Arctic Shortcut Worries Canadians - New York Times article on the possible pressures faced by Canada's Northwest Passage due to global warming. www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/072900sci-environ-canada.html
Bush Reverses Position on Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emission Cuts - In a letter sent to four Senate Republicans on March 13, President Bush reversed a campaign pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. www.policyalmanac.org/environment/news/airquality-2001-03-13.shtml
Global Warming Agreement Reached in Morocco - International negotiators representing more than 160 nations concluded an agreement on November 11 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. www.policyalmanac.org/environment/news/global_warming-2001-11-11.shtml
New Greenhouse Gas Identified, Potent and Rare (but Expanding) - New York Times article stating that scientists have found rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic gas in the air that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases. www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/072800sci-environ-climate.html
Pacific Ocean Showing Signs of Major Shifts in the Climate - New York Times article reports that changes in the Pacific Ocean are making it more likely that winter weather in much of the U.S. will exhibit unusual warmth alternating with sharp cold. www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/012000sci-environ-climate.html
U.S. May Be Entering New Weather Era - Washington Post article stating that some scientists believe the U.S. may be on the brink of a change in climate patterns that could last 20 or 30 years. washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-01/20/131l-012000-idx.html
U.S. Proposes New Strategy to Fight Global Warming - New York Times article on the U.S. proposal that countries get as much credit for using forests and farmers' fields to sop up carbon dioxide, the chief warming gas, as they would for cutting emissions from smokestacks and tail pipes. www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/080200sci-environ-warm.html
U.S. to Withdraw from Kyoto Global Warming Treaty - The Bush administration plans to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman told reporters on March 27. www.policyalmanac.org/environment/news/global_warming-2001-03-27.shtml
United Nations Panel Sees Worsening Global Warming Trend - On January 22, 2001 an international group of hundreds of scientists issued a report predicting that Earth's average temperature will rise as much as 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the next 100 years. www.policyalmanac.org/environment/news/global_warming-2001-01-22.shtml
