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Another climate summit missing the most important agenda item - why isn't this working?
A guest blog by James Greyson
James Greyson runs the global revival think-tank ...
by boatsie
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on Fri Dec 10, 2010 at 08:01 PM PST
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A week ago, Scott Scolnick at Capital ...
by Meteor Blades
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on Fri Dec 10, 2010 at 09:06 PM PST
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I wish I could chat again with South African delegate Themba Tenza. It's hard to believe it was just Friday morning that an exhausted Tenza was so visibly dispirited as he headed back to the Moon ...
by boatsie
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on Mon Dec 13, 2010 at 06:56 PM PST
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In a stunning series of short films depicting last summer's biblical floods, Pakistan today issued a passionate and powerful appeal to the heart and soul of the international community.
Calling for ...
by boatsie
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on Tue Dec 07, 2010 at 01:50 PM PST
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फ़ेस् फ़ीयर् विथौत् फ़ीयर्
"Fear ...
by boatsie
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on Thu Dec 09, 2010 at 06:47 PM PST
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I don't know about you, but following all the different angles of negotiation at a conference as broad and multidimensional as the UNFCCC makes my head spin. ...
by citisven
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on Tue Dec 07, 2010 at 07:31 PM PST
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India’s Minister of State for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh chaired a impassioned Saturday panel on “Equitable access to Carbon Space: A Paradigm for Agreement," promoting a '
by boatsie
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on Sun Dec 05, 2010 at 08:42 PM PST
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I love Bill McKibben. And I love his team of whip smart writers and thinkers at 350.org. Right now, Bill is in Cancun at COP16 to observe and report. Recently, he had this to say -
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by todbrilliant
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on Sun Dec 05, 2010 at 08:35 AM PST
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For many women living in the Cook Islands, collecting yellow land snails to make jewelry and other handicrafts is their sole source of income. Recent extensive dry spells have made these shells ...
by boatsie
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on Fri Dec 03, 2010 at 12:25 PM PST
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Cross-posted to Green Media News .
by greenmedia
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on Fri Dec 03, 2010 at 12:08 AM PST
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On Monday, right-wing contrarian Bjorn ...
by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse
26 comments
on Thu Dec 02, 2010 at 06:53 PM PST
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You know that time before takeoff? When you hear about how these invisible oxygen masks are going to magically drop down to save you in case of an emergency? How if you’re traveling with a ...
by boatsie
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on Thu Dec 02, 2010 at 01:06 PM PST
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One met death by ice pick seventy years ago, and the other is a furtive, fugitive Australian, but I’m giving my votes (thanks to my hacker buddies) to the TROTSKY/ASSANGE ticket in 2012.
WTF ...
by todbrilliant
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on Wed Dec 01, 2010 at 11:57 PM PST
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Don't get me wrong! I appreciated and loved my front row seat to almost every act in the finely orchestrated two week run of "COP16 Climate Theater."
And unlike many participants, I was long aware ...
by boatsie
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on Mon Dec 20, 2010 at 01:59 PM PST
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Cross-posted to Green Media News .
by greenmedia
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on Tue Nov 30, 2010 at 11:54 PM PST
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Buenas noches de Cancun, where Day 1 of COP16 ends in a mishmosh of mucha confusi�n, conexiones pobres de Internet y los problemas de transporte that befuddle the mind, even of the most ...
by boatsie
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on Mon Nov 29, 2010 at 07:03 PM PST
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A 12-day conference on climate change begins today in Cancun, Mexico. It's the 16th such conference since 1995. The consensus view? Don't expect any big ...
by Meteor Blades
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on Mon Nov 29, 2010 at 06:46 AM PST
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It's an exciting day for the global band of climate legislation watchers. We're few in number, and our quarry is rarer than an Ivory-billed ...
by todbrilliant
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on Sun Nov 28, 2010 at 10:54 PM PST
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by rb137
57 comments
on Sun Nov 28, 2010 at 06:55 PM PST
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This week in Cancun , governments and NGOs from around the world are taking another shot at solving the climate crisis after last year's highly anticipated VIP-
by citisven
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on Wed Dec 01, 2010 at 11:01 AM PST
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