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Global warming an Olympic worry, says Rogge (AFP)
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:05:33 EST
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document.write('AFP - Global warming is starting to worry the International Olympic Committee, with concern mounting over how it might affect future Games.');
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Bolivia expects 5,000 foreigners at climate forum (AP)
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:03:24 EST
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document.write('AP - Bolivia\'s government says it expects thousands of activists, environmentalists and scientists to travel to the Andean nation for conference on climate change.');
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ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons (AP)
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:12:29 EST
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document.write('AP - An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.');
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Climate change impact of soil underestimated: study (AFP)
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:30:33 EST
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document.write('AFP - Finnish researchers called for a revision of climate change estimates Monday after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought.');
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US government plans new climate service (AFP)
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:55:43 EST
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document.write('AFP - US President Barack Obama\'s administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy.');
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New federal climate change agency forming (AP)
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:41:13 EST
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document.write('AP - The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.');
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Drought in SW Australia linked to snowfall in Antarctica (AFP)
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document.write('Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:09:01 EST
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document.write('AFP - A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday.');
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Water at core of climate change impacts - U.N. experts (Reuters)
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document.write('Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:33:47 EST
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document.write('Reuters - The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday.');
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UN climate chief raises temperature with racy novel (AFP)
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document.write('Sun, 7 Feb 2010 8:12:21 EST
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document.write('AFP - The UN\'s top climate official, who is at the heart of a controversy over incorrect global warming data, has penned a racy novel which dishes up sex, reincarnation and a real-life Hollywood actress.');
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Olympics organisers desperate for climate change (AFP)
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document.write('Sun, 7 Feb 2010 3:19:58 EST
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document.write('AFP - Winter Olympics chiefs will not sanction a desperate last-minute venue switch despite unseasonably warm temperatures continuing to curse Cypress Mountain, the host of the freestyle events at the Games which begin on Friday.');
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Study: Eastern Trees in the Midst of a Growth Spurt (Time.com)
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document.write('Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:35:00 EST
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document.write('Time.com - Two decades\' worth of careful measurements of hardwood forests in Maryland show their growth has accelerated significantly over the past two decades. Is it good for global warming?');
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Feds: Status of pika will still need watching (AP)
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:42:32 EST
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document.write('AP - The American pika isn\'t heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there\'s no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades.');
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Arctic climate changing faster than expected (Reuters)
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:47:56 EST
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document.write('Reuters - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada\'s changing north.');
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U.N. climate panel reviews Dutch sea level glitch (Reuters)
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:54:55 EST
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document.write('Reuters - The U.N.\'s panel of climate experts said on Friday it was reviewing whether it wrongly said that more than half of the Netherlands is below sea level in a new glitch after exaggerating the thaw of Himalayan glaciers.');
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Netherlands adds to UN climate report controversy (AFP)
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 8:33:24 EST
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document.write('AFP - The Netherlands has asked the UN climate change panel to explain an inaccurate claim in a landmark 2007 report that more than half the country was below sea level, the Dutch government said Friday.');
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Indian PM backs UN climate panel (AFP)
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 1:19:45 EST
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document.write('AFP - Indian Premier Manmohan Singh on Friday lent his support to the beleaguered UN climate change panel, saying a glaring error in the body\'s key 2007 report did not change the science of global warming.');
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Companies feel threatened by climate fight - U.N. chief (Reuters)
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document.write('Thu, 4 Feb 2010 8:44:14 EST
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document.write('Reuters - Certain countries and companies feel threatened by growing efforts against climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Thursday, after other officials spoke of a campaign to undermine a consensus on global warming.');
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UN climate chief defends Pachauri over error (AFP)
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document.write('Thu, 4 Feb 2010 7:35:48 EST
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document.write('AFP - The United Nations\' top climate official on Thursday backed leading global warming scientist Rajendra Pachauri, saying he should ignore calls to resign over errors in a key 2007 report.');
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Obama\'s energy policy: more corn ethanol, \'clean\' coal (McClatchy Newspapers)
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document.write('Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:41:00 EST
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document.write('McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Wednesday announced plans to boost the use of biofuels — including more ethanol from corn — and speed up work on a plan to capture carbon dioxide from coal, now the biggest source of global warming pollution.');
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Penn St. proceeding with scientist e-mail scrutiny (AP)
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document.write('Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:20:13 EST
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document.write('AP - A Penn State University internal inquiry dismissed three allegations of research improprieties against a leading climate scientist but recommended further investigation into one allegation regarding leaked e-mails about global warming.');
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