Climate change listed among factors that could raise risk of conflict between nations By Scott Malone CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan 9 (Reuters) – Work to avert the problems caused by climate change should not be a partisan issue, outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry told students at an elite U.S. engineering school on Monday, in one […]
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Forests help slow climate change by soaking up CO2 from the air OSLO, June 15 (Reuters) – Last year’s international deal on limiting climate change must involve more use of forests as natural stores of carbon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Norway’s government said in a joint statement on Wednesday. Kerry, visiting Oslo
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North American foreign ministers meet in Quebec City QUEBEC _ Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion hosts a meeting with his American and Mexican counterparts today with environment, security and clean energy on the formal agenda. The Quebec City meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Mexico’s Claudia Ruiz Massieu will set the stage
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Money, goals still unclear in Paris climate accord LE BOURGET, France _ Negotiators released a new, shorter draft of an international accord to fight global warming Wednesday, and it leaves key issues unresolved just two days before high-stakes talks in Paris are scheduled to end. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry challenged diplomats to reach agreement
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Iran nuclear deal faces stiff opposition in Congress The deal to curb the Iran nuclear program will far reaching effects, not the least of which is allowing the Middle East nation to export an additional million barrels a day of oil at a time when global markets are oversupplied. After 18 days of intense and often fractious
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Keystone XL approval vetoed by President Obama this past spring WASHINGTON – A House panel has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry for department documents, reports and letters related to the contentious push to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced the subpoena on Wednesday. The
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