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Quest for new climate treaty begins in earnest (AP)

Participants attend the opening session of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Delegates from about 190 countries and non-governmental organizations came to Poznan to discuss climate change issues.  (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Negotiators kicked off the final yearlong push Monday for a new climate change treaty — but with the U.S. government in transition, the European Union in disarray and a worldwide economic crisis, chances were hazy for a quick agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.





Italy threatens to veto costly EU climate change package (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, Andrea Ronchi, Italy's european policy minister, seen here in Madrid on May 22, 2008 warned Monday.(AFP/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU)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)

An iceberg drifting at Rothera Point, Antarctica. 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.(AFP/Science/File/Pete Bucktrout)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)

Photographers take pictures of officials during the opening session of the United Nations climate change conference in Poznan, Poland. Green groups upped the pressure at UN climate talks in Poland on Monday with wacky stunts aimed at prodding delegates from around the world to get moving on a new deal to tackle global warming.(AFP/Joe Klamar)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)

A  mountain gorilla holding her baby is seen in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. The director of Congo's Virunga Park says rangers who fled fighting between rebels and soldiers are returning to protect its endangered mountain gorillas. The park headquarters in eastern Congo had been seized by rebels on Oct. 26. Virunga's gorilla sector is home to 200 of the last remaining gorillas. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)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)

Handout picture released by the Brazilian Environment Ministry showing a deforested area in the rainforest of southern Para state, Brazil, October 2008. The Brazilian government has announced a plan under which it will cut deforestation of the Amazon by 70 percent over the next decade.(AFP/HO/File/Jefferson Ruddy)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.


Beijing claims early victory over air pollution (AP)

The sun rises over eastern Beijing's developing skyline amid a murky layer of pollutants. China's capital city has achieved its annual target of low pollution days one month early due in part to Olympics measures, but repeating the success next year will be a big challenge, state media has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)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.





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