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Vital Tests for Obama on Mandate for Change - New York Times

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:13:29 -0800

Vital Tests for Obama on Mandate for Change
New York Times
... in addition to the criticism that the president is not making good on other promises, like doing more to combat global warming. ...

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Protecting the Forests, and Hoping for Payback - New York Times

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:01:53 -0800

KATU

Protecting the Forests, and Hoping for Payback
New York Times
Yet occasionally, when tour groups come through, someone will ask what role the trees might play as the nation addresses global warming. ...
Carbon Credits Spell New Future for Forests New York Times

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Report Aims to Clarify Climate Risk for Diplomats - New York Times

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:31:56 -0800

Sydney Morning Herald

Report Aims to Clarify Climate Risk for Diplomats
New York Times
The turning point must come soon: If global warming is to be limited to a maximum of 2°C above preindustrial values, global emissions need to peak between ...
Obama Announces 2020 Emissions Target, Dec. 9 Copenhagen Visit New York Times
Businesses in US Brace for New Rules on Emissions New York Times
China Joins US in Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions New York Times
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Obama's Climate Goals vs. the Senate's - New York Times

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:02:38 -0800

guardian.co.uk

Obama's Climate Goals vs. the Senate's
New York Times
The House bill shows America is serious about capping global warming pollution. The bill that passed in the House in June goes a long way toward showing ...
US and China to Reduce Emissions, but Not Enough New York Times

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Obama Hobbled in Fight Against Global Warming - New York Times

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:51:46 -0800

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama Hobbled in Fight Against Global Warming
New York Times
The admission places Mr. Obama in the awkward position of being, at least for now, as unlikely to spearhead an international effort to combat global warming ...
Don't Blame US for Standoff in Int'l Climate Talks, Senators Say New York Times
World Leaders Agree to Delay a Deal on Climate Change New York Times
Officials Downgrade Copenhagen's Mission New York Times
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Inhofe Seeks Probe of Climate Science - New York Times

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:02:24 -0800

New York Daily News

Inhofe Seeks Probe of Climate Science
New York Times
He also said he wanted to look into whether the conclusions of an international panel on global warming — and the policies based on it — were distorted. ...
Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute New York Times
Stolen E-Mails Sharpen a Brawl Between Climate Scientists and Skeptics New York Times
Key Scientist Says Politics Behind Stolen E-Mails New York Times
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China, US Give Copenhagen Negotiators Some Targets - New York Times

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:12:18 -0800

AFP

China, US Give Copenhagen Negotiators Some Targets
New York Times
President Obama took the stage first that day, delivering a speech many described as a rhetorically powerful call for the world to fight global warming but ...
Official: Leaders May Join Obama at Climate Summit New York Times
Upfront Money Needed to Ease UN Climate Deal New York Times

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Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest - New York Times

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:28:50 -0800

New York Times

Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest
New York Times
... in tropical forest nations like Indonesia and Brazil, the world's fourth biggest emitter, is considered crucial to reining in global warming. ...

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An Environmental Benefit, Set to the Jazz of Sonny Rollins - New York Times

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:14:42 -0800

New York Times

An Environmental Benefit, Set to the Jazz of Sonny Rollins
New York Times
WHEN Sonny Rollins lifts his legendary horn high and launches into “Global Warming,” listeners unfamiliar with his ironic sense of humor are ...

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On Climate Data, Trends and Peer Review - New York Times

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:39:45 -0800

Sydney Morning Herald

On Climate Data, Trends and Peer Review
New York Times
The absolute worst thing that humanity could do is mistake a short-term natural cooling for the absence of human-caused global warming and, in so doing, ...
Intrigue and Plot Twists in Global Climate Talks New York Times

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Weekly Mulch: No treaty in Copenhagen? - Rabble.ca

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:50 -0800

Weekly Mulch: No treaty in Copenhagen?
Rabble.ca
... cars, and factories” and 59% of Americans “favor the US taking action on global warming, even if other countries like China and India do less. ...

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Activists occupy minister's office for climate justice - Rabble.ca

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:38 -0800

Activists occupy minister's office for climate justice
Rabble.ca
Canada's obstructive approach to the international climate negotiations, and our refusal to recognize the scientific reality of global warming in our own ...

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Weekly Mulch: Countdown to Copenhagen - Rabble.ca

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:01:56 -0800

Weekly Mulch: Countdown to Copenhagen
Rabble.ca
Former Vice President and global warming expert Al Gore will also attend the conference. Gore wrote that “[Obama's attendance] is another example of the ...

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John Passacantando: Fossil Fuel Companies Block Climate Treaty - AlterNet

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:03:40 -0800

John Passacantando: Fossil Fuel Companies Block Climate Treaty
AlterNet
President Obama was elected in part on his promise to deal with global warming. So were many new members of the House and Senate. ...

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Bruce Nilles: Time to Speak Out Against the Biggest Polluters - AlterNet

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:39:11 -0800

Bruce Nilles: Time to Speak Out Against the Biggest Polluters
AlterNet
Right now only a handful of pollution sources, including coal-fired power plants, are responsible for more than half of all of the global warming pollution ...

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Top Words Of The Decade 2000-2009: Most Popular Words - AlterNet

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:40:01 -0800

Top Words Of The Decade 2000-2009: Most Popular Words
AlterNet
The top word of the decade was "Global Warming" indicating concern and discussion about the environment was a strong and ongoing conversation throughout the ...

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10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving - AlterNet

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:06:15 -0800

10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving
AlterNet
Either way, you'll be saying no to our industrial food system, reducing your global warming contribution and saying yes to a healthy, happy meal. ...

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Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Enough With the Global Warming Graphics, Get to ... - AlterNet

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:18 -0800

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Enough With the Global Warming Graphics, Get to ...
AlterNet
Only 30 percent of Americans say global warming should be a top priority for Congress and the President, behind the economy, terrorism, Social Security, ...

Inhofe Trashes Military Generals Who Advocate For Clean Energy Legislation - AlterNet

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:55:37 -0800

Inhofe Trashes Military Generals Who Advocate For Clean Energy Legislation
AlterNet
She and her fellow Democrats have lately suggested that global warming could be a threat to national security by destabilizing developing countries. ...

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Bill Chameides: Global Warming Debate Gets Strange - AlterNet

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:29:31 -0800

Bill Chameides: Global Warming Debate Gets Strange
AlterNet
Senate Republicans on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee boycotted markup of the Clean Energy Jobs and ...

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Byron Kennard: Edmund Burke on Global Warming - AlterNet

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:55 -0800

Byron Kennard: Edmund Burke on Global Warming
AlterNet
I urge that it be our guide in addressing global warming, a catastrophe that looms in our time. Burke argued that the social system on which European ...

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Global Warming Emails: Hack Raises Ethical Questions, Hoax And Scam Claims (POLL) - AlterNet

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:55:36 -0800

New York Daily News

Global Warming Emails: Hack Raises Ethical Questions, Hoax And Scam Claims (POLL)
AlterNet
By The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post Hundreds of emails related to global warming were hacked from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia ...
Climate Depot: Everything You Need To Know About "Climategate" AlterNet
The Real Scandal Over Climate Change Isn't About Hacked Emails But the Media's ... AlterNet
Kevin Grandia: Stolen climate science emails just ain't the conspiracy some ... AlterNet
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10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On - AlterNet

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:02:10 -0800

10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On
AlterNet
World Bank scientists conclude that eating meat causes more than half of global warming (conservatively). Honestly, this was the biggest point for me: How ...

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Commonwealth sees island states on climate frontline - Reuters

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:02:51 -0800

BBC News

Commonwealth sees island states on climate frontline
Reuters
Trinidad's Manning said small Caribbean states were also vulnerable to hurricanes, whose frequency could increase as global warming distorts and reshapes ...
Commonwealth leaders seek momentum for climate deal Reuters South Africa

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INTERVIEW-For Maldives, climate deal is a survival issue - Reuters

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:02:06 -0800

INTERVIEW-For Maldives, climate deal is a survival issue
Reuters
World leaders seeking to thrash out a binding global treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming cite an estimate by scientists that ...

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Munich Re seeks ambitious climate protection targets - Reuters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:18:38 -0800

Munich Re seeks ambitious climate protection targets
Reuters
Peter Höppe, Head of Munich Re's Geo Risks Research, said a binding commitment in Copenhagen will have to be defined to limit global warming to 2°C above ...

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Global warming accelerates; Climategate rumbles on - Reuters Blogs (blog)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:23:30 -0800

Telegraph.co.uk

Global warming accelerates; Climategate rumbles on
Reuters Blogs (blog)
A report by a group of leading scientists that global warming is accelerating and that world sea levels could rise at worst by 2 metres by 2100* is grim ...
Hacked climate emails called a "smear campaign" Reuters
INTERVIEW-Climate science untarnished by hacked emails-IPCC Reuters

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Comfortable conservation and global warming - Reuters Blogs (blog)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:13:50 -0800

Comfortable conservation and global warming
Reuters Blogs (blog)
Energy efficiency will have to make the single most-important contribution if policymakers are serious about limiting greenhouse gas emissions and dampening ...

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FACTBOX-Climate scorecard for success at Copenhagen - Reuters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:01:57 -0800

AFP

FACTBOX-Climate scorecard for success at Copenhagen
Reuters
7-18 meeting may be judged: * Limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, which many scientists see ...
Australian climate row highlights Copenhagen rifts Reuters
Big developing countries form climate change front Reuters
Australia's carbon laws face delay, poll possible Reuters

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Reuters World News Highlights at 0930 GMT, Nov 30 - Reuters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:02:27 -0800

Reuters World News Highlights at 0930 GMT, Nov 30
Reuters
CANBERRA - Australia's key policy to fight global warming limped closer to defeat on Monday with parliament set to delay or reject the government's carbon ...

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Despite momentum, no smooth path to climate deal - Reuters

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:01:30 -0800

Sydney Morning Herald

Despite momentum, no smooth path to climate deal
Reuters
At the same time, developing countries, including tiny island states which risk disappearing if ocean levels continue to rise through global warming, ...
Commonwealth admits Rwanda as 54th member Reuters South Africa
Commonwealth advances momentum for climate deal Reuters Canada
Commonwealth pledges backing for UN climate pact Reuters India
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Denmark says no proposal to break climate deadlock - Reuters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:02:09 -0800

RTE.ie

Denmark says no proposal to break climate deadlock
Reuters
He said Denmark, as host of the conference, was working for a deal in line with a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial ...
Halve world carbon emissions by 2050-Danish text Reuters

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China digs in on yuan, holds out hand on climate - Reuters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:02:30 -0800

BBC News

China digs in on yuan, holds out hand on climate
Reuters
But Wen offered a softer hand on global warming, telling the EU that China would deliver on a promise to curb carbon dioxide output, the main greenhouse gas ...
EU says pre-Copenhagen emissions targets not enough Reuters

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Understanding Weather - not predicting - - Namibia Economist

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:57:11 -0800

Understanding Weather - not predicting -
Namibia Economist
Once again, the disarray factor should be borne in mind together with the ideal that global warming is emphasized by an expansion of the Tropics. ...