CLIMATE AND WATER-

[Guest guest]

At 09:16 AM 11/27/07, you wrote:

>Ships draw fire for rising role in air pollution. As air pollution rises

>on the global political agenda, pressure is mounting on a largely hidden

>and proliferating source of dangerous emissions: the shipping industry.

>Wall Street Journal [subscription Required]

>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119611182359704284.html

>Special report: Climate change. The science is clear that the earth is

>heating up and will continue to do so—with potentially catastrophic

>consequences—unless we change our ways. What is unclear is how best to go

>about reining in our globe-warming pollution. Scientific American

>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=special-report-climate-change

>Beyond the worst case climate change scenario. Greenhouse gas emissions

>and sea levels continue to rise, outpacing previous predictions in the

>latest research. Scientific American

>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=state-of-the-science-beyond-the-worst-clima\

te-change-case

>10 solutions for climate change. The enormity of global warming can be

>daunting and dispiriting. What can one person, or even one nation, do on

>their own to slow and reverse climate change? Scientific American

>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=10-solutions-for-climate-change

>World heads for pivotal climate talks. The world's nations convene in

>Indonesia next week at a conference pivotal for drawing rich and poor,

>northern and southern nations together. The goal is to save the climate

>that has nurtured man for millennia and head off a scientific forecast of

>super-hurricanes, collapsing ice sheets and drowning coastlines.

>Associated Press

>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-climate-bali-preview,\

1,7055315.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

>Developing nations suffer health problems. A new United Nations report

>details how those in poorer nations are more likely to suffer health

>problems caused by climate change than people in developed countries.

>Morning Edition, NPR.

>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16650431

>Mayors take action as Texas slacks on climate. Texas is the country's

>largest emitter of global warming gases. All Things Considered, NPR.

>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16630774

>Risk to river's fish, wildlife underestimated, critics say. A major new

>study by some of the Duwamish's biggest polluters and landowners -- The

>Boeing Co., Seattle, King County and Port of Seattle -- didn't consider

>the research on PCBs in otters. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington.

>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/duwamish/341208_duwamish-animals27.html

>Pollutants still flow into river in stormwater You don't have to be

>anywhere near the Duwamish River to pollute it. About 32 square miles of

>this city and Tukwila drain into the Duwamish, including Beacon Hill, the

>International District, parts of Interstate 5 and Boeing Field. Seattle

>Post-Intelligencer, Washington.

>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/duwamish/341212_duwamish-stormwater27.ht\

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> From sewage, added water for drinking. On Friday, the Orange County Water

> District will turn on what industry experts say is the world’s largest

> plant devoted to purifying sewer water to increase drinking water

> supplies. New York Times [Registration Required]

>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/us/27conserve.html

 

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