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1. WATER:
Enviros try climate issue to derail nation's largest desalination plant

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Lands Commission unanimously approved what would be the country's largest desalination plant late last month, over the objections of environmental groups, which cite climate change as a reason to seek other water resources first. Go to story #1

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2. ADAPTATION:
State Department outlines climate needs for poor countries

3. OCEANS:
Study finds limitations to sea level rise

4. SCIENCE:
Asian brown cloud could warm United States, report finds

5. CARBON SEQUESTRATION:
Germans to unveil clean-coal plant prototype

6. CHEMICALS:
Arctic birds reveal high concentrations of banned pollutants

7. FORESTS:
Old-growths more valuable for carbon capture than for timber -- study

8. TECHNOLOGY:
Cement pioneer aims to reduce emissions with 'green' cement

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The European experience with carbon trading offers little concrete evidence of effectiveness but carries lessons for Congress in designing a U.S. carbon scheme, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. (E&ENews PM, 12/02/2008)

British Columbia's provincial government last week backed California's attempt to apply tough new carbon emissions standards to the auto industry. Officials in Vancouver filed briefs with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to signal their support for granting California a federal waiver to implement the rules. (Greenwire, 12/02/2008)

President-elect Barack Obama faces monumental challenges if he is going to fulfill his promise of writing a "new chapter in America's leadership" on global warming. The Obama administration must undertake two unique and complicated rounds of negotiations -- writing a new international climate treaty and passing domestic cap-and-trade legislation -- that probably won't move at the same pace. (Greenwire, 12/02/2008)

BOA Tower Q. What do you get if you build New York’s newest "green" skyscraper?

A. Al Gore as a tenant.

(ClimateWire, 12/03/2008)

European automakers must cut emissions of greenhouse gases from new vehicles by 18 percent within six years, the European Union agreed Monday after a long battle between industry groups and environmentalists. (Greenwire, 12/02/2008)

In a tower in eastern Colorado, atmospheric scientist Arlyn Andrews checks to make sure tubes running to analyzers nearby are properly taking samples of greenhouse gases. She is one of many carbon sleuths, scientists who track and analyze where greenhouse gases come from and where they go over time. (Greenwire, 12/02/2008)

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Friday, November 21, 2008 -- 07:26 AM

HOUSE: Waxman faces tests to win support for enviro, energy agenda

COAL: Durbin, FutureGen Alliance maintain push for Ill. site

SENATE: Bingaman will push energy bill, take White House guidance

CLIMATE: Boxer to introduce cap-and-trade, renewable energy bills

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 -- 12:40 PM

AIR POLLUTION: Court orders Duke Energy to perform new analysis of Cliffside expansion

MINING: EPA approves mountaintop removal rule changes

FORESTS: Calif. judge limits roadless rule to 10 states

OIL AND GAS: Obama drops windfall tax on gas companies

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Energy Policy: Dorgan outlines priorities for 111th Congress, talks about electric drive technology (12/03/2008)

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Transition: Chamber of Commerce's Harbert lays out energy agenda for incoming administration (12/01/2008)

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