WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A cross-section of government, military and development leaders met to help develop ways of identifying and facilitating NGO and private

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 17 March 2011, in a bi-partisan conference on Capitol Hill, titled, "Iran Rising for Freedom--U.S. Policy Prospects," former top officials of the Obama as well as Clinton and Bush administrations joined senior Members of Congress.

The world’s largest economies are responsible for 80 percent of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions and consume 80 percent of the world’s energy, and should therefore lead global efforts to reduce emissions, said Paula Dobriansky, U.S. under secretary of state for global affairs, on Tuesday.

MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - Russian and U.S. diplomats believe the protection of the environment in the Arctic region should be combined with its economic development, including the utilization of the natural resources of the continental shelf of the Arctic Ocean.

Two weeks of international climate talks marked by bitter disagreements and angry accusations culminated Saturday in a last-minute U.S. compromise and an agreement to adopt a blueprint for fighting global warming by 2009. Now comes the hard part.