Copenhagen climate talks
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If Cousteau went to Copenhagen
As we grapple with global warming, ocean acidification, and the possibility that life on earth really is doomed, it is with considerable chagrin that we recall how Jacques Cousteau sounded […]
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Reflecting on the lameness of my profession
For the past few weeks there has been the appearance of a flood of news about the Copenhagen climate talks and the clean energy bill in the U.S. Senate. Standing […]
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Copenhagen is not Kyoto
On the eve of the 1998 United Nations climate change conference in Buenos Aires, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd sent a letter to President Clinton urging him not to sign the […]
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Hot planet to Obama: What’s your Plan B?
“Never again.” Those ought to be the words coming from the White House right now on global warming. Never again can we tolerate a year like 2009, where attempts to […]
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Copenhagen panic is premature
As resurrections go, it was a speedy one. On Monday, much of the world’s media declared that the chances of a worthwhile deal being reached at next month’s international climate […]
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Time: “The science of climate change grows more dire.”
“World leaders say Copenhagen to be a steppingstone to final climate deal,” as I wrote on Sunday. Here is an excerpt from Time magazine’s take on the matter, “World Leaders […]
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U.S. and China announce plan for collaboration on clean energy and climate change
Cross-posted from Climate Progress. Co-written by Julian L. Wong of the Center for American Progress. Obama and President Hu Jintao together at a reception before the formal state dinner in […]
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Mr. President: Time to quit fibbing and spinning
This essay appeared first on MotherJones.com. Bill McKibben is chronicling his journey into climate activism with a series of columns leading up to the global climate summit in Copenhagen this […]
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Rumors of Copenhagen’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
Waking up on a dreary Sunday morning this weekend in Copenhagen (where I’ve recently moved to prepare for the upcoming climate talks in December), I was met with a barrage […]
