World-News

According to Anna Boyd in eFluxMedia, "This year's World Health Day (April 7) highlights the idea that global warming carries more health risks now than ever and the situation is getting worse, as weather experts forecast raised temperature for the years to come."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040708HA.shtml



Study Finds Climate Target Is Not Radical Enough

Ed Pilkington, reporting for The Guardian UK, writes: "One of the world's leading climate scientists warns today that the EU and its international partners must urgently rethink targets for cutting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of fears they have grossly underestimated the scale of the problem. In a startling reappraisal of the threat, James Hansen, head of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, calls for a sharp reduction in CO2 limits."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040708D.shtml



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