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Still, he said, recent cutbacks by the Canadian government have left authorities there with less funding to pursue potential violations...
...first lawsuit in a foreign court in recent memory, Harvard last month won a judgment in a Canadian court against a Quebec company illegally using the Harvard name...
...believe that the warming may be linked to the natural hot and cold cycles that have affected the earth since prehistory, causing, for instance, the ice ages that resulted in glaciers covering much of North America and Northern Europe and the subsequent thaws. A growing number of scientists, noting recent, unpredictable climatic changes ? including colder temperatures in some areas ? that defy patterns of both natural and greenhouse effects, attribute the current warming trend to the combined contributions of man and nature...
There is more agreement when it comes to the effects of global warming on weather trends. Few would debate that because hurricanes gather their strength from the warm surface waters of the central Atlantic, the rise in temperatures has probably added to the magnitude of recent storms, says Jim Lushine, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Miami. "It's safe to assume that the higher water temperatures in the Atlantic are contributing to the intensity of this year's storms," he says. The number of storms is not likely to be affected by the temperature changes, says Lushine...
...recent spate of deadly accidents on amusement park rides has focused attention on the spotty inspection system. With no federal oversight, each state has to set its own standards...