Climate Change

BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on Tuesday pledged a “vigorous response” to climate change, saying they would work toward a global agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In a joint statement, the two nations — the world’s largest producers of greenhouse gases — said climate change [...]

LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) — A United Nations report warns that women will bear the brunt of global climate change since a large share of women rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.
The report released in London Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund concludes that the world’s poor will be hit hardest by global warming, [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) — U.S. Senate debate on a sweeping climate change bill will be delayed until the spring, the chamber’s Democratic leaders said.
Ahead of considering climate change legislation are bills that would reform the U.S. healthcare system, overhaul financial markets and stimulate job creation, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Legislation that, among other [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) — Several U.S. senators have a message for their chamber’s leaders: The road to a climate change rumbles through their coal-rich states.
Last week in a letter, a group of 14 coal-state members told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid the climate change bill needs to include more protections for coal-dependent utilities, Politico [...]

SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 (UPI) — Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday conceded that a legally binding global-warming accord is not achievable at next month’s climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.
U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders, gathered for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, backed a two-step approach proposed by Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, who is leading [...]