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Price of global warming cuts may stop deal at U.N. meeting

USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 1:17 pm ET

How much would you pay to save the world from the threat of global warming? We might find out soon.

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Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 am ET
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
Struggle shown between 2 sides of global warning
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 2:11 pm ET
"Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" (National Geographic, 295 pages, $28), by Stephen H. Schneider: Stephen H. Schneider, winner of one of those $500,000 genius grants, has written a witty, informative and impassioned account of perils he sees in global warming and what to do about them.
Obama welcomes Indian PM at start of state visit
KHQ Spokane - Tue Nov 24, 10:29 am ET
President Barack Obama showered praise on India and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an elaborate welcoming ceremony Tuesday, declaring it was only fitting the Indian leader should be the first state visitor of his...
U.S. to present emissions goal at climate talks
New Haven Register - Tue Nov 24, 4:26 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, under pressure from other nations as one of the world’s largest greenhouse-gas polluters, will present a target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions at next month’s climate conference in Copenhagen, Obama administration officials said Monday.
Obama hails US-India ties amid talks with Singh
Seattle Times - Tue Nov 24, 12:59 pm ET
Seeking firmer footing for U.S.-India relations, President Barack Obama tried Tuesday to calm India's fears about Asian rival China, salving bruised feelings in the world's largest democracy with an elaborate state visit and assurances of India's "rightful place as a global leader."
Greenhouse gases at record high
Detroit News - Tue Nov 24, 1:26 am ET
Geneva -- Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached record highs in 2008, with carbon dioxide levels increasing faster than previously, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.
Key Scientist Says Politics Behind Stolen E-mails
CBS4 Denver - Mon Nov 23, 11:52 pm ET
A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section of the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, said the hackers' intentions may have been to influence discussions in an upcoming global climate change ...
The challenge in Copenhagen: reshaping the world
KESQ Palm Springs - Tue Nov 24, 2:30 pm ET
Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen seeks to transform the way we run the planet, from the generation of energy, to the building of homes and cities, to the shaping of the landscape. It would also shift wealth from...
Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate
Enterprise Security Today - Tue Nov 24, 10:17 am ET
More than a decade of correspondence between British and U.S. scientists is included in about 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents posted on web sites following the security breach.
CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom
Boston Globe - Tue Nov 24, 1:03 am ET
The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.
KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - The challenge in Copenhagen: reshaping the world
KTVN Reno - Tue Nov 24, 2:20 pm ET
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen seeks to transform the way we run the planet, from the generation of energy, to the building of homes and cities, to the shaping of the landscape. It would also shift wealth from rich to poor countries in the process.
Climate change efforts don’t need idea police
Tacoma News Tribune - Tue Nov 24, 3:20 am ET
A formidable majority of atmospheric scientists believe that planet Earth is slowly heating up and that human industry bears much of the blame. That’s good reason to worry about global warming and do something to stop it.
Behind Indian PM's elaborate state visit, Obama and Singh aim to ease tensions
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Nov 24, 3:26 am ET
WASHINGTON - Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister's state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan.
Scientist: Politics behind stolen e-mails
The Durango Herald - Tue Nov 24, 2:34 am ET
BOULDER - A leading climate-change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.
Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 23, 9:38 am ET
A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark.
GOP opens probe into climate science e-mails
FOX 11 Tucson - Tue Nov 24, 5:20 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are investigating e-mails stolen from a British climate change research center that they say show scientists attempting to suppress data that does not support man-made global warming.
Carbon dioxide emissions near record levels at Mauna Loa Observatory
Honolulu Advertiser - Tue Nov 24, 9:04 am ET
MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, Hawaii — The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.
Obama To Honor Indian PM With State Visit
WJXT Jacksonville - Tue Nov 24, 7:07 am ET
WASHINGTON -- Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister's state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan.
Teaming Up with the Dragon to Turn Down the Heat
GOOD - Tue Nov 24, 6:03 pm ET
It's in the shadow of Copenhagen, but Obama's first trip to China could prove to be a real turning point in climate legislation. Last week, the leaders of the world's two largest greenhouse gas polluters had a historic meeting that should someday be remembered as a turning point in our global climate challenge. You could be forgiven for missing the story as it happened. The timing of President ...
Climate-change debate heats up
Deseret News - Tue Nov 24, 3:05 am ET
The United States, under pressure from other nations as one of the world's largest greenhouse-gas polluters, will present a...

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'Climategate' Probe
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