1 ENVIRONMENT: Carving up the melting North

By Am Johal

VANCOUVER, Aug 20 (IPS) - As climate change hit a cultural tipping point in 2007, with more and more people expressing concern and awareness of the risks posed by rising greenhouse gases, warming in the Arctic is already altering the landscape in Canada's north.

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2 Norway debates the promise, costs of new drilling

By Juliet Eilperin

TROMSO, Norway This small country, which has a vast treasure of undersea oil and an intense civic concern about global warming, is struggling with a dilemma -- but it is one that most nations would envy.

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3 PM wants to join opponents of mandatory emission goals

Harper heading to APEC meeting in Australia to actively involve Canada in the workings of AP-6
on Earth will never be the same again.

By Tonda Maccharles

OTTAWA–Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to an international meeting of 21 Asia-Pacific leaders next week in Sydney, Australia, with a view to joining another club.

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4 Kyoto plan for the birds, Tories say

By John Ivison

The federal government has just released the climate change plan it was required to draw up in response to the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, which the opposition parties pushed through Parliament over Tory protests this spring.

Read more at www.canada.com/nationalpost

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5 Rising carbon dioxide levels altering rangelands

Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are changing the pastoral landscape around the world, turning grasslands into shrublands unsuitable as grazing grounds for domestic livestock, according to a study published online Monday.

Read more at www.cbc.ca

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