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• Study Finds 29% Increase in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since 2000

  The Global Carbon Project issued its "Carbon Budget 2008" yesterday which concludes, among other things, that carbon dioxide emissions have increased by 29% since 2000.

• NCAR FInds Record High Temperatures Signal Climate Change

  The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) released a study on Friday of millions of readings, going back as far as 1950, from 1800 weather stations throughout the United States, which show a significant increase…

• Catlin Arctic Survey And World Wildlife Fund Predict Ice Free Arctic Summers

  A report by the Catlin Arctic Survey and the World Wildlife Fund based upon an expedition to the Arctic this summer predicts significant loss of summer ice within ten years and the disappearance of ice…

• Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Reaches Substantial Agreement on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Issues

  In a press release issued today, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced that the London Conference of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) had concluded their meeting with agreement on a number of…

• New Study Predicts More Rapid Changes From Global Warming

  A report released by the United Nations yesterday entitled "Climate Change Science Compendium 2009" finds that many predicted effects of global warming on climate change are occurring much more rapidly than originally predicted.

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Proposed Climate Change Strategy

  Calling for a "coordinated and strategic response" to climate change resulting from global warming, on Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a proposed plan to address the impacts of climate change on fish…

• Second Circuit Reinstates Nuisance Suit By Eight States Against Coal Burning Power Plants

  On Monday the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated an action by eight states, the City of New York and three land trusts challenging the levels of carbon dioxide emissions by coal burning power plants…

• Bipartisan Group Calls Climate Change Security Threat

  A bipartisan group of former government and military officials has declared climate change to be a threat to U.S. security

• Oregon Governor Signs Package of Seven Climate Change Laws

  On July 22, 2009 the Governor of Oregon signed seven laws, all dealing with issues related to climate change.

• EPA Issues Waiver to California on Greenhouse Gases

  Today the EPA reversed its prior determination on the request by California for a waiver permitting more stringent emission standards for model 2009 and later year motor vehicle standards