Archive for January 27th, 2010
Climate talks bigger threat to Saudi than oil rivals
RIYADH (Reuters) – United Nations climate talks are a bigger threat to top oil exporter Saudi Arabia than increased oil supplies from rival producers, its lead climate negotiator said on Sunday. SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabia’s economy depends on oil exports so stands to be one of the biggest losers in any pact that curbs oil [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Negotiations.
Tags: Climate Change, climate negotiations, global warming, oil, Oil Industry, Peak Oil, United Nations, World Oil Reserves
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No guarantee of 2010 warming treaty: UN
World talks on climate change may not yield a legally binding pact by year’s end, UN pointman Yvo de Boer said on Wednesday in his first public assessment after last month’s turbulent Copenhagen summit. De Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said he had taken stock among a number [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Negotiations, World News.
Tags: Climate Change, climate negotiations, global warming, International negotiations, Mexico, United Nations
Comments: 2
Some Bear Facts
Jeff Corwin talks about one of his favorite animals, the iconic polar bear, that has become the face of the detrimental effects that global warming is having in the arctic as the sea ice they need to survive slowly melts away. Part of Defenders of Wildlife’s Feeling the Heat series. You can get involved [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, General, Nature.
Tags: arctic, Climate Change, global warming, species extinction
Comments: 1
A good use of Stimulus Money?
A state senator from Ohio says his state is spending $1 million on signs to advertise the use of stimulus money for road projects. var showHover=false;
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under General.
Tags: Obama, Obama administration, US Senate
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