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  Pope chides Copenhagen climate talks failure

  January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI denounced the failure of world leaders to agree to a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen last month, saying Monday that world peace depends …

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  Experts say big chill a blip, doesn’t disprove warming

  January 7, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping … 2

• Report predicts less snow

  January 6, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 Snow that piles up on streets, shuts down schools and immobilizes communities could be a distant memory in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene by the end of the century. But wildfire … 1

• Obama: ‘Meaningful breakthrough’ on climate change

  December 18, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama said the United States, China and several other countries reached an “unprecedented breakthrough” Friday to curb greenhouse gas emissions — including a mechanism to verify compliance — …

• Amy Goodman: Climate justice isn’t charity

  December 18, 2009 in Opinion on Page A21 COPENHAGEN – Denmark is the home of renowned children’s author Hans Christian Andersen. Copenhagen is dotted with historical spots where Andersen lived and wrote. “The Little Mermaid” was one of … 5

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  U.S. pushes for carbon cuts in developing world

  December 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – With an offer of significant new aid to help poor nations cope with the effects of global warming, the Obama administration began a major diplomatic effort Thursday … 1

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  U.S., Japan extend aid to developing nations

  December 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As President Barack Obama prepared to visit the historic climate conference here, there were signs Wednesday of a break in the impasse between rich and developing nations. …

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  New climate bill plan laid out

  December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senators working on a compromise climate bill unveiled the basics of their plan for the first time on Thursday, including encouragement for new nuclear power plants, a continued …

• Amy Goodman: Grass roots asking for action

  December 11, 2009 in Opinion on Page A17 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – “Politicians talk, leaders act” read the sign outside the Bella Center in Copenhagen on the opening day of the United Nations climate summit. Inside the convention center, … 1

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  Draft texts stir climate talks

  December 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 COPENHAGEN – A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to … 2

• Mockery is the last refuge

  December 8, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 “A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.” (Proverbs 15:12) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the route of many who would rather call names than have …

• China says it will cut greenhouse gases

  November 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – China pledged Thursday to increase its efforts to limit greenhouse gases and said that Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Copenhagen climate summit next month. The announcements came …

• Joint climate statement hazy

  November 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, …

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  Nuclear moving up in climate bill

  October 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Will a heaping spoonful of nuclear power help Congress swallow a climate bill? The Obama administration and leading congressional Democrats are wooing wavering Democrats and Republicans to back …

• Nation in brief: Residents’ doubts grow on global warming

  October 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Washington – Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. In a poll of 1,500 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, released Thursday, the …

• EPA unveils climate change proposal

  October 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday unveiled a detailed proposal for using the government’s regulatory powers to curb greenhouse gas emissions – reassuring foreign allies on the U.S. …

• Senate bill tougher on emissions

  September 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are pushing for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 – deeper than what the House has passed and what President Barack Obama wants …

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  House tests hydrogen power

  September 29, 2009 in Business on Page A6 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The elevated floor, tall ceilings, steeply pitched roof and broad overhangs are borrowed from the traditional “cracker house” that relied on shade and air movement for relief …

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  UI professor joins ice melt research

  September 29, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 At the Greenland ice sheet’s coldest and thickest point, where temperatures can plunge to 55 degrees below zero and ancient ice layers are 10,000 feet deep, a University of Idaho …

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  New global climate pact possible, but with wrinkle

  September 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 Several world leaders Tuesday gave the most decisive indication in months that they would work to revive floundering negotiations aimed at securing a new international climate pact. But the vision …

• China could set pace on climate

  September 22, 2009 in City on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – China’s ambition to grow quickly but cleanly soon may vault it to “front-runner” status – far ahead of the United States – in taking on global warming, …

• Greenhouse gas limits targeted

  September 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Two industry groups have filed suit in federal court in an attempt to keep the federal government and the state of California from moving ahead with new greenhouse …

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  Ice melt sends walruses ashore

  September 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Thousands of walruses are congregating on Alaska’s northwest coast, a sign that their Arctic sea ice environment has been altered by climate change. Chad Jay, a U.S. …

• Warming Arctic a reversal of 1,900 years of cooling

  September 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Arctic was cooling for 1,900 years because of a natural change in Earth’s orbit until greenhouse gas accumulation from the use of fossil fuels reversed the trend …

• Council candidates split on global warming’s cause

  August 9, 2009 in City on Page B1 Only four of the dozen candidates running for Spokane City Council say human activity contributes significantly to global warming. The rest – including two incumbents – question what has become … 4

• G-8 climate talks divide rich, poor countries

  July 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 L’AQUILA, Italy – The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be …

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  G-8 leaders pledge emissions cuts

  July 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 L’AQUILA, Italy – Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world’s richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 …

• Climate bill closer to passage

  June 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – House Democrats grew increasingly confident on Thursday that they have the votes to deliver on one of President Barack Obama’s highest priorities: a landmark effort to fight global …

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  Wind power may not be so abundant, study warns

  June 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming …

• Proposal curbs car emissions

  May 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration plans today to propose tough standards for tailpipe emissions from new automobiles, establishing the first nationwide regulation for greenhouse gases. It will also raise fuel …

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