A setback for the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative:
Mass., R.I., Conn. reject greenhouse pact
The Fall River Herald News, December 17, 2005, by Gregg M. Miliote
Three southern New England governors walked away from a nine-state pact to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants Wednesday.
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For more information about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, see the
October 5th issue of American Prospect
News Release from Climate Crisis, USA Join the World!
November 28, 2005
From Eastport, Maine to Los Angeles, California, North Americans concerned about global warming are holding events later this week to demand action by the federal government and the thousands of delegates at the United Nations Climate Conference meeting in Montreal this week and next.
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Climate Change Fires Young Minds
Reuters, November 24, 2005, by Jeff Coelho
It is often commented that young people and their descendents will have to live with the consequences of what is or isn’t done by their elders to arrest global warming. A team of youth from around the world will attend the Beyond Kyoto - It’s us! International Youth Summit, taking place in Montreal concurrent with the two U.N.-sponsored meetings there on climate change.
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WWF says global warming already hurting people, business in Europe
Associated Press, Nov. 23, 2005.
The Switzerland-based environmental group WWF International has called for “real action” by the European Union on global warming. Stephen Singer of WWF said climate change is endangering people throughout Europe and has begun to hurt businesses. Singer and others cited examples from Scotland, England, Germany, Italy and Spain.
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Rise in Gases Unmatched by a History in Ancient Ice
New York Times, November 25, 2005, by Andrew C. Revkin
A study reported in the November 25, 2005, issue of Science Magazine shows that the warming and cooling of the earth over the last 650,000 years is closely related to levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and that humans have raised the amount of heat-trapping gases to levels never attained during that period.
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