Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2396 science Climate Change en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:02:38 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/20091107/wl_uk_afp/financeeconomyg20britain afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britain AFP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:02:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257589186577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=61&q=85&sig=tMnMcQSzhI.M5TaZii.s7w--" align="left" height="61" width="130" alt="General view of the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews, where G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257589186577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=61&q=85&sig=tMnMcQSzhI.M5TaZii.s7w--" align="left" height="61" width="130" alt="photo" title="General view of the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews, where G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_g20 nm/20091107/us_g20 Reuters science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:21:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_g20"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r220737385.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=E0qnXwhkuXld7Kx5vE7Hrw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling speaks at a Thomson Reuters newsmaker event in London October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_g20"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r220737385.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=E0qnXwhkuXld7Kx5vE7Hrw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling speaks at a Thomson Reuters newsmaker event in London October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers ap/20091107/g20_finance_ministers AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9650ae4342774d0b814bd9d67ee3f8a8.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_lmc105.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=cinzubTD0bYYqpE7qE5DEg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, Left, walks with an unidentified official at the venue of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. Rifts among the world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, are reported to be threatening attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9650ae4342774d0b814bd9d67ee3f8a8.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_lmc105.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=cinzubTD0bYYqpE7qE5DEg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, Left, walks with an unidentified official at the venue of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. Rifts among the world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, are reported to be threatening attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091106/sc_mcclatchy/3350825 mcclatchy/20091106/3350825 McClatchy Newspapers science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:31:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change based on things they'd heard on talk radio. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaeuclimatechange afp/20091106/indiaeuclimatechange AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:05:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaeuclimatechange"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257524640582-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=kScVzjTydjnxIhnDYGxnPg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the European Union Summit in New Delhi. Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.(AFP/Raveendran)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaeuclimatechange"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257524640582-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=kScVzjTydjnxIhnDYGxnPg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the European Union Summit in New Delhi. Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.(AFP/Raveendran)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/climate ap/20091106/climate AP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.9a0d1f6d752d43ad9bbce1a35eacfc32.spain_un_climate_talks__mf104.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=kMOOtp3ZXeOfac1chhhKhg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, perform during the Climate Change Talks in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.N. climate negotiators said Friday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it is still possible to conclude a strong, 192-nation deal to define future work in fighting global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.9a0d1f6d752d43ad9bbce1a35eacfc32.spain_un_climate_talks__mf104.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=kMOOtp3ZXeOfac1chhhKhg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, perform during the Climate Change Talks in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingunfcccus afp/20091106/unclimatewarmingunfcccus AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingunfcccus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257519588320-8-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=wAP7jVAaDrEZQfr0vlTeNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hang a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. The United States said it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.(AFP/Lluis Gene)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingunfcccus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257519588320-8-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=wAP7jVAaDrEZQfr0vlTeNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hang a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. The United States said it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.(AFP/Lluis Gene)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/chinauspoliticsobama afp/20091106/chinauspoliticsobama AFP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/chinauspoliticsobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257510559642-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=F_AJYU0Hixb2PreGgsp69w--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="China has said that this month's visit by President Barack Obama, seen here, would be a milestone in relations for the global powerhouses and that climate change cooperation would be a key agenda item.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China said on Friday that this month's visit by President Barack Obama would be a milestone in relations for the global powerhouses and that climate change cooperation would be a key agenda item.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/chinauspoliticsobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257510559642-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=F_AJYU0Hixb2PreGgsp69w--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="China has said that this month's visit by President Barack Obama, seen here, would be a milestone in relations for the global powerhouses and that climate change cooperation would be a key agenda item.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/climatewarmingunbritain afp/20091106/climatewarmingunbritain AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:41:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/climatewarmingunbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257496569160-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KYrIZN1cI31Gsj4viINwfQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The world's largest offshore windmill farm located just outside Copenhagen harbour. Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.(AFP/File/Soeren Bidstrup)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/climatewarmingunbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257496569160-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KYrIZN1cI31Gsj4viINwfQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The world's largest offshore windmill farm located just outside Copenhagen harbour. Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.(AFP/File/Soeren Bidstrup)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091106/pl_bloomberg/aamzof4djbo4 bloomberg/20091106/aamzof4djbo4 Bloomberg politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The lobbying group for oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. hired a nephew of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin to argue the industry’s case against climate-change legislation that threatens to slash profits. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_afp/unclimatewarmingunfccc afp/20091106/unclimatewarmingunfccc AFP topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_afp/unclimatewarmingunfccc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257522849371-3-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=j_MdRK95nFhWC.Id.uxNXw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This handout picture by the environmental group Greenpeace shows activists hanging a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" hanging from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. Talks on a new UN climate pact headed for a wrap in Barcelona, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at next month's showdown in Copenhagen.(AFP/HO/Pedro Armestre)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_afp/unclimatewarmingunfccc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257522849371-3-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=j_MdRK95nFhWC.Id.uxNXw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This handout picture by the environmental group Greenpeace shows activists hanging a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" hanging from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. Talks on a new UN climate pact headed for a wrap in Barcelona, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at next month's showdown in Copenhagen.(AFP/HO/Pedro Armestre)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/climatewarminguspolitics afp/20091105/climatewarminguspolitics AFP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/climatewarminguspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257443669053-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=SXcGd5pcEFHpO2L0DnpamA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate change bill, maneuvering an end-run around opposition Republicans who continued their boycott of deliberations. "We are pleased that despite the Republican boycott we have been able to move this bill forward," said committee chair Democrat Barbara Boxer, pictured in October 2009, after the vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed a sweeping climate change bill through a key committee, shrugging off a boycott by Republicans who oppose the measure and mostly shunned the debate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/climatewarminguspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257443669053-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=SXcGd5pcEFHpO2L0DnpamA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate change bill, maneuvering an end-run around opposition Republicans who continued their boycott of deliberations. "We are pleased that despite the Republican boycott we have been able to move this bill forward," said committee chair Democrat Barbara Boxer, pictured in October 2009, after the vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/india_nm/india437225 nm/20091105/india437225 Reuters world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:38:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/india_nm/india437225"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/ra732615703.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=pTVWWRBBKXbKGcPotRsVkQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Trade Minister Anand Sharma speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi in this July 29, 2009 file photo. A European Union commerce deal could improve market access for goods and services, but Sharma this week appeared to draw a line in the sand on whether anything other than trade was open to debate. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The European Union and India need more talks to bridge differences on climate change and social issues before they sign a free trade pact, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/india_nm/india437225"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/ra732615703.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=pTVWWRBBKXbKGcPotRsVkQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="Trade Minister Anand Sharma speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi in this July 29, 2009 file photo. A European Union commerce deal could improve market access for goods and services, but Sharma this week appeared to draw a line in the sand on whether anything other than trade was open to debate. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091105/pl_cq_politics/politics3241868 cq/20091105/politics3241868 CQPolitics.com politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:17 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., resorted to a strong-arm procedural maneuver Thursday to push global warming legislation through her committee, alienating Republicans and frustrating some moderate Democrats. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/lf_afp/lifestyleclimatewarmingchildrenmexico afp/20091105/lifestyleclimatewarmingchildrenmexico AFP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/lf_afp/lifestyleclimatewarmingchildrenmexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257445926574-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=m4fGBYlRW10QZSQ9Vwpk0w--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="Students observe a globe during their visit to Papalote Children's museum in Mexico city in November 4. Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/lf_afp/lifestyleclimatewarmingchildrenmexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257445926574-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=m4fGBYlRW10QZSQ9Vwpk0w--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="photo" title="Students observe a globe during their visit to Papalote Children's museum in Mexico city in November 4. Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_talks ap/20091105/climate_talks AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:33:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_talks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.9a0d1f6d752d43ad9bbce1a35eacfc32.spain_un_climate_talks__mf104.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=kMOOtp3ZXeOfac1chhhKhg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, perform during the Climate Change Talks in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the U.S. Congress still struggling to agree on sharp cuts in greenhouse gases or how to fund them, European officials said Thursday they were now striving for a political agreement instead of a new treaty to allow the U.S. and other rich nations to make commitments that are not legally binding.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_talks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.9a0d1f6d752d43ad9bbce1a35eacfc32.spain_un_climate_talks__mf104.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=kMOOtp3ZXeOfac1chhhKhg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, perform during the Climate Change Talks in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/ts_nm/us_climate_usa_congress nm/20091105/us_climate_usa_congress Reuters science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/ts_nm/us_climate_usa_congress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2a57268c62ea46fa823e77ae886ef948.britain_g20_finance_ministers_lon110.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=Q8Y48P2DxEN__rrq2WpqDQ--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen, during a break at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. The world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, met to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A controversial climate change bill cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, allowing President Barack Obama to tout progress in the run-up to next month's global warming talks in Copenhagen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/ts_nm/us_climate_usa_congress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2a57268c62ea46fa823e77ae886ef948.britain_g20_finance_ministers_lon110.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=Q8Y48P2DxEN__rrq2WpqDQ--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="photo" title="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen, during a break at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. The world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, met to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/indiaeuussummittradewarming afp/20091105/indiaeuussummittradewarming AFP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:07:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/indiaeuussummittradewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257435304337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=grQBN4kcGdLfMzC3lzAgbw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt delivers a speech in New Delhi. Sweden's premier on Thursday criticised US efforts to adopt new climate change legislation, and cast doubt on whether crucial year-end talks would result in a deal on binding carbon emission cuts.(AFP/Prakash Singh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sweden's premier on Thursday criticised US efforts to adopt new climate change legislation, and cast doubt on whether crucial year-end talks would result in a deal on binding carbon emission cuts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/indiaeuussummittradewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257435304337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=grQBN4kcGdLfMzC3lzAgbw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt delivers a speech in New Delhi. Sweden's premier on Thursday criticised US efforts to adopt new climate change legislation, and cast doubt on whether crucial year-end talks would result in a deal on binding carbon emission cuts.(AFP/Prakash Singh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_power_future_north_dakota ap/20091105/us_power_future_north_dakota AP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:52:25 GMT AP - The chief executive of a North Dakota-based electric power cooperative says utilities must be engaged in the climate-change debate and use their unified voice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingrefugees afp/20091105/unclimatewarmingrefugees AFP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingrefugees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257430922638-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=__iGFmCtcJn.FhIkWg2eJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man walking in the desert in the Mauritanian Kiffa region. A "conspiracy of silence" is stifling debate over the future of people who become displaced through climate change, a top UN official for refugees says.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A "conspiracy of silence" is stifling debate over the future of people who become displaced through climate change, a top UN official for refugees says.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingrefugees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257430922638-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=__iGFmCtcJn.FhIkWg2eJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walking in the desert in the Mauritanian Kiffa region. A "conspiracy of silence" is stifling debate over the future of people who become displaced through climate change, a top UN official for refugees says.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)