Deborah Zabarenko

Position: Environment Correspondent
I started with Reuters in 1986 in New York City, moving to Washington DC two years later. I've covered the Winter Olympics in Calgary and Salt Lake City, a couple wars, the State Department, White House, Pentagon, several long trials and a presidential sex scandal. Since 2006, I've been reporting on the environment and climate change.

Articles

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U.S. climate envoy takes aim at developing nations November 04, 11:00pm EST 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a top American diplomat accused developing countries of inaction on global warming, a coalition of senators on Wednesday stepped up efforts to break a political deadlock that has choked U.S. steps on climate change.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew meets Obama on U.S. visit

Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the "green patriarch" who leads 300 million Orthodox Christians, spoke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday about the fight against climate change.  Full Article 

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The golden, melting, re-freezing and ultimately disappearing snows of Kilimanjaro

When Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in the 1930s, he described the summit of that African mountain as "wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun." It's still wide, but may not be white much longer, due to climate change.  Full Article | Comments [8]