Congressman Henry Waxman headed back to work (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, hospitalized in Los Angeles for a fainting spell days after spearheading House passage of a landmark climate change bill, will be back at work on Capitol Hill next week, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. Climate change shrinks wild sheep: scientists (AFP)
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep (AP)
EU: China, India must make emissions cuts (AP) AP - The chances of concluding a new global climate change pact remain dim unless China, India and Brazil make significant cuts in carbon dioxide emissions as well a senior Swedish climate change official said Thursday. Australia pledges millions for Great Barrier Reef (AFP)
Obama's climate leadership faces test at G8 forum (Reuters)
Senate May Pass U.S. Climate Bill, Reject Treaty, Kerry Says (Bloomberg) Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate may pass legislation to slow climate change and then fail to approve a global treaty that commits nations to do so, Senator John Kerry said. Waxman 'Feeling Much Better' After Admission to L.A. Hospital (CQPolitics.com) CQPolitics.com - Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the powerful California Democrat at the center of the legislative fights over sweeping health care and global warming legislation, has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital for tests, his staff said Wednesday. Sweden kicks off EU presidency in institutional fog (AFP)
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AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.
AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday.
AFP - Australia on Thursday pledged 52 million dollars (42 million US) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.
Reuters - President Barack Obama, buoyed by a domestic victory on climate policy, faces his first foreign test on the issue next week at a forum that could boost the chances of reaching a U.N. global warming pact this year.
AFP - Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.
