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Thursday, 10 July 2008
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US President George W. Bush's last Group of Eight summit only inched
forward the fight against climate change but drew the battle lines more
sharply than ever between rich and poor nations.
The G8 major
industrial powers agreed at a three-day summit in northern Japan to cut
carbon emissions blamed for global warming by at least half by 2050,
the strongest language yet signed by Bush.
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In Australia, Professor Ross Garnaut has released the draft report of
his review on clima...
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A rift over climate change widened Monday as the head of the
European Commission urged le...
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The Group of Eight richest nations is likely to pledge at the
upcoming summit to take the...
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There would be no broad consensus on climate change in the coming summit of the Group of...
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U.S. President George W. Bush promised on Sunday to be constructive in
talks on global wa...
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Wearing red, members of more than 60 environmental groups today rallied in the city centre...
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The head of the UN's Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Friday said only seven y...
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The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief...
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 Nearly everyone had something to cheer about on Wednesday after the major industrial powers and a big group of emerging nations pledged to pursue “deep cuts” in emissions of heat-trapping gases in coming decades.
President Bush, who had insisted that any commitment... |
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 United States President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change targets at his last G8 summit.
As he prepared to fly out from Japan, he told his fellow leaders: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
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 Last October, Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about the "Human Impacts of Global Warming." Gerberding told the committee that global warming "is anticipated ... |
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 Vice President Dick Cheney's office was involved in removing statements
on health risks posed by global warming from a draft of a health
official's Senate testimony last year, a former senior government
environmental official said on Tuesday.
The former official, Jason K. B... |
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The G8 rich countries said on Tuesday they want to work with the
nearly 200 states involved in U.N. climate change talks to adopt a goal
of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The final climate communique agreed by the Group of Eight leaders at
a summit i... |
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