Qatar set to host major climate talks
MICHAEL CASEY,AP Environmental Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations,...
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JOHN S. MARSHALL,Associated Press TERRY COLLINS,Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another major storm moving into Northern California was expected to bring more pouring rain, flooding and...
View ArticleDeath toll from Philippines typhoon nears 300
BULLIT MARQUEZ,Associated Press NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their...
View ArticleUN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar
KARL RITTER,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Nearly 200 countries haggling over how to stop climate change — and how to pay for it — failed to reach a deal on schedule Friday, setting the stage for...
View ArticleMiddle East beginning to embrace solar energy
MICHAEL CASEY,AP Environment Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Covering nearly 300 football fields in a remote patch of desert, the Shams 1 solar project carries off plenty of symbolic...
View ArticleTensions mount as UN climate talks near end
KARL RITTER,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.N. climate talks are heading into the final stretch with a host of issues unresolved, including a standoff over how much money financially stressed...
View ArticleUN conference adopts extension of Kyoto accord
KARL RITTER MICHAEL CASEY DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of...
View ArticleStudy: Widespread hunger in Haiti after storms
TRENTON DANIEL,Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians have suffered widespread hunger following an unusually active storm season this year and are likely to experience more, according...
View ArticleUN talks nearing weak deal on climate
KARL RITTER,Associated Press MICHAEL CASEY,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Bleary-eyed negotiators from nearly 200 countries haggled through the night over new draft agreements on emissions cuts...
View ArticleAfter climate talks, eyes on US for next round
KARL RITTER,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Even as international climate talks ended this weekend with no new commitments on carbon emissions or climate aid from the United States, some were...
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