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Sorting Blinks From Winks In The Copenhagen End Game

Nick Mabey | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

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Nick Mabey

The world is close to an ambitious climate change deal; what is missing is the trust needed to reach a legal conclusion. Trust will be built through plain speaking not hints, spin and clever tactics.

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What is China To Do?

Mitchell F. Stanley | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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Mitchell F. Stanley

As China and the United States approach the climate change summit in Copenhagen at year end, one thing is clear: Neither country likes being told what to do by others.

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Tripping in China: Barack Obama's Challenge

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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Robert L. Borosage

For Obama's trip to Asia, the White House paints a full agenda -- Afghanistan, human rights, North Korean nukes, climate change, trade relations, and the economy. But it's really just the economy, stupid.

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China's Reforestation Commitment: Imperfect, Important Progress

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

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Jeffrey B. Swartz

The leader of the largest polluting country in the world has now publicly declared accountability and committed to redemption. It deserves to be recognized as meaningful, if imperfect, progress.

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Obama On Climate Change: U.S. "Determined To Act"

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

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UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao each vowed urgent action Tuesday to cool an overheating planet, even as ...

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US, China Climate Change Accord Signed

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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The United States and China have signed an agreement to promote greater co-operation on climate change....

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China, US Held Secret Talks On Climate Change Deal

Guardian | Suzanne Goldenberg, US Environment Correspondent | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

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A high-powered group of senior Republicans and Democrats led two missions to China in the final months of the Bush administration for secret backchann...

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China Applauds Obama Climate Goals, Pledges Cooperation

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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Beijing welcomed U.S. promises of more action to slow global warming on Monday and said China would also do its share while ensuring that its people w...

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Why Biden is Such an Important Pick for the Climate

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

It has become increasingly clear that achieving a serious, binding international emissions treaty is even more politically implausible a task than passing serious, binding domestic legislation.

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