ClimateWire http://www.climatewire.net The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 A fight over intellectual property rights is shaping up to become one of the thorniest issues in climate change as poor nations fight for greater access to low-carbon technologies. Developing-country negotiators and their advocates will argue at U.N. climate change talks in Poland this week and next that their ability to secure clean energy technology will be critical to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. SPOTLIGHT Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/1 Sen. John Kerry may not have gotten the job he wanted as secretary of State in the Obama administration. But when it comes to foreign diplomacy, he may have gotten… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/2 The credit tap has run dry and American auto companies are on their knees. While some are building tomorrow's green automobiles, they're buying their parts from overseas. Unless Washington raises… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/3 AUSTIN, Texas -- This city is planning to reverse the relationship between power companies and residents by helping homeowners and businesses install solar panels so they can produce their own… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/4 The Interior Department yesterday released three draft reports that evaluate how climate change will affect its mission and present an unprioritized array of more than 80 options for managing those… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/5 Some may be trying to lower expectations that global leaders can reach a climate agreement by this time next year. But the Bush administration wants to leave the diplomatic stage… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/6 The Arctic tundra emits methane -- a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide -- throughout the year, Swedish researchers announced yesterday. The results, published in the journal… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/7 Television meterologists tend to be more skeptical that human-caused global warming is occurring, a trend that seems baffling to some climatologists. "This cry that 'We're all going to die' is… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/8 The United Nations may need to construct a new pact to compensate victims of climate change or risk billion-dollar lawsuits linked to heatwaves, droughts and rising seas, says a report… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/9 Negotiators from 190 countries appear poised to miss their end-of-2009 deadline for creating a new global warming treaty that would set mandatory carbon emissions limits. Delegates from almost every nation… TODAY'S STORIES Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/10 As Detroit's Big Three defend their bailout requests before Congress, many industry insiders and lawmakers believe a key opportunity exists within the bailout to create cleaner, more efficient vehicle fleets.… E&ETV's EVENT COVERAGE Thu Dec 04 09:00:00 EST 2008 http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/rss/2008/12/04/11