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- Oil-rich Saudi Arabia accused of blocking Paris climate deal Thu, 10 Dec 15, 3:30amNegotiators from developing countries have accused Saudi Arabia, a fossil-fuel superpower, of blocking progress at the Paris climate talks. “They are seeing the writing on the wall,” says Wael Hmaidan, the director of...
- Obama: Paris COP21 talks are the turning point in climate change threat Tue, 1 Dec 15, 3:28amThe COP21 climate change conference kicked off today in Paris with an impassioned rallying cry from President Barack Obama. Obama told world leaders today that the UN climate conference could be a “turning point” for...
- Greenpeace activists face criminal charges after damaging Peru’s heritage Nazca site Sat, 13 Dec 14, 1:30amGreenpeace activists have been known to take strong steps to get their message across, but this latest stunt—aimed at garnering attention during the UN climate talks in Lima—may have caused irrevocable damage to one...
- Tense Warsaw Climate Talks Finally Reach Agreement Mon, 25 Nov 13, 10:00pmFollowing two weeks of discussion, the UN climate talks in Warsaw finally ended in a compromise agreement, with participating nations agreeing to work toward curbing emissions as soon as possible...
- COP18: U.S. Cites Fracking as Effective Contribution to Emissions Cuts Wed, 28 Nov 12, 12:10amWyoming Gas Drill Photo by Shutterstock A spokesperson for the United States at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Doha, Qatar cited the country’s investments in “fracking” as its contribution...
- COP18: U.S. Cites “Fracking” as Effective Contribution to Emissions Cuts Wed, 28 Nov 12, 12:10amWyoming Gas Drill Photo by Shutterstock A spokesperson for the United States at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Doha, Qatar cited the country’s investments in “fracking” as its contribution...
- Mexico’s House of Representatives Passes Landmark Climate Law Tue, 17 Apr 12, 4:24amMexico is poised to become the second nation in the world (behind Great Britain) to pass sweeping climate change legislation that calls for dramatically reducing carbon emissions over the next four decades...
- COP17 DURBAN UPDATE: Current Pledges Will Cause a Global Temperature Change of 3.5° C Wed, 7 Dec 11, 4:32amAs the nearly 200 representatives gathered at COP17 hurdle towards the end of the talks, researchers have released yet another study that says they are just not doing enough...
- COP 17 Kicks Off as 200 Nations Converge in South Africa to Save the Climate Tue, 29 Nov 11, 5:20amThe 17th Conference of the Parties — also known as COP17 or the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference — kicked off today in Durban, South Africa – despite echoing doubts cast by the world’s...
- Major Corporations Cooking The Books On Climate Change Tue, 29 Nov 11, 1:16amA new report released today by Greenpeace reveals how a handful of major polluting corporations such as Eskom, BASF, ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton, Shell and Koch Industries, as well as the industry associations that they are...
- World Bank to Fund Carbon Markets in Developing Countries Fri, 10 Dec 10, 3:00amAs COP16 in Cancun, Mexico winds down this week, and high hopes for a world-wide agreement on climate change fade once again, the World Bank has stepped up announcing just yesterday that it will fund carbon markets in...
- How will the world be different for the next climate talks? Sun, 20 Dec 09, 1:55amCountries will be more willing and able to cooperate, due to economic improvement, more evidence change is needed Countries will be overwhelmed by other issues, due to continuing recession, more defaults Ability to...