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Judge Asks U.S. To Review Polar Bear Listing
05-Nov-2010
Date: 05-Nov-10
Country: USA
Author: Timothy Gardner

A U.S. judge on Thursday asked the Obama administration to clarify whether polar bears are endangered, a listing that ultimately could be used to force polluters to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan asked the Interior Department for more information on whether the bears, which are losing Arctic sea ice habitat due to global warming, could be considered endangered instead of merely threatened.

                

California Climate Law Survives Challenge At Polls
05-Nov-2010
Date: 05-Nov-10
Country: USA
Author: Nichola Groom

One of the world's most ambitious laws to combat global warming survived a challenge on Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have put the state's plans for more renewable energy and a market to curb greenhouse gases on ice.The defeat of Proposition 23 marked a big victory for Silicon Valley investors, who poured millions of dollars into defending California's AB 32 law and protecting their massive investments in green technologies ranging from solar power to electric cars.

 

Obama's Climate Pessimism Dims U.N., G20 Outlook
05-Nov-2010
Date: 05-Nov-10
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle

U.S. President Barack Obama's pessimism about passing U.S. climate legislation also dims chances for action to slow global warming both in U.N. talks and in other groups such as the G20, experts say.A lack of U.S. legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions may also hit plans to raise a promised $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor nations cope with climate change. That plan partly hinges on curbs on emissions to push up carbon prices.

 

2 Degree Celsius Climate Target May Need To Change: UK Scientist
05-Nov-2010
Date: 05-Nov-10
Country: UK
Author: Gerard Wynn

A widely agreed international target to avoid dangerous global warming must take account of local impacts and may need to change, said the chief scientist at the MetOffice Hadley Center, Britain's biggest climate research center.Julia Slingo said the target of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (2C) may need adjusting to take into account research into local and regional effects, particularly on rainfall patterns, as climate science advances.