AFP - Republican
lawmakers critical of
global efforts to battle
climate change said
Tuesday they would head
to the Copenhagen summit
to undercut President
Barack Obama's promises
of US action.
AP - A leaked Danish
document at the U.N.
climate conference
provoked angry criticism
Tuesday from developing
countries who feared it
would shift more of the
burden to curb greenhouse
gases on poorer
countries.
AP - Federal health
researchers have tested
nearly 2,200 people in
northeastern Pennsylvania
for a genetic mutation
associated with a rare
blood cancer.
SPACE.com - It is an
international
dumping ground for
derelict spacecraft,
wreckage from colliding
satellites,
remains from mischievous
anti-satellite testing,
spent rocket stages,
discarded
lens caps and clamp
bands, paint chips and,
yes, at one poin...
AFP - Canada's
environment minister on
Tuesday announced a
five-million-dollar (4.7
million US) feasibility
study for the creation of
an Arctic marine
conservation area at
mouth of the famed
Northwest Passage.
AP - The Environmental
Protection Agency
unveiled a new national
strategy to enforce safe
drinking water laws in
small, rural communities
on Tuesday and pledged to
redouble efforts to
protect children from
toxic water in schools.
LiveScience.com - We
already knew polar bears
were in high water due to
climate change, but who
knew some types of
dolphins, lemmings,
flamingoes and
oxen were also threatened
by global warming?