NYC’s taxi fleet going green by 2012 – Associated Press/Yahoo News & Mayor Plans an All-Hybrid Taxi Fleet – New York Times. Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg for taking a leadership role on climate change with practical action.
Battle Heats Up Over Emissions – Washington Post & California urges EPA to change greenhouse gas rules – LA Times. The Bush administration continues to drag its feet as leading states want to take action to impose tougher standards on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
Warming blamed for frog die-offs – Reuters. Quotable Quotes: “It is believed climate change is raising temperatures allowing a skin fungus to enter the places where the amphibians resided” and “It’s going to be a fact that we see a large extinction.”
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