Victory is something normally to be celebrated. But not in this case. Today, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon conceded that the US was able to block a proposal that called on industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent to 40 percent by the year 2020.
Here is take from China’s news agency on […]
The House committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a scathing report on the Bush administration today. According to the report, “The evidence before the Committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: the Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers […]
No surprise here. Reports out of Bali suggest that the US is leading the charge against the setting on firm caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Once again, disappointing…
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From Oslo, Al Gore called on the Bali Conference members to make progress on climate change. “They will need to make the boldest moves, or stand accountable before history for their failure to act,†Gore said.
AL Gore has done more than any other person to raise the awareness of climate change. History will recall his […]
Developed countries may be asked to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 40 percent by 2020 as part of a negotiating mandate for a new global climate change treaty, said a United Nations official overseeing talks in Bali, according to Bloomberg.
The conservative Wall Street Journal doesn’t think much of the conference.
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Much of the talk on hedge funds this year has been on the losses they have incurred from the sub-prime mortgage collapse. But here’s an interesting story from Reuters, on the new bets funds are making on greenhouse gas emissions. As representatives from 190 nations gather in Bali to decide on what should follow Kyoto, […]
The United States is now the only major industrialized nation to not sign onto the Kyoto Protocol. The newly elected leader of Australia, Kevin Rudd, announced today his nation had signed onto the pact.
This announcement comes as the Bali Conference begins which seeks to create a road map for a new international agreement on […]
A new UN report on climate change was released today. There are two points of great interest here. First, the report details how the trappings of poverty - inability to collect fresh water, floods, and droughts - will all increase as greenhouse gases rise. Secondly, and perhaps most important, the report stresses the need for […]