http://www.mail.com/subjects/41902-environmental-treaties.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/41902-environmental-treaties.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152600-un-climate-talks-marred-decision-making-spat.html BONN, Germany (AP) — U.N. climate talks have hit a stumbling block that some delegates say poses a serious challenge to their already slow-moving attempt to craft a global response to climate change. As the latest negotiation session ended Friday in the German city of Bonn, one track of the talks was paralyzed by a request by Russia, Ukraine and Belarus t... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:07:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2152600-un-climate-talks-marred-decision-making-spat.html 2013-06-14T18:07:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2146028-us-china-climate-deal-was-long-works.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Disparate interests ranging from environmental activists to businesses and industry are lining up to support a first-of-its-kind deal between the U.S. and China to phase out a chemical blamed for climate change. Although it took most proponents by surprise, the deal was in the bag before President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Ji... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2146028-us-china-climate-deal-was-long-works.html 2013-06-12T07:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2116252-eu-greenhouse-gas-emissions-lowest-to.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The EU's environmental agency says the 27-nation bloc's greenhouse emissions in 2011 were the lowest since it began monitoring them in 1990. The European Environment Agency says greenhouse gas emissions dropped 3.3 percent compared to 2010, and were 18.4 percent below 1990 levels. It cited a milder winter in 2011 as the main rea... Wed, 29 May 2013 14:29:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2116252-eu-greenhouse-gas-emissions-lowest-to.html 2013-05-29T14:29:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html GENEVA (AP) — A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals. But participants fell short in their efforts to require more information and consent among nations trading in a con... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html 2013-05-10T19:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2027890-gorbachev-sees-global-failure-to-address-eco-risks.html GENEVA (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the environmental group Green Cross International. Laying much of the blame on a lack of leadership and vision, he railed against governments for falling short on nuclear disarmament, waste, development... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:48:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2027890-gorbachev-sees-global-failure-to-address-eco-risks.html 2013-04-18T14:48:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1958988-antarctica-concerns-grow-tourism-numbers-rise.html ROSS ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — Across most of Earth, a tourist attraction that sees 35,000 visitors a year can safely be labeled sleepy. But when it's Antarctica, every footstep matters. Tourism is rebounding here five years after the financial crisis stifled what had been a burgeoning industry. And it's not just retirees watching penguins from the deck o... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:38:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1958988-antarctica-concerns-grow-tourism-numbers-rise.html 2013-03-16T05:38:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941124-poland-aims-to-pave-way-2015-climate-deal.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hoping to win over EU critics of Poland's recent stance on climate change, the environment minister said Friday that the coal-powered nation will make every effort to pave the way for a lasting deal in 2015 when it hosts a U.N. global warming conference in November. Last year, Poland vetoed the EU's road map for emissions reductions ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:13:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941124-poland-aims-to-pave-way-2015-climate-deal.html 2013-03-08T17:13:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844134-buoyed-obama-leaders-press-climate-action.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change. Top political and financial leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos say recent natural disasters, along with Obama's inauguration announcement this week that he's making the battle again... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844134-buoyed-obama-leaders-press-climate-action.html 2013-01-24T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1836856-ap-interview-un-chief-wants-action-climate.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says his top hopes for 2013 are to reach a new agreement on climate change and to urgently end the increasingly deadly and divisive war in Syria. The U.N. chief told The Associated Press that he's also hoping for progress in getting the global economy humming again, restarting Israeli-Palestinian pe... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1836856-ap-interview-un-chief-wants-action-climate.html 2013-01-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1831610-than-140-nations-adopt-treaty-to-cut-mercury.html GENEVA (AP) — A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four years of difficult negotiations but stopping short of some of the tougher measures that proponents had envisioned. The new accord aims to cut mercury pollution from mining, utility plants and a hos... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1831610-than-140-nations-adopt-treaty-to-cut-mercury.html 2013-01-19T14:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817326-than-130-nations-mercury-treaty-talks.html GENEVA (AP) — Delegates from more than 130 nations began a final round of negotiations on Sunday that are expected to lead to the creation of the first legally binding international treaty to reduce mercury emissions. The treaty would set enforceable limits on the emissions of mercury, a highly-toxic metal that is widely used in chemical production and sm... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817326-than-130-nations-mercury-treaty-talks.html 2013-01-13T17:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810814-un-finds-rising-mercury-emissions-treaty.html GENEVA (AP) — Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international cooperation to fix, the U.N.'s environment agency said Thursday. The report by the U.N. Environment Program showed for the first time that hundreds of tons of mercury have leaked from the soil i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810814-un-finds-rising-mercury-emissions-treaty.html 2013-01-10T10:28:00Z