9204 Stories, most recent news story added 44 minutes ago
It’s hard to get too worked up over the threat of the end of the world from Climate Change. Of course, it could happen; but if it does, it’s doubtful that we can do much about it. And apparently we’re not that easy to kill; 70,000 years ago our race, homo sapiens, was near extinction — down to a mere 2,000 individuals. Since then those two thousand souls and their descendants have suffered ...
COPENHAGEN -- After a week of U.N. climate talks, some money is finally on the table and a draft agreement has been circulated. Now the really hard bargaining begins.
In his book 'After the Ice,' Anderson writes of a world in which Arctic ice has permanently melted and polar bears don't exist. He says the nightmare will likely come true in only decades. It's hard to imagine a world in which polar bears don't exist in the wild. Alun Anderson, former editor-in-chief of New Scientist magazine, asserts that it most likely will occur in our lifetime.
Three years ago, Steven Sondergard embarked on an ambitious study to satisfy a nagging curiosity.
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Once every turn around the sun, inhabitants of our battered blue globe gather by the thousands in an assigned place, for a two-week ritual of despair and hope called a climate conference.
Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft agreement circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks. The draft pulled together the main elements of a global pact that 192 nations have been negotiating for two years, but left numbers on ...
Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft agreement circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks. The draft pulled together the main elements of a global pact that 192 nations have been negotiating for two years, but left numbers on ...
What happens at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this month could very well alter the future of businesses and lifestyles around the globe. No matter where you fall on the spectrum of environmental concern Copenhagen is going to be a big deal.
The recently released Copenhagen Diagnosis is a compendium of the most current, peer-reviewed science behind climate change theory. Its research is an update of the information previously released in the groundbreaking Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007.
Charleston City Council on Tuesday will consider an ambitious plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. The proposed plan calls for changes in the way the city and its residents and businesses operate.
COPENHAGEN - Once every turn around the sun, inhabitants of our battered blue globe gather by the thousands in an assigned place, for a two-week ritual of despair and hope called a climate conference.
Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft agreement circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks.
Three years ago, Steven Sondergard embarked on an ambitious study to satisfy a nagging curiosity.
Charleston City Council on Tuesday will consider an ambitious plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. The proposed plan calls for changes in the way the city and its residents and businesses operate.
Charleston City Council on Tuesday will consider an ambitious plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. The proposed plan calls for changes in the way the city and its residents and businesses operate.
The European Union was supposed to make a decisive show of unity at its first summit since sweeping reforms streamlined its decision-making procession.
(AP:COPENHAGEN) Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them _ or at least cut them in half _ by 2050 under a draft agreement circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks.
(AP:BRUSSELS) The European Union was supposed to make a decisive show of unity at its first summit since sweeping reforms streamlined its decision-making procession.
COPENHAGEN - Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them - or at least cut them in half - by 2050 under a draft agreement circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks. The draft pulled together the main elements of a global pact that 192 nations have been negotiating for two years, but left ...
The European Union was supposed to make a decisive show of unity at its first summit since sweeping reforms streamlined its decision-making procession.
The European Union was supposed to make a decisive show of unity at its first summit since sweeping reforms streamlined its decision-making procession.
Time - By Bryan Walsh - Dec. 11 (News Analysis) - In two decades ...
Christian Science Monitor - By Peter N. Spotts - Dec. 11 (News ...
The Guardian - By Jonathan Watts - Dec. 11 (Special Report) - Jonathan ...
Associated Press - By H. Josef Hebert - Dec. 11 (News Report) - ...
FactCheck - By Jess Henig - Dec. 10 (Special Report) - Climate ...
Open slideshowAFP/DDP
Open slideshowAFP iactiv
Open slideshowAFP/HO/File
Open slideshowAFP/SCANPIX/File
