Copenhagen Climate Conference

• Climate Citizen: Majora Carter

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• Climate Citizen: Mary Stuart Masterson 1

  Posted 1 day, 11 hours ago

• Can I get your number?

  Cautious optimism for Copenhagen deal as Barcelona climate talks end 2

  Posted 1 day, 16 hours ago The mood was markedly improved on the final day of the Barcelona climate talks, as delegates, observers, and non-governmental organizations all brushed off the pessimism that dominated much of the week and announced that there is still hope for a global deal at the Copenhagen COP15 summit.

• U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer says we can’t wait any longer [VIDEO]

  Posted 1 day, 16 hours ago

• Toward a stalemate in Copenhagen

  How industry pressures and competing national agendas dim prospects for a climate treaty

  Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil-fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to a new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

• Barcelona outcome: White House strategy is plea for more time 1

  Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago The Barcelona climate talks wrapped up on Friday with the U.S. making a bid for additional time to get a climate plan in place.

• Activists launch climate hunger strike 1

  Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago Climate activists from around the world will launch a hunger strike on Friday, describing their protest as a "moral reaction to an immoral situation" in the face of environmental catastrophe.

• U.S.: missing R's and the point

  The Climate Post: The gods must be crazy 1

  Posted 2 days, 13 hours ago Eric Roston takes a walk through the week's climate news -- and the problems facing India.

• EU ewww

  Europe places outcome of Copenhagen squarely on Obama 2

  Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago Europe now predicts that a legally binding treaty is impossible to expect in Copenhagen, and that it could take up to a full year beyond the global summit this December in order to reach a binding deal.

• Barcelona Balogna

  Why developing countries cannot afford failure in Copenhagen 9

  Posted 3 days, 11 hours ago After the third day of climate talks in Barcelona, it's clear that much work remains to be done -- and 99 percent of the burden rests on the E.U. and U.S. The anger from Africa and the rest of the developing world will continue to grow, as will the carbon emissions responsible for climate change.

• Chinabsession

  U.S. puts onus on China for climate deal 2

  Posted 3 days, 11 hours ago The United States will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse-gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern warned Wednesday.

• Is the U.S. Chamber changing its tune on climate, or just its tone? 1

  Posted 3 days, 12 hours ago On Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber sent a letter to Sens. Boxer and Inhofe about the climate bill. It seemed to be singing a new tune on climate policy, leading Sen. Kerry to wonder whether the letter reflects a real change in the Chamber's position.

• Grace, Dignity, Climate and a New Book on Warming in the West

  Climate change and God

  Posted 3 days, 17 hours ago

  There's a great new book out called How the West Was Warmed about responding to climate change in the Rockies.

• MORE FALSE SOLUTIONS! OH MY!

  Geoengineering: Plan B for when Copenhagen fails? eek!

  Posted 3 days, 18 hours ago

• Letter From Europe

  Copenhagen reality check: Gov’ts concede new climate treaty unlikely until 2010 3

  Posted 3 days, 20 hours ago Now it's out in the open. Key government leaders and U.N. officials are finally, publicly admitting what they have long privately believed: there is no chance of concluding a new climate treaty in Copenhagen next month.

• Africa returns to Barcelona talks, while U.S. resists giving up the numbers

  Posted 4 days, 2 hours ago Climate negotiators are terribly frustrated with the United States for not taking two momentous steps -- defining the quantity of carbon it is ready to remove from the atmosphere, and putting on the table a definite dollar amount to help developing nations make the transition to cleaner and economically greener economies.

• pressure cooker

  Obama urges climate action as Europe ups pressure on U.S. 3

  Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago President Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming, as European leaders pressed Washington to take action on climate change ahead of next month's summit in Copenhagen.

• if they african do it, why can't we?

  Why the climate movement needs more Ethiopian-style activists 9

  Posted 4 days, 15 hours ago Of all the amazing stories that emerged from last month’s historic International Day of Climate Action, the one that really caught Keith Harrington's eye was that of 15,000 Ethiopian students swarming though the streets of Addis Ababa brandishing 350 signs and whooping it up big time in support of bold global climate solutions.

• Fashion for the Forests

  Gucci Group commits to saving Indonesia’s rainforests 1

  Posted 4 days, 17 hours ago There’s a new fashion trend this fall: saving rainforests and preserving a livable climate.

• Congress gets walled in

  German leader likens the struggle against global warming to the Berlin Wall 1

  Posted 4 days, 17 hours ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to take action on climate change.

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