Twin Cities air quality befouled by fireworks Star Tribune | The fireworks were fun, but they came at a price. | Particle pollution in the Twin Cities was elevated Sunday because of Saturday night's fireworks all over the metro area, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Sunday. | The agency issued an "orange" notification after light winds ...
The G8 must lead on emissions reduction The Guardian | World leaders have a unique opportunity this year to lay the essential foundations of a solution to the global climate crisis. At the G8 summit in Italy next week, and at numerous other meetings this year, culminating in the UN Copenhagen climate talks in December, they will be responsible for dec...
Twin Cities air quality befouled by fireworks Star Tribune | The fireworks were fun, but they came at a price. | Particle pollution in the Twin Cities was elevated Sunday because of Saturday night's fireworks all over the metro area, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Sunday. | The agency issued an ...
July 5 - Today in Denver weather history The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | July 5 - Today in Denver weather history. | A look back at today in Denver weather history shows us periods of extreme heat, a 19th century thunderstorm that damaged nearly every railroad into Denver and lightning causing da...
16 dead, about 320,000 flee homes in China floods The News & Observer | BEIJING -- At least 16 people have died and more than 320,000 have evacuated homes in southern and central China after heavy rains toppled houses, flooded roads and damaged a dam...
July 4 - Today in Denver weather history The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | July 4 - Today in Denver weather history. | Record setting heat is one of the more notable events in Denver weather history on our nation’s birthday...
The G8 must lead on emissions reduction The Guardian | World leaders have a unique opportunity this year to lay the essential foundations of a solution to the global climate crisis. At the G8 summit in Italy next week, and at numerous other meetings this year, culminating in the UN Copenhagen climate t...
On the edge of a storm plus July 5 weather almanac The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | | The storm I have been watching for a few days has slipped farther to the south. It brought us clouds on schedule yesterday, but the rain may just miss many of us today. | Watching the radar will be key to see ...
'More typical UK weather' on way London Evening Standard 05.07.09 | Britons should brace themselves for "much more changeable and considerably cooler" weather with rain at times over the next few weeks, weatherman John Kettley said. | As the UK cools off from temperatures which soared above 30C last week, ...
Global warming now shrinking sheep The Times Of India | 3 Jul 2009, 2024 hrs IST, AP Text: WASHINGTON: Global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985, according to a team of researchers led by Tim Coulson of Imperial College London. | ``The d...
A New Chief at Shell, and a Rocky Inheritance The New York Times | NEW YORK - Even as Jeroen van der Veer was preparing to pass the baton to Peter Voser, who took over as chief executive of the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell last Wednesday, the contentious legacy of the company's activity in Nigeria was nipping at its heels. Skip to next paragraph | A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Go to Bl...
