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Hunger for Survival

15 hours ago ago from What's With The Climate?

Every now and then I read a blog that announces that the writer has had an epiphany and wonder if I will ever start a post with that. I didn't have an epiphany yesterday but I did change. A few months ago if you had asked me to attend a candlelight vigil for survival I might have scoffed. Tokenism would have been the word I used – a term that now I see I used far too lightly. Yesterday was Hunger for Survival – the day the disappointed, but ...

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Obama’s Speech

15 hours ago ago from US Renewable Energy Advocates in Germany

Mike, Emily and I have been in Berlin for our final seminar for the TREF program.  We have had some pretty interesting discussions about Copenhagen, but again are relatively out of the loop of what is going on.  Obama spoke at noon today to encourage concrete action today and I have included the text.  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. It is an honor for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come ...

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We are at stake

11 hours ago ago from Consequence Campaign

By Jenn Watts, National Youth Mobilization Director, Alliance for Climate Protection Cross-posted from the Repower Blog As world leaders, scientists and young people from all across the globe wrap up their work in Copenhagen during the past two weeks of important negotiations, we are once again reminded of the vested interest that our generation has in confronting the climate crisis. On December 10, 2009, hundreds of youth from ...

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Obama Copenhagen: Time for talk is over' Video Transcript

11 hours ago ago from Welcome the Light

VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT BELOW By GLENN THRUSH | 12/18/09 COPENHAGEN — A visibly angry Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday , declaring that the time has come not to talk but to act on climate change. Emerging from a multinational meeting boycotted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao , Obama warned delegates that U.S. offers of funding for poor nations would remain on the table “if and only ...

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The Road to Copenhagen, where will it lead?

19 hours ago ago from Oxfam News Blog

Campaigners start their journey to Copenhagen It took 36 hours, 4 trains, a bus and a ferry but we made it to Copenhagen all the way from Glasgow. Joining a large number of campaigners to show world leaders that climate change is an issue that people are moved by. People took to the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday 12 th December to show how important an issue they think climate change is. From young to old 100,000 people braved ...

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Text of Obama’s Remarks in Copenhagen - Washington Wire - WSJ

19 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

Here is the text of President Obama's remarks Friday at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen: Good morning. Its an honor to for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come together here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave and growing danger to our people. All of you would not be here unless you, like me, were convinced that this danger is real. This is not fiction, this is science. ...

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8 questions about the last day of Copenhagen climate talks

16 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.

Eight new questions about the last day of climate talks in Copenhagen. This Story 1. What did President Obama say? He said a lot of things forcefully, but not much that was new. Obama's speech to this U.N. conference on climate change largely covered points laid out previously by other U.S. representatives. He talked about America's willingness to reduce greenhouse gases in the range of 17 ...

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BBC News - Leaders must strike deal - Obama

18 hours ago ago from BBC

President Obama has addressed leaders at the climate summit US President Barack Obama has called on world leaders to come together at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as time runs out to strike a deal. President Obama told delegates the international community's ability to take collective action was in doubt. Leaders have gathered for the final day of the summit amid uncertainty over the shape of any eventual deal. A ...

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Obama announces climate change accord

9 hours ago ago from CNN Money

Obama announces climate change accord December 18, 2009: 5:59 PM ET COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CNN) -- President Barack Obama announced what he called a meaningful and unprecedented climate change deal with China and other key nations that was expected to be sealed before the president headed home from the Copenhagen summit late Friday. For the first time in history, all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to ...

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AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change

17 hours ago ago from U.S. News

AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change. The South Carolina Republican has joined forces with Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to drum up support for a bill that would put a price on heat-trapping pollution. Graham's position has irked just about everybody. He has been censured by ...

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