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Climate an issue for 'Hollywood elite': US senatorCopenhagen (AFP) Dec 17, 2009 The Senate's top critic of legislation on climate change on Thursday told the Copenhagen summit that the United States will not take action, calling the issue a concern for the "Hollywood elite." Senator James Inhofe flew to the Danish capital for a visit of just two hours in between votes in Washington, hoping to undercut President Barack Obama's pledges to take a leadership role on climate ... read more |
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The Hague (AFP) Dec 16, 2009The Netherlands stepped up measures Wednesday against the world's biggest Q fever epidemic that has killed 10 humans, by ordering the slaughter of over 30,000 animals, a press release said. The ministry of agriculture announced the "preventative slaughter" of 34,000 expectant goats and ewes, and 1,200 billy goats "will be killed too as they can transmit the infection through their sperm". ... more  
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 16, 2009Rich nations Wednesday offered the first sign of progress at a UN climate summit, pledging 3.5 billion dollars to fight deforestation as talks bogged down on procedures and were marred by clashes. Six countries -- Australia, Britain, France, Japan, Norway and the United States -- said they would set up a fund to fight the loss of forests, a leading source of the rising temperatures feared to ... more  
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 18, 2009Leaders and ministers from about 30 countries hammered out an outline climate accord early Friday morning, hours before some 130 world leaders were to gather in a summit, diplomats said. The three-hour session ended about 2:30 a.m., leaving top advisors to work out the final language of the draft agreement on how to tame global warming and help poor countries cope with its impacts. ... more |
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Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 Stanford University scientists say they've determined global warming could significantly negatively impact U.S. wine and corn production. The researchers, led by Assistant Professor Noah Diffenbaugh, said global warming has made the early arrival of spring commonplace across the planet. "Our experiment is unprecedented," he said. "It's the first time a climate model has been ... more 
Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen were threatened from within and without Wednesday just two days before U.S. President Barack Obama and more than 100 other world leaders are expected to agree to a new treaty to stop global warming. Firing tear gas and wielding batons, Danish police arrested around 230 demonstrators trying to enter the conference venue as negotiations inside remained ... more 
Bangkok (AFP) Dec 17, 2009Thailand confirmed Thursday its first case of a pig infected with swine flu spread from humans, senior officials said. Agriculture minister Thira Wongsamut said that one of 80 pigs in a sample group tested for the virus at Kasertsart University farm in the central province of Sara Buri had contracted A(H1N1) influenza. "It was only in one sample that we found the A(H1N1)," Thira said. ... more |
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