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Hurricane Ike menaces vulnerable Texas coast
Hurricane Ike roared towards the Texas coast on Friday, threatening to drive a 6m wall of water into coastal communities and menacing Houston.
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Hurricane Ike takes aim at Texas
Hurricane Ike gathered strength as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters on Wednesday on a track towardsTexas.
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Hurricane Dolly strengthens as it nears Texas
Hurricane Dolly strengthened on Wednesday as it neared southern Texas, and was expected to lash low-lying areas on the US-Mexico border.
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US urges ‘global discussion’ on UN warming report
The Bush administration played down the United States contribution to world climate change on Friday and called for a ”global discussion” after a United Nations report blamed humans for much of the warming over the past 50 years. ”We are a small contributor when you look at the rest of the world,” US Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said of greenhouse gas emissions.
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US may be locked out of emmissions market
US companies could miss out on a potential multi-billion dollar market for trading greenhouse gas emission credits unless Washington signs a global treaty to reduce those heat-trapping gases.
