Key Senate panel approves climate bill; Republicans boycott
Washington - A key Senate committee approved a landmark climate bill Thursday that would force US companies to curb greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming. But the 11-1 vote in the Senate Environment Committee was boycotted by opposition ...
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2009-11-05 ] Category : [
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US does not expect binding climate deal in Copenhagen
Barcelona - December's Copenhagen climate conference will produce a real but probably not binding agreement, a US climate change negotiator said Thursday. Jonathan Pershing made the comments in Barcelona, Spain, where UN climate negotiators are try...
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2009-11-05 ] Category : [
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Storm death toll in Vietnam rises to 98
Hanoi - The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae has risen to 98 in central Vietnam, the country's Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Control said Thursday. The authority said 20 people were missing and it expected the death toll to continue to...
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2009-11-05 ] Category : [
Nature (Environment) ]
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UN: Climate deal necessary to prevent migration
Athens - A deal at the climate change conference in Copenhagen next month is critically needed in order to curb migration UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. We are in a critical period...populations will relocate due to more extreme we...
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2009-11-04 ] Category : [
Environment ]
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