There was much to welcome in Wednesday's budget but many more bold steps towards a low-carbon economy need to be taken over the next few years, as part of a coherent, consistent and credible strategy to tackle climate change. Most significant ...Read More
Reporting from Washington and London - Is it a "Warmist Conspiracy," or a case of an e-mail being "taken completely out of context"? Regardless, the latest dust-up over the science of climate change appears unlikely to affect the dynamics of either ...Read More
WASHINGTON - -- By admitting over the weekend that the world will have to wait at least until next year for a legally binding treaty to curb global warming, President Barack Obama and fellow Pacific Rim government leaders dramatically lowered ...Read More
President Barack Obama is considering setting a provisional target for cutting America's huge greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.
The Observer has learnt that administration officials have been consulting international ...Read More
* De Boer sees hundreds of billions needed in long term * Climate chief says reports Copenhagen will fail "wrong" UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The U.N. environmental chief called on rich nations on Thursday to pledge $10 billion a year ...Read More
Looks like California approved the new energy standards for televisions. The Consumer Electronics Association is predictably upset, whinging on about “constraining” innovation and choice, while environmental groups are predictably thrilled. The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, hailed the decision, and said ...Read More
Artwork: Chip Taylor, Photographs: Robert CardinCalifornia TV shoppers are going green - whether they like it or not. On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission voted unanimously to apply a new standard requiring TVs up to 58-inches in screen size sold ...Read More
LONDON (Nov. 19) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday. The agency did not recommend countries ...Read More
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- It was a happy accident that BarackObama found himself in Beijing on the day the U.S. Senate kickedclimate change legislation into the spring. Obama needs ChinesePresident Hu Jintao’s help to break the U.S. stalemate overglobal warming. ...Read More
What was once the central political battleground for addressing global warming in the United States may be making a comeback. While President Obama and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill continue to focus on legislation covering greenhouse gas emissions across broad sections ...Read More
(LONDON) — The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.
The agency did not recommend countries set limits ...Read More
LONDON (AP) - The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday. The agency did not recommend countries set ...Read More
Women do a larger part of agricultural work in developing countries
Women in developing countries will be the most vulnerable to climate change, a report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned.
The agency said there was a disproportionate ...Read More
When the space shuttle launched on Monday, it wasn't carrying a new satellite or even burrito ingredients. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts for the International Space Station, like refurbished gyroscopes, pumps, tanks for ammonia and nitrogen ...Read More
So President Obama's visit to China hasn't exactly been a redux of Nixon's trip. Reactions to the outcome of the two-and-a-half day junket have ranged from tepid to disappointed, with both the style and the substance of the trip coming ...Read More
U.S., China revive hopes of deal at climate talks BEIJING: The United States and China have lent their support to achieving a legally-binding agreement at the Copenhagen climate talks next month, reviving hopes of a deal being reached. After talks between U.S. ...Read More
The Senate's failure to approve sweeping global warming legislation should not be blamed for a failure to reach a global agreement on greenhouse gas emissions at U.N. talks in Copenhagen, two key senators said today. "You know what, we'd get blamed ...Read More
* Washington should outline cuts, environment ministers say * Ministers resigned to political deal, full treaty in 2010 (Recasts with end of meeting) COPENHAGEN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Environment ministers made progress on Tuesday towards a scaled-down climate deal in Copenhagen next month, ...Read More
* Firm cuts needed from all developed nations-Rasmussen * Denmark welcomes U.S. China summit COPENHAGEN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Climate talks host Denmark said on Tuesday it expected Washington to pledge deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to help rescue a deal ...Read More
Standing in the central London for one week, the art exhibition features tree stumps from nine different species sourced from Suhuma forest reserve, a commercially logged tropical forest in Western Ghana. The trees stumps are intended to raise questions about the ...Read More
* U.N., Denmark say strong deal still possible next month * But risks in admitting it will fall short of a treaty COPENHAGEN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Widening agreement that next month's Copenhagen summit will likely fall short of a legally binding ...Read More
