A Sampling of Clips for April 24^th, 2008

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China Calls for Help on Climate Change
ABC News, April 24 -- China called on the international community Thursday to increase the flow of technology to developing countries to help them fight climate change. (Mentions a report by UC Berkeley and UCSD economists) More

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China's Everest Torch Plan Draw Journalists' Concerns
The Washington Post, April 23 -- China's new plan for press coverage of the Olympic torch's ascent of Mount Everest has touched off a new controversy. Health experts and media groups said Wednesday the plan will expose reporters to undue health risks due to the altitude. (Quotes Dr. Robert Schoene, a mountaineer and expert on altitude sickness at UCSD) More

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Survey Tracks Scientists' Growing Climate Concern
U.S. News & World Report, April 23 -- Among scientists in two fields that focus closely on climate—geophysics and meteorology—few now doubt that the planet is warming or that human activity is to blame, even though views diverge on the dangers posed, says a new survey released by the Statistical Assessment Service at George Mason University. (Quotes Richard Somerville, professor emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Job offers coming up Short for Class of 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 24 -- The gloomy economic climate has slowed growth in the job market for this spring's batch of college graduates. Students in the class of 2008 should land job offers, experts say, but maybe only one instead of the two or three that graduates were boasting of just last year. (Quotes Craig Schmidt, assistant director of the UCSD Career Services Center) More