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Earth is a wilder, warmer place since last climate deal made

Monday, 30 November 2015, 06:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

This time, it's a hotter, waterier, wilder Earth that world leaders are trying to save. The last time that the nations of the world struck a binding agreement to fight global warming was 1997, in...

Key sticking points in United Nations climate talks in Paris

Monday, 30 November 2015, 06:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Some 180 countries have already presented plans to cut or rein in their climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. That's a huge step forward for the U.N. climate talks but a host of difficult...

Putin orders sanctions against Turkey after downing of warplane

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 20:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing this week by Turkey of a Russian warplane. The decree published on the Kremlin's website...

Hollande, activists gear up for critical climate talks in Paris

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 13:50 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande was meeting with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for global warming. Officials announced that...

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