Rural, urban lawmakers strike agreement on how to best limit global warming

September 30th, 2009 Gore discusses climate impasse with Mexican leaderMEXICO CITY — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has met with Mexico's president to discuss the importance of breaking an impasse over a new global warming pact.

September 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have warned that increasingly powerful "supertyphoons" will strike Japan if global warming continues to affect weather patterns in the western Pacific Ocean. According to a report in National Geographic News, supercomputer simulations show there will be more typhoons with winds of 179 miles (288 kilometers) per hour-considered an F3 on the five-level Fujita Scale-by 2074.

September 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Roofs full of green plants could help fight global warming, say scientists. Kristin Getter, Michigan State University (MSU) horticulturist and colleagues, who conducted the study point out that green roofs are multi-functional.

September 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists in Michigan, US, have reported that "green" roofs, which are popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming. The scientists found that replacing traditional roofing materials in an urban area the size of Detroit, with a population of about one-million, with green roofs would be equivalent to eliminating a year's worth of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by 10,000 mid-sized SUVs and trucks.

August 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new report from the National Wildlife Federation and Physicians for Social Responsibility, US, has determined that global warming is bringing more frequent and severe heat waves and the result will be serious for vulnerable populations. "That means air pollution in urban areas could get worse, bringing increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and asthma attacks.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Tuesday said global warming would have an adverse impact on India's wheat bowl in four northern states and that the Prime Minister's Office was overseeing attempts to counter it. "Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar, which are our wheat bowls, will be adversely affected by global warming," Pawar said in the Lok Sabha during his reply to a special discussion on the drought situation and floods in several states.

July 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Monday said there remained a "glaring gap" between the policy and science on climate change. "We need to connect science and policy," Rajendra Pachauri said at a news conference organised by the United Nations Environment Programme.

July 8th, 2009 G8 agree on 2 degree Celsius limitL'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama and other leaders at the Group of Eight summit have struck a new agreement on fighting global warming. The leaders said in a statement at their summit in Italy that their goal was to keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius.

June 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said Friday that he hopes Washington will soon be able to match Germany's commitment to tackling climate change and boosting clean energy. After a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, Obama said he was "impressed" with Germany's "foresight and commitment to clean energy".

June 25th, 2009 Support for climate bill growing among DemocratsWASHINGTON — Support among House Democrats appeared to be growing Wednesday for a massive climate bill that for the first time would limit the pollution linked to global warming and redirect the nation toward greater use of clean energy. An agreement on a string of demands sought by farmers and lawmakers from rural areas erased a major obstacle to the legislation.

June 12th, 2009 BONN - Climate negotiators from the Obama administration will be in New Delhi to hold bilateral talks on what India is ready to do to tackle global warming, the leader of the US delegation to a UN conclave said here Friday. Jonathan Pershing, who led the US delegation at these preparatory talks of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the December summit in Copenhagen, said he had met the leader of the Indian delegation Shyam Saran on the sidelines of the talks here.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, a team of scientists has found a direct relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and global warming. The study was done by Damon Matthews, a professor in Concordia University's Department of Geography, Planning and the Environment, along with colleagues from Victoria and the UK.

April 29th, 2009 To keep warming low, deeper pollution cuts neededWASHINGTON — If the world is going to limit global warming to just a few degrees, it has to slash carbon dioxide pollution much more than now being discussed, two new science studies say. Carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — is the chief cause of global warming.

April 24th, 2009 Climate heavy-hitters to address House panelWASHINGTON — Hearings on a massive bill to curb the gases blamed for global warming are drawing to a close with some star power. After three days of panels and testimony and more than 50 witnesses espousing on the nitty-gritty details of the 648-page draft, the grand finale on Friday will feature former Vice President Al Gore, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Virginia Sen.

April 23rd, 2009 Ashley Judd urges Congress to fight global warmingWASHINGTON — Actress Ashley Judd and TV personality Jeff Corwin are urging Congress to spend $7 billion a year to help safeguard America's wildlife from the impact of global warming. Judd is a longtime environmental activist.