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Sky-High Oil Will Reshape World Power, Dent US Clout

Power shifts as global economies change

Jan 3, 08 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The surging price of oil from $10 a barrel a decade ago to a record $100 today is remaking the global economy and altering the balance of power across the world, according to the Wall Street Journal. If oil prices continue to climb, as many experts predict, US political power... More »

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China • climate change • Russia • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • International Monetary Fund • ExxonMobil • United Arab Emirates • oil price • fuel economy standards • $100 a barrel oil • Aramco • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority • US automakers

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

Brown Orders Britons to
Think Green

UK must count 'carbon cost' of new projects—a boon to clean energies

Dec 22, 07 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown has told his ministers to count the cost of global warming—literally. For each ton of carbon a new project emits, the UK will tack on a “carbon price" to account for climate costs. The move will prove a boon to carbon-free energy sources like... More »

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climate change • nuclear power • global warming • Gordon Brown • Britain • carbon emissions

Governator to Sue Feds Over Emissions

Blasts EPA for refusing to let Calif. set tougher auto standards

Dec 21, 07 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger will sue the federal government after the EPA denied California a waiver that would have allowed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions in vehicles faster than federal mandates. The California plan would raise fuel efficiency standards to 43.7mpg by 2016; the federal plan 40mpg by 2020.... More »

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climate change • Arnold Schwarzenegger • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • emissions standards • 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

Gas Limits Dumped to Assuage US
in Bali Talks

Language softened to break standoff

Dec 14, 07 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Negotiators at the UN climate conference in Bali eased off goals to limit emissions of greenhouse gases today in an attempt to overcome US opposition, Reuters reports. The compromise draft has removed a specific target of cutting emissions by 25 to 40% by 2020. The Indonesian hosts are hoping softer... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Bali

Knut Mania Triggers Rift at Zoo

Polar bear's promoter leaves in dispute over marketing

Dec 13, 07 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A savvy marketing campaign that turned cuddly Knut into the world's most famous polar bear has driven a wedge between his human handlers. The Berlin Zoo's finance director, the man who made Knut the poster bear for global warming and turned a tidy profit for the zoo in the process,... More »

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climate change • Leonardo DiCaprio • Knut • Berlin Zoo • polar bear

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

White House Meddled With Climate Change Science: Report

House committee finds attempts to 'mislead'

Dec 12, 07 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A House committee says the Bush administration has attempted to mislead the public about global warming by editing written testimony, controlling media access to scientists, and trying to minimize the links between climate change and hurricanes, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The study, authored mainly by Democrats, accuses the White... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • Hurricane Katrina • global warming • science • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Arctic Melting Faster Than Worst-Case Predictions

'The Arctic is screaming,' says scientist

Dec 12, 07 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Greenland's Arctic ice melted at rates far surpassing any previous year in 2007, according to new data, indicating that the change is happening far faster than predicted. "The Arctic is screaming," said one scientist. If melting continues at this rate, the Arctic Ocean would be "nearly ice-free"... More »

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climate change • global warming • Greenland • ice melt • Arctic 2007

US Opposes Bali Carbon Caps

Draft resolution runs into trouble as Americans balk

Dec 11, 07 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The American delegation to UN climate talks in Bali last night ruled out a draft resolution that would call on industrialized nations to cut carbon emissions by 25% to 40% in 12 years. The US called the proposal "totally unrealistic" and "unhelpful." But the US isn't the... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • Bali

Gore Blasts Climate Inaction in Nobel Speech

Laureate singles out US, China as
biggest offenders

Dec 10, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore collected his Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo and blasted the US and China for blaming each other rather than addressing climate change. "Both countries should stop using each other's behavior as an excuse for stalemate," he said. Gore also called his 2000 presidential defeat a... More »

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China • climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2000

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

Dying Coral Zapped Back to Life

'Bio'Rock' revives bleached Bali coral

Dec 5, 07 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Electrified metal structures submerged off the coast of Bali are reviving dying coral reefs, the AP reports. Low-voltage electricity pulses through cables feeding the structures, spurring pieces of damaged coral attached to them back to health. Scientist Thomas Goreau, co-creator of the 'Bio-Rock' project, is presenting his research at the... More »

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climate change • conservation • marine life • Bali • coral reef

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

New 'Petascale' Computers Will Speed Up Science

Machines accelerate advances in climate change, geology, drug development research

Dec 3, 07 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A new generation of "petascale" supercomputers capable of 1,000 trillion calculations per second—about twice the current standard—will start running next year, and the power could not only accelerate scientific discovery but also change the scientific method itself, the Washington Post reports. "We can now do... More »

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climate change • Wall Street • dark matter • petascale • exascale • supercomputer

Aussies Take the Lead at
Climate Talks

Nation passes Kyoto Protocol; leaves US
out in the cold

Dec 3, 07 5:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Australia won a standing ovation today at the first day of climate talks in Bali as it approved the Kyoto Protocol to cut pollution. Australia's vote now leaves the US the only developed nation not to back the pact. The Kyoto Protocol calls for industrialized nations to cut emissions below... More »

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climate change • Indonesia • Australia • Bali • carbon emissions

1B Trees Take Root to Help Save Planet

Ethiopia, Mexico
lead UN agency's climate-change fight

Nov 28, 07 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - A UN-sponsored initiative exceeded its goal of having one billion trees planted in 2007, AFP reports. Developing nations are leading the charge: Ethiopia tops the list with 700 million plantings, and Mexico, Kenya, Rwanda, and Myanmar all made substantial contributions. The UN Environment Program said it had confirmation of 1.... More »

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climate change • Kenya • Indonesia • global warming • Mexico • Ethiopia • UN Environmental Program • Wangari Maathai

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