Archive for ‘united states’
EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
December 13th, 2007
European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a “road map” for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
Popularity: 6%
Al Gore lays blame for Bali stalemate on U.S.
December 13th, 2007
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore drew cheers at 190-nation talks by saying the United States was the main block to launching negotiations in Bali on a new global climate treaty.
Popularity: 6%
Gore: US blocking climate talks progress
December 13th, 2007
Al Gore said Thursday the United States is “principally responsible” for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions.
Popularity: 6%
US faces new demands at Bali talks
December 12th, 2007
As the U.N. climate conference entered its last days, the United States encountered — and rejected — fresh demands Wednesday that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases.
Popularity: 3%
UN Climate Change Conference
December 10th, 2007
US rejected UN’s proposal for mandatory carbon emissions targets
Popularity: 4%
Climate missing from U.S. election-Gore
December 10th, 2007
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore said on Monday the U.S. presidential election campaign had paid insufficient attention to the environment and climate change.
Popularity: 6%
US says no to greenhouse gas cuts at climate talks
December 10th, 2007
The United States on Monday rejected a proposal to include 25 to 40 per cent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 in a UN draft agreement at a climate change conference.
Popularity: 6%
US `not ready’ to commit at Bali
December 8th, 2007
The United States will come up with its own plan to cut global-warming gases by mid-2008, and won’t commit to mandatory caps at the U.N. climate conference here, the chief U.S. negotiator said Saturday.
Popularity: 3%
China: US should take lead on climate
December 7th, 2007
China said Friday it will not consider mandatory cuts on greenhouse gases, saying the United States and other industrialized countries should take the lead in fighting climate change by embracing a less-extravagant lifestyle.
Popularity: 2%
US under pressure at climate conference
December 6th, 2007
American climate negotiators refused to back down in their opposition to mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, even as a U.S. Senate panel endorsed sharp reductions in pollution blamed for global warming.
Popularity: 2%
India will conduct nuclear tests if needed, says foreign minister
December 5th, 2007
India is committed to non-proliferation and disarmament but would conduct a nuclear test if needed, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday in parliament.
Popularity: 5%
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%
Today in Washington: Bali Climate Change Conference Begins
December 3rd, 2007
Special Report: Gore, Kerry, Schwartzenegger, Others Show Up to Discuss Climate Change
Popularity: 2%
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%
World to seek broader climate deal by 2009
November 27th, 2007
The world is to start a 2-year drive next month to bind outsiders led by the United States and China into a U.N.-led fight against climate change with the United Nations rating failure to act “almost inconceivable”.
Popularity: 7%
