CANADA WANTS KYOTO CLIMATE-CHANGE DEAL SCRAPPED: REPORT (AFP)
AFP - Canada will try to block a bid to set stricter emissions targets in the Kyoto Protocol's second phase from 2012 and eventually wants the accord scrapped in favor of a voluntary deal, reports have said.
AL GORE ISSUES GLOBAL WARMING WAKE-UP CALL AT CANNES (AFP)
AFP - After years of failing to persuade the world's most powerful politicians to take the issue seriously, former US vice president Al Gore took his personal crusade against global warming to Cannes.
CLINTON SAYS MUST “GET OFF OUR BUTTS” TO STOP WARMING (REUTERS)
Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton
said on Saturday global warming is a greater threat to the
future than terrorism and that the United States and other
countries must "get off our butts" and do something about it.
CANADA WANTS INTO ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AFP)
AFP - Canada wants to join the Asia-Pacific Partnership on climate change, a non-binding alternative to the Kyoto Protocol which has been criticized by environmentalists, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
AUSTRALIA DEFENDS LEADERSHIP OF NEW CLIMATE-CHANGE BODY (AFP)
AFP - Environment Minister Ian Campbell has defended Australia's place at the head of a new international climate change body despite its refusal to sign the Kyoto agreement.
AUSTRALIAN PM SEEKS COOPERATION WITH CANADA ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AFP)
AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard, during his first official visit to Ottawa, urged Canada to work with his country on climate change, much to the horror of environmentalists.
US STATES, INVESTORS ATTACK EXXON ON GLOBAL WARMING (REUTERS)
Reuters - A group of pension funds and
institutional investors on Thursday accused Exxon Mobil Corp.
of failing to act on global warming concerns and demanded a
meeting with the company's board over the issue.
“CARBON DIOXIDE… WE CALL IT LIFE,” TV ADS SAY (REUTERS)
Reuters - A little girl blows away dandelion
fluff as an announcer says, "Carbon dioxide: they call it
pollution; we call it life," in an advertisement targeting
global warming "alarmists," especially Al Gore.