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Review of U.N. climate panel won't re-examine errors.
An outside review of a U.N. climate panel after flaws were uncovered in its most recent report on climate change will not recheck that report's conclusions and will instead focus on improving procedures for the future, officials said Wednesday. Washington Post. 11 March 2010.
China says climate change is a fact.
A deputy director of China's most powerful economic ministry has come out swinging against climate change denial. Senior Chinese government figures have described the view that climate change is not man-made as an "extreme" stance which is out of step with mainstream thought. Radio Australia, Australia. 11 March 2010.
US governors ask Congress to stop EPA greenhouse-gas rules.
Governors of 18 U.S. states on Wednesday urged Congress to stop "harmful" Environmental Protection Agency regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions, saying the agency isn't equipped to deal with "the very real potential for economic harm." Dow Jones Newswires. 11 March 2010.
Obama-Graham partnership emerges in climate debate.
It's rare when a conservative Republican in Congress heaps praise on President Barack Obama, especially in regards to fighting global warming, but Senator Lindsey Graham did just that on Wednesday. Reuters. 11 March 2010.
World's top scientists to review climate panel.
At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world’s most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations’ Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel. Associated Press. 11 March 2010.
Questions about research slow efforts to tackle climate change.
Michael Mann's life's work - the effort to stop global warming - has been under siege since last fall. That's when Mann, a Penn State professor, suddenly found himself in the middle of the so-called "climategate" scandal. USA Today. 11 March 2010.
"Integrity abuses" charged in initiative to suspend California climate law.
A bitter split broke into the open Wednesday among backers of the controversial November ballot initiative to suspend California's 2006 first-in-the-nation global warming law. Los Angeles Times, California. 11 March 2010.
Climate panel details its review plan.
The United Nations detailed its plans for an outside review of its beleaguered panel on climate change, amid political reverberations as critics and advocates each jockeyed to use the announcement to their advantage. Wall Street Journal. 11 March 2010.
UN launches review of criticized climate panel.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors. Reuters. 11 March 2010.
UN brings in top scientists to review IPCC report.
The UN called in the world's top scientists today to review a report by its climate body, four months after public confidence in the science of global warming was shaken by the discovery of a mistake about the melting rates of Himalayan glaciers. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 11 March 2010.
UN launches independent review of climate panel.
The United Nations on Thursday launched an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has come under much criticism in the recent months. Press Trust of India, India. 11 March 2010.
United Nations review of how world assesses risk of climate change.
The head of the United Nations has announced a review of how the world examines the risk of global warming following a series of scandals around the science of climate change. London Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom. 11 March 2010.
UN requests independent review of it's climate panel.
The United Nations has asked a leading international scientific organization to review the work of the U.N. climate change panel after critics accused the body of misrepresenting data to make the case that global warming is more serious than it is. Voice of America. 11 March 2010.
Scientists to review climate body.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world's science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. BBC. 11 March 2010.
Independent body to review UN's climate panel.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will undergo an independent review by 15 international scientific academies in a bid to restore trust after errors surfaced in a key panel report. Agence France-Presse. 11 March 2010.
Criticism of climate change science heats up.
The United Nations has ordered an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change amid a growing backlash over mistakes found in its Nobel Prize-winning report on the science behind global warming. PBS NewsHour. 11 March 2010.
Sarkozy calls for UN reform, blasts Copenhagen summit.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday demanded reforms of the United Nations and urged negotiations under a small group of countries to accelerate efforts to fight climate change. Agence France-Presse. 11 March 2010.
Panel will review U.N. climate work.
A group of top scientists from around the world will review the research and management practices of the UN climate change panel so that it can try to avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday. New York Times. 11 March 2010.
US urged to step up climate bid.
China wants the United States to take more radical steps in tackling global warming, though the Obama administration has done a better job than previous governments, the nation's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday. China Daily. 11 March 2010.
China, India join Copenhagen treaty.
China and India aligned Tuesday with the Copenhagen Accord that combats climate change, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact. Beijing Global Times, China. 11 March 2010.
US urged to set lead example in global climate change battle.
The United States, as the world's largest developed nation, should exert more efforts to tackle climate change, Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in Beijing yesterday. Xinhua News Agency, China. 11 March 2010.
U.S. oil industry braces for carbon rules.
As oil and natural gas prices settle into an equilibrium for now, a new variable is emerging as the most worrisome for Big Oil: the cost of carbon. Reuters. 11 March 2010.
U.S. governors urge Congress to stop EPA carbon rules.
A group of mostly Republican U.S. governors today urged federal lawmakers to stop the Obama administration from regulating greenhouse gases under an existing law. Bloomberg News. 11 March 2010.
South Carolina lawmakers make energy efficiency pitch.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) joined Reps. Jim Clyburn and John Spratt (D) Wednesday in introducing bipartisan legislation to provide $4.9 billion in federal loans for rural power consumers to make their homes and businesses more energy efficient. McClatchy Newspapers. 11 March 2010.
Obama, key senators make their pitch for climate and energy bill.
Closed-door talks extended to both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday as President Obama, key senators and industry officials searched for an elusive agreement on comprehensive energy and climate change legislation. Greenwire. 11 March 2010.
California GHG emissions law will cost jobs in short term, state analysts find.
California policymakers used flawed economic models to justify a state effort to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a new state report. Greenwire. 11 March 2010.
Begich, Murkowski polar opposites on EPA.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has become the face of an all-out assault on the Environmental Protection Agency, but she won't be joined in that fight by her Democratic counterpart from Alaska, Sen. Mark Begich. Anchorage Daily News, Alaska. 11 March 2010.
Commonwealth Challenge addresses pollution and poverty.
Free air sealing for basements or attics is one of the benefits of participating in Commonwealth Challenge’s campaign to retrofit homes and address poverty and climate change throughout Massachusetts. Boston Bay State Banner, Massachusetts. 11 March 2010.
California utility regulators not quite ready for fuel cells.
While Google, Wal-Mart and other corporations have embraced fuel cells, California regulators have turned down requests from the state’s two biggest utilities to install the technology. New York Times. 11 March 2010.
China on track to meet energy target.
China is on track to meet its target of lowering energy intensity by 20 per cent before the end of the year despite severe setbacks caused by the financial crisis, said its top climate official on Wednesday. Hindu, India. 11 March 2010.
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