- Italy threatens to veto costly EU climate change package
(AFP)
AFP - Italy will veto ambitious European Union plans to tackle climate change unless changes are made to make the package less costly to industry and consumers, a minister warned Monday.
- Climate juggernaut on the horizon, UN talks told
(AFP)
AFP - War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day UN conference on global warming heard on Monday.
- Environmental groups file complaint on Nestle water ads
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian environmental groups have filed a misleading advertising complaint against Nestle disputing claims in an ad by the world’s largest food company that its bottled water has numerous ecological benefits.
- Greens go nuts at UN climate talks
(AFP)
AFP - Armed with walnuts, apocalyptic art and a small green dinosaur, environmentalists spiced up the UN climate talks here Monday with colourful demands for action on global warming.
- UN officials launch “Year of the Gorilla”
(AP)
AP - The “Year of the Gorilla” began Monday — a U.N. effort to raise money for primates threatened with extinction from disease, hunting and deforestation.
- Brazil sets plan to cut deforestation by 70% over 10 years
(AFP)
AFP - The Brazilian government on Monday announced a plan under which it would cut deforestation of the Amazon by 70 percent over the next decade.
- Global Environmental Court Could Punish U.S. and Others
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The United States’ dodge of the Kyoto Protocol and other environmental initiatives might no longer go unpunished in the future.
- Gov’t to consult with provinces on climate talks
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canada’s environment minister said on Friday the federal government would give the country’s provinces a consultative role in any negotiations with the United States on a North American pact to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
- UN conference warned: Don’t derail green projects
(AP)
AP - The global financial crisis will pass but global warming will be permanent unless nations can unite to contain emissions of climate-changing gases, political leaders and top scientists warned Monday at a U.N. conference.
- Beijing claims early victory over air pollution
(AP)
AP - Beijing said Monday it has already reached its target number of 256 “blue-sky days” this year, with the help of ambitious environmental measures the city imposed to cut emissions for the Olympic Games.
