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Global Warming 1)the United Nations scientific panel studying climate change declared that the evidence of a warming trend is "unequivocal," and that human activity has "very likely" been the driving force in that change over the last 50 years. 2)"An Inconvenient Truth," was awarded an Oscar; and the Supreme Court made its first global warming-related decision, ruling 5 to 4 that the Environmental Protection Agency had not justified its position that it was not authorized to regulate carbon dioxide. 3)Gases like carbon dioxide and methane allow sunlight to reach the earth, but prevent some of the resulting heat from radiating back out into space. 4)But as ever larger amounts of carbon dioxide have been released along with the development of industrial economies, the atmosphere has grown warmer at an accelerating rate

How First-World Garbage Makes Africans Sick 5)On Aug. 19, a Panamanian-flagged ship owned by a Greek firm and chartered by a leading Dutch commodities broker docked in Abidjan, the country's commercial capital. 6)Within days, people began to show up in hospitals complaining of symptoms ranging from nosebleeds, diarrhea, and nausea to eye irritation and breathing difficulties. 7)The war-racked country's Cabinet ministers resigned en masse over what was seen as the government's slow response to the crisis and its alleged complicity in the dumping. 8)The World Health Organization has said the acute medical crisis is over but has warned of possible long-term health effects from the waste dumping.

__ “Enviroments,” __ 9)The Garrett people could duplicate any exact climate you like, even that of your living room. So far, the hostile-environment suit is entirely an earthbound artifice.

Ozone Damage Floats Down to Asthma Patients 10)chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which have been banned by the Food and Drug Administration because the chemicals damage the Earth's ozone layer. 11)"The slower speed makes it easier to inhale the medicine, and less . . . gets stuck in the throat and back of the mouth," Pelosi, in China, Seeks Consensus on Warming 12)"I think this climate crisis is game changing for the U.S.-China relationship. It is an opportunity we cannot miss," Ms. Pelosi told the U.S.-China Clean Energy Forum, which brought together experts and businesses to come up with recommendations on climate-change policy. =Deforestation 'faster in Africa'=

13)**Africa's forests are disappearing faster than those in other parts of the world because of a lack of land ownership,** 14)"There are some countries that have recognised local land rights, but the government still controls the forest, and hands out concessions to industrial loggers - leading to more degradation and corruption." 15) "Africa's forest communities already generate millions of jobs and dollars in domestic and regional trade, and in indigenous livelihoods, but current laws keep some of these activities illegal and also undermine opportunities to improve forest management."