Sunday, June 23, 2013

Daily News: Weather News Headlines - Kerry urges climate change action on eve of India talks

Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 01:49 PM PDT

Kerry urges climate change action on eve of India talks 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 01:49 PM PDT
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry speaks on the U.S.-India strategic partnership in New DelhiBy Lesley Wroughton NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged fast-growing India to work with Washington to tackle climate change and develop green technologies, on the eve of talks on trade and regional security. Emerging economies like India have resisted pressure in global climate talks to commit to targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in a dispute with rich nations over whose industries should bear the brunt of the cuts. ...
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Delays continue at SFO due to cloudy weather 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 12:26 PM PDT
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Kerry: US, India need to tackle global warming 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 10:30 AM PDT
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while making a speech that was in part about climate change at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi, India on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on his first visit to India as secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged fast-growing India to work with the United States on global warming before it's too late. "The irreversible climate challenge is speeding towards us, crying out for a global solution, " he said.
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Picture Perfect Weather Offers Hope To Shore Town Merchants 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 09:27 AM PDT
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What to Expect from the President's Big Climate Change Speech 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 08:44 AM PDT
What to Expect from the President's Big Climate Change SpeechOn Tuesday, President Obama will use a speech at the University of Georgetown to announce new, sweeping executive orders addressing climate change that will be designed to appease critics who have attacked the President for talking the green talk and not walking the green walk. Obviously, the White House is also hoping tackling climate change will get them some decent press in the wake of that pesky surveillance scandal. 
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Bad weather hampering Indian flood rescue efforts 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 07:29 AM PDT
In this Saturday June 22, 2013, photo, Indian army soldiers assist elderly Indian pilgrims to walk towards the safer camps after being evacuated from the higher reaches of mountains in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Bad weather was hampering efforts Sunday to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the northern India state of Uttarakhand where nearly 1,000 people have died in monsoon flooding and landslides, army officials said. (AP Photo)GAUCHAR, India (AP) — Bad weather hampered efforts Sunday to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the northern India state of Uttarakhand, where at least 1,000 people have died in monsoon flooding and landslides, army officials said.
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To Store More Carbon, Make Grasshoppers Nervous 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 07:00 AM PDT
Living in a landscape of fear means more of the greenhouse gas driving climate change gets stored in plants. David Biello reports
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Indian army: bad weather hampering rescue efforts 
Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 12:26 AM PDT
Water gushes down a river as Indian paramilitary soldiers stand near a temporary bridge after it was damaged as stranded pilgrims wait to be evacuated on the other side in Govindghat, India, Saturday, June 22, 2013. Soldiers were working to evacuate tens of thousands of people still stranded Saturday in northern India where nearly 600 people have been killed in monsoon flooding and landslides. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)GAUCHAR, India (AP) — Bad weather was hampering efforts Sunday to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the northern India state of Uttarakhand where nearly 1,000 people have died in monsoon flooding and landslides, army officials said.
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Obama to lay out climate change plan in speech on Tuesday 
Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 09:49 PM PDT
Obama speaks at the G8 Summit in Northern IrelandBy Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he will outline a climate change plan on Tuesday centered around reducing pollution from carbon emissions as he attempts to make good on a pledge for his second term. "This Tuesday, I'll lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go - a national plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change and lead global efforts to fight it," he said in a White House video. ...
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