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Capsules Newsletter August 2003

December 7, 2001 Our Best Point the Way
On the 100th anniversary of the Nobel prize, 100 Nobel laureates warn that our security hangs on environmental and social reform

November 11, 2001 WCC Climate Change Update #22
The seventh session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP7) in Marrakech Morocco ended yesterday with an agreement on the technical language related to the Bonn Agreement from this past July at COP6b.

November 12, 2001 U.S. Reports Sharp Rise in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions jumped 3.1% in the United States last year, the biggest one-year increase since the mid-1990s, the Energy Department reported Friday.

Also in Article: Power of prayer brings clean energy to American churches

A growing number of America's churches are keeping the lights on with wind and solar power, generated without pollution or global warming emissions.

Also in Article: Kyoto Protocol Completes Its Rise from the Ashes Says WWF 
  
As environment ministers from 160 countries agreed on rules for the Kyoto climate treaty, World Wildlife Fund called on governments today to turn the agreement into international law by next September's World Summit on Sustainable Development.

November 4, 2001 Better Cars, Cleaner Air 
Chairman of the Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford Jr. said all the right things about the environment. As its new chief executive officer, he'll have the power to put his words into action. His challenge is to prove that an enlightened executive can turn Ford into a responsible corporate citizen.

Also in article: Japan Set to Ratify Kyoto Climate Pact Without U.S.

In a rare and bold move that will keep the United States isolated, Tokyo is preparing to ratify the Kyoto global warming pact even without the world's biggest economy and polluter, government sources said on Sunday.

November 9, 2001 UN Climate Talks Stalled
Talks at the U.N. climate conference stalled early Friday, ahead of a deadline for concluding a legal text defining action to curtail global warming

October 26, 2001Going Backwards New Studies Cite Evidence of Global Warming
Climate warming already is thawing ice in Alaska and disrupting annual cycles in the life of plants and animals in Europe and North America, according to two new scientific studies released Thursday.

October 23, 2001 Out of Desolation Comes A Drumbeat of Hope Post 9/11,
It is impossible to conceive of a human act as wholly desolate and sadistic as the terror attack on New York and Washington. The nation is reeling, emotionally stranded by the confusion, shared suffering, and a stunningly new sense of danger. But if something good has come out of this paroxysm of grief and alarm it is this: Americans are reconsidering what's really relevant,

October 18, 2001 More Than 100 Environmental Organizations Propose ''Clean Energy Blueprint''
Political maneuvering in the Senate is intensifying over U.S. administration plans to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Also in this article: Unique hybrid car in the works

Analyst at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) Ford Motor Company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are working together to develop a unique hybrid, high-efficiency vehicle

October 8, 2001Vehicles hit 20-year low in fuel economy
Average fuel economy of new passenger vehicles is at a 20-year low, largely because of the widespread popularity of sport utility vehicles, the government said.

Also in this article: Plants in the U.S. Midwest could become extinct

Several species of plants in the U.S. Midwest could become extinct within 30 years if climate conditions continue to become drier andwarmer as many experts predict, researchers have said.

Also in this article: Changes to the Clean Air Act

A high-stakes meeting to discuss proposed changes to the Clean Air Act was set to resume last week after the head of the Senate Environment committee vowed last weekto hold U.S. electric utilities accountable for cutting emissions.

October 7, 2001 U.S. states and cities seize initiative against global warming

More than two dozen U.S. states and cities, no longer waiting for the Bush administration to seize the initiative against global warming, have begun taking steps to reduce emissions that scientists say are heating the planet.

October 1, 2001 THANKS-A-MILLION!
Dear wonderful Arctic Refuge friends and supporters.  Thank you for enduring the chaotic legislative whirlwind of the last 10 days. 

Also in this article: Environmental Issues Will Resurface As Truce Ends 

Stilled by the events of Sept. 11, strong disagreements over the environment could resurface as early as this week to test the political truce in Washington, D.C.

Also in this article: Republican lawmaker welcomed OPEC's decision to maintain production

A leading Republican lawmaker last week welcomed OPEC's decision to maintain production levels, but said the U.S. needs to boost its own energy supplies by opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.

Also in this article: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

In a bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, Sen. Frank Murkowski has threatened to stall Senate business unless Democratic leaders agree to proceed with an energy bill.

September 28, 2001 Growing preserve
Tribes on board with new program to plant trees to offset carbon

Also in this article: Summer 2001 warmer than average

The summer of 2001 ends as the fifth warmest ever recorded.

September 26, 2001 Energy conservation Pacific Northwest style
The conservation of energy is more important than ever, as the resources of America are directed toward rebuilding in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.

Also in this article: Report predicts radical climate change for SA

South Africa will soon start feeling the effects of an atmosphere polluted by the by-products of progress

September 25, 2001 REVITALIZING THE FARM ECONOMY
Developing our nation’s on-farm renewable energy resources has the potential to boost farmer income, create jobs in rural communities, diversify our nation’s energy market, and protect our environment, according to a new report from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)

Also in this article: Canada urges against hasty U.S. move on Arctic oil

Canada urged the United States yesterday not to take a "hasty and ill-considered" decision to start drilling in an Alaskan wildlife refuge

September 20, 2001Senate panel delays utility emission meeting till Oct
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday rescheduled a key meeting to consider changes to Clean Air Act regulations on power plant emissions for Oct. 4-5.

Also in this article: Dean touts clean energy

Gov. Howard Dean said Tuesday that Vermont can meet electricity demand for the next decade through a combination of renewable energy, efficiency and use of small power plants.

Also in this article: Animal Blessings/Animal Ethics

Science challenges Religion on the Animal-Human Hierarchy by cracking the Human Genome Code

September 10, 2001 No Glaciers in Glacier National Park?
Glaciers are melting, islands are drowning, wildlife is vanishing. Because of global warming, our most cherished vacation spots may soon cease to exist.

Also in this article:Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Senate Energy Committee resumes debate this week on a broad U.S. energy bill, but will postpone until later this month any action to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, a panel spokesman said last week.

September 7, 2001 Cold Facts on Alaska Oil
THE BLUE-GREEN alliance between labor and environmentalists frayed badly over the vote in Congress last month to authorize drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Also in this article: The greening of Planet Earth

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere seems to be turning the planet into a literal greenhouse.

September 6, 2001Global Warming Coral Reefs 'Face Total Destruction Within 50 Years'
Most of the coral reefs of the world's oceans will disappear within 30 to 50 years, a marine biologist warned yesterday.

Also in this article: Global Warming May Bring New Variety of Class Action

Taking a cue from broad-based class-action lawsuits like those filed on behalf of Holocaust survivors or against tobacco companies, a group of environmental lawyers is exploring novel legal strategies to adopt against global warming.

Also in this article:California's Energy Crisis

Making sense of the California energy situation is hardly more fruitful than trying to understand California itself.

September 5, 2001 Groups Release Consensus Statement Exposing Climate Injustice and Environmental Racism 
U.S. delegates to the World Conference Against Racism connect and condemn the United States administration's walk out of both the Kyoto Protocol and the WCAR as similar acts of environmental racism and climate injustice

Also in this article: An Ecological Betrayal

The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge is the biological heart of one of the last great wilderness areas in North America, considered by many the American Serengeti.

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