Global Warming and Climate Change News

Obama urges stepped up efforts on climate change (SpaceDaily)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 5:04 pm

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AFP) Nov 03, 2009 US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming ahead of key climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. [News Source]

Obama urges stepped up efforts on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 4:35 pm

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming ahead of key climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. [News Source]

Obama urges stepped up efforts on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 4:35 pm

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming ahead of key climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. [News Source]

Obama urges stepped up efforts on climate change (SpaceDaily)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 4:34 pm

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AFP) Nov 03, 2009 US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming ahead of key climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. [News Source]

Africans get concessions at climate talks
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 3:14 pm

Greenpeace climbers hang a banner on a construction crane near the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. The banner reads: World Leaders Make Climate Call. Country delegates are meeting in Barcelona for the last round of talks before December's U.N. climate summit in Denmark. African countries ended a boycott of meetings at U.N. climate negotiations on Tuesday, after winning promises for more in-depth talks on how much rich nations need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.


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Republican senators boycott climate bill
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 3:13 pm

Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, was the only Republican at Tuesday's climate bill markup on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. And he was only there to explain Republican opposition to the bill.Senate Republicans boycotted a committee debate Tuesday on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill's costs have not been fully examined.


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Kilimanjaro Receding Glaciers: Global Warming to Blame? (Time Magazine)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 2:29 pm

The ice atop Mount Kilimanjaro has been receding for years, but a new study says its disappearance has recently sped up. Is global warming the cause? [News Source]

Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 1:50 pm

Nov. 3: Speaking to the U.S. Congress, German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks about fostering security in Afghanistan, a nuclear armed Iran, and a need for a global agreement on climate.  (Other)German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to reach a deal to combat global warming.


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Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 1:33 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming. [News Source]

Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change (USA Today)
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 1:19 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Tuesday in a speech to Congress, exhorting the world to "overcome the walls of the 21st century" and reach a deal to combat global warming. [News Source]

Money is the key to the success of Copenhagen.
Tuesday November 03rd 2009, 9:00 am

In brutally simplistic terms, the essence of any deal will be to pay the developing countries of the world, led by China and India, to cut back on the carbon dioxide pouring out of their now-mushrooming economies. [News Source]