Obama and other leaders acknowledge the U.N. conference next month will not produce a final agreement. But that could accelerate progress in the U.S. -- and beyond.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is overreacting to a parody tweaking its stance on global warming. |
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Nissan is turning over a new zero-emission Leaf
The electric car, which made its U.S. debut Friday in L.A., is set to go on sale in select markets in the U.S., Europe and Japan next year and go global in 2012.
China faces reckoning over lead production
Lead poisoning has become an issue in a region where a cluster of factories produced lead for car batteries for years. With thousands sickened, mostly children, nearby villages are being evacuated.
India defends its climate-change strategy
India and China have come under pressure from the U.N. to accept emissions targets in advance of the Copenhagen talks. But India's lead negotiator says economic development must not be stifled.
Protesting truckers snarl traffic on 710 Freeway and in downtown L.A.
Blasting their horns while driving past City Hall, more than 400 big-rig drivers try to draw attention to new environmental rules that they say threaten their livelihoods.
Nuclear scars: Tainted water runs beneath Nevada desert
The state faces a water crisis and population boom, but radioactive waste from the Nevada Test Site has polluted aquifers.
Brown pelican removed from endangered species list
A century-long effort to protect the bird is no longer necessary, federal officials say. The population, once imperiled by hunters and DDT, has reached more than 650,000 in North and Central America.
Work to begin on a far more modest Orange County Great Park
The amount of land to be developed in the short term is reduced from 500 acres to 225 acres, and the number of soccer fields is trimmed from six to three. A lake plan is also shelved.
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