Archive for ‘co2 emissions’
Australia backs away from deep emissions cuts
December 6th, 2007
Australia is not ready to commit to deep greenhouse gas emissions at the Bali climate conference, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday.
Popularity: 3%
Global Warming Conference Kicks Off
December 5th, 2007
Bali summit reach agreement on gas emmissions
Popularity: 4%
US, Japan, Canada accused of obstruction at climateconference
December 5th, 2007
The United States, Japan and Canada are putting the brakes on progress in the fight against global warming, observers at a UN climate change conference charged Wednesday.
Popularity: 18%
Petition seeks curbs on plane emissions
December 5th, 2007
A coalition of states and environmental groups is urging the federal government to curb global warming pollution from planes and other aircraft.
Popularity: 9%
Global Warming Study: ‘When It Rains It Pours’
December 4th, 2007
An environmental group released its findings Tuesday on the effects of global warming at the State Capitol.
Popularity: 4%
China, India urged to curb energy use
December 3rd, 2007
Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops. In India, melting Himalayan glaciers cause floods, while raising a more daunting long-term prospect: the drying up of life-sustaining rivers.
Popularity: 6%
Breathtaking beauty of Himalayas slowly melting away
December 3rd, 2007
World leaders are meeting in Bali to end a deadlock on climate change negotiations. Countries are expected to thrash out a new roadmap for cutting the world’s carbon emissions, but many environmentalists fear the agreement may not go far enough. In the Himalayan region, where glaciers are rapidly melting, environmental groups are calling for urgent action. An AFPTV report from …
Popularity: 5%
“Naughty” nations in a coal lot of trouble in Bali
December 3rd, 2007
It’s not easy being green. Particularly if you are big polluters Saudi Arabia, the United States and Canada. All three earned the first “Fossil of the Day Awards” at U.N.-led climate change talks in Bali on Monday, with each receiving a little sack of coal adorned with their national flags at a mock award ceremony filled with boos and laughter.
Popularity: 4%
Wind power sets sail from crowded Germany
December 3rd, 2007
Nearly 19,000 wind turbines cover Germany: dotted across the countryside, nudging to the edge of cities and whirring alongside motorways.
Popularity: 4%
India, EU to seek climate compromise atBali conference
November 30th, 2007
India and the European Union want the upcoming climate-change meeting in Bali, Indonesia, to come up with a “good compromise” and a definite roadmap for control of greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2012, their leaders said Friday.
Popularity: 4%
China says will curb emissions if gets tech help
November 29th, 2007
China would “definitely do more” to cut its contribution to climate change if rich nations were willing to share clean energy technologies, its chief climate negotiator Yu Qingtai told Reuters on Thursday.
Popularity: 5%
US says greenhouse emissions fell 1.5 pct in 2006
November 28th, 2007
U.S. emissions of the gases blamed for global warming fell 1.5 percent in 2006 on mild weather and high fossil fuel prices, the statistics arm of the Department of Energy estimated on Wednesday.
Popularity: 3%
Climate change fight shows a divided world, UN says
November 27th, 2007
The world’s richest nations have failed to reach internationally mandated targets in cutting greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, which will mostly hurt the poor and damage United Nations programmes to reduce poverty worldwide, a UN report said Tuesday.
Popularity: 4%
Thailand could be “low-carbon diet” leader, says UN
November 27th, 2007
Thailand, currently the world’s 22nd highest carbon dioxide polluter, could become an Asian leader in “low-carbon diet” technology if it put the proper policies in place, United Nations climate experts said Tuesday.
Popularity: 5%
Nobel laureate Gore set for White House return
November 26th, 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore, now a celebrity environmentalist, finally found a way to return to the White House - at least briefly, to honour his Nobel Peace Prize.
Popularity: 3%
