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DECEMBER 1st HEADLINE
Carbon Dioxide Helped Ancient Earth Escape
Deathly Deep Freeze
ScienceDaily.com |
The planets present day greenhouse scourge,
carbon dioxide, may have played a vital role in
helping ancient Earth to escape from complete
glaciation, say scientist
DECEMBER 2nd HEADLINE
Beijing
reaches clean air goal for 2008
International Herald
Tribune | 01 Dec 2008
The 256 "blue-sky days" in the capital came in a
year of ambitious environmental measures to cut
emissions for the Olympic Games.
DECEMBER 3rd HEADLINE
Carbon detectives are tracking gases in Colorado
International Herald
Tribune | 02 Dec 2008
Scientists are tracking where greenhouse gases
come from and where they go over time in order
to learn how to budget emissions for the long
term.
DECEMBER 4th HEADLINE
EU ends biofuel battle, nears green energy deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is on the
verge of a deal to boost renewable energy after
resolving a battle over the controversial issue of
biofuels on Thursday, but Italy's demand for a
review in 2014 prevented a final agreement.
DECEMBER 5th HEADLINE
Sarkozy to seek EU climate deal
BBC | 06 Dec
2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to
meet eastern European leaders to try to
agree on an EU climate change package.
DECEMBER 10th HEADLINE
U.N. talks
split on aid to help poor cope with warming
POZNAN, Poland
(Reuters) - U.N. climate negotiators
tried on Wednesday to break the deadlock
over controlling planned payouts from a
new fund to help poor nations adapt to
floods, droughts and rising seas.
DECEMBER 12th HEADLINE
Hurricane Katrina Left a Mark on George W. Bush’s Presidency
The botching of hurricane relief will affect
Bush's legacy. -
about 8 hours
source: (U.S. News)
DECEMBER 15th HEADLINE
Shanghai unveils plans to protect environment (People's
Daily)
In an effort to become an environment-friendly city by the
time the 2010 World Expo gets underway, Shanghai has
announced plans to invest 80 billion yuan ($11.6 billion) in
environmental protection projects in the next three years.
As part of the new plan - the fourth round of the city's
Three-Year Environment Protection Action Plan since 2000 -
more than 200 such projects will be carried out
DECEMBER 16th HEADLINE
The green road ahead
Boston Globe | 14
Dec 2008
Gas prices have been
dropping at a
remarkable rate, but
the auto world
clearly is still
thinking green.
Whatever the future
of the US auto
industry,
President-elect
Barack Obama has
said automakers
should be "retooling
for energy
efficiency." And as
you strolled the
aisles of the New
England
International Auto
Show earlier this
month, greener cars
were to be found ...
DECEMBER 17th HEADLINE
Rise in CO2 'affects jumbo squid'
BBC World Service | 16
Dec 2008
Squid could become rarer in our oceans if
current levels of ocean water acidification
continue, research suggests.
DECEMBER 18th HEADLINE
What price will the world pay to prevent
environmental change?
Guardian Unlimited | 17
Dec 2008
No one could have predicted quite how
dramatically 2008 would have ended. | 
