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Could zero emissions become reality?

LIMA, Peru - Pulling a worn, yellowed copy of the 1992 U.N. climate change convention from her handbag, Farhana Yamin points to the paragraph that states its goal: To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous warming.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO

UN: climate change costs to poor underestimated

LIMA, Peru - The cost to poor countries of adjusting to ever-hotter temperatures will be two or even three times higher than previously thought, the U.N.'s environment agency said Friday - and that assumes a best-case scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically reduced.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO

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Comets come close to the sunSun-grazing comet likely broke up

STOCKHOLM - Once billed as the comet of the century, Comet ISON apparently was no match for the sun.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Turmoil at climate talks as blame game heats up

WARSAW, Poland - Rich and poor nations are struggling with a yawning rift at the U.N. climate talks as developing countries look for new ways to make developed countries accept responsibility for global warming - and pay for it.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO