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U.S. "cap and trade" rebranded "pollution reduction"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution... more...

China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the Un... more...

Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Par... more...

EU climate chief wants Europe to "lead by example"
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's new climate chief sought to reinvigorate international climate talks on Tuesday, laying out a strategy for the EU to lead the world by example. ... more...

Egypt's Mediterranean coast protected in reserve
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt wants visitors to discover its Mediterranean coast at a marine reserve being established near the border with Libya, the government said Tuesday. ... more...

Obama wants climate bill passed this year: Senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama still wants Congress to pass a climate bill this year, Republican Senator Susan Collins told reporters on Tuesday after meeting with the president. ... more...

German fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel
IJMUIDEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South America that will help cut its fuel cons... more...

EU faces court challenge over biofuel reports
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Four environmental groups have sued the European Union's executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment ... more...

India "associates" with Copenhagen Accord: minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has agreed to formally associate itself with the climate accord struck in Copenhagen last year, one of the last major emitters to do so, the environment minister said in a ... more...

Greens hail Supreme Court action on flaring loophole
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental groups said a loophole that gave refineries and chemical plants leeway to exceed pollution limits indiscriminately for 16 years was permanenently closed by the S... more...

Women hit by climate change head to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change -- drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for U.S. legislation to cur... more...

EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Four environmental groups have sued the European Union's executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment ... more...

California watchdog sees climate policy job losses
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's aggressive climate change policy is likely to lead to modest job losses in the near term due to higher energy costs and other factors, the state's independent bu... more...

EPA chief slams attempted delays on climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency chief fought back on Monday against Senate attempts to challenge the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, saying delaying... more...

EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson said she was "very concerned" about the composition of fluids used to extract natural gas from shale deposits. ... more...

EPA chief slams attempted delays by lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson fought back on Monday against Senate attempts to challenge EPA's authority to regulate emissions while lawmakers work on... more...

EU to tackle CO2 loopholes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Loopholes in the United Nations climate treaties could actually amount to an increase in global climate-warming emissions and the chance to rein in temperatures may be slipping aw... more...

Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products. ... more...

S.Africa, India, Indonesia seek top UN climate job
OSLO (Reuters) - South Africa, India and Indonesia are vying to win the U.N.'s top climate change job, a key post to build trust between poor and rich in 2010 after the U.N.'s Copenhagen summit which ... more...

Vineyard breakthrough wins water startup prize
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Web application that alerts wine grape farmers when their vines are thirsty has won first place in a competition to spur entrepreneurs in the investment-starved water sector,... more...