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  1. Quote of the week - Krugman's LOL on skepticsRead the original story w/Photo

    22 min ago | NorCalBlogs

    ... they talk in funny ways - academics are human beings, and the enormous incentive to get on the bandwagon on global warming, the financial incentive, the market driving this, is huge. KRUGMAN: There is tremendously more money in being a skeptic than ...

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  2. Global Climate Talks On TrackRead the original story w/Photo

    23 min ago | BruDirect

    ... and Brazil have all announced greenhouse gas emission reduction targets designed to contain the level of global warming. India remains the only big polluter still to declare its target, though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised on Saturday it ...

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  3. Rudd's Climate-Change Bill May Fail, Leaving Him Empty Handed for ObamaRead the original story

    25 min ago | Bloomberg.com - Asia

    Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudda s climate-change legislation faces a renews fight in the Senate as he prepares to hold talks in Washington today with President Barack Obama on global warming.

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  4. EU accused of risking Copenhagen climate talks with stance on aid fundingRead the original story w/Photo

    33 min ago | Guardian Unlimited

    ... confidential papers showed it wants existing overseas aid funding to be used to help poor countries adapt to global warming, not new and additional funds. The papers, seen by the Guardian, show that the EU has removed lines in the negotiating text ...

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  5. Copenhagen: The era of climate stability is coming to an endRead the original story w/Photo

    34 min ago | Guardian Unlimited

    ... in Copenhagen, they may finally agree on a definition of that term "dangerous", when they discuss halting global warming at 2C. Many now realise that the fossil fuels which have powered our world through two centuries of unprecedented growth in both ...

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  6. Upfront money needed to ease UN climate dealRead the original story

    35 min ago | The Seattle Times

    Money on the table - perhaps $10 billion a year or more - could help close a deal in Denmark next month and keep climate talks moving toward a new global treaty in 2010.

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  7. Climategate: The Ice Begins to Melt on MSM’s Refusal to Practice JournalismRead the original story

    41 min ago | Free Republic

    ... byline Andrew C. Revkin,: Some prominent climate scientists are calling for changes in the way research on global warming is conducted after a British university said thousands of private e-mail messages and documents had been stolen from its ...

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  8. Upfront money needed to ease UN climate deal (UN wants...Read the original story

    43 min ago | Free Republic

    Money on the table - perhaps $10 billion a year or more - could help close a deal in Denmark next month and keep climate talks moving toward a new global treaty in 2010.

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  9. South Africa expects World Cup to leave big carbon footprintRead the original story

    1 hr ago | People's Daily

    Next year's World Cup will leave a carbon footprint nearly nine times that of Germany in 2006, and that is before calculating the footprint for international flights to South Africa, the Cape Argus reported on Sunday.

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  10. Great letter (over media suppression) to UK Times about Climategate...Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Free Republic

    I am a lawyer of thirty years with an engineering degree....I don't have a lock on logic, but this global warming email disclosure, and now the incredible loss of raw data relating to science about the alleged destruction of the earth.... should be one of the biggest stories of the last 100 years, bigger than the Pentagon Papers or Watergate or any ...

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  11. The global warming hoax: The media's silent scandalRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Free Republic

    ... to falsify data and suppress academic debate in order to exaggerate the possible threat of man-made global warming." Translation: The global warming movement rests almost entirely on the IPCC's claim to represent the "consensus" of climate science. ...

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  12. Ski Resorts Fight Global Warming; Utah Gov UnsureRead the original story

    1 hr ago | ABC News

    ... as world leaders descend on Copenhagen next month to figure out a way to reduce carbon emissions blamed in global warming, the industry is still grappling with leaders in some of their own ski-crazy states who refuse to concede that humans have any ...

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  13. warming upRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Telegraph

    ... on whether to stay or leave en masse the negotiating table in Copenhagen has implications that go beyond global warming. Insisting on sticking to the terms laid down by the Kyoto Protocol is both a way of reinforcing that solidarity and putting ...

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  14. APEC retreats from C02 target, Brazil pledges cutRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Canada.com

    ... hopes that the Copenhagen meeting can yield a legally binding framework to stave off dangerous levels of global warming that scientists say threaten to bring rising seas and more droughts, heatwaves and floods. Arguments over targets have been a key ...

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  15. Nepal's government to meet on Mt EverestRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    ... John Hamer) Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said. Twenty-six ministers, together with staff, will travel ...

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  16. Protecting the forests, and hoping for paybackRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Chattanooga Times Free Press

    ... when tour groups come through, someone will ask what role the trees might play as the nation addresses global warming. After all, forests soak up carbon dioxide as they grow. "We've always said that's outside the scope of this project," said Michael ...

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  17. Canada may tweak emissions goals before CopenhagenRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

    ... change pact, saying it could harm the economy, and it has been often criticized for dragging its feet on global warming. At the Commonwealth summit Harper told reporters, "Canada's position, since we took office, has been clear. We've said we're at ...

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  18. Despite momentum, no smooth path to climate dealRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | AlertNet

    ... to be adopted "no later than 2010" and insisted fast funding be made available to poor states to counter the global warming threat. Commonwealth leaders hailed the consensus achieved in their Port of Spain Climate Change Declaration as improving the ...

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  19. Peat Fires Drive Temperatures Up: Burning Rainforests Release Huge Amounts of Greenhouse GasesRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Science Daily

    Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the effects of periodic droughts, can lead to large-scale fires, which release enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and thus contribute to global warming.

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  20. World leaders in bid to forge climate dealRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Peninsula

    ... they portrayed as a growing international momentum toward a pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming. 'Our common goal is to achieve a firm foundation for a legally binding climate treaty as early as possible in 2010. I am ...

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