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Poland seeks to make ‘coal’ a less dirty word at UN climate talks

By Agnieszka Barteczko and Alister Doyle WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is struggling to make “coal” much less of a dirty word as it hosts U.N. talks on slowing global warming that frequently focal point totally on phasing out fossil fuels in choose of renewable energies reminiscent of solar and wind […]

 
 

2013 so far seventh hottest year, more warming seen: WMO

Via Alister Doyle and Michael Szabo WARSAW (Reuters) – This year is the seventh warmest on account that information commenced in 1850 with a development to climate extremes and the impact of storms reminiscent of Hurricane Haiyan in the Philippines aggravated by way of rising sea levels, the World Meteorological […]

 
 

Lakeland Education Foundation Raises $5K; E-Books Program; Cold Weather

Lakeland Education Foundation Raises $5K; E-Books Program; Cold Weather

1) The Box Library in Peekskill will host an

 
 

MassDOT: Cold Weather May Delay Opening of Wickford Street Bridge

MassDOT: Cold Weather May Delay Opening of Wickford Street Bridge

The Wickford Side road Bridge is in jeopardy of being out of service throughout the wintry weather, stated Framingham City Manager Bob Halpin. MassDOT informed the Town of Framingham it is no "extremely unlikely that they’ll be capable of reopen th

 
 

World set to heat up despite clean-energy efforts: IEA

World set to heat up despite clean-energy efforts: IEA

International warming is ready to heat up with temperatures rising to almost twice pursuits set by using the United International locations, the International Vitality Agency warned on Tuesday. That is despite pushes towards energy effectivity and a raft of global pledges to curb world warming, the IEA said. Greenhouse gasoline […]

 
 

Destructive Philippine typhoon puts spotlight on climate concerns

Destructive Philippine typhoon puts spotlight on climate concerns

Through Aubrey Belford and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Belle Segayo had traveled to the principal Philippines to show native officers find out how to adapt to a future altered with the aid of local weather trade. However the future, or at least a forewarning of it, got here to […]

 
 

Experts: Man, nature share typhoon tragedy blame

Experts: Man, nature share typhoon tragedy blame

Nature and man together cooked up the disaster within the Philippines. Geography, meteorology, poverty, shoddy construction, a booming inhabitants, and, to a a lot lesser stage, climate change mix to make …

 
 

Did climate change cause Super Typhoon Haiyan?

Tremendous Storm Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, would possibly have killed at the least 10,000 people because it swept throughout the Philippines, in step with estimates by means of the Pink Move. And the u . s . a .’s officials were fast to level the finger […]

 
 

Expect increasingly violent cyclones, weather experts warn

Expect increasingly violent cyclones, weather experts warn

Meteorologists have yet to formally hyperlink international warming to typhoons like the one that devastated the Philippines, but they are expecting more and more extreme weather phenomena because of a rise in ocean temperatures. The path of loss of life and destruction left within the wake of Super Storm Haiyan […]

 
 

Does More Campaign Money Actually Buy More Votes: An Investigation

Does More Campaign Money Actually Buy More Votes: An Investigation

Last Tuesday, Terry McAuliffe used to be elected governor of Virginia by means of an awfully small margin. As Politico reported on Monday, McAuliffe had a powerful ally in that battle: California businessman Tom Steyer. Steyer's major precedence is the setting, as The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza mentioned in a […]

 
 

UN climate talks open in Warsaw

UN climate talks open in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of delegates from international locations and setting businesses from world wide have opened two weeks of United International locations climate talks meant to lay the groundwork for a new percent to combat world warming.

 
 

Talks seek modest UN climate deal for 2015, to raise aid

Through Surroundings Correspondent Alister Doyle WARSAW (Reuters) – World governments meeting in Poland from Monday are likely to make handiest modest progress in reaching a 2015 deal to battle local weather alternate, with problem over economic growth as a minimum in part eclipsing scientists’ warnings of rising temperatures. “We will […]

 
 

Ozone pact helped cool the planet

Ozone pact helped cool the planet

A slowdown in international warming that climate sceptics cite in favour of their cause was once partly brought about by one of the world's most a success setting treaties, a learn about said on Sunday. The UN's Montreal Protocol, designed to segment out industrial gases that destroy Earth's protective ozone […]

 
 

UN draft stresses risk of global warming, from economy to health

By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Global warming poses a mounting chance to health, economic growth, plants and water supplies, consistent with a draft document via top scientists that places unprecedented emphasis on the risks of a altering climate. A leaked 29-web page draft with the aid of the U.N. […]

 
 

Poland gives coal a voice during UN climate talks

Poland gives coal a voice during UN climate talks

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With coal-reliant Poland hosting U.N. climate talks, the fossil fuel business will get a uncommon probability to play a more visible role within the international warming debate.