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7:15:48 PM Fiscal Crisis Failed to Curb Global Warming Emissions
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA

However, it now appears that benefit — namely, putting the brakes on greenhouse gas emissions, and, as a result, global warming — never fully materialized, according to an analysis of two important sources of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. ... [more]

7:15:48 PM Climate research bolsters 'action' call to UN talks
BBC Sport - UK

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News As ministers begin arriving at the UN climate talks in South Africa, new science is showing the challenges they face in trying to curb global warming. Using a new methodology, a Swiss team has ... [more]

4:11:59 PM Tea Party More & More Fringe on Global Warming
PlanetSave.com - Portland,ME,USA

Truthfully, it feels like fantasy that I'm even writing about how much people from different parties believe in global warming or human-caused global warming. The US is essentially the only country in the world with so much of its population confused [more]

1:32:21 PM Ex-UN climate chief to AP: talks are rudderless
The Associated Press

For three years until 2010, the Dutch civil servant was the leading voice on global warming on the world stage. He appeared constantly in public to advocate green policies, traveled endlessly for private meetings with top leaders and labored with ... [more]

12:32:52 PM Bangladesh: Lone Girl Shows Resilience By Peaking Summits
Global Voices Online (blog)

Bangladesh tops the 2010 global climate change risk index but its people are one of the most resilient nations to tackle the threat of global warming and rising seas. Wasfia Nazreen, a rights activist and development worker quit her job to fulfill he [more]

10:11:54 AM Taiwanese youths join UN climate change events
Focus Taiwan News Channel

The delegation said Taiwan will not be absent from the issues of global climate change. The conference is being held in Durban, South Africa from Nov. 28-Dec. 9. (By Hsu Chih-wei and Jamie Wang) ENDITEM/J. [more]

10:11:54 AM Ways Forward Proposed For Tech Transfer & IP At Durban Climate Talks
Intellectual Property Watch - Geneva,Switzerland

By William New, Intellectual Property Watch As governments meet to look for ways to progress on halting global climate change, some are suggesting more discussion is needed on the sharing of the technologies that can fight that change, ... [more]

7:22:54 AM Ostaszewski: Two sides of global warming
Milford Daily News - Milford,MA,USA

By Lee Ostaszewski/Local columnist For all the talk about global warming, we need to keep in mind that there are some negatives to it, too. Negatives, you say? You thought global warming was all negative, didn't you? Understandable, given the bad pre [more]

7:22:54 AM Global Warming? Minorities Say Yes
The Root

James Ragland will be reassigned to reporting in neighboring Collin County, Texas, while his arrest on a domestic assault charge is adjudicated, Morning News Editor Bob Mong told Journal-isms on Friday. "There's no way he can continue his column wher [more]

5:13:23 AM Slick roads could be Sunday morning concern after winter storm
DesMoinesRegister.com

David Purdy/Des Moines Register An early winter storm on Saturday brought some much-needed precipitation across Iowa, although the state's climatologist cautions that most of Iowa still faces the threat of drought next spring. ... [more]

2:29:28 AM State climatologist says climate change has raised temps
San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA

By Hope Rurik Scripps Howard Foundation Wire WASHINGTON —The Texas state climatologist said Friday that climate change has raised temperatures in Texas, but whether it has lowered precipitation is uncertain. John Nielsen-Gammon, climatologist and ... [more]

1:43:26 AM India backs US, China against EU climate plan
Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog)

China, India and the US--the world's three most populous nations and three biggest polluters--are united in opposing the European Union's timeline for a new global climate-change treaty to limit emissions of carbon dioxide. United Nations climate tal [more]

1:43:26 AM Holiday calendar: Santa's shrinking domain
msnbc.com (blog)

Science is simply telling us that the best guess (based on intelligence and not politics) says we are a contributing influence on global climate change. What you do with that information is up to you, but it is there and will not go away because you  [more]

12:36:25 AM Caroline Flint: Cameron's pledges on global warming were only hot air
Independent

Further to my report back from the Thatcherites for Labour rally* that I attended on Wednesday, I sh... Worth smuggling some of Philip Collins's commentary from behind the Times's pay wall. He... It was to be the biggest strike in a generation. ... [more]



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