Dec 17 Watch In India, Battling Global Warming One Stove at a Time Battling Global Warming One Stove at a Time… Continue watching
Dec 17 What Can Still Be Accomplished at Copenhagen? By Talea Miller As climate negotiators prepare to work through the night in Copenhagen, the NewsHour asked several experts at the summit what they think can still be accomplished. Is there one thing that could still be accomplished at the summit that could… Continue reading
Dec 17 Controlling ‘Black Carbon’ May Be Key to Slowing Climate Change By Fred de Sam Lazaro Black carbon is a relatively new entrant into the climate change lexicon. Professor V. Ramanathan, a leading climate scientist, ranks it behind only carbon dioxide as a cause of global warming. He says it is a major cause of… Continue reading
Dec 17 Ray Suarez: Consensus Remains Elusive in Copenhagen By Ray Suarez Reporting from Copenhagen, Ray Suarez explains the deadlock that has emerged at the climate summit and what the forecast looks like going forward. Continue reading
Dec 17 GOP Senators Warn that Climate Pledges Must Be OK’d By Quinn Bowman Speaking to the Senate press corps Thursday, a group of Republican lawmakers offered a warning to the Obama administration that any long-term pledge of U.S. money for climate aid at the Copenhagen summit would need approval from Congress. Responding to… Continue reading
Dec 17 U.S. Cash Promise May Propel Climate Talks Forward By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: As the clock on Copenhagen winds down, an urgent need for compromise is in the air -- but some nations are staying firm on certain conditions for a climate deal. For the U.S., China's willingness to allow international… Continue reading
Dec 17 Thursday’s Headlines: U.S. to Help Build $100 Billion Fund for Climate By Jason Breslow Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a press conference Thursday at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. (Photo by Henning Bagger/AFP/Getty Images.) In a bid to jumpstart stalled talks at the international climate summit in Copenhagen, the… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch U.S. Looks to Revive Climate Talks With $100B Yearly Pledge The U.S. took an aggressive stance on climate change Thursday at the Copenhagen summit, promising to help raise $100 billion a year for developing nations struggling with the negative effects of global warming. Ray Suarez reports from the talks. Continue watching
Dec 16 FTC Accuses Intel of Stifling Competition The Federal Trade Commission sued Intel* Wednesday, accusing the world's biggest chipmaker of using illegal tactics to stifle its competition. The FTC accused Intel, which supplies about 80 percent of the world's microprocessors, of waging "a systematic campaign… Continue reading
Dec 16 Next 24 Hours Crucial in Copenhagen By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: Among those looking for a productive end to the climate talks in Copenhagen Wednesday was the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. Addressing the negotiators, Nasheed asked for some consensus leading into the final days of the… Continue reading