In a bid to reassure negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, a trio of senators writing compromise legislation to address climate change released a set of principles Thursday designed to win a filibuster-proof 60 votes. Full Story »
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia's sole Republican in Congress expects to represent the state and its mining industry at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen. Full Story »
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N.'s Emergency Relief Coordinator says the effects of climate change are already being felt across the developing world and he hopes much of the money devoted to the problem will go toward helping it adapt. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — People who argue that global warming is bogus say that the controversy over leaked e-mails by climate scientists proves that they're right. Their argument boils down to a claim that the 2007 international review of climate science is a fraud. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Think melting arctic ice caps are the biggest threat from global warming? Dangers to polar bears? Think again, and think fast. Full Story »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Obama administration's moves toward regulating greenhouse gas emissions are sending Congress a message to act quickly on climate change legislation, Entergy Corp.'s chairman and chief executive said Wednesday. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Financier George Soros unveiled a plan Thursday at the UN climate talks to free up to 100 billion dollars (68 billion euros) for poor countries to combat climate change and cope with its impacts. Full Story »
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BRUSSELS (AFP) - Greenpeace activists breached EU security Thursday to tell European leaders to "wake up" and help save the planet from the increasing threat of global warming. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Poor countries on Thursday challenged Barack Obama as he received his Nobel prize to steer the US back into the Kyoto Protocol and help free up 200 billion dollars in funds to fight climate change. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros outlined a way to unlock $100 billion to help slow global warming on Thursday as talks on a new U.N. climate deal slowed over tough demands by the Pacific island state of Tuvalu. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The world's major emerging economies led by China are calling for a "binding" amendment to the Kyoto Protocol requiring rich countries to slash carbon pollution by more than 40 percent compared to 1990, according to a document seen by AFP Thursday. Full Story »
A new study suggests that the most recent global temperature projections -- a rise of 4°C or 7°C by 2100 -- are incomplete Full Story »
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Climate change and how it's affecting South Carolina's natural resources and tourism industry will be the focus of a round-table discussion in the state capital. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The United States and China were at odds Thursday at the UN climate conference over who to blame and who should pay for global warming with Washington saying Beijing was a low priority for compensation. Full Story »
COPENHAGEN – Negotiators and activists here are working hard to get a deal on global warming – but not so hard that they couldn’t stop and watch as Barack Obama collected his Nobel Peace Prize Thursday afternoon. Full Story »
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OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged criticism of his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday but said he hoped it would subside if he succeeded in his goals, including cutting nuclear weapons and tackling climate change. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - More than half the countries at 192-nation U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen back far tougher goals for limiting global warming than those favoured by rich nations, a group of small island states said on Monday. Full Story »
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OSLO - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace." Full Story »
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