Topic: Copenhagen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 at a U.N. climate change meeting in December, the White House said on Wednesday.Obama's negotiating position for the talks in Copenhagen has been ...
EU urges US to spell out long-term climate goal, says climate deal hinges on US, ChinaThe United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European ...
The United States will present an emissions target at upcoming UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, a senior official said Monday, as President Barack Obama mulled whether to attend the conference.The official refused to be drawn on what that target would be ...
The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, removing a major obstacle to a deal, a senior official said Monday.The official refused to be drawn on specific numbers but the ...
The US Senate will complete the framework of climate change legislation before next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, Senator John Kerry promised UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday. "We are engaged in the process that will hopefully put us in a position ...
Democrats ignore Republican boycott, push climate bill through a key Senate committeeSenate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage. Other committees still must weigh-in ...
German chancellor to use address to US Congress to urge support for climate pactGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge the U.S. Congress to support an international pact to combat climate change in her address to the House and Senate next week.Merkel departs ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate will push climate change legislation that would grant, initially at no cost, pollution permits to an array of industries, similar to legislation passed by the House of Representatives last June.Details unveiled by the Senate ...
President Barack Obama met Friday with the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, aboard Air Force One before flying home from Copenhagen, the White House said. "The president wanted to take the opportunity to get together with General ...
The US delegate to Group of Eight climate change talks Thursday offered a " towards Copenhagen is very important," EU Environment Commissioner Dimas Stavros told a news conference.The 'G8-Plus' talks are among several forums on the way to a UN meeting in ...
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