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India's environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the work of the UN's top global warming body.
The pickers working their way along the hillside, clipping bunches of small, dark purple grapes from the rows of vines and dropping them into plastic buckets are harbingers of a warmer planet.
The Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final scientific finding on greenhouse gases to the White House, agency officials said Monday, a step that could trigger regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Political agreement on Australia’s carbon reduction laws will be difficult to achieve, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said, as talks continue with the opposition party on proposed changes to the program.
Baxter Pharr: Facts support human-caused climate change Baxter Pharr Silverthorne In response to Dr. Hertzberg's editorial: "The greatest scientific hoax of this century," Dr. Hertzberg claims Al Gore, the IPCC, and Jim Hansen are trying to perpetrate a hoax on the rest of us by convincing us that global warming is a reality. Al Gore and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
Behind closed doors, Boxer and Inhofe like exchanging global warming gag gifts more than partisan jabs.
The Senate climate debate shifts into a higher gear this week as advocates look beyond the partisan gridlock that engulfed th...
Paris/London - Nothing less than a low-carbon energy revolution is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to acceptable levels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. A consensus is growing on the need to...
The president of the Maldives has warned that a failure to agree a deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen next month would be an act of "collective suicide".
Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. In a panel discussion at the Economic Club of Chicago, Rowe and Beinecke said economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is essential to our nation's economy and the environment
Should Florida's electric companies be required to reward customers who install energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-saving appliances, replace inefficient windows or make other investments that save electricity?
New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Saturday.
The Maldives, which is one of the nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels, on Monday asked fellow endangered states to go carbon neutral and lead a drive to reduce global warming.
Al Gore found his usual crowd when he walked into the middle of Davis-Kidd Booksellers on Sunday and started to talk about the need for action to slow global warming and climate change. Most applauded enthusiastically, having gathered to have him sign his newest book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, while a few there to challenge him scowled.
"Copenhagen can and must be the turning point in the international fight against climate change," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
As the health care debate nears its climax, it’s only natural to look ahead to the next big political showdown in D.C. — energy reform. It’s an issue with far reaching environmental implications, and one that contemporary society seems hard-pressed to tackle head-on. Whatever legislation emerges from the Senate, it’s a good bet it will be watered down and ineffectual, owing to the ubiquity of ...
Christians campaing for global warming action.
Madrid - Spain on Tuesday continued seeking a solution to a piracy drama off Somalia, where pirates holding 36 fishermen are demanding the release of two of their accomplices who were captured and flown to Madrid for trial. A lawyer representing one ...
Harare - The head of Zimbabwe's national trade union federation has spent two nights in a prison cell following his arrest for allegedly holding an illegal meeting, lawyers representing him said Tuesday. Lovemore Matombo, president of the Zimbabwe Co...
Oslo - Norway's government pension fund has seen a third-quarter gain of 13.5 per cent to 325 billion kroner (57 billion dollars) on the back of rising share prices, fund managers Norges Bank said Tuesday. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Glob...
Sydney - Songstress Britney Spears on Tuesday responded to complaints from fans and regulators that she was miming to her songs in her Australian concerts rather than singing them. I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show, sh...
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