Protect corals with reef networks, U.N. study says (Reuters)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:41:18 GMT
Reuters - The world should safeguard coral reefs with networks of small no-fishing zones to confront threats such as climate change, and shift from favoring single, big protected areas, a U.N. study showed.

Turkey's Mount Ararat glaciers shrink: scientist (AFP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:04:26 GMT

AFP - The glaciers atop Mount Ararat, the peak in eastern Turkey where Noah's Ark is believed by devotees to have settled after the biblical flood, have shrunk by 30 percent in surface area over the last 30 years, a researcher said Wednesday.

Conservatives hammer candidates over 'cap and trade' (McClatchy Newspapers)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:10:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - FREDERICA, Del. — Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade — a way to limit global-warming pollution — as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats.

Climate: New study slashes estimate of icecap loss (AFP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:08:15 GMT

AFP - Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.

Diverse water sources seen key to food security (Reuters)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:28:12 GMT

Reuters - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage.

Sceptical green urges smart billions to fight warming (AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:25:42 GMT

AFP - Bjoern Lomborg, the bad boy of the climate debate who has rejected for years "alarmist" prophecies from environmentalists, stresses in a new book the need to invest billions to fight global warming.

French science vessel sails again on climate voyage  (AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:44:42 GMT

AFP - The French yacht Tara left on Sunday on the second leg of a three-year expedition across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms that produce half our oxygen.

Koch brothers give $1M to back Proposition 23 (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:34:54 GMT
AP - Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week.

Progress seen on "Green Fund" for climate deal (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:47:41 GMT

Reuters - Almost 50 nations made progress on Friday towards a "Green Fund" to help poor countries fight global warming but hosts Mexico and Switzerland said a full U.N. climate treaty was out of reach for 2010.

Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts (AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:59:34 GMT

AFP - Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes.

Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum (AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:52:20 GMT

AFP - Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens hopes for a treaty on global warming.

New website to track climate aid, key to UN talks (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:48:56 GMT
Reuters - A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a "golden key" to progress in talks on global warming.

EPA to issue more rules in climate fight (Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:17:00 GMT
Reuters - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.

Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul (Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:25:21 GMT

Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.

UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:47 GMT
AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.

Climate change puts China harvests at risk (AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:18:18 GMT

AFP - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

India backs embattled IPCC chief Pachauri (AFP)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:16:54 GMT

AFP - India's government said it remained fully supportive of IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri after a damning UN-ordered review called for changes to the Nobel Prize-winning climate change body's leadership.

In Pennsylvania, signs that 'Republican revolution' could repeat itself (The Christian Science Monitor)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:34:36 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - In another year, Republican state Sen. David Argall would have little chance of toppling nine-term Rep. Tim Holden (D). Mr. Holden is a popular incumbent who typically votes his district, rather than his party, on issues ranging from health care to climate change.

Rajendra Pachauri: IPCC chief in the spotlight (AFP)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:24:58 GMT

AFP - Rajendra Pachauri, under harsh scrutiny as head of the UN's top advisory body on climate change, is a 69-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner with a sideline in writing steamy novels.

EU foreign policy chief in China (AFP)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:05:23 GMT

AFP - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was in China Tuesday ahead of talks with top leaders on trade, climate change and security issues such as the Iran and North Korea nuclear standoffs.