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Will
the Next Ice Age Be a Very Long One: A new analysis of the dramatic
cycles of ice ages and warm intervals over the past million years, published
in Nature, concludes that the climatic swings are the gyrations of a system
poised to settle into a quasi-permanent colder state — with expanded ice
sheets at both poles.
November 13th, 2008
U.N.
Reports Pollution Threat in Asia: A noxious cocktail of soot, smog
and toxic chemicals is blotting out the sun, fouling the lungs of millions
of people and altering weather patterns in large parts of Asia, according
to a report released Thursday by the United Nations.
November 13th, 2008
Water
Laws May Be Used to Fight Warming: Environmental groups have sought
to force the federal government to restrict carbon dioxide emissions using
the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and other federal laws, and
now they are poised to add the Clean Water Act to the list.
November 12th, 2008
CSPO In the News
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