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Report: Global warming threatens state

Published 08/27/08

If Maryland doesn't work to combat and adapt to climate change, the state risks problems from heat-related illnesses, harm to crops and livestock, a shake-up of which species of plants and animals survive here and damaged wetlands and coasts, according to a report released today.

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Preventing the worst effects of climate change will require conserving energy, protecting the coastline and cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, according to the report by the state Commission on Climate Change.

Using 2006 levels as a starting point, the commission said emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that contribute to global...

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Pssst........ - 2008-08-28 16:05:02

Climate change has not been proven to be effected by man-made pollution. Just thought you might want a little balance instead of taking the kool-aid all the way. And we have a ten year hiatus coming up that no one predicted until it started happening. Why? Because the Sun's activity is down. Hmm, don't think that might have something to do with warming too, do you?

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