en-us http://news.aol.co.uk Copyright 2009, AOL. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:57:00 GMT 60 Chancellor Alistair Darling has urged the world's most powerful finance ministers to treat climate change with the same urgency they gave to the world economic turmoil. ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:57 GMT Countries most vulnerable to climate change have attacked rich nations for rethinking the global treaty timetable that would enforce legally binding emissions cut targets. ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:59 GMT The courts have been urged by a watchdog to issue tougher fines for environmental pollution.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:02 GMT Environmental campaigners have claimed the Government's "obsession" with carbon trading as a solution to climate change is "irresponsible and dangerous" and could trigger a sub-prime style financial collapse.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:04 GMT Rains have flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, leaving authorities struggling to reach all those affected. ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:05 GMT A £9 million project to develop a new, all-electric affordable urban car has been announced.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:06 GMT A bald hedgehog abandoned by his mother is being treated by experts so his spikes will grow, a wildlife centre has said.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:08 GMT Conservationists are celebrating the first successful steps in an attempt to save the world's rarest duck from extinction.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:09 GMT A complete blueprint of the domestic horse's genetic code has revealed remarkable similarities with humans, say scientists.]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:12 GMT Australian authorities have launched an investigation into an oil rig leak that dumped thousands of barrels of fuel into the Timor Sea over more than two months before being plugged this week. ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:07:14 GMT