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Carbon Tax Seen as Best Way to Slow Global Warming
Environment  (tags: USA, carbon tax, global warming, climate tax, trade markets, caping taxes, world's energy system )

Kactus
- 42 days ago - reuters.com
Climate taxes, not cap and trade markets alone, will lead to the vast technological changes the world's energy system needs to fight global warming, a top U.S. economist reports today.
$100B Green-Collar Jobs Plan Recommended
Environment  (tags: economy, usa, jobs, energy, environment, green, politics )

OneWorld
- 65 days ago - us.oneworld.net
Increased economic investment in clean energy sources could help revive the U.S. economy and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs across the nation, according to a new study released this week.
Climate Change Threatens Two-Thirds of California's Unique Plants, Study Says
Environment  (tags: climate-change, animals, wildlife, habitat, nature, plants, USA, california )

Mimi
- 149 days ago - latimes.com
Califoria's plants are at risk of collapse unless they migrate or are moved to refuges, scientists say. Animals may also be separated from plants on which they depend, according to researchers.
Ants Swarm Over Houston Area, Fouling Electronics
Environment  (tags: destruction, ants, Texas, USA, paratrenicha species near pubens )

Melanie
- 190 days ago - news.yahoo.com
In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
Help Choose the Climate Crisis Ad to Appear in Next Week's USA Today
Environment  (tags: global warming, usa, legislation )


- 217 days ago - nrdcactionfund.org
The ad will alert milions of Americans that global warming legislation is finally within reach -- and build a groundswell of support for the U.S. Senate to pass a strengthened Climate Security Act in June.
National Parks Conservation Association Praises New Washington County Lands Bill as Step Toward Protecting Zion National Park An
Environment  (tags: Parks, National Parks, Zion National Park, natural areas, wildlife, trees, nature, forests, habitat, environment, ecosystems, conservation, endangered, green, humans, protection, congress, government, politics, usa, u.s., ethics, GoodNews )

Terrah
- 222 days ago - npca.org
The nation's leading voice for the national parks, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today praised the introduction of new legislation to protect Zion National Park and other natural areas in Washington County, Utah, as the result of a
Do Not Mail 100 Million Trees
Environment  (tags: petition, mail, junk mail, spam, pollution, post office, climate-change, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, wildlife, trees, habitat, forests, greenhousegases, globalwarming, climatechange, CO2emissions, animals, wildlife, wildanimals, humans, habitat, usa )

Mari
- 262 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Junk mail is more than just an annoyance; it's an environmental crisis. Every year, junk mail production destroys 100 million trees, creating as much global warming pollution as 3.7 million cars.
MAKE THE CALL! Stop Congress From Plowing Over Wildlife in the Farm Bill
Environment  (tags: farm bill, call members of congress, USA, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 274 days ago - online.nwf.org
Funding for two of America's most important private lands conservation programs is in serious jeopardy! Congress is working to finalize a new Farm Bill that will lock in farm conservation programs for the next five years, and the Conservation Reserve Prog
Climate 'Clearly Out of Balance' - World
Environment  (tags: world, usa, scientists, climate, climate-change, sustainable, ecosystems, destruction )

Chrissy
- 300 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The world's climate is "clearly out of balance and is warming", the world's largest society of Earth and space scientists has said in a statement. The American Geophysical Union (AGU) warned that changes to the Earth's climate system were "not natural".
Antarctic Ice Cap Melting Faster Than First Thought - USA/World
Environment  (tags: antarctic, icecaps, ice, melting, usa, sea level, climate, ClimateChange, globalwarming, oceans )

Chrissy
- 310 days ago - news.com.au
THE most comprehensive study to date of Antarctica's ice confirms growing concern that the ice cap is melting faster than predicted. The implications are that the global sea level will rise faster than expected, while a huge influx of freshwater into the
Earth Hour 2008 Is a Global Movement
Environment  (tags: australia, energy, GoodNews, Europe, USA, globalwarming, bali, world )

Mimi
- 339 days ago - earthhour.org
Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney event. Earth Hour 2008 is a global movement. Many cities from Canberra to Copenhagen, from Chicago to Tel Aviv will turn off lights for one hour in March.
AUSTRALIA BROKERS DEAL AT CLIMATE SUMMIT FOR USA
Environment  (tags: bali, climate, summit, australia, usa, deal, climate, carbonemissions, environment, pollution )

Ali
- 340 days ago - news.com.au
THE world has agreed to a historic, Australian-brokered agreement to tackle climate change after the US made dramatic concessions at the UN summit in Bali late yesterday.
US Stands Alone on Climate Change, Says Thinktank - Australia
Environment  (tags: usa, carbonemissions, environment, ClimateChange, australia, world, Sustainabililty )

Chrissy
- 340 days ago - news.com.au
THE global politics of climate change shifted dramatically at the Bali summit, leaving the United States standing alone, an Australian environmental think tank said. The Climate Institute, which has given a cautious welcome to the resolutions from the Uni
 

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