World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world s rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenha...
 5.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 229.0 German leader urges U.S. to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress today to tear down the walls of today and reach a deal to combat global warming. Frequently ...
5.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 756.0 Congress begins climate debate;
WASHINGTON Republicans boycotted the start of committee debate today on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill s costs have not been fully examined. The action put a spotlight on the difficulties Democratic leaders face in moving...
3.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 206.0 Senate opens hearing on climate bill
WASHINGTON (AP) The lead author of a Senate climate bill says action to combat global warming will raise energy prices, but also create jobs and that inaction could cause even worse economic and security problems. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Am...
1.0K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 171.0 Study: Warm forests may yield less timber
GRANTS PASS (AP) A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm. Researchers from...
4.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 783.0 India blocks climate deal
NEW DELHI (AP) Eight South Asian countries have agreed they can t be part of any climate change deal that sets legally binding limits on their emissions, an Indian official said today. India, Pakistan and six other nations will present a coordinate...
1.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 676.0 Nobel jury defends Obama prize
OSLO Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president. Asked to comment on...
2.6K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 148.0 Ocean dead zones are new norm for the Pacific Coast
The ocean dead zone that formed this summer off Oregon was less severe than in years past, but it looks like the phenomenon apparently linked to global warming is here to stay. Oregon State University scientists said Thursday that winds that are a fa...
2.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 148.0 Ideals over action?
WASHINGTON The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama landed with a shock on darkened, still-asleep Washington. He won! For what? For one of America s youngest presidents, in office less than nine months and only for 12 days...
5.5K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 181.0 Obama wins peace prize
OSLO (AP) President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize today in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilater...
11.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 294.0 Fish and Wildlife creates climate change job
PORTLAND (AP) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northwest regional headquarters has created a new position to push the agency s new efforts to deal with climate change. The agency announced Tuesday that Carol Schuler will be the new assistant regi...
0.6K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 148.0 Obama: Government to set example on global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama wants the federal government to set the example when it comes to global warming. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama required all agencies to do what he wants companies operating power plants, running r...
2.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 148.0 The solar slough
Believe it or not, there is enough sunshine on the Southern Oregon Coast to justify installing a solar panel or two. That is according to Kevin Berg, program and events coordinator with Solar Oregon, a Portland-based nonprofit that espouses the benef...
5.2K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 148.0 What kind of science?
We ve all heard of the butterfly effect, which says that the world is such a complex, interactive, dynamic system that a tiny butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can ultimately cause a hurricane thousands of miles away. My first thought on hearing...
3.2K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 114.0 Obama wants to end fossil fuel subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is calling on the world to end massive government subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming. The president, who is set to host the G-20 economic summit opening Thursday in Pitt...
5.3K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 263.0 U.N. chief urges leaders to change
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders today to cleanse the globe of nuclear weapons, tackle the threat of catastrophic climate change and combat growing poverty from the global financial crisis. The U.N. chief w...
5.8K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 819.0 Obama: U.S. determined to act on climate change
UNITED NATIONS President Barack Obama today declared that the United States is a serious partner in combating global warming, telling world peers we are determined to act. The journey is hard. And we don t have much time left to make it, Obama sa...
5.8K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 973.0 U.N. climate summit puts China, India in spotlight
UNITED NATIONS ” The highest-level conference yet on climate change opened today with 100 world leaders gathering at the United Nations to try to jump-start stalled negotiations toward a global climate pact. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-m...
5.3K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 351.0 Activist's 350-mile trek highlights climate change
SUNSET BAY STATE PARK Some will plant 350 trees, say 350 prayers, throw 350 Frisbees or light 350 candles. Others will play 350 minutes of music, hold rallies and make art. And in an island country where the threat of global warming and rising sea ...
5.2K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 1000.0 Climate change bill will have modest effect
WASHINGTON (AP) The long-term economic costs of a climate bill being considered in Congress would be comparatively modest in light of expected overall economic growth over the next 40 years, according to a congressional report released Friday. Th...
2.8K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 171.0 | 
