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James Murray reports for BusinessGreen, "Nicholas Stern has implied that UK and European efforts to cut carbon emissions could prove well short of what is required after admitting yesterday that he 'badly underestimated the degree of damages and risks of climate change' in his groundbreaking 2006 report."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041708EA.shtml



Colorado River to Drop to 500-Year Low as World Warms

Jim Efstathiou Jr. reports for Bloomberg, "The Colorado River may shrink in this century to its lowest level in at least 500 years because of global warming, threatening water supplies to California and six other states, researchers at the US Geological Survey said."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041708EB.shtml



Carbon Emissions: Catch Them if You Can

CNN's Rachel Oliver reports: "Britain's leading economist Sir Nicholas Stern predicts that even with the advances being made now in renewable energies, by 2050 half of the world's energy needs will still be served by fossil fuels. News like this has effectively boosted interested in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, which boldly promise to prevent 90 percent of power station emissions from reaching the atmosphere."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050608EB.shtml



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