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Global warming 'godfather' goes coldGlobal warming 'godfather' goes cold A top NASA scientist says he'd would rather see no agreement at the Copenhagen climate conference because the whole approach to climate change is so deeply flawed that it would better to start from scratch. James Hansen told The Guardian newspaper that ...canadianmacfan added 3 weeks ago
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U.S., China help climate talks, but tangles remain | Green Tech - CNET NewsOSLO--Promises of greenhouse gas curbs by China and the United States brighten prospects for next month's U.N. climate summit but leave big tangles over cash, rich nations' emissions cuts, and how to tie down a legal treaty. "This is clearly some progress on the Copenhagen road," Frank Jotzo, ...
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U.S. to Propose CO2 Cut at Talks - NYTimes.comU.S. to Propose CO2 Cut at Talks WASHINGTON — The United States will propose a near-term emissions reduction target at the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, a senior administration official said on Monday. The Obama administration has so far resisted demands ...
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Concern About Climate Change Waning : NPRConcern About Climate Change Waning A A October 27, 2009 It's been three years since An Inconvenient Truth put climate change on the agenda. But a Pew survey of what Americans believe about climate change shows that concern about global warming is waning. Guests examine what could be ...
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Copenhagen countdownCopenhagen countdown With just over a month to go to the start of the Copenhagen climate summit members of Parliament's environment and industry committees are in Washington to urge their US counterparts to act. The visit coincides with a crucial point for a climate bill in the US Senate, ...
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JOHN KERRY and LINDSEY GRAHAM - Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) - NYTimes.comYes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) Washington CONVENTIONAL wisdom suggests that the prospect of Congress passing a comprehensive climate change bill soon is rapidly approaching zero. The divisions in our country on how to deal with climate change are deep. Many Democrats insist on ...
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U.S. Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah - NYTimes.comU.S. Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior has frozen oil and gas development on 60 of 77 contested drilling sites in Utah, saying the process of leasing the land was rushed and badly flawed. The 77 government-owned parcels, covering some ...
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Farmed Out: How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies?: Scientific AmericanThe people of East Africa once again face a devastating drought this year: Crops wither and fail from Kenya to Ethiopia, livestock drop dead and famine spreads. Although, historically, such droughts are not uncommon in this region, their frequency seems to have increased in recent years, raising ...
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Orville Schell: A New Sino-American Relationship?Orville Schell: A New Sino-American Relationship? NEW YORK – The Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China has now ended with the establishment of a felicitous new atmosphere between the two countries. But how can this “love-in” be made concrete? The most logical ...
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PNNL: Newsroom - Scrubbing sulfurThe Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from power plants. The process could directly replace current methods and allow power plants ...
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