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First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 28 Documents (in Environment)

Treasurer Wayne Swan hopes Copenhagen's climate change summit will make progress on how to pay for carbon reduction measures after G20 finance ministers failed to come up with a figure.Ministers from the G20 nations met in Scotland on Saturday and debated ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 29 mins ago]

Entities: Wayne Swan, Global Warming/Climate Change, Copenhagen

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 7 hours ago - 33 Documents (in Environment)

United Nations

UN chief pushes for agreement at Copenhagen summit

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged the international community to reach an ambitious agreement at the Copenhagen climate summit next month. 'We should not waste such a unique chance to open a way to low fossil ... [Xinhua News Agency - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Copenhagen, United Nations, Climate, Nationalism, Ban Ki-moon

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 13 Documents (in Environment)

Manmohan Singh

Not ready for emission targets: PM

ready to quantify its carbon emission targets, but would explore that possibility. We have not reached that stage. We will explore that possibility, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said when asked whether would quantify carbon emission targets. All of ... [Oman Tribune - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Emission, Manmohan Singh, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Global Warming/Climate Change, Carbon Emissions

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 24 Documents (in Environment)

Kevin Rudd

Rudd feels climate is ripe to take gloves off

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a savage attack on the Federal Opposition's approach to climate change one month out from the Copenhagen summit.Mr Rudd has recently said little about climate change, his Government instead embroiled in debate about ... [Canberra Times - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Kevin Rudd, Global Warming/Climate Change, Climate, Lowy Institute for International Policy

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 7 Documents (in Physics)

Chemists describe solar energy progress and challenges

Scientists are making progress toward development of an "artificial leaf" that mimics a real leaf's chemical magic with photosynthesis—but instead converts sunlight and water into a liquid fuel such as methanol for cars and trucks. That is among the conclusions ... [Research & Development - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Solar Power, Chemical, Photosynthesis

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 32 Documents (in Environment)

Barbara Boxer

Boxer Pushes Climate Bill Through Committee

By SustainableBusiness - SustainableBusiness Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) pushed the climate bill through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday, but it's becoming clear the bill won't get far before the world meets in Copenhagen ... [Reuters - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Barbara Boxer, Climate, Max Baucus, Nuclear Power

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 44 Documents (in Environment)

Ed Miliband

Copenhagen negotiators shift focus to Mexico 2010

Ed Miliband tells parliament that he does not expect a legally binding climate deal to be agreed in CopenhagenHopes that a legally binding climate change treaty will be signed at the UN's Copenhagen Summit were finally extinguished yesterday when senior ... [Computing.co.uk - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Copenhagen, Mexico, Ed Miliband, Emission, Emission Reductions

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 17 Documents (in Environment)

The U.S. was the number one problem in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain — On November 6th in Barcelona, Spain, United Nations climate change negotiations were supposed to conclude final preparations for the long-awaited talks in Copenhagen this December. But, after the-five day session concluded, the world ... [Greenpeace International - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Barcelona, Climate, Greenpeace

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 30 Documents (in Environment)

Climate Bill Approved by Senate Committee Over Republican Boycott

(ENS) - The Senate committee responsible for the environment has approved the climate change bill despite a Republican boycott.The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act today passed the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on a vote of ... [Environment News Service - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Climate, Boycott, John Kerry

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents (in Environment)

Red List 2009: Endangered species for every country in the world

- 11/04/2009Locality: Londres - exSource: The GuardianLink: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Humans have accelerated the rate at which species disappear. Find out which countries fare worstSimon ChoppinAlthough animal extinction is part of the natural cycle, ... [Amazonia - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Endangered Species, Species, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Deforestation, Biodiversity

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 31 Documents (in Environment)

Senate Democrats advance climate bill

A Senate environment committee approved climate change legislation without Republican support. Republicans boycotted the committee due to concerns of cost and wanting more analysis of the legislation. The bill authored by Rep. Barbara Boxer (D-California) ... [Digital Journal - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Climate, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Max Baucus

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 3 Documents

ECO2Trans Project Converting Two Buses to Fuel Cell, Battery and Capacitor Combination

Engineers from the University of Sunderland (UK), in collaboration with Shanghai’s Shen Li High Technology, ComeSys Europe and AVID vehicles, have launched ECO2Trans, a project to convert two buses to a fuel cell, battery and capacitor combination.Sunderland’s ... [Green Car Congress - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Fuel Cell, Capacitor, Adrian Morris, Battery, University of Sunderland

Quotes

"An increase in aid for Africa must have the long-term goal of helping Africans to help themselves. One of the most effective ways is to support African nations in building their capacity in science, engineering and technology" she said

Tanzanian researchers promised reward [Daily News TSN - 27 mins ago]

Mr Swan, who delivered a speech on climate change to the meeting, said Australia was "looking forward to progress at Copenhagen on financial options, whether they are public or privately funded"

Swan hopeful of climate change deal [Sydney Morning Herald - 29 mins ago]

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Species' extinction threat grows [Amazonia - 1 hour ago]
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Blogs

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Dan Lashof: Boxer Maneuvers Around Paralysis by... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 2 hours ago] Minority members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) followed through on their threat to boycott the scheduled markup of the Clean ...
William S. Becker: Road to Copenhagen - Part 6:... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 4 hours ago] There is a scene in the New Testament (Matthew 21:12) where Jesus throws money-changers out of the temple. We could use some of that in the halls of Congress. While ...
Vegetarian's Rebuttal to 'The Carnivore's Dilemma' [Treehugger - 5 hours ago] Eat Me. You might possibly, perhaps be doing something good for the environment. Credit: EthicureanLast week's NY Times featured an op-ed entitled ""--an ostensibly ...
Michael Martin: The ABC's of Bias: Puma, Crude ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 12 hours ago] Attention airline passengers: Not only do you have to pay extra for your luggage, your meal, and your headphones, you now have a dress code on United Airlines. ...
Gore: Optimistic on Enacting Climate Legislation [MyDD - 16 hours ago] Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore has given an interview to the UK Guardian in which he expresses his optimism that the US will enact meaningful ...

Audio/Video

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The People's Vote on Greatest Inventions [ABC News Video: Technology & Science - 11/06/2009]
Inside Story - The UN climate change summit - 5... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/06/2009]
China battles increased desertification - 06 No... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/06/2009]
Midge Ure on climate change [ITN News - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
Merkel meets Obama to discuss climate change [UPI - YouTube - 11/05/2009]

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