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Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming
Published July 9, 2009, 1:23 pm, Muzi
L'AQUILA, Italy - President Barack Obama said Thursday the global recession makes it harder to strike an international agreement to battle dangerous temperature increases, but he urged the poor emerging economies that rejected specific clean-energy goals to "fight the temptation toward cynicism" and embrace them soon.
Greenpeace activists arrested for banner on Mount Rushmore
Published July 9, 2009, 1:22 pm, Muzi
CHICAGO (AFP) - Greenpeace activists were arrested Wednesday for scaling Mount Rushmore and hanging a banner next to the carved face of Abraham Lincoln urging President Barack Obama to get tough on climate change.
Russia scuppers climate change agreement
Published July 9, 2009, 1:21 pm, Sunshine Coast Daily
US President Barack Obama hailed a "historic consensus" on battling climate change between the world's 17 economic powers but Russia is far more sceptical.
Obama backs Australian carbon institute
Published July 9, 2009, 1:21 pm, Sunshine Coast Daily
Australia's new global institute designed to clean up coal has won substantial backing from world leaders in their attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Leaders Set Climate Targets
Published July 9, 2009, 1:21 pm, Pravda Ru
President Barack Obama says at G8 Summit that the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must "fight the temptation toward cynicism" and press forward, The Associated Press reports.
G8 Reaches Historic Climate Change Agreement
Published July 9, 2009, 1:17 pm, redOrbit
The Group of Eight top nations on Wednesday announced an agreement to keep the world’s average temperature from reaching above 2C (3.6F) as well as a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.The announcement comes prior to a global agreement to be made in Copenhagen in December.“Today in Italy we have laid the foundations for a Copenhagen deal that is ambitious, fair ...
Obama hails 'historic consensus' on climate change
Published July 9, 2009, 1:16 pm, SpaceDaily
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 9 (AFP) Jul 09, 2009 Barack Obama hailed a "historic consensus" Thursday on cutting pollution, saying rich nations had a duty to set an example, as world leaders also agreed to shun protectionism at a G8 summit.
Developing and emerging economies on board with G-8 warming limit
Published July 9, 2009, 1:14 pm, Deutsche Welle
Following Wednesday’s agreement within the G-8 on holding temperatures to within a two-degree rise, another eight countries sign on. Will it make a difference?
Jaguar defies recession to launch lavish new XJ
Published July 9, 2009, 1:14 pm, u.tv
Launching the exquisitely indulgent Jaguar XJ in the teeth of a recession is a bit like your local wine bar suddenly offering vintage burgundy at £50 a pop instead of last week's cooking Chilean Merlot at less than a tenner.
Analysis: Obama's global reach only goes so far
Published July 9, 2009, 1:13 pm, AP via Yahoo! Finance
Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far, leaving him to snatch partial victories as he can. For all his effort, his strategy also banks heavily on the commodity that helped get him elected: hope.
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