Russian Kyoto vote challenge to Ottawa
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Alberta and Ottawa may be headed for another jurisdictional catfight over climate change, now that the Russian parliament is set to ratify the Kyoto accord.
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After years of wavering, the Kremlin announced Thursday it will throw Russia&#39;s decisive vote behind the 1997 Kyoto climate change treaty
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Russia&#39;s announcement that it will ratify the Kyoto Protocol -- a decision crucial to the treaty coming into force -- has catapulted the issue onto
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Russia&#39;s lower house of Parliament voted overwhelmingly today to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, clearing another hurdle for the international treaty aimed at reducing emissions blamed for global warming.
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MOSCOW -- The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of Parliament ratified the global climate pact yesterday and sent it on to President Vladimir Putin for his signature, setting the stage for the treaty to come into force next year. Putin's stamp of approval is considered a formality, but the Kremlin has given ...
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MOSCOW  - Russia's upper house of parliament on Wednesday ratified the Kyoto protocol and sent it to President Vladimir Putin for the final stamp of approval that would bring the global climate pact into force early next year.
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MOSCOW - Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gases Friday, all but ensuring the sweeping environmental pact will go into effect after years of delays.
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MOSCOW, October 27 (Itar-Tass) - The Federation Council, or Russian parliamentâs upper house, ratified on Wednesday the Kyoto protocol to the UN frame convention on change of climate.
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Prime Minister John Howard refused to bow to renewed pressure to back the Kyoto Protocol on global warming after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to become the latest signatory to the pact.
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Russia's lower house of parliament  ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, clearing the way for the  long-delayed climate change pact to come into force worldwide.
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The Russian government will discuss ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, the government press service said on Wednesday, in a sign Russia is finally making up its mind to back the climate change pact.
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The Kyoto treaty moved within a step of being put into force worldwide yesterday as Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament ratified the international pact to curb global warming.
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The Russian Cabinet on Thursday approved the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on combating global warming, clearing the way for parliament&#39;s vote on the pact, which needs Russia&#39;s support to take effect, the Interfax news agency reported.
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The Russian government has approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, clearing the way for parliament to vote on ratification of the pact.
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Russia&#39;s lower house of parliament ratified the long-stalled Kyoto climate change treaty on Friday, clearing the last major hurdle for the global pact to take force seven years after it was drafted.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s decision to ask parliament to ratify the Kyoto Protocol should belatedly allow the anti-global-warming treaty to come into force -- but it&#39;s far from saving the climate.
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Russia&#39;s government has approved the Kyoto Protocol and sent the climate change pact to the State Duma lower house of parliament for endorsement.