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A new report from an environmental groups says riverfront communities face a dual threat from global warming and improper floodplain management.
Washington (July 9) —The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the arrival of El Niño, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries.
US President Barack Obama, at the G8 summit on Thursday, said there is still time to close the gap with developing powers on climate change, after the UN chief criticised the G8 for not going hard enough.
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 9 (UPI) -- World leaders have agreed to work together to greatly reduce carbon emissions by 2050, U.S. President Barack Obama said at the Group of Eight summit Thursday.
President Barack Obama says the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must "fight the temptation toward cynicism" and press forward.
An El Nino is building, forecasters say. And, while most of Utah is unlikely to see the impacts, southern Utah has a better-than-usual chance of a wet year next year, said Larry Dunn, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service's Salt Lake City office.
The mere mention of Joan Baez’s name emits sound and connation: that heavenly, soaring vibrato; the heroic female voice of the 1960s folk revival; the tireless, life-long champion of non-violent social protest.
(AP:L'AQUILA, Italy) Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far, leaving him to snatch partial victories as he can. For all his effort, his strategy also banks heavily on the commodity that helped get him elected: hope.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday the world had made "important strides" towards arresting climate change by agreeing to limit warming, but U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said it was simply not enough.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's push for quick action by Congress on climate change legislation suffered a setback on Thursday when the U.S. Senate committee leading the drive delayed work on the bill until September.
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