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Small steps in climate change, UN chief urges
Tue, 10/08/10 – 10:14 | Posted by GreenCollar

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he doubts that member states would reach a new global climate change deal in December at a conference in Cancun, Mexico.
A better approach might consist of small steps …

White House still hopes for climate bill
Tue, 10/08/10 – 10:08 | Posted by GreenCollar

The White House is “deeply disappointed” that Congress hasn’t passed climate legislation but won’t give up on getting it done this year, President Obama’s top climate and energy adviser told NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday.
The …

Global climate talks ‘gone backwards’
Sat, 7/08/10 – 0:42 | Posted by GreenCollar

Global climate change talks have moved backwards since last year, various media quotes negotiators from both rich and poor nations as saying after recent climate talks in Germany.
The US envoy has accused some countries of …

US green groups shift focus to states
Thu, 5/08/10 – 0:53 | Posted by GreenCollar

Stung by the failure to secure a Senate vote on climate and energy legislation, leaders of some of the most influential green groups in the US are shifting efforts to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority …

Tropical forests ecosystems at high risk: report
Wed, 4/08/10 – 0:45 | Posted by GreenCollar

Tropical forests are at risk of losing most of the plants and animals, according to a new report from the Carnegie Institution on the effects of climate change and deforestation.
Climate change and the spread of …

Passage of US Senate climate bill slim
Sun, 1/08/10 – 1:00 | Posted by GreenCollar

The failure of the US Senate to enact comprehensive energy and climate legislation prior to the August recess likely dooms its prospects for 2010, despite vows by its most ardent supporters to press forward.
Instead of …

Land use has huge potential for curbing emissions: study
Wed, 14/07/10 – 16:56 | Posted by GreenCollar

Through better land management and a cull of feral animals, Australia’s Outback would serve as a massive “pollution bank,” cutting emissions by five percent by 2030, according to a study commissioned by the Pew Environment Group …

US climate bill proponents slim down plans
Wed, 14/07/10 – 16:28 | Posted by GreenCollar

The architects behind the proposed U.S. Senate climate legislation are working overtime to round up support for a slimmed-down version of  the bill that would curb emissions from only the electric utility sector.
Bill authors John Kerry …

World carbon market maturing: officials
Wed, 14/07/10 – 16:28 | Posted by GreenCollar

The world’s carbon credit market is maturing after being hit hard by the global financial crisis and will outlive the Kyoto Protocol that ends in 2012, according to World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank officials.
When the 2008 crisis …

China should act on climate: Smith
Wed, 14/07/10 – 15:38 | Posted by GreenCollar

Australia has called on China to do more to tackle climate change, despite not having much of a plan of its own.
Australia shelved its emissions trading scheme until 2013 and it is not clear if …