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MOSCOW -- Russia supports Canada's decision to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol , says its foreign ministry, reaffirming Friday that Moscow will not take on new commitments.Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told Friday's briefing that the treaty does not cover all major polluters, and thus cannot help solve the climate crisis.Canada on Monday pulled out of the agreement - initially adopted in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan , to cut carbon emissions contributing to global warming. Its move dealt a blow to the treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country."This is yet another example that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol has lost its effectiveness in the context of the social and economic situation of the 21st century," Lukashevich said, adding that the document does not ensure the participation of all key emitters.The protocol requires some industrialized countries to slash emissions, but doesn't cover the world's largest polluters, China and the United States .Canada, Japan and ...
A bloc of Latin American countries issued a stern warning to rich nations Friday that unless they commit to new emissions cuts, the U.N. climate talks in Cancun will...
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Russia's government, ending its wavering, will approve ratification of the Kyoto Protocol ( search ) on climate change, Russian new agencies said Wednesday.The 1997 ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry straddled the diplomatic boundary this weekend between presenting the best face of America and a misleading one.In a question-and-...
New Zealand's government said Friday that it would not sign on for a second stage of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, a stance that angered environmentalists and p...
A U.N. climate conference with nearly 200 countries has adopted an extension of the Kyoto Protocol through 2020.The 1997 pact, which controls the greenhouse gas emis...
New Zealand's climate minister says U.N. climate talks are too focused on the Kyoto Protocol and that his country is "ahead of the curve" for opting out of the emiss...
Canada's environment minister said Monday his country is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.Peter Kent said that Canada is invoking the legal right ...
Canada dismissed the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday as a thing of the past, but declined to confirm a media report it will formally pull out of the inter...
Harvard’s Jeffrey Frankel argues recent drops in greenhouse gasses show that fracking produces less pollution.
The climate may change, but the same old disagreements drag on.Infighting and conflict dominated the two weeks of climate talks that ended in Bonn on Friday, as nego...
President Obama's plans for seeking an international agreement at a U.N. climate change conference next week sound precariously similar to his plans for pitching Chi...
Weather Trends Founder Bill Kirk discusses why Canada has removed itself from the list of countries following the Kyoto Protocol
Canada's environment minister says the country is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.Peter Kent said Monday that Canada is invoking the legal right ...
Turkey's government has decided to sign the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.Government spokesman Cemil Cicek says the Cabinet will send a bill to ...
President Obama's nominee to replace Susan Rice as the next U.N. ambassador is running into early opposition from conservative Jewish groups and at least one Republi...
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 ...
A senior adviser to President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia cannot ratify the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gas emissions, dealing a mortal blow to th...
President Vladimir Putin ( search ) has signed a bill confirming Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin said Friday, clearing the way for the globa...