Snippets from the news

• Lease sale held in Gulf of Mexico. • First half of 2008 coolest of last five years. • Nations meet to talk climate in Ghana. • Shareholder resolutions related to climate change doubled over last five years. • Five Midwest states violated air-pollution standards. • Southwest getting less rain.

• Lease sale held in Gulf of Mexico.

• First half of 2008 coolest of last five years.

• Nations meet to talk climate in Ghana.

• Shareholder resolutions related to climate change doubled over last five years.

• Five Midwest states violated air-pollution standards.

• Southwest getting less rain.

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