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A war on drafts has broken out at the UN Climate Change conference, on a day which also say the European Union (EU) commit $3 billion US to climate fund, the G-77 chief negotiator of walk out of talks in anger and a divisive split over a proposed the two degree target.

As the Danish draft [...]

A political tug of war is starting to emerge at the UN Climate Change Conference, and it is between the have and the have nots.

Tuesday saw a significant rift begin to form after the publication of a draft proposal from Denmark suggesting authority for policing the agreement move from the United Nations to the World [...]

Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, had quite a day.

The week leading up to the conference, a report was circulating that Denmark, host of the conference, had a drawn up a text that was sure to come under fire. Yesterday afternoon Britains’ The Guardian Newspaper published what they claimed to be [...]

An admission, a challenge, and an unnamed diplomatic source, sounds like the beginning of good mystery novel.

The UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen wrapped up its first day of talks with a some interesting developments.

The Admission

The Environmental Protection Agency, of the United States, came out of the closet and finally admitted carbon dioxide as [...]

After two years of often contentious negotiations, the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen opened today.

And while no one is doubting the importance of this particular conference, the hype leading up to today has had the fever of a circus side show.

The normally staid science community are billing the next 11 days as “The largest [...]

A new study in the United States suggests feeding children organically grown food can substantially lower the levels of pesticide residues to which their kids are exposed.

While other studies have documented the presence of pesticide metabolites, or breakdown products of the synthetic chemicals, in children’s bodies, this is the first study to document the difference [...]

Representatives from Brazil, South Africa, India and China, known as the “BASIC” countries, served notice they intend to reject a Danish draft of a “political agreement” at the Copenhagen climate conference.

The Danish Prime Minister, who has spent the last month circulating the world to talk down prospects of a strong, legally binding deal in Copenhagen [...]

California recently announced changes to TV energy efficiency standards that will make new TVs 30-50% more efficient than current models.

The new standards will apply to new televisions measuring 58 inches (1400 square inches) and smaller sold in California beginning January 1, 2011. The standards will improve the energy efficiency of televisions without affecting the [...]