AP - Putting his prestige
on the line, President
Barack Obama will
personally commit the
U.S. to a goal of
substantially cutting
greenhouse gases at next
month's Copenhagen
climate summit. He will
insist America is ready
to tackle global warming
desp...
AFP - The presidents of
eight nations straddling
the Amazon basin plus
France will meet Thursday
in the heart of the
Amazon rainforest to lay
out a save-the-jungle
proposal for next month's
climate change summit in
Copenhagen.
Sean Goldman is still in
Brazil! Please make sure
that you have signed the
petition demanding the
return of this child to
his father. Currently,
the petition has over
55,000 signatures but
needs as much support as
possible.
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AP - Scientists say they
think toxins from a
blue-green algae plaguing
lakes and rivers around
the West are harming an
endangered fish in the
Klamath Basin, adding
another obstacle to
restoring species that
have forced irrigation
shutoffs for farmers....
The author is Professor
Robert Watson of Lynn
University who was
once a writer for the New
York Times.
Professor Watson writes:
Hi friends,
I am always being asked
to grade Obama's
presidency. In place of
offering him a grade, I
put togethe...
AP - The West Virginia
Division of Air Quality
is giving the public more
time to weigh in on an
air pollution permit for
a planned
coal-to-gasoline plant in
the southern coalfields.
LiveScience.com - The
average American eats
17.6 pounds of turkey per
year, more than double
the figure for 1970,
according to the National
Turkey Federation. To
feed the growing
appetite, some 273
million turkeys will be
raised in the United
States i...
AFP - An Alliance of
Small Island States
(AOSIS) representative on
Wednesday appealed to
Canada to aim for deeper
cuts in carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions at
upcoming international
climate talks in
Copenhagen.
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