• Lease sale held in Gulf of Mexico.

• First half of 2008 coolest of last five years.

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• Nations meet to talk climate in Ghana.

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

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• Five Midwest states violated air-pollution standards.

• Southwest getting less rain.

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