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Copenhagen: Historic Failure That Will Live in Infamy
(www.alternet.org)
There is nothing in this deal that would persuade an energy utility that the era of dirty coal is over. And the implications for humanity of that simple fact are profound.
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Gallup Poll: Good News for Climate Change--or Not? (motherjones.com)
Is the latest Gallup poll good news for negotiators at the Copenhagen climate summit? It found that 55 percent of Americans support signing a binding treaty that would commit the United States to... More
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Are Rich Nations Being Honest Brokers at Copenhagen?
(motherjones.com)
Will backroom deals among rich nations lead to death and devastation for poorer ones? That's the fear of negotiators from world's most impoverished countries—a bloc known as the Group of 77, or G77
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Wasted: 40 Percent of Food
(www.motherjones.com)
Americans, obviously, are eating more than ever before. A new study suggests we're also throwing away more than ever before. About 50 percent more per person since 1974.
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EU: US Needs To Spell Out Long-Term Climate Goals
(airamerica.com)
The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday.
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enhagen talks ready for take off: 5, 4, 3…
(www.grist.org)
Suddenly—and just in the nick of time—next month’s Copenhagen conference is starting to gain momentum. National leaders have rushed to say they are going, elevating it to the status of a major... More
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Cloudy with a chance of apocalypse ‘Copenhagen Diagnosis’ offers a grim update to the IPCC’s climate science
(www.grist.org)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—the world’s foremost body for weighing and assessing climate science—received a kick in the pants today from members who say the climate situation... More
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Temperatures Set to Skyrocket
(www.motherjones.com)
Here's the strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 is outstripping the ability of natural sinks to absorb it.
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Environment ministers meet to prepare climate summit
(www.grist.org)
Environment ministers from 44 key countries gathered in Copenhagen on Monday for a two-day closed-door meeting aimed at preventing embarrassing failure at next month’s U.N. conference on global... More
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Low Hopes for Copenhagen After Final Interim Meetings
(www.motherjones.com)
World leaders passed two major milestones in the pursuit of an international climate treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol over the weekend, both without resolving any of the major areas of... More
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