Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2396 science Climate Change en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:18 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/20090703/sc_afp/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf afp/20090703/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf AFP science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246651977617-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=vpX7GFVbqO8XjvdXogKqoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="The environmental group WWF, urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week. Echoing a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel a day earlier, the WWF said the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, must commit to keeping the rise in global average temperature "well below" two degrees Celsius.(WWF)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/g8meetclimatewarmingwwf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246651977617-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=vpX7GFVbqO8XjvdXogKqoQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="The environmental group WWF, urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week. Echoing a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel a day earlier, the WWF said the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, must commit to keeping the rise in global average temperature "well below" two degrees Celsius.(WWF)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_waxman nm/20090702/us_usa_politics_waxman Reuters politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:17:16 GMT Reuters - U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, hospitalized in Los Angeles for a fainting spell days after spearheading House passage of a landmark climate change bill, will be back at work on Capitol Hill next week, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climatewarmingsheep afp/20090702/climatewarmingsheep AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:10:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climatewarmingsheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/climatewarmingsheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep ap/20090702/us_sci_shrinking_sheep AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_climate_change ap/20090702/eu_eu_climate_change AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:01 GMT AP - The chances of concluding a new global climate change pact remain dim unless China, India and Brazil make significant cuts in carbon dioxide emissions as well a senior Swedish climate change official said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment afp/20090702/australiasciencecoralenvironment AFP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246544042423-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=NGmfMTEDpnFwvAhyOVonHg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="Australia has pledged 52 million dollars ($42 million) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.(James Cook University/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia on Thursday pledged 52 million dollars (42 million US) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246544042423-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=NGmfMTEDpnFwvAhyOVonHg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="photo" title="Australia has pledged 52 million dollars ($42 million) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing threat from toxic chemicals and climate change.(James Cook University/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_climate_g8 nm/20090702/us_climate_g8 Reuters politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:11:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_climate_g8"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r580700504.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=5TZK9Cbu4tCE4cZ6VoByTg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks about climate change legislation at the White House in Washington, June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama, buoyed by a domestic victory on climate policy, faces his first foreign test on the issue next week at a forum that could boost the chances of reaching a U.N. global warming pact this year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_climate_g8"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r580700504.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=5TZK9Cbu4tCE4cZ6VoByTg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks about climate change legislation at the White House in Washington, June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/ams9v_euxe0y bloomberg/20090702/ams9v_euxe0y Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:01 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate may pass legislation to slow climate change and then fail to approve a global treaty that commits nations to do so, Senator John Kerry said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090701/pl_cq_politics/politics3157693 cq/20090701/politics3157693 CQPolitics.com politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:08:23 GMT CQPolitics.com - Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the powerful California Democrat at the center of the legislative fights over sweeping health care and global warming legislation, has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital for tests, his staff said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_afp/swedeneupresidency afp/20090701/swedeneupresidency AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:13:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_afp/swedeneupresidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246471883985-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GXqzIhZKgBfOWh8gCBey0A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (L) welcomes the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_afp/swedeneupresidency"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246471883985-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=GXqzIhZKgBfOWh8gCBey0A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (L) welcomes the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency Wednesday amid fears the bloc's unresolved institutional woes may overshadow its priorities of tackling climate change and the economic crisis.(AFP/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090701/pl_cq_politics/politics3157597 cq/20090701/politics3157597 CQPolitics.com politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - The fate of global warming legislation in the Senate may hang on the votes of 19 Democrats who have varying reasons for worrying about its political implications: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/japanundiplomacyclimatebusiness afp/20090701/japanundiplomacyclimatebusiness AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:01:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/japanundiplomacyclimatebusiness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246428459065-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=JfStq.7iWnF4MdEdLZKrFA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on June 30, 2009. Ban Ki-moon has called for Japanese companies to help fight global warming through green investment and ambitious emission cut targets, a business lobby has said.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for Japanese companies to help fight global warming through green investment and ambitious emission cut targets, a business lobby said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/japanundiplomacyclimatebusiness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246428459065-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=JfStq.7iWnF4MdEdLZKrFA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on June 30, 2009. Ban Ki-moon has called for Japanese companies to help fight global warming through green investment and ambitious emission cut targets, a business lobby has said.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090701/pl_cq_politics/politics3157587 cq/20090701/politics3157587 CQPolitics.com politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:22 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senate Democratic leaders are preparing for what is expected to be a tough fight over climate change legislation, even tougher than it was in the House. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_co/us_congressman_hospitalized ap/20090701/us_congressman_hospitalized AP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:23:45 GMT AP - Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman remained in the hospital in his home state of California on Wednesday, a day after fainting in his office. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/g8climate afp/20090701/g8climate AFP science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:11:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/g8climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246452928240-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xfF.5M.GyWiIdRD1dIOf6A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Downtown Vancouver is pictured on June 10, 2009. Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Erica Berenstein)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/sc_afp/g8climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246452928240-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xfF.5M.GyWiIdRD1dIOf6A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Downtown Vancouver is pictured on June 10, 2009. Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Erica Berenstein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_ot/us_california_pollution ap/20090630/us_california_pollution AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:47:59 GMT AP - The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward tougher reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks Tuesday by giving California the green light to impose new requirements that could become the national model for combatting tailpipe pollution linked to global warming. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/us_nm/us_autos_epa_california nm/20090630/us_autos_epa_california Reuters science Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:41:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/us_nm/us_autos_epa_california"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r382108371.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=T5zKTcXsd5NLRUKMHg.yng--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A Toyota Prius hybrid car drives past downtown Los Angeles on the 10 freeway, January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Obama administration on Tuesday approved California's long-standing bid to set its own tough standards for vehicle emissions, a decision in tune with a national plan to boost fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases linked to climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/us_nm/us_autos_epa_california"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r382108371.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=T5zKTcXsd5NLRUKMHg.yng--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Toyota Prius hybrid car drives past downtown Los Angeles on the 10 freeway, January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090630/pl_politico/24364 politico/20090630/24364 Politico politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:16:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090630/pl_politico/24364"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090626/capt.93ecfad87cfd446784eaf06a3d8b44a1.climate_bill_wx106.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=CgL98xeYPqtlcQPZoWl2pg--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="FILE -- In this June 18, 2009 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>Politico - After lawmakers had devoured the last of the Kalua Pig at last Thursday night&rsquo;s White House Luau, Nancy Pelosi summoned her team back to the Capitol &mdash; to ensure the climate change bill wasn&rsquo;t the next thing roasted on the spit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090630/pl_politico/24364"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090626/capt.93ecfad87cfd446784eaf06a3d8b44a1.climate_bill_wx106.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=CgL98xeYPqtlcQPZoWl2pg--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this June 18, 2009 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_asia_afp/indonesiapoliticsvoteenvironment afp/20090630/indonesiapoliticsvoteenvironment AFP science Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:49:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_asia_afp/indonesiapoliticsvoteenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246351501686-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=DSAbwOxoVtboZysaidaA5w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A Greenpeace activist wears a mask of Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla during a protest in Jakarta. Presidential hopefuls vying for Indonesia's top job next week are ignoring the environment, despite dire threats from global warming and deforestation, environmental group Greenpeace has said.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Presidential hopefuls vying for Indonesia's top job next week are ignoring the environment, despite dire threats from global warming and deforestation, environmental group Greenpeace has said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_asia_afp/indonesiapoliticsvoteenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246351501686-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=DSAbwOxoVtboZysaidaA5w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Greenpeace activist wears a mask of Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla during a protest in Jakarta. Presidential hopefuls vying for Indonesia's top job next week are ignoring the environment, despite dire threats from global warming and deforestation, environmental group Greenpeace has said.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_legislation ap/20090630/us_obama_legislation AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:17:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_legislation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.d07743d157a744b0ae09f82ecb52e491.obama_colombia_us_dchg122.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=DaVW2hq6WuaEP.7guvRuzg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="President Barack Obama meets with President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, not pictured, in the White House Oval Office, Monday, June 29, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is vowing to sign climate change legislation and overhauls in health care and financial regulations this year and is dismissing his critics as naysayers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/climatechange/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_legislation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.d07743d157a744b0ae09f82ecb52e491.obama_colombia_us_dchg122.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=DaVW2hq6WuaEP.7guvRuzg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, not pictured, in the White House Oval Office, Monday, June 29, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)