Gordon Brown will accuse a small group of countries of holding the Copenhagen climate summit talks to ransom.The 193-nation UN conference ended with delegates simply "taking note" of a US-led climate deal that recognised the need to limit temperature rises to 2C. Mr Brown said on Monday the talks were "at best flawed and at worst chaotic" and called for a reformed UN process.
Gordon Brown will accuse a small group of countries of holding the Copenhagen climate summit talks to ransom.
The 193-nation UN conference ended with delegates simply "taking note" of a US-led climate deal that recognised the need to limit temperature rises to 2C.
Mr Brown said on Monday the talks were "at best flawed and at worst chaotic" and called for a reformed UN process.
Four rare Northern White rhinos have been flown from a Czech zoo to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction.Animal experts hope the rhinos - two males and two females - will breed in their natural habitat in Africa. Only eight Northern White rhinos are known to survive worldwide, all of them in captivity: six in the Czech Republic and two in the US. The last four living in the wild in Africa have not been seen since 2006.
Four rare Northern White rhinos have been flown from a Czech zoo to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction.
Animal experts hope the rhinos - two males and two females - will breed in their natural habitat in Africa.
Only eight Northern White rhinos are known to survive worldwide, all of them in captivity: six in the Czech Republic and two in the US.
The last four living in the wild in Africa have not been seen since 2006.
Asian giants China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners.Beijing's foreign minister said it was a new beginning, and Indonesia's leader said he was pleased with the result. Earlier, US President Barack Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers. The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the summit in Denmark.
Asian giants China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners.
Beijing's foreign minister said it was a new beginning, and Indonesia's leader said he was pleased with the result.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers.
The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the summit in Denmark.
The year 2009 will be remembered, according to analysts, as the moment when China's diplomatic quietness was abandoned and Beijing displayed a clout on the international stage to match its global economic weight;
Four of our activists face the prospect of Christmas in jail this year over charges relating to a protest at the Heads of State dinner at the Copenhagen climate summit. But the leaders who did practically nothing about the greatest threat to our planet got away. We're calling for the immediate release of our people, please help us by writing to the Danish Embassy today. The activists joined Heads of State from over 120 countries en route to the banquet at the Danish Parliament. Arriving in a three-vehicle convoy they stepped out onto the red carpet as representatives of the millions of people around the world who wanted a fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty to head-off climate catastrophe.
Four of our activists face the prospect of Christmas in jail this year over charges relating to a protest at the Heads of State dinner at the Copenhagen climate summit. But the leaders who did practically nothing about the greatest threat to our planet got away.
We're calling for the immediate release of our people, please help us by writing to the Danish Embassy today.
The activists joined Heads of State from over 120 countries en route to the banquet at the Danish Parliament. Arriving in a three-vehicle convoy they stepped out onto the red carpet as representatives of the millions of people around the world who wanted a fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty to head-off climate catastrophe.
No New Coal Plants Started in 2009 Washington, DC: No new coal plants broke ground in 2009, a result of a combination of widespread public opposition, rising costs, increasing financial risks and concerns over future carbon regulations. In 2009 twenty-six coal-fired power plants--which would have emitted 146 million tons of carbon dioxide annually-- were defeated or abandoned, the largest number of new coal plants defeated since the coal rush began in 2001. This progress opens the way for a transition to a clean energy economy, including a 22.5% increase in electricity generated from wind between 2008 and 2009.
Washington, DC: No new coal plants broke ground in 2009, a result of a combination of widespread public opposition, rising costs, increasing financial risks and concerns over future carbon regulations. In 2009 twenty-six coal-fired power plants--which would have emitted 146 million tons of carbon dioxide annually-- were defeated or abandoned, the largest number of new coal plants defeated since the coal rush began in 2001. This progress opens the way for a transition to a clean energy economy, including a 22.5% increase in electricity generated from wind between 2008 and 2009.
As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
In his 65 years, Wichitan Richard Hitchcock had never seen anything like it. He was driving by the Castle Inn Riverside along the banks of the Little Arkansas River in mid-December when he looked up and saw it -- a bald eagle soaring over the treetops in the neighborhood. "It was a real pleasure to get an opportunity to see it," Hitchcock said. "... It's a privilege. " For the first time in memory, a pair of bald eagles have built a nest within Wichita's city limits. Wildlife officials confirmed the existence of the nest and birds last week from a distance. The nest is on the island at Twin Lakes. The eagles are easily seen from Twin Lakes' west parking lot just off Amidon. In 1967, when the bald eagle was given protected status, the lower 48 states had fewer than 500 nesting pairs. Eagles were listed as an endangered species in 1973 but removed from the list two years ago. In recent years, bald eagles have been spotted along the Arkansas River in the winter. Last year, a pair of eagles built a nest along the river south of Wichita in Sedgwick County. No eaglets hatched. It's too soon yet to know whether the eagles have mated or laid eggs, said Dan Mulhern, fish and wildlife biologist for the U.S. fish and Wildlife Service. Typically, 75 percent of bald eagle eggs in Kansas are laid in February, Mulhern said. Eggs have been produced as early as late December or January.
For the first time in memory, a pair of bald eagles have built a nest within Wichita's city limits. Wildlife officials confirmed the existence of the nest and birds last week from a distance. The nest is on the island at Twin Lakes. The eagles are easily seen from Twin Lakes' west parking lot just off Amidon.
In 1967, when the bald eagle was given protected status, the lower 48 states had fewer than 500 nesting pairs. Eagles were listed as an endangered species in 1973 but removed from the list two years ago. In recent years, bald eagles have been spotted along the Arkansas River in the winter. Last year, a pair of eagles built a nest along the river south of Wichita in Sedgwick County. No eaglets hatched.
It's too soon yet to know whether the eagles have mated or laid eggs, said Dan Mulhern, fish and wildlife biologist for the U.S. fish and Wildlife Service. Typically, 75 percent of bald eagle eggs in Kansas are laid in February, Mulhern said. Eggs have been produced as early as late December or January.
