COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters marched on Wednesday toward a Copenhagen conference center where delegates were discussing a global climate pact, and a spokesman said they planned to break through a police cordon.
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China suspends move to limit e-bikes
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Standardization Administration said on Wednesday it has suspended some requirements that could have restricted the use and production of electric bicycles in the country.
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.
U.S. sees robust climate talks, no "reparations"
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s top aides promised on Wednesday “robust” negotiations toward a global climate change deal this month, but firmly stated the United States does not owe the world “reparations” for centuries of carbon pollution.
Lawsuit seeks to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The waterway that allows invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes should be closed, Michigan’s attorney general said on Monday as the state prepared a lawsuit to protect its fishing and tourism industries.
FACTBOX: U.S. EPA’s moves to battle climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. Congress fights over legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, the Obama administration is considering a series of regulations that also would cut such pollutants.
Poorer nations target mid-2010 climate deal: draft
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China, Brazil, South Africa and India want a global climate treaty wrapped up by June 2010, according to a joint draft document prepared for the Copenhagen climate summit which opened on Monday.
"Kyoto principles" crucial in climate talks: China
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will insist the main principles of the Kyoto Protocol are retained in any new global climate change pact, even though others are seeking to abandon them, a high-ranking climate official on Saturday.
U.S. requests talks with Mexico over tuna dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday sought formal talks with Mexico to settle a spat between the neighbors over which international body should hear a complaint about “dolphin-safe” tuna.
Low-carbon farms can raise food output, food agency says
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Low-carbon farming can both curb climate change and boost food output in developing nations and so must be rewarded under a global climate deal due in December, the U.N.’s food agency said on Thursday.
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