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Climate talks may go to last minute - 0 views

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    The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday.
alexander hampp

UN Chief Urges Compromise Ahead Of Climate Summit - 0 views

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    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged member nations Monday to reach a compromise ahead of a climate change summit scheduled for December in Copenhagen and called on the United States to stay engaged.
alexander hampp

S.Africa's Tutu criticizes world leaders on climate - 0 views

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    Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu criticized European Union leaders on Friday for standing in the way of a global deal to combat climate change.
alexander hampp

U.N. Talks in Spain Seek to Salvage Climate Deal - 0 views

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    Climate negotiators from 175 nations meet in Spain next week for a final session to try to break deadlock between rich and poor and salvage a U.N. deal due in Copenhagen in December.
alexander hampp

Will U.S. go empty-handed to world climate talks? - 0 views

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    Without a new law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. could end up going empty-handed to the international climate talks in December.
alexander hampp

World leaders must intervene in climate deal - Britain - 0 views

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    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged world leaders to intervene personally to break deadlocked talks to agree a global climate change deal in December.
Alex Parker

Can coal play a part in the fight against climate change? - 0 views

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    The coal industry was recently criticised for running a coal and climate event alongside UN emissions negotiations in Poland. The Warsaw Communiqué emphasised 'high-efficiency' coal power technologies as a way for the sector to contribute to climate change mitigation, but without carbon capture, are they enough?
alexander hampp

EU Agrees Final Stance For Copenhagen Climate Talks - 0 views

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    European Union leaders agreed an offer Friday to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December after healing a rift over how to split the bill.
Alex Parker

Healthcare savings trump the cost of halting climate change - so why the delay? - 1 views

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    A detailed study by MIT has found the health cost savings of some climate change mitigation policies, such as cap-and-trade, greatly out-weigh the cost of the policy's implementation. Will this new research influence leaders at this months' UN Climate Summit?
alexander hampp

Arctic Sediments Show That 20th Century Warming Is Unlike Natural Variation - 0 views

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    The possibility that climate change might simply be a natural variation like others that have occurred throughout geologic time is dimming, according to evidence in a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper published October 19.
alexander hampp

Japan Pledges $400 Million Climate Change Loan To Indonesia - 0 views

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    Japan, the world's fifth-biggest air polluter, offered a 0 million yen-denominated loan Sunday to Indonesia, the world's third-largest air polluter, to help tackle global warming, Japanese officials said.
alexander hampp

EU Opens Way to Treaty to Increase Global Influence - 0 views

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    The European Union reached a deal on Thursday that opens the way to ratification of a treaty to increase its influence in world affairs, but failed to agree on funding for a pact to combat climate change.
Alex Parker

Climate change to fuel dramatic rise in energy demand by 2050 | Verdict - 1 views

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    An exhaustive global study has found that climate change is set to drive up energy demand significantly by 2050, suggesting policymakers and the energy industry need to take action now to prevent a surge in energy related costs over the next few decades.
Andy E Barnes

Green Living, Done Ethically. - 0 views

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    EthicalandGreen.net is a resource for all who seek to translate concerns over the climate and compassion for humanity into real-time changes in their lifestyle. A selection of the top news stories of interest along with a full mashup of what is happening in the green and ethical world, you are sure to find something of interest.
alexander hampp

Will U.S. go empty-handed to world climate talks? - 0 views

  • Far fewer people smoke now than did thirty years ago, but that's not to say it's completely left in the past.
Tarini Dh

How To Achieve Efficient And Climate-Friendly Urban Transport Systems? - 0 views

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    Urban transport has increased risks associated with pollution and environmental damage. With the number of vehicles increasing every year, there is an immediate need to check the emission levels that can lead to a cleaner environment.
Alex Parker

Retire fossil-fuel burning infrastructure early or miss climate goals: Study - 1 views

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    Researchers from a University of California-led study used detailed data sets of existing fossil-fuel burning infrastructures, such as power plants and boilers, to estimate how much carbon dioxide they would emit before they are currently expected to retire.
alexander hampp

Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Pacific Northwest Forests - 0 views

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    Global warming in the next century could cause a significant increase in the productivity of high-elevation forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new study suggests. However, forests at lower elevations - which in recent years have accounted for more than 80 percent of the region's timber harvest - could face a decline in growth.
Alex Parker

The Alternative Power Dock - 1 views

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    Alternative maritime power for docked container vessels has made steady progress throughout the decade. But isn't it time more ports and shipping lines adopted the technology? asks Alex Hawkes. As the climate talks in Copenhagen draw to a close and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) comes under increasing pressure to address the shipping industry's carbon emissions, alternative maritime power (AMP) is looking an increasingly obvious solution.
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