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Canada's wind-power capacity, already the fastest-growing form of electricity generation in Canada, took another significant step forward today with the announcement of funding for two new wind-power projects in Murdochville, Quebec.

As walls were falling all around the Soviet bloc in 1989, east Europeans were either dancing on the rubble or rushing west by the trainload. Two years later the Soviet Union was history, and with it a 74-year blight on humanity. By Pierre Tristam

"Mr Wolfowitz is widely regarded as one of the leading hawks of the Bush administration, and one of the main architects of the war in Iraq, which was fiercely opposed by both France and Germany." By Hamish Robertson.

After years of trying, Senate Republicans on Wednesday succeeded in easing the path to opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, a development that promises to intensify a decades-old lobbying battle as proponents of drilling move into the homestretch of their effort.

Even if all greenhouse gases had been stabilized in the year 2000, we would still be committed to a warmer Earth and greater sea level rise in the present century, according to a new study by a team of climate modelers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

China is committed to building a lower carbon (emission) economy to combat climate change over the coming decades, a Chinese official said Tuesday at a meeting in London. By China View

Greenhouse gases are warming up our oceans, changing their chemistry and threatening rainfall patterns that provide the planet with its fresh water, scientists say.

Executive says King County won't hesitate to enact drought-response plan

China is the rousing giant of global warming. It stands as a developing nation outside the guidelines of the Kyoto treaty, yet with more than one billion people and a huge energy-gobbling economy, it is one of the most influential countries in climate change. By Gary Braasch

Do you still believe that the international community, and the world's premiere multilateral organization, are illusions?

Surrounded by winter snow and ice, melting seems like a good thing, but, on a global scale, the melting of ice sheets and glaciers is a sign of global warming, according to a Penn State glaciologist. By Penn State.

Groton - For many scientists, the question is no longer whether there is evidence of global warming, but how much the climate has changed, how the environment is being altered and how to persuade the public that dramatic changes are already happening in their own back yards and beaches.

The outlook for civilian-military relations in Turkey. By Zeynep Ersel

"If they're right and catastrophic future, then we still, I think, would be doing the right thing by changing away from coal and oil to clean energy." By Ross Gelbspan

İngiliz Daily Mirror gazetesi, dünyayı bekleyen çevre felaketlerinin önünü kesecek 20 anahtar yolu açıkladı. Dünyanın en büyük sorunlarından biri çevre kirliliği. Ve bunun sebep olacağı felaketlerin başında küresel ısınma ve yüz yıl sonra birçok canlı türünün yok olma ihtimali geliyor.

Global warming is causing the unusually cold nights that have gripped Metro Manila during the past days, the weather bureau said Sunday. By Ronnie E. Calumpita

Dünya çapında organik tarım hareketini temsil eden IFOAM 5 Kasım 1972'de Fransa'da kuruldu. Şu anda dünyanın 100 ülkesinde dernek, enstitü, okul, kooperatif ve diğer kurumlardan oluşan 750 üyesi var.

Making your home more energy efficient will expend less of the earth's fossil fuel whether you use oil, gas or electricity. Our planet is covered by a blanket of gases that behave as a giant greenhouse to keep us warm. By Melanie Kier

Clean Air-Cool Planet Organizes 2nd Northeast Global Warming Conference

Climate crisis is not a future risk. It is today's reality. As Myles Allen, a climate scientist at Oxford University, warned recently: "The danger zone is not something we are going to reach in the middle of this century. We are in it now."

Texas lawmakers are joining clean-energy advocates in an effort to dramatically expand the use of wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources across the state. By Scott Streaters

Small-and medium-sized businesses that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency will have access to money announced in the federal budget, Environment Minister Stephane Dion said Thursday. canada.com

Fediol Director General Pascal Cogels told Reuters he believed Europe would prevent a potential rapeoil deficit in coming years by increasing plantings or boosting imports of other oils and organic matter for production of biofuels. By Anna Mudeva

Forty-seven big wood processing plants have been ordered to suspend operations pending a thorough review and validation of all sawmills, plywood factories, and other wood producing firms in the Caraga region, the country's main source of timber and wood products. By Mike U. Crismundo

"Muir Glacier still exists -- its iceberg-calving face is a popular destination for kayakers and cruise ships -- but it has retreated more than 25 miles over the past century, said Molnia, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey." By John Krist

The Kyoto Protocol contains measures to assess performance and progress. It also contains some penalties. Countries that fail to meet their emission target by the end of the first commitment period (2012) must make up the difference plus a penalty of 30% in the second commitment period.

CLIMATE CHANGE: Ely explorer briefs Senate on what Minnesota might expect from hotter climate. By Scott Thistle

Hunter S. Thompson died as he lived. By Tom Wolfe

Turkey's environmentment minister was quoted as saying Friday that the country needs to complete its industrialization before signing the UN's Kyoto Protocol on global warming. eubusiness.com

Uluslararası Konferans Tercümanları Derneği üyesi Angela Keil ve Nur Deriş Ottoman, Açık Gazete'de Ömer Madra'nın konuğuydu. Derneğin İstanbul'da düzenlediği uluslararası bir toplantının ardından, konferans tercümanlığı mesleğinin, tarihçesi, sorunları ve gelecekteki önemi hakkında sohbet ettiler.