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Climate News Roundup

May 23, 2007

NYC’s taxi fleet going green by 2012 – Associated Press/Yahoo News & Mayor Plans an All-Hybrid Taxi FleetNew York Times. Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg for taking a leadership role on climate change with practical action.

Battle Heats Up Over EmissionsWashington Post & California urges EPA to change greenhouse gas rulesLA 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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