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UN climate change talks reach the final stretch
… global target to curb a rise in global temperatures which could trigger rising sea levels, floods and drought. Todd Stern, U.S. special envoy for climate change, told reporters he did not …
Fr. Sean McDonagh interview
… Celsius. Even this will cause huge problems for poor countries in terms of severe weather, floods and droughts, rising sea levels, and melting glaciers. It is estimated that the Adaptation …
Fr. Sean McDonagh reports on the climate change issue of \"Adaptation\"
… prevent sea level rise from inundating low-lying coastal property, eroding beaches, or worsen flooding. If the costs or environmental impacts of shore protection are high compared with the …
UN chief pushes hard for climate agreement
… countries limit their emissions and adapt to the effects of climate change, including floods and drought, he said. “This agreement will have an immediate operational effect as soon as …
Conflict surfaces early at climate conference
… on poor and vulnerable people because they already are being adversely affected by drought, flooding and rising sea levels brought on in part by the high levels of greenhouse gas emissions …
Climate change conference opens with optimism
… of ever-rising temperatures, leading to the extinction of plant and animal species, the flooding of coastal cities -- about half of humanity lives within 100 miles of a coastline -- …
'Green patriarch' leads symposium on river
… Katrina recovery. He visited the city in January 2006, just four months after the catastrophic flood, and told residents rebuilding and gutting their homes, “Your pain was and is our pain. It … Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America , also addressed the symposium. He said the flooding in New Orleans was a foretaste of what could happen to other coastal communities given …
Faith groups launch climate initiative
… Jerry Filteau … A flooded church in Bacabal, Brazil, is pictured in this May 12 file photo. Bouts of extreme … the planet, bringing on drought in some places and greater rainfall in others. (CNS/Reuters) A flooded church in Bacabal, Brazil, is pictured in this May 12 file photo. Bouts of extreme … but their very survival in the face of new challenges of hunger, drought, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters related to global warming. The Rev. Jim Ball, senior director …
African bishop on Islam, oil , and why selling the Vatican is a stupid idea
… have been there for centuries. At first, we did not see it in Africa. We used to think that floods and droughts are God’s work done to us, so we would go pray and sacrifice. Now we know …
The car and the pine cone
… a hill. In fits and starts we moved ahead, sometimes as slowly as five miles per hour. I was flooded with annoyance. Why won’t she go faster? I thought. My frustration level rose. Is she …
Pushing Obama's vision: A nuclear free world
… treaty, and the U.N. to pass Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Peace groups are calling us to flood the White House and Congress with letters urging that the obscene sums for the nuclear …