May 6, 2015

World Passes Critical Global Warming Milestone

Source: CBS News

World Passes Critical Global Warming Milestone

MICHAEL CASEY CBS NEWS
May 6, 2015 2:59 PM EDT

The world has passed a worrying milestone, with concentrations of greenhouse gases reaching levels not seen for millions of years.

For the first time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Wednesday that global concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in March passed 400 parts per million.

The landmark has long been expected, given that nations led by the United States, China and India continue to pump huge quantities of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. But the fact it has now been reached could provide additional urgency to reaching a global pact to cap emissions when world leaders meet in Paris on the issue later this year.

"It was only a matter of time that we would average 400 parts per million globally," said Pieter Tans, lead scientist of NOAA's Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network. "We first reported 400 ppm when all of our Arctic sites reached that value in the spring of 2012. In 2013 the record at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory first crossed the 400-ppm threshold. Reaching 400 parts per million as a global average is a significant milestone."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-passes-critical-global-warming-milestone/

May 5, 2015

Tsunami warning issued after preliminary magnitude 7.5 quake hits south of Papua New Guinea

Source: NBC News

@BreakingNews: Tsunami warning issued after preliminary magnitude 7.5 quake hits south of Papua New Guinea - @NWS_PTWC http://t.co/LAUZt50IpI/s/KSEN

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May 4, 2015

TOM TOMORROW: Responses To Baltimore

DAILY KOS LINK: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/04/1382167/-Cartoon-Responses-to-Baltimore

May 2, 2015

Officials Say Prince William's Wife, Kate, in Early Stages of Labor

Source: Associated Press / BBC News

@BreakingNews: RT @BreakingNewsUK: Duchess of Cambridge in labor, admitted to private Lindo Wing at London's St Mary's hospital - @BBCBreaking http://t.co/veSqmWjKyj/s/0dI5

Palace says Duchess of Cambridge in hospital for birth

MAY. 2, 2015 2:01 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Officials say Prince William's wife Kate has been admitted to a London hospital for the birth of the couple's second child.

In a brief statement, Kensington Palace officials announcd Saturday that the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted to St. Mary's Hospital.

The baby will be a younger brother or sister to William and Kate's first child, Prince George, who was born in July 2013 at the same hospital.

The couple has said that they don't know whether the baby will be a boy or a girl.

Officials say Prince William's wife, Kate, in early stages of labor

The Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour.

She was admitted to the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in west London - where her first child, Prince George, was born in July 2013.

Kensington Palace said "labour is progressing as normal" for the duchess who was taken to the hospital by car.

Officials have said the duchess and her husband, Prince William, do not know the sex of their unborn child.
The duchess travelled from Kensington Palace with Prince William and was admitted at 06:00 BST (05:00 GMT).

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/76b9400b4e604c8c81dcc571d35e5cc7/palace-says-duchess-cambridge-hospital-birth

May 1, 2015

Bernie Sanders Raise $1.5 Million In First Day

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/01/bernie-sanders-has-a-better-fund-raising-start-than-republican-counterparts

Bernie Sanders Has a Better Fund-Raising Start Than Republican Counterparts

3:36 PM ET 3:36 PM ET Alan Rappeport

The three Republican senators who are running for president — Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio — all boasted about raising $1 million in their first 24 hours as candidates. But they have nothing on Bernie Sanders.

The independent senator from Vermont, who announced Thursday that he is running as a Democrat, said Friday that he had raised $1.5 million online in less than a full day as a candidate. The support came from 35,000 donors who contributed an average of $43.

Mr. Sanders has said that small donations will be his only chance of defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton for the nomination, because he has no “billionaire and millionaire” friends and does not intend to depend on the backing of a “Super PAC.”

“A successful national campaign will require the active participation of millions of Americans in every community in our country,” Mr. Sanders said in a Facebook post. “With your help, we are off to a great start.”

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