In Battle for U.S. Carbon Caps, Eyes and Efforts Focus on China
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Supporters of limits on greenhouse gases are betting that the road to U.S. climate-change legislation runs through China.
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The world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters -- including the United States and China -- sent envoys to the U.S. State Department on Thursday for discussions on climate change and what to do about it.
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China follows US outline with program of its own. But neither one contains a specific emissions target, which Europe wants.
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Talks on global warming in the United States next week may be complicated by differences among developing countries as their climate policy positions diverge.
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Australia's conservative, anti-Kyoto prime minister has pushed climate change to the top of the agenda for this week's APEC forum. But can the U.S. and China be brought onboard this time?
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Europeans push for explicit 25-40% carbon cuts by 2020, but US resists
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China said Tuesday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
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U.S. coal mining companies, which for years have been branded the bad guys of global warming, are fighting back.
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Former US vice president Al Gore has called on fast-growing China and India to step up their efforts to tackle climate change.
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Los Angeles and Pittsburgh provide examples of what to do &#151; and not to do &#151; about China's severe air pollution in the face of surging energy use from rapid economic growth, U.S. and Chinese scientists say.
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India and China face pressure at the G8 summit to sign up to a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions.
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China has overtaken the United States as the top emitter of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, because of surging energy use amid an economic boom, a Dutch government-funded agency said on Wednesday.
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The British government proposed bold new environmental legislation Tuesday that would set legally binding, long-term limits on carbon emissions &#151; a move it hopes will prompt the United States, China and India to follow suit.
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China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a national climate change plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
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U.S. policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur climate change.
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In an effort to gain economic cooperation, the U.S. is pushing for China and other developing nations to get more power.
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Science & environment: White House wants more from India and China but future negotiations to achieve cuts are made difficult