4/09/2007

UN Issues Stark Climate Change Warning

UCTP Taino News - Approximately 20 to 30 percent of plant and animal species are at risk of extinction if the global average temperature increases by another 2.2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a major consensus report released Friday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. The UN panel concluded "with high confidence" that human-caused warming over the last three decades has had a discernible influence on many physical and biological systems. This report comes on the heels of an historic Supreme Court opinion authorizing the EPA to fight global warming.
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UCTP Taino News Editor's Note: To urge EPA Administrator Johnson to take action on global warming, send a message via the Environmental Defense Network at:

http://action.environmentaldefense.org/campaign/tell_EPA_actnow/i6kskbrrx5x87m?

To review other UCTP Climate Change related stories visit:

http://uctp.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_uctp_archive.html

http://uctp.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_uctp_archive.html

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