Top Stories: Copenhagen, Dec 9 (IANS) The Dec 7-18 climate summit was thrown into turmoil on its second evening as developing countries came together to condemn a Danish draft of the final Copenhagen declaration. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:02 -0500Copenhagen, Dec 8 (DPA) Environmentalists and developing nations voiced concern Tuesday over a Danish draft proposal which calls on developing nations to step up their efforts in the fight against climate change. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:02 -0500London, Dec 8 (DPA) The question of whether climate change research data is being manipulated to suit the views of the opposing camps in the debate over global warming has erupted with renewed force as the Copenhagen summit gets into full swing. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:02 -0500Copenhagen, Dec 8 (DPA) A group of indigenous people whose livelihoods are threatened by climate change 'cleansed the spirit' of negotiators gathered Tuesday for a second day of talks in Copenhagen. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:10:02 -0500New York, Dec 8 : Ace golfer Tiger Woods' wife has reportedly bought a Swedish mansion worth over 2 million dollars. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:47 -0500Vicenza (Italy), Dec 8 (IANS/AKI) Italian peace activists opposed to the construction of a US airbase in the northern city of Vicenza have travelled to Oslo to challenge the presentation of the Nobel Peace prize to US President Barack Obama. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:50:02 -0500Chicago, Dec.8 : Additional charges against Pakistan-origin terror suspect, David Coleman Headley were tabled in federal court in Chicago for planning terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper and conducting massive recce if the places targeted during the November 2008, Mumbai terror attacks. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:41:00 -0500Kolkata, Dec 8 : Thousands of enthusiasts of green nature from different walks of life participated in a huge procession here for the success of the International Climate Change conference that commenced in Copenhagen yesterday. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:56 -0500Sean Lengell House Republicans on Tuesday warned President Obama not to commit the United States to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at this month's climate change conference in Copenhagen, say... Washington Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:19 -0500Australia would have to slash its greenhouse emissions by 25 per cent in a decade if the deal got up, quadruple spending on climate-friendly research, and axe subsidies to fossil fuels. And taxpayers... West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:18:32 -0500House Republicans are preparing for a trip to Copenhagen and looking to derail Democratic efforts to negotiate an international climate agreement. About a half-dozen Republicans will make the trip ... Politico Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:13:11 -0500Pedestrians wait at a crossing opposite a poster reading "Hopenhagen Earth Body Guard" in Copenhagen, Denmark. Representatives from more than 190 nations are gathered in the city to negotiate a new in... NPR Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:46 -0500Pedestrians wait at a crossing opposite a poster reading "Hopenhagen Earth Body Guard" in Copenhagen, Denmark. Representatives from more than 190 nations are gathered in the city to negotiate a new in... NPR Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:46 -0500CALGARY — Alberta — Public Enemy No. 1 in the minds of many environmentalists — will face its oilsands critics head on by sending representatives to the Copenhagen climate change talks, says pro... Calgary Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:09:05 -0500The head of Qatar Airways has slammed both the United Nations and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on their green policies calling them ineffective and vague. Akbar Al Baker, Qatar ... Travel Blackboard Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:03:44 -0500EDMONTON — Environment Minister Rob Renner says he is going to Copenhagen next week to show the world what it can learn from Alberta.The province’s oilsands seem to be on the global black list, as... Edmonton Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:08 -0500Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau are heading to Copenhagen to participate in the United Nations conference on climate change. They will be joined by repr... CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:33 -0500EDMONTON — Environment Minister Rob Renner says he is going to Copenhagen next week to show the world what it can learn from Alberta.The province’s oilsands seem to be on the global black list, as... Edmonton Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:58 -0500CALGARY — Alberta — Public Enemy No. 1 in the minds of many environmentalists — will face its oilsands critics head on by sending representatives to the Copenhagen climate change talks, says pro... Calgary Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:16 -0500On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, many Native peoples and governments remain unaware of what is at stake. Our communities are disproportionately suffering the a... New America Media Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:48:00 -0500CBS News RAW: As world leaders convene in Copenhagen to address the global climate change crisis, a group of 'green' Santas near the summit are also trying to educate the public about the environment. CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:22 -0500Wireless equipment maker Ericsson says it plans to cut almost 1000 jobs in Sweden because an increase in production efficiency has made some work redundant.Ericsson said overnight negotiations have st... The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:13 -0500Carl Froch will travel to Denmark to defend his WBC super-middleweight title against Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six tournament on April 17. The Nottingham fighter had been expected to face Kessler ... Ananova Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:14:18 -0500COPENHAGEN (AFP) – A Danish draft proposal for a political agreement "threatens the success" of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, the head of the G77 group of countries said Tuesday at ... Yahoo! News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:20 -0500The draft - dated November 27 - was attacked as remote and too favourable to rich countries on such key issues of emissions curbs and financing for climate change, they said. (AAP) A draft deal has ... SBS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:55 -0500An Australian scientist has told a Copenhagen audience that humans are not damaging the climate - and the weather seemed hotter to him as a child. SBS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:49 -0500A draft deal has been hatched at the Copenhagen climate conference which would see Australia green up its actions on global warming.Australia would have to slash its greenhouse emissions by 25 per cen... West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:30:12 -0500An Australian scientist has told a Copenhagen audience that humans are not damaging the climate - and the weather seemed hotter to him as a child.Well-known geologist and author Ian Plimer travelled t... West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:30:07 -0500Danish police arrested three men and two women on the second day of the UN climate talks here, a police statement said.An American, a Dane of Moroccan origin and a stateless Palestinian were detained ... West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:29:49 -0500Monday, 7 December 2009 10:08 +1200CNN correspondent Phil Black talks with Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking about the climate change conference which gets underway in Copenhagen tonight. Newstalk ZB Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:09 -0500COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 8, 2009 (ENS) - Visitors to the U.S. Center at the 15th annual conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen this w... Environment News Service Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:13 -0500TALKS at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen have broken down over leaked documents indicating that wealthier nations would be given more power in future climate change negotiat... The Daily Telegraph Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:54 -0500An American, a Dane of Moroccan origin and a stateless Palestinian were detained after they were stopped in a car a few kilometres from the talks' venue by a police patrol, it said.Questioning of the ... SBS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:19:35 -0500Green groups and aid activists reacted fiercely at the UN climate talks on Tuesday to a leaked early draft of a compromise deal put forward by Denmark, the conference chair.The draft - dated November ... West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:39:30 -0500The Copenhagen mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard, fearful for the morals of the 35,000 climate delegates who have descended on her city, has sent postcards to all central hotels warning summit guests not to pat... The Guardian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:24:54 -0500It may be winter but at the climate summit in Denmark the heat is on to slow the pace of global warming. Outside, too, temperatures are rising – literally. The World Meteorological Organisation... Euro News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:57:55 -0500The overwhelming slant of the Copenhagen climate change conference is on how to reduce the effect human beings have on the environment. Yet there remains a diehard band of academics, some of whom are... Euro News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:57:46 -0500Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) will hold a free, one hour audio webcast, "Energy Efficiency Forum: Live from Copenhagen," on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. EST at... Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:57:04 -0500Amid worldwide protests, a 12-day international summit has been launched in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in order to address global climate change. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports from London. CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:56:15 -0500Amid worldwide protests, a 12-day international summit has been launched in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in order to address global climate change. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports from London. CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:56:15 -0500The head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer looks toward the audience as he enters a press conference on the second day of an EU Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tue... Pioneer Press Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:50:40 -0500The head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer looks toward the audience as he enters a press conference on the second day of an EU Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tue... Pioneer Press Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:50:10 -0500Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Tuesday poured scorn on his Belarus counterpart's assertion that a student activist was expelled from university due to her poor attendance record. The clash cam... Breitbart Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:33:12 -0500Live direct from COP 15 from 3pm GMT on Tuesday 8 Dec - including why babies in the Global North are already at serious risk from climate change. Currently re-playing highlights. NCM Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:28:28 -0500Police arrested two people in Oslo on Tuesday for suspected weapons violations before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the Norwegian capital, police said. Security in Oslo has been ramped up bef... World Bulletin Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:49:33 -0500UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells reporters Copenhagen conference must be the turning point in global efforts to prevent runaway global warming and usher in a new era of environmentally sustainab... VOA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:48:53 -0500As activists from groups as wide-ranging as the Girl Scouts and the World Council on Churches converge on the climate change conference in Copenhagen, some critics say it's turning into a "circus" sid... Fox News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:32:34 -0500Copenhagen - Environmentalists and developing nations voiced concern Tuesday over a Danish draft proposal which calls on developing nations to step up their efforts in the fight against climate change... Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:30:49 -0500New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was optimistic Tuesday that the climate change summit underway in Copenhagen will produce a "robust" agreement that should take effect immediate... Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:30:48 -0500Live direct from COP 15 from 3pm GMT on Tuesday 8 Dec - including why babies in the Global North are already at serious risk from climate change. Currently re-playing highlights. New America Media Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:15:36 -0500Experts from The Economist Intelligence Unit named Copenhagen Europe's "greenest" major city, followed by Stockholm, Oslo, Vienna and Amsterdam. The European Green City Index evaluates 30 cities in 3... RIA Novosti Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:02:49 -0500The court ruled that the strike cost Finnair 6.7 million euros. Finnair says that the costs were estimated by the court and final losses will be determined later. The national carrier was force... YLE News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:00:43 -0500The head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer looks toward the audience as he enters a press conference on the second day of an EU Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tue... Pioneer Press Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:58:47 -0500Lisbeth Berg-Hansen , the country's fisheries minister, announced on Friday that Norwegian whalers would be allowed to catch 1286 of the marine mammals in 2010 – up from 885 this year. "We wer... New Scientist Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:54:11 -0500Maersk said its Expreso service between the U.S. Gulf Coast and Central and South America will begin calling the port of Turbo, Colombia's largest banana exporting port, on Friday. "Until now, howeve... American Shipper Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:40:12 -0500Live direct from COP 15 from 3pm GMT on Tuesday 8 Dec - including why babies in the Global North are already at serious risk from climate change. Currently re-playing highlights. Pacific News Service Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:36:57 -0500Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, holds up a temperature chart during a press conference at the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, 88 Dec 2009... VOA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:01:21 -0500Developing countries like India and China want hundreds of billions of dollars in exchange for emissions cuts. Switzerland and the rest of Europe propose reducing their emissions by 20 per cent compar... Swiss Info Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:56:07 -0500Foreign Ministry officials responded with harsh criticism on Tuesday to a call by European Union ministers for negotiations over the status of Jerusalem, saying that Sweden, which holds the EU's rotat... Haaretz Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:46:03 -0500(RTTNews) - The UN-sponsored Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen heard voices of concern and complaint on the second day, as delegates of Bangladesh and Nepal said they were disappointed that a draf... Quote.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:49:18 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> This decade has been the warmest on record and this year is likely to be the fifth wa... Times Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:05:44 -0500Getty Images The "CO2 cube" in Copenhagen is supposed to depict the amount of carbon dioxide a single person is responsible for emitting in one month. Spiegal Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:49 -0500She's really teed off now! Tiger Woods' beautiful wife, Elin Nordegren, has left their Florida mansion amid the onslaught of shocking claims that the golf great cheated on her with at least 10 oth... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:58:53 -0500Copenhagen is on fire this week, and there's far more heating up than just the climate. Heads of state and others are gathering this week at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen,... Human Events Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:52:32 -0500The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents. Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images The UN Copenhagen climate talks... The Guardian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:51:50 -05002010 'Trees for life' calendar Sold in support of 'Trees For Life' that aims to restore the native Caledonian Forest to a large area in the Scottish Highlands. £9.95... The Guardian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:51:45 -0500Today we delivered your signatures to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen (COP 15) - all 10 million of them! People all over the world united in calling for a fair, ambitious and binding climate trea... Dominican Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:49:24 -0500A ruling by the US government that greenhouse gases threaten human health has raised hopes that further progress can be made at the Copenhagen climate summit. The White House has already pledged to c... Euro News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:27:47 -0500(RTTNews) - Fissures have emerged between the European Union and major polluter nations at the UN Climate Change Conference, as the head of the EU's negotiating team cautioned that it cannot meet its... Quote.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:57:42 -0500Detailed negotiations at the UN Climate talks have started today in Copenhagen . They are conducted on two parallel tracks: one group of countries will discuss emissions cuts, land use, forestry and t... Pravda Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:57:14 -0500Global talks on climate change opened in Copenhagen yesterday with dire predictions of storms and floods -- and an unexpected slap at President Obama from a top European official. Anders Carlgren, Sw... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:23:41 -0500India on Tuesday favoured a legally binding climate change agreement from the developed countries saying a political pact will not be "enforceable", even as it asserted that its voluntary reduction of... NDTV Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:23:01 -0500(MENAFN) AP reported that Finland's economy grew 0.3 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous period, but was down 9.1 percent from the same quarter in 2008, according to the government s... MENAFN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:20:53 -0500It has been billed as the most important meeting for half a century, and yesterday, with 15,000 people in attendance, the Copenhagen Climate Conference opened with a robust and angry defence of the ... Belfast Telegraph Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:06:40 -0500Why is Copenhagen happening? Most of the world’s governments believe climate change threatens human society and the natural world. Successive scientific reports, especially those issued b... Belfast Telegraph Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:06:39 -0500BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is "slightly optimistic" about crunch climate talks in Copenhagen being a success, but called on emerging giants China and India to contribute more. "T... Channel News Asia Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:47:07 -0500(RTTNews) - Fissures have emerged between the European Union and major polluter nations at the UN Climate Change Conference, as the head of the EU's negotiating team cautioned that it cannot meet its... Quote.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:59:19 -0500Boulder, Colorado non-profit group to carry urgent conservation message to Copenhagen Climate meeting on behalf of over half of the world’s largest conservation groups Boulder, CO (... PR Web Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:34:10 -0500The United States came under renewed pressure Monday to take stronger action on greenhouse gases as delegates from almost 200 nations _ from threatened islands to oil kingdoms and industrial giants _ ... eTaiwan News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:32:13 -0500Oslo's only Michelin-listed restaurant will close before Christmas after the main chef and all the staff resigned.Eyvind Hellstrom, who spent the last 27 years building up Bagatelle Restaurant, steppe... BBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:12:31 -0500Ai Guangzeng, 60, says the biogas she has been fueling her home with since 2006 is "good stuff." "It's much cleaner burning than coal or firewood," she says, pointing to the blue f... People's Daily Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:35:26 -0500Ai Guangzeng, 60, says the biogas she has been fueling her home with since 2006 is "good stuff." "It's much cleaner burning than coal or firewood," she says, pointing to the blue f... People's Daily Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:35:23 -0500Even before the meeting of 193 countries on climate change at Copenhagen began, dark news of cracks within the biggest bloc of developing countries -- G-77 plus China -- started showing up. Times of India Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:56:55 -0500DIPLOMATS from 192 nations were warned at the start of the crucial Copenhagen climate change summit that the conference could offer the last chance to protect the world from devastating global warming... The Scotsman Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:49:13 -0500And by the time you read this I should have completed stage six of my seven part journey and be stepping off a sleeper train in the centre of Copenhagen – right in the heart of the action. The Scotsman Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:48:52 -0500Politicians from Labour and the Greens will be joining Prime Minister John Key and his ministers in attending the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen. Mr Key was initially reluctan... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:36:16 -0500SEATTLE & COPENHAGEN - (Business Wire) Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) and ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZGEN) today announced an agreement where Novo Nordisk in-licenses a fully-human anti-IL21 monoclon... Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:21:54 -0500Sherwin Bryce-Pease; New York As a historic conference on climate change opened in Denmark, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called it a decisive moment from his headquarters in New York. He was ... SABC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:25:43 -0500GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The world is warming. There is no doubt on that as scientists from around the globe provide mounting evidence to support that fact. And as the United Nations Framework Convention... Caribbean Net News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:14:24 -0500The COP15 Cultural Opening Ceremony played a four-minute long film called Please help the world by the Danish director Mikkel Blaabjerg Poulsen to highlight the danger of rising temperatures. The film... Wikinews Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:56:19 -0500 |