US, UN officials see hope for turning Copenhagen deal into binding treaty Stern, the US State Department's special envoy for climate change, struck a hopeful note about the uncertain outcome of the UN climate conference in the ...

	MSU Experts Help East Africa Model Climate Change The project, financed by a Rockefeller Foundation grant, will focus on the effects of climate change on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. "This part of Africa is getting over the worst drought it has had in many years," said lead researcher Jennifer Olson. "Climate change is leading to warmer temperatures and heightened water stress for plants, as well as less reliable rain." Participants include "geographers, agronomists, sociologists and climatologists at MSU and in East Africa," university spokeswoman Kristen Parker said in a posting on the school's Web site. The researchers will make use of a Michigan State supercomputer and resources from the Michigan Agricultural Expe... Doomsday Clock Gets "Hopeful" Adjustment The greenhouse effect, a look at the Kyoto Protocol and a history of the Earth's climate. (CBS/ AP) The world has nudged a bit further from a nuclear ... Natural Gas Industry Pressing Senate for Climate Concessions Help for coal and renewable power in climate legislation could hurt natural gas, an industry official said yesterday as the ... Investors urge governments to act on climate change - Reuters More than 20 countries, including China and the United States, agreed to a non-binding Copenhagen Accord at a UN climate summit last month. ... Climate focus omits other issues The government's fixation with climate change means other environmental issues are being ignored, federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. ... Climate and Race — Sightline Daily So as we commemorate the too-short life of Martin Luther King, Jr. on what would have been his 81st birthday, I want to examine climate, which may be ... US Climate Envoy Says Nations Need To Support Copenhagen Accord UNITED NATIONS -(Dow Jones)- US climate envoy Todd Stern said Thursday a growing number of countries need to sign ... Prospects Fading for U.S. Climate Legislation in 2010 Last summer, clean energy advocates were confident that the US Congress would pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill by ... The Voice of Agriculture SEATTLE, January 12, 2010 – Delegates at the 91st American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting voted to oppose cap-and-trade climate legislation and to ...