Climate Talks Open in Warsaw

Thousands of delegates from nations and environmental organizations around the world have opened climate talks in Warsaw, Poland to lay the groundwork for a new treaty to fight global warming.The 12-day U.N. talks opened Monday amid numerous warnings about potentially disastrous warming, unless mankind slows pollution of the atmosphere with fossil fuels.U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres told the opening session that it is time to guarantee greater climate security for the generations to...

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