Arctic States Agree Small Steps to Slow Thaw
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Eight Arctic countries agreed on small steps to brake a rapid thaw of the region on Wednesday with indigenous peoples accusing Washington of
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Greenhouse gases have contributed to a gradual warming of the ecologically-fragile Arctic region, causing massive climate changes, including melting glaciers and sea ice, according to a soon-to-be-released environmental study.
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The eight countries represented in the Arctic Council include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the US There are also six permanent participant positions represented by the indigenous peoples of the Arctic
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Thursday to pursue substantial but unspecified cuts in greenhouse gases and work with the United Nations to clinch a new deal to fight global warming by 2009.
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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said on Thursday in what could be a final step on the long road to bringing the global pact into force.
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Â· US softens on deal to halt rising temperature Â· Race against time to rescue talks before summit
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The United States and the seven other countries with Arctic territory today expressed concern about profound changes in the Arctic climate and said they would consider new scientific findings
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Russia gave final approval to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming as President Vladimir Putin signed legislation ratifying the landmark environmental pact that seeks to slow global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, the Kremlin said Friday.
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Eight countries of the Arctic region have agreed to fight climate change effects in the region, but refused to take any new measures out of deference to the Bush administration.
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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the National Hockey League (NHL) inched closer to a transfer agreement after the NHL conceded too many young Europeans are playing in North American minor leagues.
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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said Thursday, in what could be a final step in the lengthy tussle to bring the global pact into force.
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Global warming is heating the Arctic at a rapid pace - with impacts that could range from the disappearance of polar bears&#39; summer habitat by the century&#39;s end to a damaging rise in sea levels worldwide.
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Global warming (news - web sites) is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens the livelihoods
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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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Governors from five Western states agreed Monday to work together to reduce greenhouse gases, saying their region has suffered some of the worst of global warming with recent droughts and bad fire seasons.
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The cap of floating sea ice on the Arctic Ocean this year shrank more than one million square miles below the average minimum area reached in recent decades.
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Industrial nations agreed a compromise at U.N. climate talks on Friday that stiff 2020 targets for greenhouse gas cuts would be useful pointers for future work on a new climate treaty, delegates said.