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NCE UPDATE 13 February 2007 Article Headlines |
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| 1 | New Website Available -- Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely, a new website from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), puts a human face on warming in the Arctic by exploring changes that have been observed and documented by scientists and polar residents alike.The website is available at: forces.si.edu/arctic |
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1 Ottawa vows $1.5-billion to fight climate change Ottawa announced $1.5-billion in new environmental funding Monday, with the cash earmarked to help provinces battle climate change. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement in Sherbrooke, Que., alongside Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Quebec's share of the cash would total about $350-million. The money will be available under the Canada Eco-Trust and Clean Air Fund. Read more at theglobeandmail.com |
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2 Gore, Inuit activist nominated for Nobel Prize OSLO, Norway (CP) - Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore and Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier have been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their wide-reaching efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian legislator said Thursday. Read more at cnews.canoe.ca |
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3 Work starts on Arctic seed vault LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Deep inside the Arctic Circle work is about to begin on a giant frozen Noah's Ark for food crops to provide a last bastion in the battle against global warming. Read more at today.reuters.com |
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4 Rainfall increasing across North: Environment Canada The warming climate is resulting in more rain and snow in the North, Environment Canada climatologist David Phillips says. The increase in precipitation can be seen across all three territories, but especially in the High Arctic, Phillips told CBC News this week. Read more at www.cbc.ca |
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5 Branson offers $25m prize for solution to climate change Sir Richard Branson brought his talent for publicity to bear on climate change yesterday, offering a $25m (£13m) prize to anyone who invents an economical way of removing carbon from the atmosphere. Read more at ft.com |
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6 On the climate change beat, doubt gives way to certainty By WILLIAM K. STEVENS, New York Times In the decade when I was the lead reporter on climate change for this newspaper, nearly every blizzard or cold wave that hit the Northeast would bring the same conversation at work. Read more at www.nytimes.com |
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