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Mr O’Sullivan said: “There is no way to save the world. You can’t stop burning coal because most of the hospitals in the world would close, you’d have no industrial base and no income being earned anywhere in the world.

“The one hope the world has got is that coal will save them.”

Istanbul - Spring remains to be seen

As the entire nation has felt the effects of the cold and rainy weather, snowfall in March in Istanbul has come as a surprise. Both today and tomorrow will be cloudy, however the cold climate is expected to return the two days following.

Seattle P-I: Chinese hold U.S. feet to fire on global warming

Although his country now leads the world in greenhouse gas emissions, a top Chinese official on Wednesday sought to turn up the heat on the United States for talking a good line on global warming -- but not acting.

Receding Glacier Park Ice Not Due to Global Warming - by James M. Taylor - Environment & Climate News

The accompanying figure shows the temperature history for Kalispell, dating back to 1896. Typical of the trend throughout the United States, temperatures peaked in the 1930s (before humans were emitting significant amounts of carbon dioxide) and have been in a long-term cooling trend since then. As the figure shows, temperatures today are below the 100-year average.

Regional land use changes may be affecting the glaciers at Glacier National Park. Almost certainly the “rebound effect” is occurring as the glaciers move