ENERGY GIANTS BACK PROGRAM TO ‘CAP AND TRADE’ CARBON EMISSIONS Houston Chronicle 1/18/07 After years of loudly challenging the theory of global warming, a growing number of energy companies are saying the regulation of greenhouse gases in the US is inevitable and are even lining up behind proposed legislation to do so. EXXON MEETS GREEN GROUPS AS CLIMATE FOCUS SURGES…
By Ella Tyler The morning of Saturday, Jan 27, more than 2,000 people will assemble along Will Clayton Parkway near Bush Intercontinental Airport to engage in two of the Houston community’s favorite activities – volunteering and planting trees.
2006 WARMEST ON RECORD IN UNITED STATES – NOAA Reuters 1/10/07 SALT LAKE CITY – The year 2006 was the warmest in the contiguous United States since record keeping began 112 years ago, due in large part to an unusually warm December, US government weather forecasters said on Tuesday. ’06’S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ONE OF HIGHEST EVER AGENCY AFFIRMS HUMAN INFLUENCE…