Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years
COPENHAGEN - New computer modeling suggests the Arctic Ocean may be nearly ice-free in the summertime as early as 2014, Al Gore said Monday at the U.N. climate conference. This new projection, following several years of dramatic retreat by polar sea ice, suggests that the ice cap may nearly vanish in the summer much sooner than the year 2030, as was forecast by a U.S. government agency eight months ago.
Nations:Greenland Denmark People:Al Gore Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-14
Tense atmosphere clouds climate talks
COPENHAGEN - The atmosphere at the U.N. climate conference grew more tense and divisive after talks were suspended for most of Monday's session - a sign of the developing nations' deep distrust of the promises by industrial countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Nations:Denmark Norway Canada Algeria Brazil Switzerland People:Gordon Brown Barack Obama Al Gore Wen Jiabao Steven Chu Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-14
Exxon Mobil makes $29B bet on natural gas
Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, is making a $29 billion bet that pressure to curb climate change will mean natural gas - cleaner than coal and suddenly much easier to reach - will become a crucial source of U.S. power.
Nations:Denmark U.S. Australia Source:(AP)
2009-12-14
Developing countries boycott UN climate talks
COPENHAGEN - China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks on Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
Nations:Denmark India Algeria Switzerland Netherlands Australia People:Gordon Brown Barack Obama Steven Chu Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-14
Obama still standing after tough year
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's hopes of sparking rapid political transformation in 2009 fell short, yet his bruised administration still dreams of forging historic change in the year to come.
Nations:Afghanistan Denmark Russia People:Benjamin Netanyahu Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin.
2009-12-13
The push for 350: Contradictions and carbon levels
COPENHAGEN - As police cracked down on climate protesters, church bells tolled 350 times Sunday to impress on the U.N. global warming conference a number that is gaining a following, but is also awash in contradictions.
Nations:Denmark Mexico Norway Australia People:Barack Obama Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-13
968 detained at climate rally urging bold pact
COPENHAGEN - Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the chilly Danish capital and nearly 1,000 were detained in a mass rally to demand an ambitious global climate pact, just as talks hit a snag over rich nations' demands on China and other emerging economies.
Nations:Denmark Australia Philippines Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-12
EU nations commit $3.6 billion to climate fund
BRUSSELS - EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster the talks in Copenhagen.
Nations:Denmark U.K. Belgium Poland Canada Afghanistan People:Gordon Brown Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-11
EU pulls all-nighter to find climate aid cash
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - European leaders, bidding to increase pressure for a worldwide climate deal in Copenhagen, battled through the night to hammer down Friday a six-billion-euro aid package for poorer nations.
Nations:Denmark China Sweden France U.S. India People:Barack Obama Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AFP)
2009-12-10
EU Lisbon Treaty comes into force
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EU's first president Herman Van Rompuy and new foreign affairs supremo Catherine Ashton took office Tuesday as the Lisbon Treaty came into force, hoping to assuage concerns at the low-profile pairing.
Nations:Slovenia Belgium U.K. Denmark France Germany People:Gordon Brown Tony Blair Source:(AFP)
2009-12-01
Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan
WASHINGTON - New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia People:Kevin Rudd Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.
Nations:Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia Afghanistan People:Dick Cheney Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
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