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NCE UPDATE 14 June 2007 Article Headlines |
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1 'Dirty snow' warming Earth, study finds A team of U.S. scientists has found that "dirty snow" is a surprisingly significant contributor to global warming, and is urging Canada - as "custodian" of a vast, snowbound nation - to lead an international cleanup effort. Read more at canada.com/nationalpost |
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2 Arctic way of life threatened by global warming Hundreds of thousands of indigenous people living in the Arctic region may have to abandon their traditional way of life if global warming is not halted, indigenous community leaders warned this week. Read more at news.yahoo.com |
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3 Icy island warms to climate change QAQORTOQ, Greenland -- The biggest island in the world is a wind-raked place, gripped by ice over four-fifths of its land, prowled by polar bears, its coastlines choked by drifting icebergs and sea ice. Many of its 56,000 people, who live on the fringes of its giant ice cap, see the effects of global warming -- and cheer it on. Read more at washingtonpost.com |
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4 Lives lost to heat, air pollution worth $1.6-billion: report By Margaret Munro The toxic mix of heat and pollution will become much deadlier and costlier as the climate changes, according to a federal report that warns of billion-dollar economic losses in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Windsor. Read more at canada.com/nationalpost |
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5 Quebec the first to announce carbon tax QUEBEC -- Quebecers will be distinct from other Canadians in another way starting this fall: they'll have the country's first designated "carbon tax" to help fight global warming. Read more at montrealgazette.com |
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Ottawa — The Green Party is calling for carbon taxes that would increase gasoline prices by at least 12 cents per litre as a way to help avert what it calls global environmental mayhem. Read more at theglobeandmail.com |
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