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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study (AFP)

A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.





Gap between India, US emissions goals grows wider (Reuters)

Workers build the floor to a tent in White House in Washington, to be used for dinner hosted by Obama for PM Manmohan Singh next week, November 20, 2009. When the two meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goalsREUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - When President Barack Obama and Prime minister meet next week to talk about climate change the leaders will focus on green technologies rather than narrowing the global divide on greenhouse gas emissions goals, the chairman of the U.N.'s climate science panel said.





India PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama (Reuters)

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) poses with U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade.





Shun beef to stop climate change, says India (AFP)

An Indian farmer with his cattle in the village of Kamalasagar. India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.(AFP/File/Strdel)AFP - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.





PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama (Reuters)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 8, 2009. Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Prime minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade.





NY AG: AES Corp. agrees to pollution disclosures (AP) AP - AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures.


Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010 (AP)

India's Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh attends a climate change workshop in New Delhi in October. India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.





Energy leaders back climate change deal (AFP)

Technicians repair power lines in Nuaille-d'Aunis, western France, in February 2009. Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.(AFP/File/Xavier Leoty)AFP - Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.





Colo. local leaders urge action on climate change (AP) AP - Ski officials at one of the nation's most-visited resorts are calling on Congress to finish work on a climate-change bill.


Cabinet approves solar power programme (Reuters)

A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a newly constructed solar housing complex in Kolkata in this July 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India's cabinet on Thursday approved its first solar power plan, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as part of its plan to fight global warming.





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