• US government to cut greenhouse emissions by 28 percent
    US government to cut greenhouse emissions by 28 percent AFP - Fri Jan 29, 10:33 AM

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House announced Friday that President Barack Obama would order the US federal government to reduce its greenhouse gas pollution by 28 percent by 2020.

  • Olympic no-show snow due to climate change: scientist
    Olympic no-show snow due to climate change: scientist CBC - Fri Jan 29, 9:27 AM

    The Games are a perfect catalyst for Canada to take climate change seriously in the long term, according to Ian Bruce, lead climate change researcher at the Suzuki Foundation.

  • Climate change blamed for Olympic snow shortage
    Climate change blamed for Olympic snow shortage CBC - Fri Jan 29, 9:27 AM

    The Games are a perfect catalyst for Canada to take climate change seriously in the long term, according to Ian Bruce, lead climate change campaigner at the Suzuki Foundation.

  • U.S. formally embraces Copenhagen climate deal
    U.S. formally embraces Copenhagen climate deal Reuters - Thu Jan 28, 6:53 PM

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday formally notified the United Nations that it has embraced the Copenhagen Accord setting nonbinding goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that was negotiated last month.

  • U.S. embraces Copenhagen pact, Senators rework bill
    U.S. embraces Copenhagen pact, Senators rework bill Reuters - Thu Jan 28, 6:31 PM

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama Administration formally embraced the Copenhagen Accord on global warming on Thursday, a day after the president urged a fractious U.S. Congress to get to work on comprehensive legislation to stem the nation's emissions.

Environmental politics

File photo shows giant tabular icebergs surrounded by ice floe drifting in Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory. A monster iceberg has been spotted drifting towards Australia in what scientists Wednesday called a once-in-a-century event. Photo:Torsten Blackwood/AFP