+ Meat: Making Global Warming Worse
Worldwide livestock farming generates 18% of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions — by comparison, all the world's cars, trains, planes and boats account for a combined 13% of greenhouse gas emissions.
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+ Record ice loss in August
Following a record rate of ice loss through the month of August, Arctic sea ice extent already stands as the second-lowest on record, further reinforcing conclusions that the Arctic sea ice cover is in a long-term state of decline. With approximately two weeks left in the melt season, the possibility of setting a new record annual minimum in September remains open.
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+ Strongest storms linked to global warming
A new study finds that the strongest of hurricanes and typhoons have become even stronger over the past two and a half decades, adding grist to the contentious debate over whether global warming has already made storms more destructive.
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+ Amory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse
+ Antarctic Peninsula is changing fast
+ Years Later, Climatologist Renews His Call for Action
+ Extreme Weather & Global Warming: Floods in Iowa & China, Wildfires in California, Heat Waves on the East Coast, Tornadoes Across the Midwest
+ Lightbulbs to Leadership
+ Climate change in '09?
+ Senate debate a sign of readiness to tackle global warming
+ Global warming bill faces stiff GOP opposition
+ Markey unveils sweeping global warming bill
+ Bay Area pollution board first in U.S. to levy emissions fee
