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UN faces 'major setback' if failure at climate talks: Pachauri
AFP – Sat Dec 12, 12:52 pm ET

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The head of the Nobel-winning UN panel of climate scientists warned on Saturday that failure at the Copenhagen talks on tackling global warming would deal a heavy blow to the nation-state system. Full Story »
Merkel sees CO2 reduction programme by 2030
AFP – Sat Dec 12, 12:46 pm ET

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BERLIN (AFP) - The Copenhagen climate conference could come up with a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally by 2030 and Germany may cut CO2 emissions by up to 40 percent, Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested. Full Story »
US deniers behind 'Climategate,' experts allege
AFP – Sat Dec 12, 12:41 pm ET

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VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Business interests and US partisan politics are behind the furor over leaked emails that have whipped up a controversy at the Copenhagen climate talks, Canadian experts say. Full Story »
Violence mars huge Copenhagen demonstration
AFP – Sat Dec 12, 11:37 am ET

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Violence broke out in Copenhagen on Saturday as tens of thousands took to the streets to demand tough measures on climate change, with demonstrators around the world rallying for action instead of words. Full Story »
Global protests demand action on climate change
AFP – Sat Dec 12, 8:47 am ET

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of activists across the world on Saturday cranked up the heat on the problem-plagued UN climate talks in a bid to press for action instead of words. Full Story »
ASEAN ministers seek lower transport emissions
AFP – Sat Dec 12, 2:57 am ET

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HANOI (AFP) - Southeast Asia and Japan have endorsed plans to reduce transport pollution, especially on the region's congested roads, according to documents released after a two-day meeting in Vietnam. Full Story »
Asia populated by immigration from Southeast Asia: study
AFP – Fri Dec 11, 11:33 pm ET

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SEOUL (AFP) - Pan-Asian research on genetic data suggested that ancestors of modern-day Asians probably migrated from Southeast Asia into East and North Asia, according to researchers. Full Story »
US launches audit to cut carbon
AFP – Fri Dec 11, 4:00 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Congress has yet to pass a comprehensive plan on climate change but it is taking action on one front -- ordering an in-depth "carbon audit" of the tax code. Full Story »
Climate talks: First blows are struck over proposed deal
AFP – Fri Dec 11, 2:33 pm ET

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Major players fired the first shots in a three-way battle on climate change on Friday, wrangling over a seven-page document proposed as the blueprint of a historic UN pact. Full Story »
Half of Brazil greenhouse gases from ranches, cows: study
AFP – Fri Dec 11, 1:51 pm ET

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SAO PAULO (AFP) - Half of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions come from cattle ranchers clearing Amazon jungle for pasture, and from their herds passing methane, a new study prepared for the Copenhagen climate summit say. Full Story »