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BURMA DIGEST » Article » Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change ...

[BURMA DIGEST] PAN JIAHUA, Executive Director CASS (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Research Center on Sustainable Development, Member of China’s Expert Panel on Climate Change on Panel Three: The Politics of Climate Change and Energy Security at the From Kyoto to Copenhagen – Confronting Global Warming and Achieving Energy Security Editor’s Conference put on by Project Syndicate.

t r u t h o u t | Climate Change a Distant Problem for Americans

[Truthout - All Articles] "But few of us live on the shores of the Arctic or Antarctic oceans. Therefore, climate change is a distant problem.

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October 31, 2009

BURMA DIGEST » Article » Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change ...

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t r u t h o u t | Climate Change a Distant Problem for Americans

[Truthout - All Articles] "But few of us live on the shores of the Arctic or Antarctic oceans. Therefore, climate change is a distant problem.

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October 30, 2009

Republicans for Environmental Protection (Really)

[Utne Environment Blog] Jenkins says that a climate bill with “with strong, constructive input from Republicans will be stronger than one Democrats would draft on their own” and suggests the GOP could “score some political points” by standing up against mountaintop removal coal mining, which “offends everybody’s environmental sensibilities.”

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Change attitude towards environment - Dr Nunoo - modernghana.com ...

[General News] 29, GNA - Dr Francis K.E. Nunoo, Head of Department of Oceanography and Fisheries at the University of Ghana, has called on Ghanaians to change their negative attitude towards the environment as the country joins the global fight against climate change.

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October 29, 2009

Five chief ministers to sign declaration on environment | Sindh ...

[Sindh Today - Online News] A spokesperson for the state government said: “Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim would Friday issue a detailed action plan to save environment. The action plan Shimla Declaration would take up environmental issues that are affecting the hill states.”

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Google Wave as an RPG environment - Boing Boing

[Boing Boing] Unfortunately for those of us who are more into the tactical side of RPGs, it isn't yet well-suited to a game that involves either a lot of dice rolling or careful tracking of player and NPC positions. Right now, Wave bots are hard to get working reliably and widgets are scarce, which means that if you don't want to use the standard dice bot that Wave debuted with (dice bots are an old IRC favorite) then there isn't really another convenient option;

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October 28, 2009

Liberal Conspiracy » Top Tory blogs all global warming deniers

[Liberal Conspiracy] “I’d rather listen to the likes of Stephen Hawkings and other prominant scientists about the causes of climate change then ignorant Tory bloggers who couldn’t really give a hoot about anything which may interrupt their own individualistic lifestyle.”

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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Global warming goes ”¦ vegan

[Hot Air TV] Climate change is just another lever for the same old busybodies to run people’s lives. Lord Stern explains that his tastes and philosophy have changed since he was a student — and assumes therefore he has the right to dictate everyone else’s choices. Global-warming hysterics want to use this as an excuse to gain control and power for their idea of a benevolent despotism.

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October 27, 2009

Eco-Beat, 10/26 - Green Daily

[Green Daily] Wanna support green charities while also supporting Jack Johnson's relaxing, harmonious grooves? Will PETA turn Elvis' ranch into a vegetarian education center?

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Eco Chick Starre Vartan to Speak at Ecostilletto Green Bloggers ...

[Eco-Chick] Rachel Sarnoff, the driving force behind the stylish EcoStiletto.com, has organized a Green Blogger Convention to take place in Los Angeles on November 6th from.

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October 26, 2009

Briton not sold on global warming alarmism | Washington Examiner

[Beltway Confidential] If, as I noted Friday, Americans increasingly are not sold on global warming alarmism, neither is Christopher Booker of the London Sunday Telegraph (and founding editor of...

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EU Referendum: The real global warming disaster

[EU Referendum] In a startling new book, Christopher Booker reveals how a handful of scientists, who have pushed flawed theories on global warming for decades, now threaten to take us back to the Dark Ages. He writes: .

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October 24, 2009

Our First Peak Oil Recession

[Green Chip Stocks] Energy and Capital editor Chris Nelder deconstructs the inflation/deflation debate and conjectures that we may have reached an inflection point in economic history, where the price at which energy is high enough to sustain new production is the same price at which things become too expensive, leaving us no option but to downsize.

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Conservation Value Notes: Getting Real About The Latest on Peak Oil

[Conservation Value Notes] In 2005, the majority of observers seemed to think it had peaked for good, and saw gas prices remaining in a high range of $11-15/Mcf. I don’t think any of them expected the recent boom in North American shale gas, and there was certainly no suggestion that gas prices would crash to nearly $2 this year.

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October 23, 2009

Living Climate Change | Motionographer | Motion graphics, design ...

[Motionographer | Motion graphics, design, animation, filmmaking and visual effects] is a devoted space for the most defining design challenge of our time. It’s also a place to support fresh thinking and share provocative ideas about the future.

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Why the World Disagrees on Climate Change - Green Inc. Blog ...

[Green Inc.] For me, this is exactly a case again of why we disagree about climate change. We have almost exactly orthogonal positions emerging about what the preferred strategies should be.

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October 22, 2009

Falkenblog: Is Levitt a Global Warming Denier?

[Falkenblog] The Global Warming debate is like many Big Issues. They are multifaceted, so debunking a point hardly makes a difference because most people's opinion has several several pillars.

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Eggheads Get All Riled Up Over Global Warming Theories In ...

[Vulture] Who knows who's right and who's wrong in this kerfluffle? Certainly not a couple of English majors like us!

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October 21, 2009

New Eco-Friendly Pizza Box -- GreenBox -- Offers Plates with the ...

[Slashfood] Fitted in a body cast after having broken his femur, he and his friends were watching the game one Sunday when a friend dripped pizza grease down his shirt. In typical college fashion, Walsh and his roommates "would basically use disposable plates since no one would wash the dishes," he says.

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Inhabitat » Concrete Mushrooms: Transforming Abandoned Bunkers ...

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October 20, 2009

Scientists Predict Climate Change Will Trigger Violent Seismic ...

[Celsias Expert Articles] reddit_title='Scientists Predict Climate Change Will Trigger Violent Seismic Activity \x2D So Could Tsunami in Indonesia have Links to Global Warming?'

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Hot Air » Blog Archive » News media fall for climate-change hoax

[Hot Air » Top Picks] The White House and congressional Democrats are working to marginalize the Chamber of Commerce ”” the powerful business lobby opposed to many of President Barack Obama’s first-year priorities ”” by going around the group and dealing directly with the CEOs of major U.S. corporations.

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October 19, 2009

Little eco's fairy garden - Little eco footprints

[Little eco footprints] Little Eco collected a lady beetle from her sunflowers and moved it in also. The garden sits at our back door and she plays with it like a doll house.

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Inhabitat » Fall Eco-Fashion Pop Quiz!

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October 17, 2009

Atomic Insights Blog: Climate Change Causing Cognitive Dissonance ...

[Atomic Insights Blog] But as the nuclear industry’s twin bÃªte noires -- the Chernobyl disaster and the Three Mile Island accident -- fade from memory, the threat of climate change looms larger and scarier. Nuclear power, its advocates note, pumps virtually no greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

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How Climate Change Kills History | Mother Jones

[MoJo Articles] The result: The day of action on October 24 will be the most widespread day of environmental activism ever, and quite possibly the most farflung day of action about any political issue the planet has ever seen. We're closing in on 170 countries.

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October 16, 2009

Blog Action Day: Is Climate Change / Global Warming Real? - Neatorama

[Neatorama] We’ll get to some Neatorama-worthy posts on the blog today, but first I’d like to ask YOU what you think about global warming/climate change. Do you believe that it is happening?

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Pajamas Media » Media Redemption in Unmasking Global Warming Scam?

[Pajamas Media] Virtually every media outlet, from major newspapers to niche magazines like Men’s Health, have been sounding the alarm over global warming. Each warns us what will happen if we don’t reduce our collective carbon footprint while describing in detail ways to reduce said footprint.

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October 15, 2009

NewNet News - EU's Environment Commissioner opposes carbon border tax

[New Energy World Network (NewNet)] Climate financing will be high on the agenda in talks between European environment and finance ministers in Brussels later in the month, as they need to come to an agreement on figures and implementation.

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The Understory » Jobs Vs. The Environment in Appalachia

[The Understory : Understory.RAN.org] Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.

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October 14, 2009

Samsung Launches BlueEarth Eco-Friendly Mobile Phone - SlashPhone

[SlashPhone] First showcased at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Blue Earth is made from Post Consumer Material (PCM), which is extracted from water bottles, helping to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions during the manufacturing process. The device, including the charger, is free from harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardants (BFR), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Phthalate.

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Inhabitat » Eco 7 Bicycle Folds to Fit Within a Suitcase

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October 13, 2009

Cliffs Natural Resources to buy partners' stake in Wabush Mines ...

[Washington Examiner Site Feed] Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. on Monday said it will buy the rest of the Wabush Mines in Canada for $88 million from its joint venture partners U.S. Steel Canada and ArcelorMittal Dofasco.

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How the October Legislative meetings impact us - Natural Resource ...

[Natural Resource Report] Brian Clem, heard an overview of economic development in the agriculture industry by Katy Coba, Director of Oregon Department of Agriculture, an update on Brand Oregon, and an overview of Washington’s Office of Farmland Preservation an the Future of Farming Project. There was also an update on OSU’s Extension Service, a briefing on the fruit fly, Drosophila Suzukii and an update on State Forest Management Plans, Forest Fire Fighting Efforts and Sudden Oak Death in Oregon. The committee is intending on introducing HB 3298A from the 2009 Session which didn’t receive final approval before the session ended. The bill provides that once counties and metro service districts have designated land as urban reserve, they may not designate additional land as urban reserve until at least 50% of the previously designated urban reserve has been included within the urban growth boundary of the district. The other legislation proposed for the February Session is HB 2761 which allows a landowner to request an independent soil capability assessment.

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October 12, 2009

Vinyl Pulse: Shoparooni Bigshot Toyworks Presents: Natural ...

[Vinyl Pulse] Natural Resources is a group wood custom show featuring over 40 artists working on the Neighborwood figure by Mike Burnette or the new Average Joe Schmoe wooden DIY figures both produced by Bigshot Toyworks. This show is hosted by the .

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PUKmedia :: English - Natural Resources Minister Dr Ashti Hawrami ...

[PUK Media Central Office "PUKmedia"] Dr Ashti Hawrami, the Minister of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government, comments on the events of the past three weeks and why the success of the General Enerji and DNO has been so important to the Region.

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October 10, 2009

On that global warming thing

[Tim Worstall] On that global warming thing. October 10th, 2009 · No Comments. Winter comes earlier than ever to US. Yes, yes, I know weather isn't climate. But years and years of weather is climate, by definition”¦. Tags: climate change ...

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The Dog Ate Global Warming - Seaside Man

[Seaside Man] Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I am a keen environmentalist; yesterday for example, I made a post about an environment action day in 2 weeks time:

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October 09, 2009

Free PDF: Energy and environment in the European Union | Free ...

[Ebookoo.net] Download free Energy and Environment Ebooks - Energy and Environment pdf ebook: Energy and environment in the European Unionat Ebookoo.net.

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Arctic Ice Thickens: NYT Environment Writer Commits Global Warming ...

[NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias] Of course, if Andrew Revkin ever did seriously question the global warming dogma more forcefully, that could constitute employment endangerment at the Times. Hey, economic times are tough and your humble correspondent understands the necessity of avoiding the dreaded pink slip. For the time being you can continue to wink coded mixed messages at us, Andrew.

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October 08, 2009

When climate change affects real people,”¦ « Talk Islam

[Talk Islam] When climate change affects real people, and is something other than part of the 'culture wars' for a few Westerners: “We had the best land in the whole of Syria, anything could grow here. Look at it now - it's dust”¦” .

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Techtonic Shifts : On climate change, U.S. Chamber of Commerce is ...

[Newsweek Blogs] Money quote from chamber president Thomas Donohue in his letter to Apple: “It is unfortunate that your company didn’t take the time to understand the Chamber’s position on climate and forfeited the opportunity to advance a 21st century approach to climate change."

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October 07, 2009

Climate Change Media Partnership 2009 » New US climate finance ...

[Climate Change Media Partnership 2009] European Union climate negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger reinforced the US position on Tuesday, saying that the new climate financial scheme would be better handled by already existing financial institutions. This US proposal, he said in his keynote speech at the Thai Foreign Ministry, will not replace the current financial institution used in distributing the funds, which is World Bank.

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Climate change: Will the U.S. be a leader or a laggard at ...

[DailyFinance] The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, slated for December, represents an opportunity for the U.S. to urge the world into taking serious action on climate change -- and reclaim America's leadership role in world affairs, a role that has taken a beating of late. Or the U.S. could retreat from that leadership opportunity, sink back into bickering over short-term domestic disputes, and continue what seems to be an ever-increasing slide into paper-tiger status.

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October 06, 2009

Tackling climate change could earn Africa $1.5bn | Vanguard

[Vanguard] “It is essential that climate change be viewed as a major development opportunity for Africa given the anticipated increase in the energy requirements as growth accelerates,” the Bank's managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told a .

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Catastrophes Book Fails To See Anything Special About Climate ...

[The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE] About climate change, Smil is equivocal. He acknowledges the potentially far-reaching consequences of global warming, and warns that “continued large-scale combustion of fossil fuels could increase atmospheric CO2 to levels unseen since .

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October 05, 2009

Epoch Times - Climate Change Bill Draws Mixed Reactions

[Epoch Times | All headlines] Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer [D-CA] and John Kerry [D-MA] introduced a new climate change bill to the Senate last Wednesday, bringing mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans, manufacturers, and labor unions.

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Climate change will lead to massive decline in crop yield - Study ...

[Ghana Business News] The study conducted by the American research think-tank for sustainable solutions to ending hunger and poverty said 25 million more children would be malnourished by 2050 due to the effects of climate change.

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October 03, 2009

Worldwatch Plays Along: Malthus, Biofuels and Free-Market ...

[By Any Means Necessary] What’s most upsetting about the two joint Worldwatch/EAP communiques is their silence about the IAASTD report (also known as the Agricultural Assessment), an enormous document that is to world agriculture what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to global warming. Written by over 400 experts under the auspices of the World Bank and UN agencies, with the full participation of civil society, governments and industry, and subjected to two independent peer reviews, it is the most thorough appraisal of world agriculture ever undertaken.

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Resurgent Environmentalism = More Movies - Green Inc. Blog ...

[Green Inc.] Environmental issues, he said, have “finally managed to break through to the news cycle, and I think that a lot of that had to do with ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’” —

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October 02, 2009

EDF: frightened of debate

[The Greenpeace weblog] Blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry. Latest news to counter the nuclear spin.

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Greenpeace - Making Waves: A Wiseman's words: choose losing money ...

[Greenpeace - Making Waves] While on the topic of destruction, when asked about Alberta’s oilsands, the spiritual leader said, in a choice between "destruction of environment or losing money, then we have to choose losing money."

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