AP - While the U.S.
Senate considers a
climate bill aiming to
dramatically slash air
pollution linked to
global warming, Texas
Gov. Rick Perry and other
Republican leaders in the
state that leads the
nation in greenhouse gas
production are watching
cl...
LiveScience.com - While
many Americans feast on
turkey and all the
fixings today, a
new study finds food
waste per person has shot
up 50 percent since
1974. Some 1,400 calories
worth of food is
discarded per person each
day, which adds up to 150
trill...
AFP - US and Chinese
proposals for tackling
greenhouse gases were
hailed Thursday while
confirmation their
leaders will attend next
month's climate summit
boosted hopes for a
global-warming accord.
LiveScience.com - With TV
sets, the past is easy to
remember - boxed tubes
with black
and white images. But now
that we're deep into the
age of flat panels,
the choices are many. And
with the TV buying season
in full swing, it's
worth looking ahead be...
AFP - From prolonged
droughts to melting ice
caps to heavy flooding
and unpredictable weather
patterns, climate change
effects are already
wrecking lives in Africa,
the continent that
pollutes the least.
SPACE.com - A dozen
astronauts in orbit will
pause for a weightless
Thanksgiving Thursday,
despite the fact that
they're flying on two
different
spaceships.
Reuters - China has
unveiled its first firm
target to curb greenhouse
gas emissions, laying out
a carbon intensity goal
on Thursday that Premier
Wen Jiabao will take to
looming climate talks as
his government's central
commitment.
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