinity or a biological disease called rice blast ... - Terra Daily

July 28 2007: Rome (AFP) July 25, 2007 - Southeastern Europe was a tinderbox Wednesday in the grip of an unrelenting heatwave that has claimed hundreds of lives as wildfires swept Italy and bit into a national park in Slovakia. Italy was sweltering under temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in places Wednesday and suffering devastating wildfires in central and southern regions. "We've had 85 calls so far already fo ... - Terra Daily

July 28 2007: Climate Change Sucks Water From China's Two Longest Rivers - Terra Daily

July 28 2007: Beijing (Xinhua) Jul 27, 2007 - Climate change linked to the contraction of wetlands at the source of China's two longest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River, has reduced the volume of water flowing in the rivers, said Chinese scientists. Scientists from the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) studied changes over the past 40 years to the wetlands on the cold Qinghai-T ... - Terra Daily

July 28 2007: England's flood death toll rises - Sydney Morning Herald

July 28 2007: Global Warming Threatens Pacific Northwest Coast - Science Daily (Climate)

July 28 2007: Rising Surface Ozone Reduces Plant Growth And Adds To Global Warming - Scientists have just released new findings that could have major implications for food production and global warming in the 21st century. Researchers have found that projections of increasing ozone near the Earth's surface could lead to significant reductions in regional plant production and crop ... > - Science Daily

July 28 2007: Mapping can save forests, say African scientists - Geospatial technology is helping scientists and communities to map forest loss and biodiversity, according to scientists in Africa. - SciDev.Net

July 28 2007: Panel Recommends Climate Change Market - Newsday (AP update)

July 28 2007: Supercomputer simulations suggest that not just the width, but also the length, of these atom-thin sheets of carbon determines how well they will conduct electrons - New Scientist

July 28 2007: Big B set to return to small screen - With proposals from different TV channels flooding him, superstar Amitabh Bachchan mulls re-appearance on the telly. - Hindustan Times

July 28 2007: Avation industry takes 5m people to court - This week the aviation industry is taking five million people - including a lot of their own staff - to court. If you're a member or supporter of a group that's concerned about climate change, the chances are you're a defendant too. - OneWorld

July 28 2007: Childhood Growth Stages Determine What Harm Pollution Does - Environmental News Service

July 28 2007: WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2007 (ENS) - - The 2007 Farm Bill passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives meets with the approval of the nation's two largest farmers' organizations. The bill, passed by a vote of 231-191, retains a safety net for farmers when prices fall; authorizes a permanent disaster program; and increases funding for conservation, nutrition, and renewable energy. - Environmental News Service

July 28 2007: WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - - Nevada Power's Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant has a higher emission rate of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than any other power plant in the United States, according to a new ranking issued today by the Environmental Integrity Project. The report ranks the 378 largest power plants in the country based on company-reported data. - Environmental News Service

July 28 2007: Climate Change: How Much Longer Can We Ignore It? - 'How much longer can we ignore this catastrophe and how will climate change affect the work of civil society?' asks Kumi Naidoo, CIVICUS Secretary-General? - OneWorld

July 28 2007: Image: These protesters in London are not ignoring global warming - OneWorld

July 28 2007: Amid Floods, Brits Brace For Yet More Rain - CBS

July 28 2007: Water firm pollution killed fish - BBC

July 28 2007: Body found in flooded Tewkesbury - Police find a third victim of the flooding in Tewkesbury, as the region braces for heavy overnight rain. - BBC

July 28 2007: Floods spark summer getaways - BBC

July 28 2007: Fiction or prediction? Floods seen washing over Westminster - BBC

July 28 2007: In pictures - How England's flood crisis has affected its animal population - BBC

July 28 2007: Flood fears bring travel warnings - BBC

July 28 2007: Iodine enters the climate-change mix - Warming oceans will reduce the amount of iodine-carbon compounds released into the atmosphere - with variable results - New Scientist

July 28 2007: Report Reveals Grim Reality of Huaihe River Pollution - China Internet information Centre

July 28 2007: Air Pollution Links to Heart Disease - China Internet information Centre

July 28 2007: Report: Pollution Stunts Plant Growth Worldwide - China Internet information Centre

July 28 2007: Shanghai plans to launch a survey of the indoor air quality in downtown office buildings and publish a list of buildings where air doesn't meet health standards, according to a local environment association. - China Internet information Centre

July 28 2007: Financial Muscle for Energy Conservation - China Internet information Centre

July 28 2007: UN aims to set example in carbon neutral push - Reuters

July 28 2007: July 28, 2007 14:45:00 - The ACT Opposition says the Government's new climate change strategy doesn't have enough in it for environment-based industry development. - ABC News Online

July 28 2007: The Canberra Business Council is calling for the city's arboretum to be fast-tracked, because it fits in with the ACT Government's climate change strategy. - ABC News Online

July 28 2007: The Blacktown area of north-western Sydney is launching an ambitious program to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 25,000 tonnes and save millions of dollars on electricity bills. - ABC News Online

July 27 2007: Anxious or depressed mothers-to-be are at increased risk of having children who will experience sleep problems in infancy and toddlerhood, finds a study that published this month in Early Human Development. The study tracked 14,000 pregnant women (and an index child) living in Avon, England and found that women classified as "mood disturbed" during their pregnancies were 40 percent more likely to have a child with significant trouble sleeping. - Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of Health, United Kingdom Department of Health, Department of the Environment, Medical Research Council - EurekAlert!

July 27 2007: ACT govt spends $100m on climate change - The Age

July 27 2007: Rome (AFP) July 26, 2007 - Three heat-related deaths were reported in Greece Thursday as southern Europe blistered under a devastating heatwave and environmentalists blamed many of the fires raging in Italy on arsonists. Greek authorities said two elderly women were found dead Thursday in the Peloponnese village of Diakofto where a fire was raging for a third day. A 76-year-old man died Wednesday evening in another fire ... - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Smog To Accelerate Global Warming - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Paris (AFP) July 25, 2007 - Ozone smog will accentuate global warming this century, for it will damage plants and trees that help soak up carbon emissions, a study to be published on Thursday says. Its authors fear a major factor in the climate-change equation has been badly overlooked. "Carbon sinks" -- the famous ability of vegetation to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas -- are being damaged by oz ... - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: There's an old saying, "You can't see the forest for the trees." When it comes to global climate change, it's not hard to spot the "trees" -- they're in the news headlines nearly every day. To see the "forest," however--that is, to gain a more complete understanding of the climate variations we're seeing--scientists use satellite remote sensing. With these technologies, they can directly measure ... - Terra Daily

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July 27 2007: Heatwave Turns Southeastern Europe Into Tinderbox As Fires Rage - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Drip, Drip Of Global Warming Spells Change In Northern Russia - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Kanchalan, Russia (AFP) July 25, 2007 - It is summer in this reindeer-herding village in northern Russia and with not an iceberg in sight, residents are acquiring a taste for bathing in the local river. "We used to have ice on the river all year round. The warming process is speeding up," said the worried head of the state-controlled reindeer company at Kanchalan, Arkady Makhushkin. "The reindeers' health is suffering. Their meat isn' ... - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Climate Change, Energy Security Top APEC Agenda - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Singapore (AFP) July 25, 2007 - Asia Pacific economies are expected to discuss a common response to climate change and energy security at the annual summit of their leaders in Australia next month, an official said Wednesday. Colin Heseltine, executive director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum secretariat, said Australian Prime Minister John Howard has written to other leaders indicating his desire for a d ... - Terra Daily

July 27 2007: Crystal clear solution to carbon emissions - Stuff

July 27 2007: Who is policing Carbon Cops? - Sydney Morning Herald

July 27 2007: Huge sea level rises are coming - Scoop

July 27 2007: Robotic Vehicles To Explore Offshore Volcano - Scoop

July 27 2007: 27 July 2007 11:58am | GNS Science - Unmanned vehicles will fly into the crater of an offshore volcano during the next three weeks to map it at high precision and search for possible mineral deposits. - Scoop

July 27 2007: Floods And Fires Across Europe Captured From Space - Science Daily (Climate)

July 27 2007: Carbon-capture Technology To Help UK Tackle Global Warming - Science Daily (Climate)

July 27 2007: (July 27, 2007) - -- Cutting-edge technology that "captures" polluting carbon dioxide and stores it permanently inside rocks will be developed at a new £1.1M research center at the University of ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 27 2007: Air Pollution Linked To Clogged Arteries - Got high cholesterol? Better stay away from air pollution. So says a new study linking diesel exhaust to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which significantly increases one's risk for heart attack and stroke. The research is the first to explain how fine particles in air pollution ... > - Science Daily

July 27 2007: Mapping can save forests, say African scientists - Geospatial technology is helping scientists and communities to map forest loss and biodiversity, according to scientists in Africa. - SciDev.Net

July 27 2007: Greek heatwave peaks, two die - Reuters

July 27 2007: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:10 AM ET - By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - A heatwave across Greece has killed two people and sent dozens to hospital as temperatures soared to 45 degrees Celsius... - Reuters

July 27 2007: Floods, heat hit Europe, but is it global warming? - Reuters

July 27 2007: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:39 AM ET - "To say you can't blame one event on global warming isn't true," said Oxford University - Reuters

July 27 2007: Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets - Cutting-edge technology that "captures" polluting carbon dioxide and stores it permanently inside rocks will be developed at a new £1.1M research center at the University of Nottingham. - EurekAlert!

July 27 2007: How author of 'jihadists' bible' stirred up a storm - Mail & Guardian Online

July 27 2007: Aucklander's views on Climate Change - Scoop

July 27 2007: Heavy rain forecast for weekend - Met Office warns persistent rain in southern Wales and England could bring more flooding. - Guardian Unlimited

July 27 2007: Royal couple visit flood victims -PA - Guardian Unlimited

July 27 2007: SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 27, 2007 -- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) this week announced renewed 2007 goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its manufacturing and corporate operations throughout the world. - GreenBiz

July 27 2007: Environment - - EurActiv

July 27 2007: Floods and fires across Europe captured from space - EurekAlert!

July 27 2007: WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - - Nevada Power's Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant has a higher emission rate of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than any other power plant in the United States, according to a new ranking issued today by the Environmental Integrity Project. The report ranks the 378 largest power plants in the country based on company-reported data." - Environmental News Service

July 27 2007: PM says infrastructure review needed after floods - EDIE

July 27 2007: Environment Agency aims for greener pension fund - EDIE

July 27 2007: Flood chaos 'worst for 60 years' - EDIE

July 27 2007: Low health risk from contaminated flood water - EDIE

July 27 2007: Counting the cost of England's floods - EDIE

July 27 2007: Widespread flooding a wake-up call for planners - EDIE

July 27 2007: Floods - the waste impacts - EDIE

July 27 2007: Ozone could increase global warming - EDIE

July 27 2007: Welsh Assembly looks at flood risk - EDIE

July 27 2007: Austrian pollution measures clash with free movement laws - EDIE

July 27 2007: by Dana Gornitzki, Edie News - LONDON, July 27, 2007 -- A new offsetting code will be launched by the government later this year, as a response to widespread criticism of the carbon offsetting industry. - GreenBiz

July 27 2007: Climate change escalates Darfur crisis - Christian Science Monitor

July 27 2007: GE Earth Rewards: Credit Where (Carbon) Credit Is Due - GreenBiz

July 27 2007: AMD Sets New Climate Change Goals - GreenBiz

July 27 2007: * - Calif. Strikes New Blow Against Pollution - CBS

July 27 2007: Turning Up The Heat On The Poor - In Sudan, climate change is already forcing people from their homes, threatening their income and their entire way of life. "It is a cruel irony that developing countries, which have historically created by far the smallest carbon footprint, are now suffering the fallout of climate change most acutely," reports Sebastian Gordon. - OneWorld

July 27 2007: Business Collaboration Services - The American Coalition for Tilapia fully supports the efforts of Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) regarding the banning of Carbon Monoxide (or CO) as a food additive.... - VietnamNews.Net

July 27 2007: New view on digital TV change-over - AUSTRALIA'S peak communications body will take a fresh look at whether television viewers are finally warming to digital TV. - The Australian

July 27 2007: PHOTO JOURNALS - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

July 27 2007: UK flood cover bill put at £2.5bn - Financial Times

July 27 2007: Cheaper Chinese bulbs given EU green light - The cost of energy-efficient lightbulbs is set to fall after European Union governments backed the scrapping of extra tariffs on Chinese imports as part of efforts to combat climate change - Financial Times

July 27 2007: UK flood areas face more rain - BBC (Europe)

July 27 2007: Flood-hit areas face further rain - More heavy rain is predicted at the weekend, as Prince Charles tours areas hit by the recent floods. - BBC

July 27 2007: Foam targets pollution clean-up - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 27 2007: UK flooding - CNN

July 27 2007: Two found dead as UK floods recede - CNN (Europe)

July 27 2007: Contractors Help Coal Plants Reduce Emissions - In a bid to meet pollution targets, China is launching a trial program to contract out work to desulfurize coal-fired electricity generators. - China Internet information Centre

July 27 2007: Wuhan on Flood Alert as Yangtze Water Levels Rise - China Internet information Centre

July 27 2007: Newsdesk: Floods special - Guardian Unlimited

July 27 2007: Ian Sample: 'The floods we've seen are the kinds of floods we'll see in winters in the future' - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 27 2007: News blog: all the latest flood developments - Guardian Unlimited

July 27 2007: Daring flood rescue in China - CNN (Asia)

July 27 2007: Floods threaten ancient and historic sites - Guardian Unlimited

July 27 2007: Mapping Can Save Forests, Say Scientists - Mapping and remote sensing technology can be used by developing countries to conserve forests and biodiversity, say experts. - All Africa News

July 27 2007: East Africa: - Earthquake Scare Highlights Emergency Response Weaknesses - All Africa News

July 27 2007: ACT Government announces new climate change strategy - ABC News Online

July 27 2007: July 27, 2007 13:35:00 - The Chief Minister says the government's new climate change strategy sets achievable targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. - ABC News Online

July 27 2007: Wild weather to worsen with climate change: expert - ABC News Online

July 27 2007: July 27, 2007 08:39:00 - A Gold Coast academic says the frequency and severity of storms, floods, droughts and bushfires will increase as climate change takes hold. - ABC News Online

July 26 2007: Britain struggles with flood aftermath - The Age

July 26 2007: Storm keen to end Fittler's NRL run - The Age

July 26 2007: Storm, Panthers mull over Geyer in 2008 - The Age

July 26 2007: Australia 'needs carbon title register' - The Age

July 26 2007: Renewable Energy Wrecks Environment - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: New York NY (SPX) Jul 25, 2007 - Renewable does not mean green. That is the claim of Jesse Ausubel of the Rockefeller University in New York. Writing in Inderscience's International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology, Ausubel explains that building enough wind farms, damming enough rivers, and growing enough biomass to meet global energy demands will wreck the environment. Ausubel has analyzed the amount of ener ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Climate change is nothing new. For thousands, perhaps millions of years, Antarctica's massive ice sheet - 5.5 million square miles - has advanced and retreated as the earth's atmosphere cooled and warmed. Yet, until recently, there was no precise way to measure the shifting interface between ice and open water. By estimating the age of Adelie penguin remains using radiocarbon dating, Unive ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Wilmington NC (SPX) Jul 24, 2007 - Climate change is nothing new. For thousands, perhaps millions of years, Antarctica's massive ice sheet - 5.5 million square miles - has advanced and retreated as the earth's atmosphere cooled and warmed. Yet, until recently, there was no precise way to measure the shifting interface between ice and open water. By estimating the age of Adelie penguin remains using radiocarbon dating, Unive ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2007 - There's an old saying, "You can't see the forest for the trees." When it comes to global climate change, it's not hard to spot the "trees" -- they're in the news headlines nearly every day. To see the "forest," however--that is, to gain a more complete understanding of the climate variations we're seeing--scientists use satellite remote sensing. With these technologies, they can directly measure ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: More Flooding As England Battles Power Cuts And Water Shortages - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Oxford, England (AFP) Jul 26, 2007 - Further water surges were expected in southern England Wednesday as Britain's worst floods in 60 years saw evacuations, the threat of power cuts and a lack of fresh water for thousands. Tributaries feeding the River Thames engulfed several areas in the university city of Oxford overnight. Some 250 homes were evacuated and residents given emergency shelter at a nearby football stadium. But ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: English Floods Deprive Hundreds Of Thousands Of Tap Water - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Monsoon rains have brought new misery to the residents of this resettlement site outside the Cambodian capital. Already uprooted from their homes, the hundreds of families living here now have to contend with near daily downpours that flood their shacks with putrid water. "Living here is a misery," said Chan Bory, one of the thousands who authorities in Phnom Penh pushed from their homes in a ci ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Trapeang Krasaing, Cambodia (AFP) July 24, 2007 - Monsoon rains have brought new misery to the residents of this resettlement site outside the Cambodian capital. Already uprooted from their homes, the hundreds of families living here now have to contend with near daily downpours that flood their shacks with putrid water. "Living here is a misery," said Chan Bory, one of the thousands who authorities in Phnom Penh pushed from their homes in a ci ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Two more die in UK floods - Stuff

July 26 2007: FIRES BLAZE IN EUROPEAN HEATWAVE - Stuff

July 26 2007: Got a calendar? Circle this date: Sunday, August 12th. Next to the circle write "all night" and "Meteors!" Attach the above to your refrigerator in plain view so you won't miss the 2007 Perseid meteor shower. "It's going to be a great show," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "The Moon is new on August 12th--which means no moonlight, dark ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Religious orders look above for ways to reduce carbon - Sydney Morning Herald

July 26 2007: Pollution linked to heart disease ... - Science Daily

July 26 2007: -- Isoprene is a hydrocarbon volatile compound emitted in high quantities by many woody plant species, with significant impact on atmospheric chemistry. Researchers have applied genetic engineering ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 26 2007: New Clues To Ozone Depletion - Science Daily (Climate)

July 26 2007: Air Pollution Linked To Clogged Arteries - Science Daily (Climate)

July 26 2007: (July 27, 2007) - -- Got high cholesterol? Better stay away from air pollution. So says a new study linking diesel exhaust to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which significantly increases one's risk for ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 26 2007: (July 27, 2007) - -- Scientists have just released new findings that could have major implications for food production and global warming in the 21st century. Researchers have found that projections of increasing ozone ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 26 2007: Hurricane Preparedness: One-third On High Risk Coast Will Refuse Evacuation Order, According To Survey - In a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas one-third (31 percent) said if told by the government to evacuate due to a major hurricane, they would not leave. This is an increase from 2006 ... > - Science Daily

July 26 2007: Laser Sets Records In Power And Energy Efficiency - Science Daily

July 26 2007: Innovative Carbon Nanotube Growth Tool Selected For Nanocomposites And Mechanical Sensor Research - Science Daily

July 26 2007: Clay Studies Alter View Of Early Mars Environment - Science Daily

July 26 2007: Getting to the root of killer dust storms - Dust storms in China have been increasing, but a project in Bayinhushu shows how to reduce them, reports - SciDev.Net

July 26 2007: Air Study Measures Livestock Pollution - Sci-Tech Today

July 26 2007: WSI Corp Cuts Storms Forecast on Cooler Atlantic Temperatures - Rigzone

July 26 2007: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - - Cooler ocean waters in the Atlantic have led a private weather forecaster to reduce the number of hurricanes it expects this season. - Rigzone

July 26 2007: Ozone cuts plant growth, spurs global warming: study - Reuters

July 26 2007: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:20 AM ET - another global warming gas whose release into the atmosphere accelerates - Reuters

July 26 2007: US environment chief draws fire on global warming - Reuters

July 26 2007: California, the most populous US state, has passed a law requiring that cars and light trucks cut - -warming greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon... - Reuters

July 26 2007: Report says carbon offset market needs code - Reuters

July 26 2007: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:28 PM ET - Voluntary offsetting is distinct from buying carbon offsets under mandatory schemes, such as the - Reuters

July 26 2007: Global warming zealots are stifling scientific debate - On Line Opinion

July 26 2007: Navy Delivers Aid to Flood Victims - Newsday (AP update)

July 26 2007: Novel gel soaks up heavy metal pollution - New Scientist

July 26 2007: Floods kill dozens in Sudan - Flash floods and rains in Sudan have killed 59 people and damaged 35 000 homes, Awad Widatallah Hussein, spokesperson for the government's emergency response committee, said on Thursday. Officials described the floods as the worst in memory. - Mail & Guardian Online

July 26 2007: Flooding reaching unprecedented levels - IRIN

July 26 2007: Father and son die fighting floods -PA - Guardian Unlimited

July 26 2007: Renewable energy projects 'will devour huge amounts of land' - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 26 2007: Human activity linked to heavier rainfall over Britain - Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are causing global shifts in rainfall and contributing to wetter weather over the UK, say climate scientists - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 26 2007: Science chief: cut birthrate to save Earth - New museum head says lower population would cut CO2 at a fraction of renewable energy cost. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 26 2007: How Britain became an island - Massive freshwater floods cut land bridge to France - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 26 2007: In pictures: Flooding in Oxford - Guardian Unlimited

July 26 2007: UK's National Trust: The Largest Green Movement In The World? - The National Trust has put 3.5 million members in the front line against climate change. - OneWorld

July 26 2007: New analysis counters claims that solar activity is linked to global warming - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 26 2007: New clues to ozone depletion - EurekAlert!

July 26 2007: Large quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals have been discovered in the Antarctic atmosphere by researchers from the University of Leeds, the University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey. - Natural Environment Research Council - EurekAlert!

July 26 2007: Tsunami Warning Called Off After Powerful Indonesian Quake - Environmental News Service

July 26 2007: JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - - There is no threat of a widespread tsunami after a severe earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit eastern Indonesia early Thursday afternoon local time. The powerful quake rocked the eastern part of the island nation, sending residents running from shaking homes and public buildings, officials and witnesses said. - Environmental News Service

July 26 2007: WASHINGTON, DC, July 25, 2007 (ENS) - - The Sierra Club is declaring a partial victory in its fight with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, over toxic formaldehyde found in some of the 120,000 mobile homes and travel trailers provided to hurricane survivors left homeless in 2005 by Katrina and Rita. - Environmental News Service

July 26 2007: Tokyo (AFP) July 25, 2007 - The operator of Japan's largest nuclear plant, which was damaged in a powerful earthquake, said Wednesday it had nothing to hide as UN inspectors prepared to visit. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team is set to arrive in Japan in the next few weeks to look at the sprawling Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). Asked to promise the co ... - Terra Daily

July 26 2007: Ozone depletion studied in the Antarctic - British scientists have found naturally occurring chemicals in the Antarctic atmosphere deplete most of that atmosphere's ozone from August through May. The 18-month collaborative study involving the British Antarctic Survey, the University of Leeds and t... - Earth Times

July 26 2007: Juicing down for global warming - Christian Science Monitor

July 26 2007: Britons demand more flood protection - Is the government heeding warnings about more flooding as a result of climate change? - Christian Science Monitor

July 26 2007: B of A Joins Carbon Trading Market, School Solar Program - GreenBiz

July 26 2007: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:39 PM ET - LONDON (Reuters) - England and Wales have suffered their wettest early summer since records began in 1766, with heavy rain causing the worst floods for 60... - Reuters

July 26 2007: Panel urges revisions to hit 'difficult' Kyoto pact targets - A government panel recommends changing the existing program so Japan can attain its "extremely difficult" Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas emissions target. - The Japan Times

July 26 2007: More rain as floods death toll rises - Financial Times

July 26 2007: Japan will never go nuclear-free - Recent revelations about safety raise questions about building nuclear plants in an active earthquake region, writes David Pilling - Financial Times

July 26 2007: Surprise jump in eurozone money supply - Financial Times

July 26 2007: Russia planes rush to Greek fires - Russia is sending aircraft to help Greece fight forest fires raging amid record high temperatures. - BBC (Europe)

July 26 2007: Strong earthquake hits Indonesia - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

July 26 2007: Two die in UK flood accident - BBC (Europe)

July 26 2007: Two dead after flooding accident - BBC

July 26 2007: Ozone has 'strong climate effect' - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 26 2007: Flood water poses low health risk - BBC

July 26 2007: Club flood victim was 'lynchpin' - BBC

July 26 2007: Britain faces more rain as floods death toll rises - Reuters

July 26 2007: Thursday, July 26, 2007 1:14 AM ET - By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Britons hit by the worst flooding in 60 years faced further misery on Thursday as forecasters... - Reuters

July 26 2007: LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Met Office issued a severe weather warning on Thursday for the same area of the country affected by widespread flooding.... - Reuters

July 26 2007: Daring flood rescue in China - CNN

July 26 2007: Raging fires add to heat wave woes - CNN (Europe)

July 26 2007: Two found dead as floods recede - CNN (Europe)

July 26 2007: Garbage Island - The world's first ecological offshore landfill has created a thriving environment for coral reefs and rare birds. - CNN

July 26 2007: Building for a cooler planet - Eco-friendly buildings are one of the most efficient ways to mitigate climate change - why are so few being built? - New Scientist

July 26 2007: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:30:30 EST - Stronger Hurricanes Mean Whopper Waves - Discovery Online

July 26 2007: Stronger Hurricanes Mean Whopper Waves - Global warming could be spawning some monster waves. - Discovery Online

July 26 2007: Rainstorms Kill 5, Affect 700,000 - China Internet information Centre

July 26 2007: Drought Parches 320,000 in Jiangxi - More than 320,000 people in Jiangxi Province are suffering from drinking water shortages due to a severe drought, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said on Wednesday. - China Internet information Centre

July 26 2007: Loose Dykes Spur Flood Fears - China Internet information Centre

July 26 2007: The inevitable question - are these rains caused by climate change? - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 26 2007: News blog: Flood events as they happen - Guardian Unlimited

July 26 2007: NUJ storm as photographers lose out to reporters - Guardian Unlimited

July 26 2007: Thailand runs tsunami drill - CNN (Asia)

July 26 2007: Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia - CNN (Asia)

July 26 2007: China floods spread to north - CNN (Asia)

July 26 2007: Flooding Reaching Unprecedented Levels - Floods that have already left thousands of families homeless in Sudan have reached a critical stage in several states, an official from the government's emergency response committee said. - All Africa News

July 26 2007: Floods force many to face - Reuters

July 26 2007: July 27, 2007 05:46:00 - Increasing numbers of Tasmanians are seeking advice from Aurora Energy on how to improve their energy efficiency. - ABC News Online

July 26 2007: Climate change to hit far north Qld hardest: Garrett - ABC News Online

July 26 2007: July 26, 2007 21:45:00 - The Federal Opposition's environment spokesman Peter Garrett says residents in Queensland's far north will be among those hardest hit by climate change. - ABC News Online

July 26 2007: Zoellick says environment, energy big issues for Asia-Pacific - ABC News Online

July 26 2007: World Bank president Robert Zoellick says he is looking forward to discussing issues such as climate change when he visits Australia next week. - ABC News Online

July 25 2007: Climate Change Crisis in England - "The events of this summer must act as a wake up call: climate change is real and is happening in our back garden... They give us a glimpse as to what the future holds for countries like Bangladesh, where hundreds of millions of people are predicted to be severely affected in years to come," says Benedict Southworth, Director of WDM. - OneWorld

July 25 2007: "The events of this summer must act as a wake up call: climate change is real and is happening in our back garden... They give us a glimpse as to what the future holds for countries like Bangladesh, where hundreds of millions of people are predicted to be severely affected in years to come," says Benedict Southworth, Director of WDM. - Image: Girl struggles in flood water, Bangladesh, but it could be the UK (C) Mufty Munir/AFP - OneWorld

July 25 2007: Thailand conducts tsunami drill - The Age

July 25 2007: Oxford residents evacuated from floods - The Age

July 25 2007: Regions Ignoring Beijing On Environment Goals - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Natural Disasters Hit Chinese Grain Output - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Heatwave Claims 500 Lives In Hungary, 16 In Greece - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Budapest (AFP) July 24, 2007 - Hungary said Tuesday as many as 500 people may have died last week in a heatwave which was continuing to stifle much of southern and eastern Europe and spark deadly brush fires. Searing temperatures across the region have claimed scores of lives, including in southern Italy where a wildfire Tuesday burned two people alive in their car and suffocated another pair on a beach nearby. At the s ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Global Warming Impacting Global Rainfall Patterns - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Paris (AFP) July 23, 2007 - A study has yielded the first confirmation that global warming is already affecting world's rainfall patterns, bringing more precipitation to northern Europe, Canada and northern Russia but less to swathes of sub-Saharan Africa, southern India and Southeast Asia. The changes "may have already had significant effects on ecosystems, agriculture and human regions that are sensitive to changes in pr ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Europe battled weather extremes late Monday as heavy rain sparked the worst flooding in England in 60 years, while the south and east of the continent was roasting in a heatwave that claimed several lives. Large swathes of central and western England were submerged as rivers swelled and burst their banks during four days of heavy and persistent rain, leaving thousands without clean water or elec ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Emergency Committee Meets In London As UK Faces Worst Floods In 60 Years - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: London (AFP) Jul 24, 2007 - Britain's emergency contingencies committee met Monday night to discuss further measures to combat the worst flooding in 60 years, which Prime Minister Gordon Brown linked to climate change. Large swathes of central and western England were submerged as rivers swelled and burst their banks during four days of heavy and persistent rain, leaving thousands without clean water or electricity and fac ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Cities And Economy Under Threat, Tourists Despair In Britain's Worst Floods In Memory - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Oxford (AFP) England, July 24, 2007 - The fate of more English cities, towns and villages hung in the balance Tuesday as emergency crews built up defences against rising waters during Britain's worst floods in living memory. Queen Elizabeth II said she was "shocked and deeply concerned" by the floods across central and western England in a message of support to the hundreds of thousands of people affected by them, aides at Buckingha ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: 58 Dead In Indonesia Floods And Landslides - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Minaret madness - Move to ban minarets causes a storm. - Swiss Info

July 25 2007: Oxford residents evacuated as UK flood waters rise - Stuff

July 25 2007: Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2007 - The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to British company DMC International Imaging (DMCii) this week to provide satellite imagery of 38 countries in Europe. This will be used to monitor Europe's environment and land use including natural resources such as agriculture and forestry. The high resolution DMC satellite images will provide a valuable resource for the European Global Monit ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Hurricane doctor cleared of murder - Sydney Morning Herald

July 25 2007: Rising Surface Ozone Reduces Plant Growth And Adds To Global Warming - Science Daily (Climate)

July 25 2007: (July 25, 2007) - -- Scientists have just released new findings that could have major implications for food production and global warming in the 21st century. Researchers have found that projections of increasing ozone ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 25 2007: Renewable Energy Wrecks Environment, According To Researcher - Science Daily

July 25 2007: (July 26, 2007) - -- In a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas one-third (31 percent) said if told by the government to evacuate due to a major hurricane, they would not leave. This is an increase from 2006 ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 25 2007: Measuring The Retreat History Of Alpine Glaciers - Science Daily (Climate)

July 25 2007: (July 25, 2007) - -- The lengths of alpine glaciers quickly adjust to changes in temperature and precipitation, making them sensitive indicators of climate. Recording changes in length of current glaciers is a matter of ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

July 25 2007: Rovers Begin New Observations On Changing Martian Atmosphere - Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer. Some fluctuations in the atmosphere have already been noted. During warmer seasons, approximately 95 percent of the Martian atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide. Nitrogen ... > - Science Daily

July 25 2007: Air Study Measures Livestock Pollution - Sci-Tech Today

July 25 2007: N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it has formed a joint venture to obtain shares in - Exchange PLC (CLE) in return for buying carbon emissions permits... - Reuters

July 25 2007: Carbon offsetting needs code of practice-UK report - Reuters

July 25 2007: Bank of America in carbon exchange joint venture - Reuters

July 25 2007: LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of America said it has formed a joint venture to obtain shares in - Exchange PLC (CLE) in return for buying carbon emissions... - Reuters

July 25 2007: Playing climate change poker - OneWorld

July 25 2007: Climate Change Challenge and Pledge4REG - OneWorld

July 25 2007: Unique quantum effect found in silicon nanocrystals - Researchers at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, collaborating with Innovalight Inc., have shown that a new and important effect called multiple exciton generation occurs efficiently in silicon nanocrystals. - EurekAlert!

July 25 2007: DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory - EurekAlert!

July 25 2007: Thailand Conducts Tsunami Warning Drill - Newsday (AP update)

July 25 2007: Oxford University Above the Flood - Newsday (AP update)

July 25 2007: Climate Change to Dominate APEC Summit - Newsday (AP update)

July 25 2007: Size matters when it comes to graphene circuits - Supercomputer simulations suggest that not just the width, but also the length, of these atom-thin sheets of carbon determines how well they will conduct electrons - New Scientist

July 25 2007: A study of the thermodynamics of clays found on Mars suggests that little carbon dioxide could have been present during their formation, which contradicts a popular theory of the early martian atmosphere and will send researchers looking for other explanations for clay formation. In addition, understanding the early atmosphere of Mars is vital in determining whether or not life could have develo ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: • Facing climate change - IRIN

July 25 2007: Police chief warns over flood disorder - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: The 1947 floods - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Tewkesbury flood victims' videos - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Flood victims' stories - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: PM thanks flood rescue teams -PA - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: New era - Girl Guides to learn how to practise safe sex and reduce carbon footprint - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Renewable energy projects will devour huge amounts of land, warns researcher - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

July 25 2007: Flooding gallery: Wednesday - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Graphic: Why the floods happened - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Map: UK floods - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Rising surface ozone reduces plant growth and adds to global warming - EurekAlert!

July 25 2007: Embryos get better start with IVF on a chip - Can conception be replaced by an automated artificial uterus? Researchers in Japan are building a tiny womb-on-a-chip in which an egg and sperm are fed in at one end and an early embryo comes out the other, ready to implant in a real mother. The device mimics the environment of the body using endometrial cells which line the womb. The researchers hope the chip could eventually be used to improve the success rate of IVF. - EurekAlert!

July 25 2007: Climate Change - - Extreme weather in Europe fuels global-warming concerns - EurActiv

July 25 2007: Florida Coal Power Plant Plans Carbon Capture Demo - Environmental News Service

July 25 2007: British Prime Minister Blames Floods on Climate Change - Environmental News Service

July 25 2007: LONDON, UK, July 24, 2007 (ENS) - - The sun is forecast to shine across much of England Wednesday, illuminating flood waters that have risen to 60 year highs. Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed climate change for the torrential rains that pounded the British Isles on Friday and through the weekend, inundating vast stretches of southwest England and leaving more than 50,000 homes without power. - Environmental News Service

July 25 2007: The first trilateral framework agreement on energy science and technology was inked Monday by the energy ministers for Canada, Mexico and the United States. The ministers will look for ways to increase cooperation on biofuels, gas hydrates, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, clean coal, and electricity transmission. - Environmental News Service

July 25 2007: Japan will establish an independent committee to investigate leaks of radioactive water, flooding, fire and electrical problems at the world's largest nuclear power plant that was damaged by a strong earthquake July 16, the government said today. Japan now says it will allow UN investigators to inspect the power plant, after an offer of assistance last week from IAEA head Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei was initially turned down. - Environmental News Service

July 25 2007: Vienna (AFP) July 24, 2007 - The UN's nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday it would send a team of experts to Japan in the next few weeks to examine a nuclear power plant damaged during a deadly earthquake on July 16. "The IAEA intends to send a team of IAEA and international experts in the coming weeks" to examine the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant northwest of Tokyo, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement. - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Carbon Trading Exchange Goes Live In Australia - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Sydney (AFP) July 23, 2007 - Australia's first emissions trading exchange went live Monday, setting an initial price for carbon at 8.50 Australian dollars (7.50 US) a tonne, officials said. The new exchange is a joint venture between the Melbourne-based Australia Pacific Exchange (APX), a bourse specialising in small niche companies, and the Australian Climate Exchange (ACX). Trading on the ACX Electronic Emissions Trading ... - Terra Daily

July 25 2007: Climate Change Expected to One Day Top European Corporate Agenda - GreenBiz

July 25 2007: Hawaiian Volcano Erupts - CBS

July 25 2007: Boys Survive Flash Flood - CBS

July 25 2007: China to import more fruit, vegetable from Viet Nam - The Trade Ministry said that China's demands for vegetable and fruit from Viet Nam are surging as its supplies have decreased due to floods in the southeastern region, said the Trade Ministry. - VietnamNews.Net

July 25 2007: Crane that lifts reactor lid damaged - A ceiling crane in the building housing the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture is found to be damaged, likely by last week's earthquake. - The Japan Times

July 25 2007: Arson blamed for Italian forest fires - Financial Times

July 25 2007: Japan will never go nuclear-free - Revent revelations about safety raise questions about building nuclear plants in an active earthquake region, writes David Pilling - Financial Times

July 25 2007: Europe bakes in summer heatwave - BBC

July 25 2007: Europe bakes in heatwave - BBC

July 25 2007: Water shortage in UK flood area - BBC (Europe)

July 25 2007: Water supplies 'are running out' - Supplies of clean water are running out in Gloucester after the floods, but Gordon Brown says more is coming. - BBC

July 25 2007: More UK flood evacuations - BBC (Europe)

July 25 2007: Ozone has 'strong climate effect' - Ozone could be a more important driver of climate change than scientists had previously thought. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 25 2007: Is the current extreme weather connected to climate change? - BBC (Sci/Tech)

July 25 2007: A clear link? - Is the current extreme weather connected to climate change? - BBC (World)

July 25 2007: Two-week water wait in flood zone - BBC

July 25 2007: Wagnerian storm as composer's scion battles to be Bayreuth queen - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: Consultant, Health & Environment team - EurActiv

July 25 2007: Thailand runs tsunami drill - CNN

July 25 2007: UK flood victims line up for water - CNN (Europe)

July 25 2007: Deadly heat wave grips Europe - CNN

July 25 2007: F1 faces up to climate change - CNN

July 25 2007: Renewable energy could 'rape' nature - New Scientist

July 25 2007: News blog: follow the latest flood news - Guardian Unlimited

July 25 2007: 'What's Important Is the Need, Not the Politics' [interview] - When conflicts and natural disasters flare up around the world, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) plays a critical role in delivering relief through a wide and complex array of U.N. agencies and non-governmental aid groups. - All Africa News

July 25 2007: Budget Vote Delayed - Donors and development agencies are worried that the political standoff in Malawi, which has led to the indefinite suspension of the vote on the 2007/08 budget, might set back recovery in the agriculture sector after the 2005 drought. - All Africa News

July 25 2007: The top United Nations humanitarian official today, highlighting the impact of severe droughts in several southern African countries, stressed that the situation is particularly dire in Swaziland and appealed for over $15 million to assist that country. - All Africa News

July 25 2007: make standing forest with high biodiversity and carbon storage value generate revenues," she told reporters at a Sydney meeting on forests and - Reuters

July 25 2007: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:16 PM ET - make standing forest with high biodiversity and carbon storage value generate revenues," she told reporters at a Sydney meeting on forests and - Reuters

July 25 2007: July 25, 2007 13:38:00 - The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) says a fence to contain dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia is the start of a new approach to the dieback problem. - ABC News Online

July 25 2007: July 25, 2007 10:39:00 - Sydney Water has made a commitment to become carbon neutral by 2020, making it the first government agency to take the step in New South Wales. - ABC News Online

July 25 2007: NSW Govt accused of breaking greenhouse promise - ABC News Online

July 24 2007: Sulawesi earthquake traps many - VietnamNews.Net

July 24 2007: U.K floods receding for now - VietnamNews.Net

July 24 2007: Tibetian Warming Trend Gaining Pace - Terra Daily

July 24 2007: Telephone connections are always among the most vulnerable lifelines in a natural disaster, but technology has turned into a crucial asset in Japan's latest earthquake. Japan's telecom operators, like other companies, suffered damage to infrastructure in Monday's 6.8 Richter-scale earthquake in central Niigata prefecture, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 others. But the m ... - Terra Daily

July 24 2007: Okinawa, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2007 - Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing got their first hands-on experience with the Marine Corps' newest water purification system during a two-week training evolution June 11-22 here. Basic water support technicians with the two commands learned how to operate and maintain the new Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS) in different environments around the world, ... - Terra Daily

July 24 2007: Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2007 - Widespread disruption to Japan's automobile production after an earthquake has highlighted the industry's vulnerability to supply shortages as it expands aggressively to meet strong global demand. Honda Motor Co. on Thursday became the latest Japanese automaker to suspend part of its output for two days because of difficulties buying piston rings from Riken Corp. which was badly affected by Mond ... - Terra Daily

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