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UN plan to save world's forest is shelved, victim of chaotic UN climate talks in CopenhagenA plan to protect the world's biologically rich tropical forests by paying poor nations to protect them was shelved Saturday after world leaders failed to agree on ...
Global warming a threat? Basic psychology makes it hard to buy that idea, experts sayThe Copenhagen talks on climate change were convened with a sense of urgency that many ordinary folks don't share. Why is that? One big reason: It's hard for ...
Experts under fire: These days, knowing what you're talking about ain't what it used to beThe leader of the Maldives, an Indian Ocean island nation whose very existence is threatened by global warming, was emphatic. "In all political agreements, you have to ...
Key issues at Copenhagen climate talksA look at key sticking points during negotiations at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. ___ GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Industrialized nations are under pressure to cut back even more on emissions of carbon dioxide and other global-warming ...

Global warming, 9/11, Obama top words of the decade

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Concerns over the environment and terrorism have not only affected how people lived in the past decade but also their language, with "global warming" and "9/11" topping a list of the most used words of the 2000s. ...

Sarkozy to be 'twittered' at climate summit

Nicolas Sarkozy's every move at the climate summit in Denmark will be tracked on Twitter, but the French president won't be busy typing updates on the micro-blogging website himself, officials said. "The president won't use Twitter himself, but we will detail his ...