Reuters - U.S.-hosted climate talks with the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters concluded on Tuesday with signs of progress but sizable differences as nations work toward a deal this year to fight global warming.
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON The top U.S. climate negotiator, Todd Stern, said Tuesday that he was “a bit more optimistic” that the world could solve the global warming crisis after meeting with high-level officials from the countries that produce the bulk of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Reuters - An area of an Antarctic ice shelf almost the size of New York City has broken into icebergs this month after the collapse of an ice bridge widely blamed on global warming, a scientist said Tuesday.
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Reuters - U.S.-hosted climate talks with the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters concluded on Tuesday with signs of progress but sizable differences as nations work toward a deal this year to fight global warming.
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AFP - Top climate envoys Tuesday said they were more optimistic about sealing a global warming deal this year after the two-day 18-nation talks here, but some participants said countries were still not making firm commitments.
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AP - A ghost from the nuclear industry’s early years has reappeared.
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AFP - The top US climate negotiator said Tuesday he was more optimistic about reaching a new global warming treaty this year after two days of talks in Washington among major economies.
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AP - A list of companies that have announced their intent to submit applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for new plant licenses:
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U.S. News & World Report - Rep. Betty Sutton, a Democrat, wants Congress to tackle climate change, but she has some concerns. She represents Ohio’s 13th District, which includes Akron, where the unemployment rate is 10.3 percent. “I certainly want jobs,” Sutton said last week, responding to Republicans’ claims that proposed climate change legislation will cause further job losses. “I want to find ways–and I believe it can be done–to get these jobs of the future without sacrificing the livelihood of people in the process.”
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U.S. News & World Report - He’s striving to save the country from a second Depression, wind down two foreign wars, and fight climate change, not to mention an outbreak of swine flu. So it wouldn’t be a surprise if President Barack Obama skipped Friday-night dates with the first lady or watched the Washington Wizards from his desk.
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