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News and Issues Highlights
Global Warming: The Basics
Global Warming: In Brief
The earth is getting hotter, but what does that really mean? We'll help you understand what's happening, why and what can be done about it.

Consequences of Global Warming
Global Warming: In Brief
#A hotter planet means dirtier air and water, more severe floods and droughts, more wildfires and other serious consequences.


Global Warming and Our Health
As earth's thermostat climbs, threats to human health will mount, from tropical diseases to an increase in allergies and asthma. Track where the changes are happening already.

Analyzing Global Warming Legislation
A national law to curb greenhouse gas emissions is needed right away, with the proper provisions to ensure it will make a difference. NRDC evaluates the proposals for policy makers.


What You Can Do
Actress Kyra Sedgwick urges you to fight global warming. Watch the video and join her. Produced by the NRDC Action Fund

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AB 1493
ab 32
agriculture
air pollution
Alaska
allergies
Arctic
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
asthma
automakers
bibliography
biofuels
bush administration
California
cap and trade
carbon capture and storage
carbon offsets
caribou
causes
cites
Clean Air Act
clean energy
Climate Security Act
coal
coal-fired power plants
Congress
consequences
dirty fuels
drilling
drought
electric utilities
Elizabeth Kolbert
emissions
energy
energy efficiency
energy policy
energy security
EPA
ethanol
fish & fishing
flooding
floods
florida
Frances Beinecke
fuel savings
Gary Braasch
gas prices
global warming and health
global warming and the economy
global warming emissions
global warming legislation
global warming skeptics
green buildings
green jobs
habitat loss
health
health effects of pollution
heat waves
hurricanes
hybrid
hybrid vehicles
hydrogen
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International
international agreements
interviews
IPCC
liquid coal
livestock
maps
Massachussetts v EPA
McKinsey
melting ice and glaciers
Montreal Protocol
mountaintop removal mining
national parks
natural gas
new energy economy
New York City
nitrogen oxides
nuclear energy
oil
oil shale
ozone
photos
polar bears
policy
public transportation
renewable energy
renewable energy/clean energy
renewables
respiratory illness
Rocky Mountains
salmon
science
sea-level rise
solutions
species protection
storms
sulfur dioxide
Supreme Court
tar sands
tourism
trout
U.S.
vehicles
water supply
weather
Western Arctic
what you can do
Wilderness Preservation
wildfires
wildlife
Yellowstone

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Obama, Global Warming, and the Fast-Track to Economic Stability
posted by Frances Beinecke, 11/20/08
NBC's Brian Williams: Clean coal is "wishful thinking."
posted by Pete Altman, 11/20/08