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3 hours ago ago from Manuel de Araujo
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17 hours ago ago from S@turns World - my blog
Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by The New York Times No Slowdown of Global Warming, Agency Says by Andrew C. Revkin and James Kanter COPENHAGEN - The decade of 2000 to 2009 appears to be the warmest one in the modern record, the World Meteorological Organization reported in a new analysis on Tuesday. The announcement is likely to be viewed as a rejoinder to a renewed challenge from skeptics to the scientific evidence for ...
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11 hours ago ago from INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO
The third day of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen saw another political argument between the two biggest players – and polluters – China and the United States. Michael von Bülow China: the US and EU must present deeper cuts The United States and the European Union (EU) are expected by the Chinese delegation to bring more notable emission reductions targets to the Copenhagen climate talks. Read more US fires back at China ...
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22 hours ago ago from Scientists & Engineers for America Action Fund
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2 hours ago ago from Open Letters
I was gratified to read your Nov. 30 editorial Climate Progress: Obama Could Stimulate Change in Copenhagen. You're right: Climate change must be a policy for the United States and all other nations. Here in Pennsylvania we have already begun to see the various impacts of a changing climate including increased rainfall and flooding. It's time to do something about it. Pennsylvanians want action. Over a 30-day period in October and ...
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12 hours ago ago from Washington Post - World
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By Alison Hamm, Media Consortium Blogger It's one of the largest petitions in history--and the biggest climate-related petition ever delivered. Organized by the TckTckTck campaign , 10 million people called for leaders to sign a fair, ambitious, and legally binding climate treaty at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (Cop15). After the opening press conference on Monday, young people from around the globe ...
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COPENHAGEN -The $10 billion a year proposed by rich nations to help the poor adapt to climate change is "not sufficient" and the gap between what's offered and what's needed could wreck the Copenhagen climate conference, American billionaire George Soros said Thursday. The investor-philanthropist, one in a line of international notables visiting the 192-nation meeting, told reporters he had developed a partial solution. Soros suggested ...
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