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(AP:COPENHAGEN) UN chief Ban Ki-moon says rich and poor nations must 'stop pointing fingers' in climate talks. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Video-based citizen journalism proves a popular tool for passionate eco-stewards throughout the world.
Kabul - Eight people, including four women, were killed and 40 were injured Tuesday in a suicide bombing in Kabul's diplomatic enclave, officials said. A Taliban spokesman denied involvement in the attack. ...
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations may start a program to reduce greenhouse gases using methods other than carbon markets, according to a draft decision by negotiators.
China on Tuesday said the United Nations' refugee program "should not be a haven for criminals," adding that the 22 Muslim Uighurs who have fled the country and applied for asylum at a U.N. office in Cambodia have been involved in crimes.
Iran on Tuesday dismissed as a "scenario" hatched by Western powers a report alleging that it is working on a key component of a nuclear bomb.
Although they are at the forefront of global climate change, the majority of Nepal’s residents have little awareness about global warming and its potential long-term effect on their food and water supply. Even higher percentages believe it is difficult for them to “do much” about the environment.
Australia has been ranked in the bottom half of G20 nations for its ability to use ICT to reduce CO2 emissions according to IDC's recently launched ICT Sustainability Index.
(AP:COPENHAGEN) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and raise their climate targets to salvage faltering talks on a global warming pact.
Rich and poor countries must "stop pointing fingers" and raise their climate targets to salvage faltering talks on a global warming pact, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Warns Bickering Rich, Poor Countries Inaction would be a "Serious Mistake"
In 1944, a plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris.
As the world struggles this week in Denmark to find answers to the dilemma of climate change, high school students here struggle to understand the issue and their place in the solution.
Iske receives UN-L scholarship Cayla J. Iske of Springfield recently received the Nebraska Farm Bureau Scholarship worth $1,000 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Iske is a freshman working toward a major in animal science at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). She is a graduate of Platteview High School.
Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and other environmental data with the prototype of a new camera system developed by Sony-Europe.
World leaders began arriving at the UN climate summit Tuesday, seeking to give a shot in the arm to the floundering talks after warnings that the whole event was at risk of ending in failure.
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DuyThanh Tran shuffled his papers nervously and addressed via video the diplomats and scientists at the United Nations' climate-change conference.
(AP:COPENHAGEN) UN chief Ban Ki-moon says rich and poor nations must 'stop pointing fingers' in climate talks. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations climate talks resumed in Copenhagen and were headed to continue past midnight after envoys from developing countries ended a protest that had suspended negotiations for more than three hours.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Israel, reacting to reports that an arrest warrant was issued by a U.K. court for former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni , said the failure by Britain to prevent such actions harms relations between the countries.
