Quid Pro Quo on Emission Standards

Bush tightens them federally, but loosens them at the state level.

Industry analysts and environmental groups said the E.P.A. decision had the appearance of a reward to the industry, in return for dropping its opposition to the energy legislation. Auto industry leaders issued statements supporting the new energy law, which gives them more time to improve fuel economy than California would have.

US Makes Minor Concessions at Bali

Which country is the rogue state now?

But nothing else matched the point on Saturday, in the final tumultuous plenary, when the American team was booed for trying to block a proposal by India.

American Geophysical Union: Artic Melting Faster than Ever Predicted

But it is has become apparent in recent years that the real, observed rate of summer ice melting is now starting to run well ahead of the models.

Hard Choices on Climate Can Wait for Next President, Aides Indicate

The administration also suggested eliminating language in the draft calling for "sufficient, predictable, additional and sustainable financial resources" to help poor nations adapt to climate change

Nasa images show climate change from space

Images from a Nasa mission into space have shown for the first time that noctilucent clouds, which are only created at certain temperatures, appear to be increasing in frequency and extent.

Global Warming Denial

The U.S fights targets for reducing carbon dioxide at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia.

Meanwhile, a report from the House Committe on Oversight and Government Reform concludes that 'the Whitehouse systematically manipulates Climate Change Science'.

When Dr. Thomas Karl, the Director of National Climatic Data Center, appeared before the House Oversight Committee, his testimony was also heavily edited by both White House officials and political appointees at the Commerce Department. He was not allowed to say in his written testimony that “modern climate change is dominated by human influences,” that “we are venturing into the unknown territory with changes in climate,” or that “it is very likely (>95 percent probability) that humans are largely responsible for many of the observed changes in climate.”