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Kyoto Protocol stories: 21 news summaries

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 Biofuel Laws Make No Sense: Scientists 

Kyoto Protocols actually encourage harming the environment

Oct 23, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Biofuel laws around the world actually encourage harming the environment, prominent scientists argue in the latest issue of Science. Under the Kyoto Treaty, in laws throughout Europe, and in the bill that passed the US House, biofuels count as carbon-neutral, on the theory that the plants the fuel is... More »

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climate change • environment • trees • biofuel • Kyoto Protocol • deforestation • carbon emissions

Jeffrey Sachs

 Coal Harms the Planet 
 —and Owns the Senate 

Blame industry as well as ideology if US shirks Copenhagen

Oct 21, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the world turns to Copenhagen this December, the US, which never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, may once again fail to sign up to save the world from serious climate change. Ideology plays a part, Jeffrey Sachs notes, as many Republican senators are "intent on derailing any Obama initiative.... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • coal • Kyoto Protocol • coal mining • treaty • Copenhagen climate change conference • Jeffrey Sachs

 Airlines Pledge to Halve 
 Emissions by 2050 

Industry makes vow to UN ahead of Copenhagen summit

Sep 22, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The airline industry is pledging to cut carbon emissions by 50% in 2050, reports the Guardian, in a reluctant concession meant to stave off more dramatic action—but one that will likely increase fares and trigger a race for new, greener technology. The plan will be presented at the... More »

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climate change • Greenpeace • airline industry • Kyoto Protocol • British Airways • airline • aviation • Copenhagen climate change conference • Willie Walsh

The Latest Ozone Villain:
Laughing Gas

Nitrous oxide nothing
to chuckle about, climate scientists say

Aug 28, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nitrous oxide is the new chlorofluorocarbons. A study published today fingers N2O, aka laughing gas, as the most dangerous ozone-depleting gas in the air, Time reports. Nitrous oxide isn’t as dangerous as CFCs, but it’s incredibly common, emitted by everything from fertilizer to sewage treatment plants to... More »

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greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • Kyoto Protocol • atmosphere • ozone • ozone layer • nitrous oxide • Montreal Protocol

Industry Muffled Own Scientists on Warming

Coal, oil, companies suppressed experts' findings for years

Apr 24, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of industries linked to fossil fuels lobbied for more than a decade to cast doubt on global warming—while the companies' own scientists advised them that climate change was irrefutable, the New York Times reports. The Global Climate Coalition, financed by the oil, coal, and auto industries, conducted... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • coal • Kyoto Protocol • auto industry • carbon emissions • oil industry

Warming Is Polar Bears' Top Killer, Host Nations Agree

US, Russia, Norway, Denmark and Canada sign joint statement on bear population

Mar 19, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five nations whose land is home to polar bears signed a joint statement today declaring global warming to be the biggest threat to the animals, AFP reports. Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Norway, Russia, and the US agree that “long-term conservation of polar bears depends upon successful mitigation of climate change,”... More »

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climate change • Russia • global warming • Canada • Kyoto Protocol • Norway • Denmark • polar bear • ice melt

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Hopes High in Climate Fight as Obama Takes Lead

US to take major role in new environmental treaty

Mar 1, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Kyoto Protocol signed more than a decade ago faced roadblocks to achieving its environmental goals—but with President Obama pushing hard on climate change, new international agreements could be much stronger, the New York Times reports. Obama has placed the US “at the forefront of the international climate... More »

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climate change • environment • Kyoto Protocol • treaty • Obama administration • President Obama

Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

Most funded projects 'won't reduce emissions'

May 26, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billions of dollars spent to encourage developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are being wasted on projects that don't qualify, according to two new studies of the UN's carbon credit program. The Kyoto agreement arranges for wealthy countries unable to meet emission reductions to instead subsidize green energy projects... More »

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United Nations • carbon trading • Kyoto Protocol • green energy • clean energy • Kyoto treaty • carbon emissions

 Gore's New Hard
 Truth: Nothing
 Is Changing 

Climate change too low on priority list: Gore

Apr 21, 08 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the impact of his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, the success of Live Earth concerts and news stories about melting ice caps, little has changed and action is needed more urgently than ever to stem global warming, Al Gore tells the Sun. The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president believes it's... More »

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climate change • recycling • Al Gore • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • An Inconvenient Truth • polar ice caps • Live Earth • Nobel Peace Prize • low-energy light bulbs • Oscars

Bush Warms to Global Warming

The president looks to lead on climate change, in his own way

Dec 29, 07 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to polish his legacy, President Bush is mulling new climate policy that may include mandatory emissions caps, the Washington Post reports. The Post tracks his evolution from climate skeptic to advocate of higher fuel efficiency and a $37 billion investment in alternative fuels—although critics remain dubious of... More »

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climate change • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • global warming • cap and trade • White House • Kyoto Protocol • Environmental Protection Agency • George W. Bush

Bali: What Was Accomplished?

Developed and developing nations agree to work to end global warming

Dec 16, 07 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Dismantling the “Berlin Wall of climate change”—the idea that rich nations alone should lead the fight against global warming—was the big breakthrough at the UN climate change conference in Bali, reports Time. It made it possible for the US, after a bruising confrontation and near-collapse of... More »

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China • climate change • environment • India • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • Bali

Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks

Officials agree to reach accord in 2009—after end of Bush term

Dec 15, 07 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bali climate summit averted failure at the eleventh hour today when the US capitulated under sharp criticism and agreed to further talks to forge a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol in 2009 that will include the US and developing nations. The deal came after the US dropped opposition... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • United Nations • Al Gore • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • George W. Bush • Ban Ki-Moon

Gore Points Finger at US in Bali

Nobel laureate says Bush and company stonewalling in Bali

Dec 13, 07 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore’s latest inconvenient truth: the US is stonewalling the UN climate conference. “My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here,” the Nobel laureate raged today in Bali. The US, along with Japan and several other nations, refuses to accept a specific... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • United Nations • Al Gore • global warming • European Union • Kyoto Protocol • Bali

Bali Eco Summit Nears Collapse

US, EU in standoff over new carbon limits

Dec 13, 07 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A face-off between American and European environment officials has pushed the Bali climate change talks to the breaking point, with United Nations officials warning that the summit could collapse "like a house of cards." Delegates in Bali are sharply divided over the guidelines for the next two years... More »

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climate change • United Nations • European Union • United States • Kyoto Protocol • Portugal • Bali • carbon emissions

UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea
for Warming Battle Plan 

Ban: Action is 'moral challenge of generation'

Dec 12, 07 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Citing a "desperate urgency," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon environmental ministers from over 120 nations to forge a new battle plan against climate change by 2009. The new treaty would attempt to improve on the Kyoto Protocol by including every country, and serve as a "... More »

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United Nations • global warming • United States • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • carbon emissions • Ban Ki-Moon

Climate Reps at Odds Over Deforestation

Rich countries balk at paying poorer nations to stop hacking trees

Dec 8, 07 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The triumph of the Bali summit may be its plan to stop deforestation, but rich and poor nations are still clashing over details, the Washington Post reports. A dozen developing countries want incentives to stop tree-cutting, but some developed nations wince at paying them for actions not taken. "The... More »

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United Nations • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • deforestation • developing countries • Bali • developed countries • tropical rain forests

New Aussie PM Urges US to Back Kyoto

Washington now alone among developed nations on emissions

Dec 5, 07 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Two days after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse-gas emissions, Australian PM Kevin Rudd says the US should, too. Like the US, Australia had previously refused to join the agreement, which sets binding limits on emissions. But Rudd says he wants Washington on board, as “all developed and developing... More »

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climate change • Australia • diplomacy • greenhouse gases • Kyoto Protocol • Kevin Rudd • George W. Bush

Climate Talks Move Forward, But Slowly

Bali participants take baby steps toward fighting global warming

Dec 4, 07 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sniping among the 190 nations in attendance isn't keeping the climate talks in Bali from inching forward, Reuters reports. Participants have succeeded in putting together a "special group" to look at post-Kyoto Protocol options, but "the devil's in the detail," cautioned a top UN official. Meanwhile, environmentalists... More »

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climate change • United Nations • Indonesia • greenhouse gases • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • Yvo de Boer

Rudd Inherits Red-Hot Economy

New Aussie PM faces inflationary risks
in boom times

Nov 26, 07 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - New Aussie PM Kevin Rudd inherits a booming economy, but that doesn't mean it's going to be an easy ride for his center-left government, the Wall Street Journal warns. Demand for Australia's natural resources is feverish and inflation is already uncomfortably high. Rudd has vowed to pump about $48 billion... More »

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Australia • Kyoto Protocol • John Howard • Kevin Rudd • Australian Labor Party

Rice Kicks Off Climate Summit

Secretary denies US is trying to undermine UN work

Sep 27, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice insisted the US is serious about fighting global warming today, as top polluting nations began a two-day conference in Washington. "Climate change is a global problem and we are contributing to it," the Secretary of State said. President Bush convened the conference to "support and... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Condoleezza Rice • Kyoto Protocol • green energy

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