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Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:27 PM PST
Reuters -  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty. Environment Minister Peter Kent broke the news on his return from talks in Durban, where countries agreed to extend Kyoto for five years and hammer out a new deal forcing all big polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:47 PM PST
AP - Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Full Story | Top |
Canada formally withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST
AFP -  Canada on Monday became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change.
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Canada Is Ditching the Kyoto Protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST
The Atlantic Wire - After raising greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over the past two decades -- that's four times faster than the United States's rate -- Canada is abandoning its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.The country's environment minister Peter Kent made the announcement on Monday, making Canada the first country to formally renounce the agreement to curb global warming. Believe it or not, he blamed both China and the U.S. for his country's change of heart. ... Full Story | Top |
Canada says invoking right to quit Kyoto protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST
Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday. "As we've said, Kyoto for Canada is in the past ... We are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto," he told reporters. (Reporting by David Ljunggren and Louise Egan; editing by Rob Wilson)
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Canada pulling out of Kyoto: report
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST
Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will announce on Monday that it is withdrawing from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported. Environment Minister Peter Kent, freshly back from U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, has scheduled a media availability for 5 p.m. EST in Ottawa. At Durban, he had said it had been a mistake for Canada to join Kyoto. (Reporting By Randall Palmer; Editing by Peter Galloway) Full Story | Top |
South Africa says climate deal took delicate touch
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:58 AM PST
AP - Pushing too hard at international climate change talks might have killed the only treaty regulating carbon emissions, host South Africa said Monday after concluding tense negotiations on how the world should respond to global warming. Full Story | Top |
The U.N.'s last-minute climate deal: 'Pitiful'?
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:53 AM PST
The Week (RSS) - After three sleepless nights, delegates at a United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa, reached a last-minute compromise on Sunday. Among other things, they finalized an agreement, spelled out at a meeting last year, to create a fund transferring billions of dollars from rich countries to poor ones. That money will help poor countries make the switch to cleaner energy sources. But the negotiators failed to establish strict new targets to limit global warming. ... Full Story | Top |
Climate Deal Seen as Possible Turning Point
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:31 AM PST
National Journal - The global climate-change deal reached in Durban, South Africa, over the weekend could help break a long-standing impasse on climate policy in Washington in the coming years. Full Story | Top |
Climate change: Forcing polar bears to become cannibals?
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:45 AM PST
The Week (RSS) - Is global warming driving polar bears to cannibalism? It certainly appears that way, say wildlife experts. And a jarring set of photographs published in the journal Arctic has provided a rare piece of evidence to support the theory. Here's what you should know: Full Story | Top |
The nations weather
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:55 AM PST
AP -  Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, December 12, 2011. The round of dry conditions through the country will come to an end Monday as a strong storm will slam into Southern California. The storm will renew areas of heavy rain along with high elevation snow not only in California but also through the Southwest over the next couple of days as the storm moves into the area. Winter Storm Watches are in effect for the hills of Southern California as snow levels will tumble to near 4,000 feet with the cold air from the storm.
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FACT CHECK: Plenty to question in GOP debate
Sun,11 Dec 2011 11:00 PM PST
AP -  When Michele Bachmann accused Newt Gingrich in the latest Republican debate of once supporting a cap-and-trade program to curb global warming, he huffily denied it and told her she should get her facts straight.
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New UN climate deal struck, critics say gains modest
Sun,11 Dec 2011 10:21 PM PST
Reuters - DURBAN (Reuters) - Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming. A package of accords agreed after marathon U.N. talks in South Africa extended the 1997 Kyoto Protocol - the only global pact enforcing carbon cuts - allowing five more years to finalise a wider pact which has so far eluded negotiators. ... Full Story | Top |
IEA hopes climate pact won't delay greenhouse cuts
Sun,11 Dec 2011 06:35 PM PST
AP - The chief economist of the International Energy Agency said Monday he welcomes a new U.N. climate change agreement but hopes it will not cause countries to put off action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the next decade. Full Story | Top |
Climate deal doesn't make things worse _ or better
Sun,11 Dec 2011 03:19 PM PST
AP -  The hard-fought deal at a global climate conference in South Africa keeps talks alive but doesn't address the core problem: The world's biggest carbon polluters aren't willing to cut emissions of greenhouse gases enough to stave off dangerous levels of global warming.
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Analysis: Coal's bridge to future might lie in the past
Sun,11 Dec 2011 02:06 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As futuristic projects designed to capture carbon from coal-burning industries and store it underground have failed, the two largest consumers of the fuel, the United States and China, hope answers to limiting emissions blamed for global warming lie in the past. Power-generators, coal miners and policy makers had put faith in projects to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired plants and pump it directly underground into geologic formations for permanent storage. ...
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New U.N. climate deal struck, critics say gains modest
Sun,11 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST
Reuters -  DURBAN (Reuters) - Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming. A package of accords agreed after marathon U.N. talks in South Africa extended the 1997 Kyoto Protocol - the only global pact enforcing carbon cuts - allowing five more years to finalize a wider pact which has so far eluded negotiators. ...
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U.N. Reaches a Global Greenhouse Gas Reduction Agreement
Sun,11 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - United Nations representatives from 194 countries reached an agreement on new global warming restrictions in Durban, South Africa, this morning, according to the Associated Press. The deal set to take effect by 2020 at the latest binds all countries to a commitment to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases.Ohioans share their thoughts on the global warming agreement via instant messaging, Twitter, email and in-person interviews. Full Story | Top |
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