Gap between India, US emissions goals grows wider (Reuters)
India PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama (Reuters)
Shun beef to stop climate change, says India (AFP)
PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama (Reuters)
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)
Energy leaders back climate change deal (AFP)
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)
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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.
Reuters - 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.
Reuters - 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.
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.
Reuters - 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.
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.
AFP - Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming.
Reuters - 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.
