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Intrigue and Plot Twists in Global Climate Talks

New York Times - 2 hours 40 minutes ago

In the otherwise unhurried context of global climate negotiations, the last two weeks have seen a variety of gripping twists.

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Momentum grows for Copenhagen climate deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 7:44 pm ET
World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said an agreement was "within reach".
Baxter Pharr: Time to fix human-caused global warming
Summit Daily News - Sun Nov 29, 2:11 am ET
When Democratic Sen. Harry Reid announced last week that any vote on the climate change bill was being postponed until 2010, Republican Sen. James Inhofe from Oklahoma, the leading climate change skeptic in the Senate, said to Barbara Boxer in a Senate speech: "It's over. Get a life. You lost. I won." Over the weekend it was revealed that hackers had broken into a climate research database and ...
Commonwealth gives impetus to climate talks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 7:07 pm ET
Commonwealth nations Friday joined forces with European and UN leaders Friday to push for a deal to tackle global warming and overcome last-minute haggling threatening to scupper climate talks.
'Science as a Contact Sport' probes global warming battle
Lawrence Journal-World - Sun Nov 29, 1:05 am ET
Stephen H. Schneider, winner of one of those $500,000 genius grants, has written a witty, informative and impassioned account of perils he sees in global warming and what to do about them...
Britain, France back global fund for climate ills
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 8:27 pm ET
The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
Commonwealth seeks to shape global climate talks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 2:00 pm ET
Leaders of the Commonwealth's two billion people and the UN chief joined Friday to push for a deal at upcoming climate talks to save the planet from catastrophic global warming.
China's Pledge on Carbon Emissions: Is It Enough?
Time Magazine - Fri Nov 27, 6:24 pm ET
Beijing's decision to bring targets on carbon emissions reductions to Copenhagen is hopeful, but it is important to understand what exactly Beijing is promising -- and what it's not
Perry leads climate bill opposition
Temple Daily Telegram - Sun Nov 29, 1:16 am ET
DALLAS - While the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill aiming to dramatically slash air pollution linked to global warming, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other Republican leaders in the state that leads the nation in greenhouse gas production are watching closely - and objecting loudly.
Australian scientists aim to reduce sheep burps
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 1:42 am ET
Australian scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said Sunday.
Ski Resorts Fight Global Warming; Utah Gov Unsure
KUTV Salt Lake City - Sat Nov 28, 3:11 pm ET
Ski resorts across the country are usingthe Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season.
Richland woman to attend climate conference
The Wenatchee World - Sat Nov 28, 12:58 pm ET
RICHLAND — Ellyn Murphy of Richland is preparing to join 8,000 other concerned world citizens in December at the Climate Change Conference scheduled in Denmark. The conference, with representatives from 192 countries and many nongovernmental organizations, could produce a global agreement to set limits on human-produced greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide, or CO2.
U.S., China to reduce emissions, but not enough
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - Sat Nov 28, 5:15 am ET
AMSTERDAM Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the worlds combined pledges ahead of next months climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.
Commonwealth summit to stoke climate debate
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 10:44 am ET
Leaders of the two-billion-strong Commonwealth and the UN on Friday opened a summit pushing the rest of the world to strike a deal to save the planet from catastrophic climate change.
China's climate pledge raises expectations for Copenhagen summit
Los Angeles Times - Sat Nov 28, 3:11 am ET
Although China's announcement that it will reduce the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions does not mean a reduction in total emissions, environmentalists now see more promise for climate summit. China vowed Thursday to steeply reduce the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, a move that environmentalists and the Obama administration hailed as a major, and perhaps ...
Commonwealth opens summit set to stoke climate debate
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 10:13 am ET
Heads of Commonwealth nations and the United Nations opened an unprecedented summit Friday aimed at strengthening the debate on global warming 10 days ahead of Copenhagen talks.
An Environmental Benefit, Set to the Jazz of Sonny Rollins
New York Times - Sat Nov 28, 8:03 pm ET
An appearance by Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist, to benefit the Clearwater organization at the Tarrytown Music Hall is in keeping with his interest in the environment.
Traditional Indigenous Fire Management Deployed Against Climate Change
redOrbit - 9 minutes ago
Carbon credits bring millions for new jobs in indigenous communities; Australian project a model of opportunity, especially for AfricaA landmark Australian project that mitigates the extent and severity of natural savannah blazes by deploying traditional Indigenous fire management techniques is being hailed as a model with vast global potential in the fights against climate change and ...
Their view: Climate of denial-Danger of global warming skeptics
Silver City Sun-News - Sat Nov 28, 11:33 am ET
The following editorial appeared in Wednesday's Washington Post: Last weekend was a good one for climate-change deniers.
Canada PM to attend Copenhagen climate meeting
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 7:50 am ET
Canada's prime minister is reversing his position and will attend a United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, Stephen Harper's spokesman said.
Richland woman bound for Denmark climate conference
Tri-City Herald - Sat Nov 28, 4:39 am ET
RICHLAND — Ellyn Murphy of Richland is preparing to join 8,000 other concerned world citi

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