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China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax (AP) AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.




UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP)

FILE - This Wednesday, May, 12, 2010 file photo shows Britain's Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne wave for photographers as he arrives at the official residence of Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London.  England's chief prosecutor said Friday Feb. 3, 2012, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, a leading Cabinet minister, has been charged with attempting to dodge a speeding penalty, casting his political career into doubt. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, File)AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.





Storm over climate change among weather forecasters (Reuters) Reuters - You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.


What Caused the Texas Drought -- Global Warming or La Nina? (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - The drought that still afflicts Texas has given rise to another controversy over the theory of global warming. Two eminent scientists have looked at the same data and have come to sharply different conclusions.


"Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline (Reuters) Reuters - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.


Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change (AP)

A satellite view of Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA handout photo obtained by Reuters February 6, 2012. Russian scientists are close to drilling in to the prehistoric sub-glacier Lake Vostok, which has been trapped under Antarctic ice for 14 million years.  REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely risks.





How climate change, urbanization are changing disaster aid (Reuters) Reuters - Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meager plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods.


New map for what to plant reflects global warming (AP)

Map shows the USDA's new plant zone mapAP - Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.





UN conference returns to Rio with new emphasis (AP) AP - Representatives from around the world will be returning to Rio de Janeiro this June — 20 years after the U.N. Earth Summit — but this time the focus will be on sustainable development, not climate change, a Brazilian diplomat said Tuesday.


Rising wealth of Asians straining world fish stock (AP)

Jerker Tamelander of the United Nations Environment Programme gestures as he answers a question during a U.N.-organized international conference titled Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 in suburban Mandaluyong City east of Manila, Philippines. Scientists, experts and policy makers from around the world discussed current and emerging issues in the marine and coastal environment that originate from land-based activities. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving overexploitation of the world's fish resources, while fish habitat is being destroyed by pollution and climate change, U.N. marine experts said Tuesday.





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