Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2396 science Climate Change en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2396 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy afp/20091120/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy AFP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743755456-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2J4ULf1Ea5XtPwJdZ6U8fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743755456-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2J4ULf1Ea5XtPwJdZ6U8fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/india441304 nm/20091120/india441304 Reuters world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:59:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/india441304"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/ra600070152.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=UGsnkMR8BbyLd6IiQstlQg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Workers build the floor to a tent in White House in Washington, to be used for dinner hosted by Obama for PM Manmohan Singh next week, November 20, 2009. When the two meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goalsREUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When President Barack Obama and Prime minister meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goals, the chairman of the U.N.'s climate science panel said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/india441304"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/ra600070152.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=UGsnkMR8BbyLd6IiQstlQg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers build the floor to a tent in White House in Washington, to be used for dinner hosted by Obama for PM Manmohan Singh next week, November 20, 2009. When the two meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goalsREUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_india_usa nm/20091120/us_india_usa Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:07:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_india_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r576280220.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=w_xLEWOaNlKzMAN1aI6V0Q--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) poses with U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Wattie" border="0" /></a>Reuters - India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_india_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r576280220.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=w_xLEWOaNlKzMAN1aI6V0Q--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="photo" title="India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) poses with U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Wattie" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indiaenvironmentfoodclimatewarming afp/20091120/indiaenvironmentfoodclimatewarming AFP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:39:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indiaenvironmentfoodclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258709932070-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=17T9iOcEoL7tqvZPMszWrg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An Indian farmer with his cattle in the village of Kamalasagar. India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.(AFP/File/Strdel)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indiaenvironmentfoodclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258709932070-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=17T9iOcEoL7tqvZPMszWrg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Indian farmer with his cattle in the village of Kamalasagar. India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.(AFP/File/Strdel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/india_nm/india440824 nm/20091120/india440824 Reuters world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:59:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/india_nm/india440824"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/ra3185043451.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=s6ypkFB7HZATprf9phoHNQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 8, 2009. Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade. REUTERS/B Mathur" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Prime minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/india_nm/india440824"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/ra3185043451.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=s6ypkFB7HZATprf9phoHNQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 8, 2009. Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade. REUTERS/B Mathur" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aes_pollution_disclosures ap/20091119/us_aes_pollution_disclosures AP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:47:10 GMT AP - AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_eu/climate ap/20091119/climate AP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:40:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_eu/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r4117000311.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8YdOyM1K2vAYdf1zH76RQQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Workers carry mangrove trees along the Jakarta bay November 21, 2009. A local television station will attempt to get its viewers to plant nine million mangrove trees over the next few months, as part of a community service. Mangrove swamps are expected to help Indonesia's coastal communities fend off rising seas and stronger tropical storms, climate change experts say. REUTERS/Supri (INDONESIA SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)" border="0" /></a>AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_eu/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r4117000311.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=8YdOyM1K2vAYdf1zH76RQQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers carry mangrove trees along the Jakarta bay November 21, 2009. A local television station will attempt to get its viewers to plant nine million mangrove trees over the next few months, as part of a community service. Mangrove swamps are expected to help Indonesia's coastal communities fend off rising seas and stronger tropical storms, climate change experts say. REUTERS/Supri (INDONESIA SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingenergyoil afp/20091119/unclimatewarmingenergyoil AFP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingenergyoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258652404770-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N5Pkx7oz2ArM_02X3pbihQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Technicians repair power lines in Nuaille-d'Aunis, western France, in February 2009. Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.(AFP/File/Xavier Leoty)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingenergyoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258652404770-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N5Pkx7oz2ArM_02X3pbihQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Technicians repair power lines in Nuaille-d'Aunis, western France, in February 2009. Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.(AFP/File/Xavier Leoty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_climate_change_colorado ap/20091119/us_climate_change_colorado AP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:32 GMT AP - Ski officials at one of the nation's most-visited resorts are calling on Congress to finish work on a climate-change bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/india_nm/india440925 nm/20091119/india440925 Reuters world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/india_nm/india440925"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/ra2322802138.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=V9c46EJxuSB_FBTLf6LcrQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a newly constructed solar housing complex in Kolkata in this July 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - India's cabinet on Thursday approved its first solar power plan, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as part of its plan to fight global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/india_nm/india440925"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/ra2322802138.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=V9c46EJxuSB_FBTLf6LcrQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a newly constructed solar housing complex in Kolkata in this July 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/britainperupeopleenvironmentclimate afp/20091119/britainperupeopleenvironmentclimate AFP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:34:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/britainperupeopleenvironmentclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258622475771-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=rtdfRPHJ60Hvkjvhm2hpVg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen poses at the launch of her exhibition in London. Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru.(AFP/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/britainperupeopleenvironmentclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258622475771-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=rtdfRPHJ60Hvkjvhm2hpVg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen poses at the launch of her exhibition in London. Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru.(AFP/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/lf_nm_life/us_words_decade nm/20091119/us_words_decade Reuters science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:12:44 GMT Reuters - Concerns over the environment and terrorism have not only affected how people lived in the past decade but also their language, with "global warming" and "9/11" topping a list of the most used words of the 2000s. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_national_forests_climate_change ap/20091118/us_national_forests_climate_change AP politics Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:41 GMT AP - National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday, but that goal must be balanced. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/worldbankunclimate afp/20091118/worldbankunclimate AFP science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:39:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/worldbankunclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258569533648-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Kxsumctpj0NHwWfkti74aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="World Bank chief Robert Zoellick, pictured in October 2009, said Wednesday it was critical for indigenous people to be included in climate change talks, saying they were among groups most affected by global warming.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said Wednesday it was critical for indigenous people to be included in climate change talks, saying they were among groups most affected by global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/worldbankunclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258569533648-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Kxsumctpj0NHwWfkti74aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="World Bank chief Robert Zoellick, pictured in October 2009, said Wednesday it was critical for indigenous people to be included in climate change talks, saying they were among groups most affected by global warming.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/ts_afp/unclimatewarmingpopulation afp/20091118/unclimatewarmingpopulation AFP science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:35:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/ts_afp/unclimatewarmingpopulation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258557486137-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=UBs58d8MXmzCDAr2FC5LOQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Pedestrians cross a busy road in Sydney. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report published on Wednesday that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/ts_afp/unclimatewarmingpopulation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258557486137-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=UBs58d8MXmzCDAr2FC5LOQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pedestrians cross a busy road in Sydney. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_sc/climate_population_growth ap/20091118/climate_population_growth AP science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:21:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_sc/climate_population_growth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.ea3ae1f7141d4efabb40e486df1ecc0b.britain_un_climate_population_growth_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=2TRVBJSJ99l.8mHbJgZh0w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) leaves a news conference following the launch of the annual report regarding the state of world population, in central London, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009. Released by the United Nations Population Fund, the report addresses key issues such as how population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change and whether urbanization and an ageing population help or hinder efforts to adapt to a warming world. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_sc/climate_population_growth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.ea3ae1f7141d4efabb40e486df1ecc0b.britain_un_climate_population_growth_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=2TRVBJSJ99l.8mHbJgZh0w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) leaves a news conference following the launch of the annual report regarding the state of world population, in central London, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009. Released by the United Nations Population Fund, the report addresses key issues such as how population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change and whether urbanization and an ageing population help or hinder efforts to adapt to a warming world. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/unclimatewarming afp/20091118/unclimatewarming AFP science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:46:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/unclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258484663109-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=253eN9khAePLpzoYxFqfxw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer in Copenhagen. Environment ministers from 44 key countries have wrapped up closed-door talks aimed at laying the groundwork for a political agreement at next month's UN conference on global warming.(AFP/SCANPIX/Casper Christoffersen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Environment ministers from 44 key countries on Tuesday wrapped up closed-door talks aimed at laying the groundwork for a political agreement at next month's UN conference on global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/unclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258484663109-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=253eN9khAePLpzoYxFqfxw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer in Copenhagen. Environment ministers from 44 key countries have wrapped up closed-door talks aimed at laying the groundwork for a political agreement at next month's UN conference on global warming.(AFP/SCANPIX/Casper Christoffersen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/climatewarmingemissions afp/20091118/climatewarmingemissions AFP science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:41:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/climatewarmingemissions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258481847132-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=EPunK6qiSJRXuko_yntp3w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="The smoke stacks at a coal power plant in West Virginia. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/sc_afp/climatewarmingemissions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258481847132-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=EPunK6qiSJRXuko_yntp3w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="The smoke stacks at a coal power plant in West Virginia. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming, scientists reported on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_as/climate_china ap/20091118/climate_china AP science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:46:37 GMT AP - A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, but the language leaves a lot unsaid, observers in both countries said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/pl_afp/climatewarminguspoliticsnuclearenergy afp/20091117/climatewarminguspoliticsnuclearenergy AFP politics Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:56:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/pl_afp/climatewarminguspoliticsnuclearenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258502169079-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=LLF2d3Vleshjfmvzh0s8Tg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="The United States should consider following France's lead and ramping up use of nuclear power in an effort to contain global warming, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, pictured in July 2009, said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States should consider following France's lead and ramping up use of nuclear power in an effort to contain global warming, a senior US senator helping craft climate change legislation said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/pl_afp/climatewarminguspoliticsnuclearenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258502169079-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=LLF2d3Vleshjfmvzh0s8Tg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="The United States should consider following France's lead and ramping up use of nuclear power in an effort to contain global warming, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, pictured in July 2009, said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)