Climate talks draw world's biggest polluters
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The U.S.-sponsored meeting of major emitting countries is aimed at supporting and accelerating the U.N. process on climate change, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted on Thursday.
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The world's top polluting  nations were told on Wednesday to prepare for decades of  weather turmoil, even if they act now to curb emissions and  pursue green energy sources.
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Climate scientists tell a conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.
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America may spew more greenhouse gases than any other country, but some states are astonishingly more prolific polluters than others &#151; and it's not always the ones you might expect.
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Envoys from India, China and other developing nations offered Wednesday to hold the line on their greenhouse gas emissions, but only as measured against the per-capita pollution produced by the United States and other richer nations.
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U.N. talks on climate change ended early Saturday with few steps forward as the United States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes on the European Union's drive for deeper emissions cuts to stop global warming.
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A meeting of delegates from the nations that emit the most pollutants ended without concrete targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions
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has made the country one of the world&#39;s leading polluters, a long-delayed government report shows. up to 30 percent of the planet&#39;s animal and plant species.
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Delegates from the world's top polluting nations are meeting in Washington to discuss tackling climate change.
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Europe is moving toward forcing large polluters to pay for most, if not all, permits to produce climate-changing gases.
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BUENOS AIRES -- Long nights of backroom wrangling and a last-minute tangle produced a deal yesterday that opens a small door to international talks about what comes "beyond Kyoto" as the world grapples with the threat of global warming.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The United States is the big odd man out as diplomats, scientists, and environmentalists from more than 190 countries gather here at the 10th meeting of the United Nations' Convention on Climate Change. The convention's Kyoto Protocol, with its mandatory reduction of &quot;greenhouse gases&quot; that cause global warming, goes into force next year. Discussions of new ...
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Governments of almost 200 countries have agreed to speed the elimination of a major greenhouse gas that depletes ozone, U.N. and Canadian officials said Saturday, describing a deal they said was a significant step toward fighting global warming.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - The world's top polluting nations were told on Wednesday to prepare for decades of weather turmoil, even if they act now to curb emissions and pursue green energy sources.
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U.N. talks on climate change ended Saturday with few steps forward as the United States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes on the European Union's drive for deeper emissions cuts to stop global warming.
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The Kyoto Protocol, which requires 35 nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, takes effect on Wednesday amid worries about its fairness.
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Greenhouse gas emissions could cause global temperatures to rise by up to 19.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to first results from the world's largest climate modeling experiment.