The Dutch environmental agency published a report into mistakes in the 2007 assessment put out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The agency concluded that the science of climate change was sound, but found new errors in the IPCC’s work an… more »

more--> Britain's general election on May 6th produced an inconclusive result, leaving the Conservatives as the largest party in Parliament but short of an overall majority. After five days of wrangling the Conservatives joined forces with the Liberal… more »

The crisis surrounding Greece’s public finances deepened. After weeks of trying to convince the markets that it could finance its debt, the country saw its credit rating cut to junk status, a first for a euro-zone member. Greece had earlier asked for the… more »

After a year of bitter debate in Congress, and a vote to approve a bill by a razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives, Barack Obama finally got to sign a health-care reform act into law. Lauded as the most significant piece of social legislation… more »

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Divisions between rich and poor countries emerged swiftly as the Copenhagen conference on climate change got under way, with the leaking of a document drafted by Denmark, the host country. Developing countries think that developed countries need to make… more »