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According to John Vidal of The Guardian UK, "The true scale of climate change emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously believed, according to a leaked UN study seen by the Guardian."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021308EB.shtml



UN Security Council Urged to Punish CO2 Offenders

Haider Rizvi, Inter Press News, writes: "The world's small island nations are calling for the UN Security Council to help protect their lands and resources by using its authority to demand reductions of carbon dioxide emissions, and to penalize those nations that fail to comply."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021308EA.shtml



Lake Mead May Go Dry in a Few Years

Felicity Barringer, The New York Times, reports: "Lake Mead, the vast reservoir for the Colorado River water that sustains the fast-growing cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas, could lose water faster than previously thought and run dry within 13 years, according to a new study by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021308EC.shtml



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