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Modest progress at U.N. climate talks Saturday was overshadowed by a continuing deadlock between China and the United States, clouding prospects for a major climate conference in Mexico in less than two months time.

The world's top greenhouse polluter hosts week-long U.N. climate talks from Monday aimed at sealing a broader pact to fight global warming and helping poorer nations with money and clean-energy technology.

An investigation into a British climate research center cleared its scientists of serious wrongdoing, but criticized their lack of openness and said some data was misleading.

Long-awaited climate change legislation was put on hold by its authors Saturday when a dispute over immigration politics and Senate priorities threatened to unravel a bipartisan effort that took months of work.

Prominent Republicans such as Marco Rubio and Tim Pawlenty have started expressing doubts, indicating that climate change is becoming a litmus test for conservatives.

It wasn't long ago that Marco Rubio and Tim Pawlenty -- two rising Republican stars -- supported legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.

The IPCC is appointng an independent committee of distinguished experts to determine whether it needs to change its procedures.

President Barack Obama says the federal government will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent in the next decade - an ambitious goal that exceeds targets for the country as a whole.

Harsh cold weather shows how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, report says.

Public concern about global warming and trust in climate leaders has dropped sharply in the U.S. according to a survey.