WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is making progress with China on outstanding issues overshadowing U.N. climate talks but cannot say whether a deal will result after President Barack Obama arrives in Copenhagen, officials said.
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Republicans work to block EPA carbon rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers said on Thursday they would try to block a Environmental Protection Agency proposal that opens the door to federal regulation of planet-warming gases.
Ministers try to break deadlock at climate talks
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Ministers strived to break a deadlock in global climate talks on Tuesday, three days before world leaders are meant to agree a new U.N. pact aimed at averting dangerous climate change.
Suzlon head sees wind turbine shortfall under pact
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Demand for new wind power could far outstrip supply under a new global climate deal, the founder of Asia’s largest wind turbine maker said this week, calling for new manufacturers to help industry to fill orders. Tulsi Tanti, also chairman of India’s Suzlon Energy, said due to the size of the 36.5 billion euro ($53.5 billion) wind turbine market, he does not consider existing manufacturers as competition.
Rich nations must assume environmental duties: pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Industrialized nations must recognize their responsibility for the environmental crisis, shed their consumerism and embrace more sober lifestyles, Pope Benedict said on Tuesday.
U.S. EPA sticks Energy Star label on millionth home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most U.S. consumers recognize the Environmental Protection Agency’s blue Energy Star label when it is posted on an energy-saving refrigerator, water heater or other appliance.
German coalition cautiously favorable on GMOs
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany’s incoming government drew mixed responses on Monday to its cautiously-favorable policy toward genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).
Protesters scale UK’s Didcot power plant chimney
LONDON (Reuters) – Environmental campaigners climbed the chimney of the UK’s Didcot power station on Monday but had no impact on production, a spokesman for the UK unit of German utility RWE said.
World must use GM crops, says UK science academy
LONDON (Reuters) – The world needs genetically modified crops both to increase food yields and minimize the environmental impact of farming, Britain’s top science academy said on Wednesday.
EPA to review health impact of weed killer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is reviewing the health impacts of an herbicide known as atrazine, a widely used weed killer that recent studies have tied to birth defects, low birth weight and premature babies.
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