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| Approximately 20-30 percent of plant and animal species are at increasing risk of extinction if the global average temperature increases by another 2.2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. |
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| As a public comment period comes to a close on a proposed rule to list the polar bear as a threatened species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to announce the receipt of more than 500,000 electronic comments and hundreds of submissions from schoolchildren to environmental groups to industry groups. If listed, the polar bear would be the first mammal to receive protected status under the Endangered Species Act because of the threat of global warming. |
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| Global warming pollution in Arizona increased by 53.6% between 1990 and 2004, according to The Carbon Boom, a new analysis of state fossil fuel consumption data released today by Environment Arizona. This is the first time that 2004 state-by-state data on carbon dioxide emissions have been released. |
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| The pollution reductions needed to stave off the worst effects of global warming can be achieved—if governments act now, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. |
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We commend U.S. Senator Bingaman for working to build support for action on global warming. Unfortunately, his new bill fails to deliver the pollution reductions science shows are needed in the next 10 years to stave off the most dangerous impacts of global warming for future generations. |
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| The average temperature in Phoenix was 1.9°F above average in 2006, according to a new report released today by Environment Arizona. Environment Arizona said this warmer-than-normal weather is indicative of what Arizona can expect with continued global warming. |
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The draft bill unveiled today by U.S. Senators Lieberman (I-CT) and Warner (R-VA) is an encouraging starting point for Senate action on global warming. We commend the senators for their achievement. |
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| Arizona advocates joined global warming and clean energy advocates from across the western United States and Canada to hail Governor Napolitano and other leaders of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) for taking a crucial step toward regionwide reductions in global-warming pollution. |
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| Capping emissions and making polluters pay for putting global warming emissions into the atmosphere is the most economically efficient and fair approach to cutting global warming pollution nationwide. |
