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Gore: Polluters Finance Research to Cast Doubt on Global Warming
Research aimed at disputing the
scientific consensus on global warming
is part of a huge public misinformation
campaign funded by some of the world’s
largest carbon polluters, former Vice
President Al Gore said Tuesday.
”There
Pollution risk for Olympic events
Dancers put on a show in Beijing to mark
one year to go before the 2008 Olympics
China is celebrating the one-year
countdown to Beijing 2008
Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air
pollution could
House OKs new taxes on oil companies
Declaring a new direction in energy
policy, the House on Saturday approved
$16 billion in taxes on oil companies,
while providing billions of dollars in
tax breaks and incentives for renewable
energy and conservation
Thousands of Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart prides itself on cutting costs
at home and abroad, and its Mexican
operations are no exception. That
approach has helped the Arkansas-based
retail giant set a track record of
spectacular success in the
Planners Move to Close the Window on American McMansions
For many they are a blight on the
American landscape. For others, they are
an expression of freedom and success.
Now legislators in cities across the US,
alarmed at the spread of “McMansions”,
are
Global Warming Doubles Number of Hurricanes, Study Finds
Global warming’s effect on wind patterns
and sea temperatures have nearly doubled
the number of hurricanes a year in the
Atlantic Ocean over the past century,
says a new study by US scientists.
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Walk Score: Cool Green Google Map Mashup
Walking matters. A walkable community
promotes better health, reduction in
greenhouse gases, more transportation
options, increased social capital and
stronger local businesses." Treehugger
has noted before that suburbs make you
fat because it's hard to
Injured Iraq War Veterans Sue Bush’s VA Head for Poor Care
Frustrated by delays in health care, a
coalition of injured Iraq war veterans
is accusing VA Secretary Jim Nicholson
of breaking the law by denying them
disability pay and mental health treatment.
The class-action
Global Warming has Already Changed World’s Rainfall Patterns: Study
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
Drug Safety Critic Hurls His Darts From the Inside
Back in the ’60s, when University of
Michigan students were holding protests
over civil rights and the Vietnam War,
an undergraduate named Steven E. Nissen
was at the center of the political dissent.
Four
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