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Climate News that YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Here are some recent reports that you may
have missed because of the Holidays or the
corporate media's nearly complete censoring
of this information.
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Globe is Warming Faster Than Scientist's WORST PREDICTIONS

Our worst fears are exceeded by reality
seattle.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/256991.shtml

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First 7 Months of 2006 Hottest Ever Recorded in U.S.

madison.indymedia.org/feature/display/44565/index.php

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Alps Experiencing Warmest Time in 1,300 Years

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16052360/

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Surge in Temperature Astounds Climate Researchers in the U.K

This year will be Britain's warmest since records
began, say scientists.
www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1971636,00.html

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Extreme Autumn Temperatures Cause Unseasonable Flowering
In The Netherlands

Observers in the Netherlands reported that more than 240 wild
plant species were flowering in December, along with more than
200 cultivated species. According to biologist Arnold van Vliet
of Wageningen University, this unseasonable flowering is being
caused by extremely high autumn temperatures.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061221232129.htm

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Experts warn North Pole will be 'ice free' by 2040

..."but our research suggests that the decrease
over the next few decades could be far more
dramatic than anything that has happened so
far," .... "These changes are surprisingly rapid."
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2499663,00.html

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Bears That Have Stopped Hibernating: More GW Consequences

This article tells of bears in Spain that for at least three years have
not hibernated, rather they stayed active because there was plenty
to eat and no need for the normal slumber. It also tells of many
other plant and wildlife abnormalities attributed to the rising
temperatures in Europe.
www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1221-01.htm

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Reduce CO2 in Ten Years, or Climate Will be Out-of-Control

With the new scientific discovery
that the result of global warming
will be "abrupt climate change"
to ice age conditions (Broecker)
due to a shut down of ocean currents,
this article is a scream in the wilderness
from a scientist that has been muffled
for years by the US Government. Note
it was not printed in the US.

If we fail to act, 'we will end up with a different planet'
seattle.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/256988.shtml

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Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like
Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science

[Along with Government interference
in reports and speeches by it's own
scientists, this article helps to
explain why Americans are not
marching in the streets about climate
change.]

Oil Company Spent Nearly $16 Million to Fund Skeptic Groups,
Create Confusion
seattle.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/257006.shtml

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New Publishing Rules Restrict Scientists

The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the
U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls
on research that might go against official policy.
www.physorg.com/news85254012.html

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The A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science

Scientists who work for and advise the federal government have
seen their work manipulated, suppressed, distorted, while agencies
have systematically limited public and policy maker access to
critical scientific information.
dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/137013/index.php

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NOAA Scientist Barred from Mentioning ‘Kyoto’ and 'Climate Change'

"It seems more like Nazi Germany or the
Soviet Union than the United States,"
dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/137001/index.php
 
 

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