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Is the Fight against Global Warming a Losing Battle?
Scientists now say climate change can’t be reversed for 1000 years, even if greenhouse gases are cut to pre-industrial levels. What does that mean for green technology? Should the consumer economy be reduced instead of expanded? Also, Governor Blagojevich on his impeachment trial, and the Postal Service is threatening to drop a day of deliveries. Is it crying wolf?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenScientists now say climate change can’t be reversed for 1000 years, even if greenhouse gases are cut to pre-industrial levels. What does that mean for green technology? Should the consumer economy be reduced instead of expanded? Also, Governor Blagojevich makes the closing argument in his impeachment trial, and Mail service may be eliminated on Saturdays -- or maybe on Tuesdays. We find out why.
Banner image: Former Vice President Al Gore shows a slide show while speaking during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 28. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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3 storiesBlagojevich Makes Closing Argument in Impeachment Trial
Rod Blagojevich boycotted his impeachment trial by the State Senate, but today the Illinois Governor appeared to deliver an impassioned closing statement. He said the only evidence brought against him consisted of four taped telephone conversations which did not prove he committed a crime.
Read the story6 minIs Climate Change Irreversible?
Just as President Obama cracks down on climate change , scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have issued discouraging new findings . This new “wake-up call” says that if carbon dioxide levels were cut back to pre-industrial levels, it would still take 1000 years to reverse the climate change that's already happened.
Read the story36 minPostal Delivery May Be Cut to Five Days
Benjamin Franklin founded the US Postal Service, and it delivered seven days a week until 1912, when Christian groups forced it to close on Sundays. Now Postmaster General John Potter says it may have to drop another day of service .
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