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UK Grows More Skeptical On Climate Change: Poll
15-Jun-2010
Date: 15-Jun-10
Country: UK
Author: Kwok W. Wan

Britain has become more skeptical about climate change, more supportive of nuclear power, and more worried about depending on energy imports, a poll by Cardiff University on Friday showed.
Although the majority still believed climate change was happening, the percentage slipped compared to a similar study conducted five years ago, while worries about energy security and power costs were high, according to the report.

 U.S. Senate Debates Stopping EPA Climate Rules
15-Jun-2010
Date: 15-Jun-10
Country: US
Author: Timothy Gardner and Richard Cowan

The U.S. Senate was set on Thursday to vote on a bill blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating pollution blamed for global warming, in a test of lawmakers' resolve for tackling broader climate legislation this year.
The Republican-inspired measure, which President Barack Obama vows to veto if it unexpectedly passes the Democratic-controlled Congress, would stop regulations the EPA plans to set in place early next year to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from large factories and electric power utilities.

 Probe At U.N. Climate Talks After Saudi Sign Smashed
15-Jun-2010
Date: 15-Jun-10
Country: GERMANY
Author: REUTERS

U.N. climate negotiators agreed to an investigation on Friday after protesters smashed a sign emblazoned "Saudi Arabia" and dropped it in toilet after Riyadh blocked a study of deeper cuts in greenhouse gases.
Many countries condemned the protest, after Saudi Arabia blocked a request by small island states at the May 31-June 11 talks for a study of tougher cuts in greenhouse gases to help slow a rise in world sea levels.

 New UN Climate Text Under Fire As Talks End
15-Jun-2010
Date: 15-Jun-10
Country: GERMANY
Author: Alister Doyle

Rich and poor nations alike criticized a new blueprint for a U.N. climate treaty on Friday as two weeks of talks among 185 countries ended with small steps toward an elusive deal.
A streamlined climate draft, meant to help talks on a new pact, cut out some of the most draconian options for greenhouse gas and dropped all references to "Copenhagen" -- where a U.N. summit in December fell short of agreeing a treaty.