US shuns OECD environment norms
A Goal set at last year's summit of the world's major industrialised nations--common environment standards for export credit agencies -- will not bee achieved when their leaders meet this weekend in
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Lieberman says Bush made US climate "renegade"
US Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the former vice presidential candidate, said on Tuesday President George W. Bush has made the country a kind of "renegade" nation by his rejection of the Kyoto climate
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U.S. under fire at global warming talks
Despite rejecting a treaty to combat global warming, the United States was the focus of talks on saving the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday. The USA drew stinging criticism from environmentalists and a
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U.S. under fire at global warming talks
Despite rejecting a treaty to combat global warming, the United States was the focus of talks on saving the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday. The USA drew stinging criticism from environmentalists and a
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Compromise sought at Bonn climate talks
Even after rejecting a treaty to combat global warming, the United States was the focus of talks on saving the pact Thursday, with environmentalists criticizing Washington for bowing out and France
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Some progress seen on Kyoto Protocol
Talks on a treaty to combat global warming are inching forward, and the pact may be rescued even though the United States has abandoned it, the head of the negotiations said yesterday. Jan Pronk's
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Dutch minister sees hope in climate talks
Jan Pronk, the Dutch environment minister, expressed optimism on reaching agreement on the Kyoto Protocol during talks on climate change in Bonn. Despite US rejection of the protocol, Mr Pronk, who
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U.S. appears isolated on Kyoto
The United States appeared isolated at UN climate talks in Germany as Japan backed European efforts to save the Kyoto pact on global warming despite President George W. Bush's rejection of the
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NGT arms itself with new certificate
With a little over two months to go for the next CNG deadline of September 30 to end, there is some encouraging news. Delhi-based conversion company Nugas Technologies (NGT) claims to have obtained
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Smog study casts doubt on benefit of car tests
State vehicle emission testing programs have had little impact on getting the worst polluting vehicles off the road, according to a report by the US National Research Council of the National
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Old commercial vehicles likely to be banned
The Assam Government is planning to impose a ban on plying of old commercial vehicles within the greater Guwahati area to reduce the pollution caused by vehicular emission, said Minister of State for
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Vanishing islands sound SoS on Net
A tiny South Pacific group of islands is appealing for help on the Internet to stop its 500 people vanishing into the ocean because of rising sea levels they blame on climate change. As the world
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Send in the clowns? Bonn climate talks under cloud
The United Nations' traveling climate circus has pitched its tent in Bonn - but this time as talks on the Kyoto global warming pact get under way, the jugglers and the clowns have stayed at home.
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US in firing line at Bonn climate talks
The United States, the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluter, looked isolated as UN talks on global warming went into a third day on Wednesday in the former West German capital, Bonn. Japan, the
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Japan to submit easier greenhouse-gas proposal
Japan was set to submit a new proposal Tuesday to ongoing U.N. climate talks here that would allow a greater portion of the greenhouse gas reduction targets specified in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to be
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Vanishing Pacific island group appeals to be saved
A tiny South Pacific group of atolls is appealing for help on the Internet to stop its 500 people vanishing into the ocean because of rising sea levels they blame on climate change. As the world
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Australia faces warmer winter, spring - Bureau
A warmer than average winter and spring is forecast for most of Australia, according to the latest three-month climate outlook released by the Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday. A 60 percent chance of
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Efforts on to bring Bush around
A new strategy to combat global warming is in the offing on Monday amid the perception that the two-week United Nations climate conference in Germany may not be able to bridge the divide between the
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Japan, Canada seek concessions on greenhouse gases
Japan and Canada are pressing demands for more leeway in meeting anti-pollution targets under a climate change pact, putting them at odds with European countries in the latest round of talks,
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New global climate deal possible, official says
Talks on a treaty to combat global warming are inching forward and the pact may be rescued even though the United States has abandoned it, the head of the negotiations said today. Jan Pronk's