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Climate change: G8 summit boosts pressure for pact 0
Posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago by Agence France-Presse
Leaders of the world's established and emerging economic powerhouses will be under pressure at this week's G8 summit to give a badly-needed jolt to the quest for a new global climate pact. Read More
Denmark’s Hedegaard urges G8 to push ahead on climate talks 0
Posted 19 hours, 13 minutes ago by Agence France-Presse
Denmark's climate minister urged G8 leaders meeting this week in Italy to take firm steps toward a new climate treaty to be hammered out in Copenhagen in December. Read More
China blasts U.S. climate bill enabling penalties on trade partners 4
Posted 4 days, 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
China said Thursday it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new U.S. clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution. Read More
2 degrees of Earth bakin'

47 groups urge Obama to endorse 2-degree C warming threshold 4
Posted 4 days, 23 hours ago by Kate Sheppard
A broad coalition of environment, science, and faith-based groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama recently asking him to pursue a goal of keeping global warming to less than 2 degrees in upcoming international meetings. Read More
G8 summit to seek 80 percent emissions cut by 2050 0
Posted 5 days, 4 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
The Group of Eight rich nations summit in Italy next week is likely to call on industrialized countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, a report said Wednesday. Read More
G8: Canada worst, Germany best on climate change 2
Posted 5 days, 4 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday. Read More
Al's well that ends well

Franken win means another likely Senate vote for climate action 15
Posted 6 days, 1 hour ago by Kate Sheppard
The end of the long Minnesota Senate recount saga means there will be one more senator who supports action to address climate change. In an interview with Grist last year, Al Franken said he supports a strong domestic cap-and-trade program with pollution permits auctioned off, not given away. Read More
Who knew?

Screwing up environment not so great for economy, studies find 2
Posted 6 days, 1 hour ago by David Roberts
You know all those things we do that screw up the environment but are allegedly necessary for a vibrant economy? Recent studies paint a different picture ... Read More
Waiver hello

EPA affirms California’s right to set tougher automobile emissions standards 0
Posted 6 days, 2 hours ago by Kate Sheppard
The EPA announced on Tuesday that it will grant a waiver for California and 13 other states to set automobile emission standards that are higher than national ones. The move is important symbolically, even though it isn't likely to lead to emission reductions in the next few years. Read More
Environment ministers to meet in Greenland for climate talks 0
Posted 6 days, 4 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
Around 30 environment ministers and delegates from the world's biggest polluters are set to meet in the Danish territory of Greenland Tuesday ahead of the larger UN climate summit in Copenhagen at the end of 2009. Read More