Juliet Eilperin

Recent stories written by Juliet Eilperin

U.S. pushes for carbon cuts in developing world (12/18/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – With an offer of significant new aid to help poor nations cope with the effects of global warming, the Obama administration began a major diplomatic effort Thursday aimed at saving the troubled climate talks before the president's expected arrival this morning.

U.S., Japan extend aid to developing nations (12/17/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As President Barack Obama prepared to visit the historic climate conference here, there were signs Wednesday of a break in the impasse between rich and developing nations.

Study calculates rise in sea level (12/17/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A new paper published online Wednesday in the journal Nature suggests that the world may face a long-term sea-level rise of 20 to 30 feet, even under a modest global temperature rise.

Key points unresolved at climate summit (12/16/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As world leaders begin gathering here to hammer out a climate deal in two days, some key decisions still haven't been made.

U.S. will help fund cleaner energy (12/14/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Energy Secretary Steven Chu will announce today an international plan to deploy clean technology in developing countries, a $350 million, five-year effort that will include such things as putting solar lanterns in poor households and promoting advanced energy-efficient appliances worldwide, administration officials said.

Thousands protest at talks (12/13/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets here Saturday, demanding bolder action on climate issues from the international negotiators who remain divided over how to reconcile differences between industrialized nations and major developing countries.

Plan drafted to cut emissions (12/12/2009)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The U.N.-sponsored climate conference – characterized so far by unruly posturing and mutual recriminations – gained renewed focus Friday with the release of a document outlining ambitious greenhouse-gas reductions over the next 40 years, with industrialized nations shouldering most of the burden in the near term.

Climate debate hot in e-mails (12/6/2009)

WASHINGTON – It began with an anonymous Internet posting and a link to a wonky set of e-mails and files. Stolen, apparently, from a research center in Britain, the files showed the leaders of climate-change science discussing flaws in their own data and seemingly scheming to muzzle their critics.

Obama to join final climate talks (12/5/2009)

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will attend the high-level portion of international climate talks in Copenhagen on Dec. 18, the White House announced Friday, ratcheting up expectations that the United Nations-sponsored negotiations could produce a significant deal on global warming.

Obama to join climate talks (11/26/2009)

WASHINGTON – The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will attend U.N.-sponsored climate talks next month in Copenhagen and commit the United States to specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate group's e-mails spark brouhaha (11/22/2009)

Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers last week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.