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Reports that after a decade of cautious circling, some scientists and policy makers are now trying to agree on how much global warming is too much. Meeting at Exeter, England, at the invitation of Prime Minister Tony Blair; Fresh findings which show that potentially enormous environmental changes lie ahead; Danger level set at 2.5 degrees of additional warming.

The article focuses on release of a scientific report on climate change by several U.S. agencies indicating role of humans in the global temperature rise that has contradicted claims of the U.S. President Donald J. Trump's administration on the same. It states that report was approved for release by the White House, but the findings have come as the Trump administration has been defending its climate change policies, and mentions pertinence of Trump's withdrawal from Paris climate accord.

The article discusses the intention of the U.S. president Donald Trump to revise former president Barack Obama's environmental policies to restrain global warming. It is stated that Trump has decided to cut off the budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is said that the revisions will make it almost impossible to reach the objective set by Obama to reduce the gas emissions.

The article reports on the an unofficial group of American delegates who attended the United Nations international global warming negotiations. It reports that former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor Jerry Brown of California stressed America's commitment to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Other topics include U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, emissions mitigation, and climate change skepticism in the U.S.

Reports that a White House official who once led the oil industry's fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports to play down links between such emissions and global warming, according to internal documents. Role of Philip A. Cooney in removing or adjusting descriptions of climate research that government scientists and their supervisors had already approved; Examples of the dozens of revisions, which tend to produce an air of doubt about findings that most climate experts say are robust; Background on Cooney, who is chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Method by which the documents were obtained by "The New York Times"; Response of White House officials to the changes made by Cooney; Views of climate experts and representatives of environmental groups; Influence of Cooney and other White House officials with ties to energy industries. INSET: An Editor in the White House.

SO far 2012 is on pace to be the hottest year on record. But does this mean that we've reached a threshold -- a tipping point that signals a climate disaster? For those warning of global warming, it would be tempting to say so. The problem is, no one knows if there is a point at which a climate system shifts abruptly. But some scientists are now bringing mathematical rigor to the tipping-point argument. Their findings give us fresh cause to worry that sudden changes are in our future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Phoenix THE struggle to slow global warming will be won or lost in cities, which emit 80 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. So ''greening'' the city is all the rage now. But if policy makers end up focusing only on those who can afford the low-carbon technologies associated with the new environmental conscientiousness, the movement for sustainability may end up exacerbating climate change rather than ameliorating it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

That the hole in Earth's ozone layer is slowly mending is considered a big victory for environmental policy makers. But in a new report, scientists say there is a downside: its repair may contribute to global warming. It turns out that the hole led to the formation of moist, brighter-than-usual clouds that shielded the Antarctic region from the warming induced by greenhouse gas emissions over the last two decades, scientists write in Wednesday's issue of Geophysical Research Letters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Even as many members of Congress resist as too hard or too costly the steps necessary to address global warming, American cities and states -- the largest of which have carbon footprints bigger than those of most nations -- have quietly been making serious commitments to curb emissions. Instead of finding reasons to do nothing, Congress should build on these actions to fashion a national response to climate change. According to a recent study by Environment America, an advocacy group, about half of the states have broad plans and specific regulations aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. When fully realized, these actions would cut emissions by over 7 percent between now and 2020 -- a sizable distance toward the 17 percent reductions President Obama promised at Copenhagen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alan Carlin, a 72-year-old analyst and economist, had labored in obscurity in a little-known office at the Environmental Protection Agency since the Nixon administration. In June, however, he became a sudden celebrity with the surfacing of a few e-mail messages that seemed to show that his contrarian views on global warming had been suppressed by his superiors because they were inconvenient to the Obama administration's climate change policy. Conservative commentators and Congressional Republicans said he had been muzzled because he did not toe the liberal line. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE are often told that tackling global warming should be the defining task of our age -- that we must cut emissions immediately and drastically. But people are not buying the idea that, unless we act, the planet is doomed. Several recent polls have revealed Americans' growing skepticism. Solving global warming has become their lowest policy priority, according to a new Pew survey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In his first weeks in office, President Obama has dismantled many environmental policies set by the Bush administration. But in some areas, he will be building on the work of his predecessor, rather than taking it apart. Mr. Bush was not known for his concern over the environment. In the eight years of his tenure, he opened vast tracts of public lands to drilling, mining and timbering, earning the enmity of many environmentalists. His critics accused him of easing restrictions on polluters, subverting science and dragging his feet on global warming. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

President Obama is moving quickly to act on the environmental promises that were a centerpiece of his campaign. But tackling global warming will be far more difficult -- and more costly -- than the new emissions standards for automobiles he ordered with the stroke of a pen on Monday. Already, the Congressional Democrats Mr. Obama will need to carry out his mandate are feuding with one another. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A new poll suggests that Americans, preoccupied with the economy, are less worried about rising global temperatures than they were a year ago but remain concerned with solving the nation's energy problems. The findings are somewhat at odds with President Obama, who has put a high priority on staving off global warming and vowed Tuesday in his Inaugural Address to ''roll back the specter of a warming planet.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In his selection of four top scientific advisers, President-elect Barack Obama has signaled what are likely to be significant changes in policies governing global warming, ocean protections and stem cell research. ''It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology,'' Mr. Obama said in a radio address on Saturday, when he announced the appointments. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The team President-elect Barack Obama introduced on Monday to carry out his energy and environmental policies faces a host of political, economic, diplomatic and scientific challenges that could impede his plans to address global warming and America's growing dependence on dirty and uncertain sources of energy. Acknowledging that a succession of presidents and Congresses had failed to make much progress on the issues, Mr. Obama vowed to press ahead despite the faltering economy and suggested that he would invest his political capital in trying to break logjams. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

European Union leaders were on the verge of presenting a dramatically weakened plan to reduce emissions at the end of their two-day meeting on Friday. Leaders said the plan, which offers a swathe of concessions to polluting companies and countries, would not jeopardize their overall target of reducing planet-warming emissions by 20 percent by 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bush administration has now provided the rationale for its lamentable decision to deny California permission to develop its own stricter rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The explanation was full of holes, but it was not a total setback for those who want urgent action on global warming. The essence of the administration's reasoning was that California had failed to demonstrate ''extraordinary and compelling'' circumstances justifying stricter rules. To make that case, Stephen Johnson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was forced to argue that climate change gravely endangered not only California but the entire country. As hard as it is to believe, this was the first time that any senior administration official had explicitly conceded that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses a United Nations report on climate change. The report says that the economic conditions of poorer countries will be affected if rich countries did not promptly curb emissions linked to global warming. The report says that to avoid the climate-related setbacks, rich countries will have to help poorer ones to move to less-polluting energy resources.

The article reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is focusing on environmental issues, putting economic and political issues on the back burner. She is shying away from the issue of economic restructuring and terrorism in Germany. Rather, she is highlighting global warming and environmental changes. Her strategy seems to be winning her popularity. She has got the highest approval ratings as chancellor in the post-World War II German history.

The article discusses the human's role in climatic changes that has been highlighted in a United Nations report. According to the report, to be released in Brussels, Belgium on April 6, 2007, global warming has been partly caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The greenhouse gas emissions are resulting in longer seasons and shrinking glaciers. The report was prepared by the United Nations group Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The article reports on the plan of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin of France to introduce punitive taxes on imports from non-signers of the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol. The purpose behind it is to curb global warming. The Prime Minister declared that in France, his government would impose tax on coal usage, industrial pollution and aircraft noise pollution.

Emphasizes the need for the U.S. government to develop a national policy on greenhouse gases and tackle global warming, to prevent more casualties from hurricane attacks.

Reports on the formation of a bipartisan coalition of mayors in an effort of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels to adopt the Kyoto Protocol on global warming on the local level in the U.S.

Reports the endorsement of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia's legislature. Approval of the treaty by the Parliament to follow the endorsement of Russia's cabinet; Ratification of the treaty by 120 nations, and its rejection by the United States; Requirements of the treaty including a restriction of emissions linked to global warming; Importance of Russia's approval, which provides enough support for the treaty to take effect; Significance of the treaty to international environmental diplomacy; Reaction of several members of Russia's government and international leaders in environmental policy; Strengths and weaknesses of the Kyoto Protocol.

Editorial. Comments on the global warming strategies and policies in California. Legislation passed by the California Legislature requiring manufacturers to start reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Regulatory and legislative review of other proposals; Problems with climate change and fuel economy.

Discusses the economic aspects of the worldwide campaign against global warming. Opposition of U.S. government to mandatory caps on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases; Kyoto Protocol agreement that developed countries should cut greenhouse gas emissions; Undermined development of pollution allowance trades. INSET: The CO2 Trade..

Reports on the efforts of Russia to win support for membership into the World Trade Organization from the European Union. Support of the environmental treaty on emissions known as the Kyoto Protocol; Plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin to integrate Russia into the global economy; Requirement for the leading industrialized countries to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases; Consideration of the global support for the Kyoto Protocol markets; Impact of the agreement on Russia's trade talks with the U.S.

Discusses why pension fund managers representing public employees in Connecticut, New York, Maine and New York City filed shareholder resolutions calling on oil companies to report to investors on their plans to deal with the potential impact of global warming and related climate change on their businesses. Request made by many oil companies for the Securities Exchange Commission to rule that there is no need to present the resolutions at their annual meetings; Number of resolutions filed by shareholders in 2004.

Reports that a group of pension fund managers in the U.S. said that they had filed shareholder resolutions calling on oil companies to report on their plans to deal with the potential impact of global warming and related climate change.

Reports on the failure of John McCain to convince his Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate to prioritize the issue of global warming. Senate's rejection of a proposal to impose mandatory caps on the emissions from utilities and other industries that are responsible for global warming; Democrats and Republicans from industrial and coal-producing states' support for the proposal.

Discusses the defeat of a bill to combat global warming by restriction of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. Approval of a resolution to reject any treaty with negative impact on the economy; Reluctance of legislators to handicap energy production.

Reports on efforts of the states to combat global warming. Predictions that global warming could damage local economies; Bills passed regarding global warming; Proposal in the Senate to create a national regulatory structure for carbon dioxide; Energy policies adopted by cities; Climate Action Network's membership; States that have decided not to embrace policies to combat global warming.

Editorial. Expresses views on the policy of the U.S. government towards the issue of global warming.

Editorial. Comments on the censorship of a draft report on global warming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Cites the stance of the United States government on the Kyoto Protocol as it is preparing to attend a meeting on global warming in March 2001.

Focuses on the decision of the United States to rein in diesel emissions and signaled support for a plan to begin regulating carbon dioxide emission to combat global warming.