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/ 1 February 2008
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shared a debate stage alone for the first time on Thursday, striking a cordial tone and highlighting their opportunity to make history as the next United States president. ”Just by looking at us, you can tell we aren’t more of the same,” said Clinton, a New York senator who would be the first woman US president.
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/ 12 January 2008
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Friday proposed -billion in emergency spending to stave off a possible United States election-year recession, upstaging Republican rivals who clashed over the economy but offered few specifics.
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/ 28 September 2007
United States President George Bush on Friday called for a ”strong and transparent” way for nations to measure progress on fighting climate change, but said each country should set its own approach. In a speech to a US-sponsored conference of major emitting countries, Bush also called for the creation of a global fund to promote clean technology.
Top climate experts warned on Friday that global warming will cause faster and wider damage than previously forecast. More than 100 nations in the United Nations climate panel agreed a final text after all-night disputes with some scientists accusing government delegates of watering down their findings.
Climate experts neared agreement on Friday on the strongest United Nations warning yet about the impacts of global warming. But scientists working with government delegates from more than 100 nations on the UN climate panel were still stuck in talks after an all-night session in Brussels.
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/ 10 January 2007
The European Union put climate change at the heart of a broad new energy policy on Wednesday as it moved to boost renewable fuels, cut consumption and curb its dependence on foreign suppliers of oil and gas. With oil imports hit by the latest energy dispute involving Russia, Brussels laid out a vision of a common energy policy for the 27-nation bloc.