Fight against poverty can go with low-carbon economy: Clinton

October 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A strict global carbon budget between now and 2050 based on a fair distribution between rich and poor nations has the potential to prevent dangerous climate change and keep temperature rise well below two degrees Celsius, a new WWF report shows. The report, called 'Sharing the effort under a global carbon budget' and released worldwide Friday, is based on research, calculations and analysis by the consultancy Ecofys and shows different ways to cut global emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 and by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

September 30th, 2009 Bill Clinton: No thoughts of public office returnWASHINGTON — Bill Clinton says he has no thoughts about returning to public office. As for Hillary Rodham Clinton making another run for the White House, the former president says that's up to her.

September 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan has increased its commitment in the fight against terrorism, but the Obama administration is still not "satisfied", Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, pointing to the large presence of the Al Qaeda and the Taliban country. "Well, look at, again, what has happened in the last nine months.

September 26th, 2009 Clinton discusses fight against drugs with MexicoNEW YORK — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa have vowed to "keep strengthening" cooperation in the fight against drug violence and organized crime that spills across their countries' common border.

September 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Roofs full of green plants could help fight global warming, say scientists. Kristin Getter, Michigan State University (MSU) horticulturist and colleagues, who conducted the study point out that green roofs are multi-functional.

September 24th, 2009 Duke, FPL to switch to hybrid, electric vehiclesCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Two of the nation's largest power generators said Thursday that they plan to begin switching their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid vehicles or all-electric vehicles starting Jan. 1 to help cut greenhouse gas emissions.

July 28th, 2009 Clinton: U.S.-China to cooperate on challengesWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States and China have agreed to cooperate on difficult foreign policy challenges such as North Korea and Iran as well as counterterrorism and climate change. Clinton described as unparalleled the range of issues discussed between U.S.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after describing Pakistan as the home of a global syndicate of terrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said she has seen real commitment by the Pakistan government to fight terrorism and underlined that Islamabad deserved support. "I have seen a real commitment by the Pakistan government in fighting terrorism," Clinton said while interacting with students at Delhi University.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Students holding banners and posters Monday sent out a message to visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying the US should take responsibility for being one of the "biggest" contributors to the climate change, before it blamed the developing world. Siddharth Pathak of Greenpeace, an NGO that had organised the students' protest, said: "The US is one of the biggest culprits contributing to global warming, which has led to an increase in the intensity of disasters including the cyclone in Sundarbans leading to a humanitarian crisis.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday began the Delhi leg of her five-day India visit with a conference on climate change and green technologies - a subject close to her heart and an emerging theme in burgeoning India-US ties. Dressed in a turquoise blue business suit, a beaming Clinton landed at the ITC Green Building in Gurgaon, a township adjoining Delhi, soon after arrriving in the capital on a two-day visit that will focus on expanding the scope of strategic dialogue between the two countries.

July 19th, 2009 Clinton: US, India to join hands on climate changeNEW DELHI — India and the United States can jointly devise a breakthrough plan for fighting climate change that will generate massive new investments and millions of jobs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

July 19th, 2009 GURGAON - Seeking India's proactive cooperation for a new global climate deal, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday made a strong pitch for low-carbon economy and assured that Washington will not do anything that will limit India's economic progress. The US does not and will not do anything that will limit India's economic progress.

July 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The accidental discovery of a bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air paves the way for exciting new possibilities to deal with global warming. These possibilities include genetically engineering microbes to manufacture those carbon dioxide "catchers", said J.A.

July 6th, 2009 TORONTO - Vast amounts of carbon, about twice as much as contained in the atmosphere, is stored in the Arctic, according to a new study. The amount of carbon in frozen soils, sediments and river deltas raises new concerns over the role of the northern regions as future sources of greenhouse gases.

June 25th, 2009 Calif. board weighs pollution tax on industriesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators are considering a proposal to impose the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.