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Progress seen on "Green Fund" for climate deal (Reuters) 3 Sep 2010, 7:47 pm

Reuters – Almost 50 nations made progress on Friday towards a “Green Fund” to help poor countries fight global warming but hosts Mexico and Switzerland said a full U.N. climate treaty was out of reach for 2010.

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Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts (AFP) 3 Sep 2010, 6:59 pm

AFP – Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes.

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Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum (AFP) 3 Sep 2010, 5:52 pm

AFP – Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens hopes for a treaty on global warming.

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New website to track climate aid, key to UN talks (Reuters) 3 Sep 2010, 1:48 pm

Reuters – A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a “golden key” to progress in talks on global warming.

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EPA to issue more rules in climate fight (Reuters) 2 Sep 2010, 10:17 pm

Reuters – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.

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Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul (Reuters) 2 Sep 2010, 8:25 pm

Reuters – About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.

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UN: Climate funds shouldn’t divert poverty aid (AP) 2 Sep 2010, 11:22 am

AP – The U.N.’s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.

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Climate change puts China harvests at risk (AFP) 2 Sep 2010, 8:18 am

AFP – Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

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India backs embattled IPCC chief Pachauri (AFP) 1 Sep 2010, 7:16 am

AFP – India’s government said it remained fully supportive of IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri after a damning UN-ordered review called for changes to the Nobel Prize-winning climate change body’s leadership.

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In Pennsylvania, signs that ‘Republican revolution’ could repeat itself (The Christian Science Monitor) 31 Aug 2010, 12:34 pm

The Christian Science Monitor – In another year, Republican state Sen. David Argall would have little chance of toppling nine-term Rep. Tim Holden (D). Mr. Holden is a popular incumbent who typically votes his district, rather than his party, on issues ranging from health care to climate change.

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