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Climate talks 'unlikely' to deliver - PA
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The Copenhagen summit is unlikely to produce a 'signed and sealed' climate change solution because leading countries are not ready to commit, the Environment Agency's chief will claim. Lord Smith is calling
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Storm could become hurricane -- again
- 5 Hours ago
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Earlier this week, Ida made landfall as a hurricane over east central Nicaragua, grounding ships and causing damage. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Forecasters expect Ida to reach hurricane status by Saturday night
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Why India Is Playing Hard to Get on Climate Change
- 4 Hours ago
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If U.S. diplomats consider India to be a major obstacle to global climate-change negotiations â?? and they do â?? it might be because of Sunita Narain. The director of the influential Centre for Science
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Editorial: Climate change bill is in trouble
- 94 Minutes ago
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If you think the partisan divide over healthcare reform is ugly, take a look at the animus in the Senate as debate continues on a key climate change bill. So wide is the gulf that long-held Senate traditions
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Climate change bill is in trouble
- 105 Minutes ago
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If you think the partisan divide over healthcare reform is ugly, take a look at the animus in the Senate as debate continues on a key climate change bill. So wide is the gulf that long-held Senate traditions
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Climate Change: India Plays Tough on Carbon Emissions
- 4 Hours ago
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If you want to give a U.N. climate change negotiator indigestion, which isn't terribly hard to do these days, mention three letters: W-T-O. That stands for the World Trade Organization, the global body
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Copenhagen 'unlikely' to solve global warming
- 4 Hours ago
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The head of the Environment Agency is set to claim that the Copenhagen summit is unlikely to produce a 'signed and sealed' climate change solution, because leading countries are not ready to commit. Lord
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> Storm destroys 178 homes
- 2 Hours ago
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A freak storm, initially believed to have been a tornado, destroyed 178 homes and left 66 people injured in Nkwzela in the Ingwe Local Municipality near Bulwer, KwaZulu Natal Provincial Disaster Management
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Forgotten flood-damaged heritage
- 5 Hours ago
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For Metro Manila and Metro Cebu: Factual errors? Contact the Philippine Daily Inquirer's day desk. Believe this article violates journalistic ethics? Contact the Inquirer's Reader's Advocate, or write
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Ida could be hurricane by Sunday
- 8 Hours ago
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Fueling on the warm Caribbean Sea, Tropical Storm Ida gained speed and strength and was expected to become a hurricane Saturday night or Sunday morning as it moved north on a path that could threaten
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Swan hopeful of climate change deal
- 8 Hours ago
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Treasurer Wayne Swan hopes Copenhagen's climate change summit will make progress on how to pay for carbon reduction measures after G20 finance ministers failed to come up with a figure. Ministers from
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Flood damage bill tops $1m
- 8 Hours ago
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Authorities have estimated more than $1 million damage has been caused to public property alone after major flooding on the New South Wales mid-north coast. But the damage bill might rise as authorities
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Philippines: Second Typhoon in a Month Makes Landfall
- 8 Hours ago
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Philippines 2009 © Tony Marchant /MSF Over the last 40 days, the Philippines has been hit by two violent typhoons and a tropical storm, which have all caused severe flooding and prompted people to assemble
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UK urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal
- 8 Hours ago
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British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts to work toward a US$100 billion deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it.
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GOP's Graham steps out on a limb on climate change
- 6 Hours ago
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WASHINGTON -- When it comes to combating global warming, Sen. Lindsey Graham is right where he loves to be - ahead of the curve, in the mix on a major issue, at the table for high-level, bipartisan talks
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Rudd blames climate sceptics for global sabotage
- 3 Hours ago
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The attack came as senior politicians conceded a treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions is not possible this year, and will be delayed at least six months. Wealthy nations said the best hope for next
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Ida strengthens into a hurricane
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MIAMI - Ida has strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean as it nears Cancun, Mexico. Forecaster Todd Kimberlain with the the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Ida's winds have picked
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Monsoon may continue in TN coastal areas
- 2 Hours ago
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CHENNAI: With a low pressure area over Kanyakumari and neighbourhood likely to become more marked, the northeast monsoon, which set in over the State on October 29, will continue to be vigorous over the
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Urgent aids to Typhoon Mirinae victims
- 2 Hours ago
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Vietnam will provide VND 225 billion (US$12.6 million) and 10,000 tonnes of rice to central and Central Highlands provinces to help them overcome the consequences of Typhoon Mirinae. According to decision
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Canada helps Vietnamese typhoon victims
- 2 Hours ago
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The Canadian Government has decided to provide US$850,000 to help Ketsana victims in central provinces of Vietnam. The Canadian Embassy in Vietnam on November 4 said in a press release that the donation
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Party chief lauds local response to typhoon
- 2 Hours ago
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Party Secretary General Nong Duc Manh pledged that the State and Party will stand by local party cells and authorities in Phu Yen province - the area hardest-hit by Typhoon Mirinae - to provide assistance
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Mexico issues hurricane watch for parts of Yucatan
- 3 Hours ago
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Tropical Storm Ida has become a Category 1 hurricane again in the northwestern Caribbean off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The US National Hurricane Center says Ida has reached maximum sustained winds of
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