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'Danish Text' Sends Copenhagen Climate Summit Into Disarray
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA proposal dubbed the "Danish Text" caused outrage and dissention when it was leaked to The Guardian during day two of the major climate summit taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week. The document -- in which the United States, United Kingdom, and Denmark were supposedly involved -- proposed shifting the authority behind climate regulation from the United Nations to the more financially minded World Bank, a plan that angered developing countries. Representatives of African non-government organizations burst into angry chants over the document on Tuesday afternoon, Politico reported. ...
Opinion: Copenhagen -- All Pain, No Gain
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- Would you spend a lot of your own money on something that would give you and your family very little, if any, benefit? Probably not. Yet this is precisely what the government leaders now meeting in Copenhagen are demanding from their taxpayers. With the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol set to expire in 2012, proponents view the meeting in Copenhagen this month as critical to extending and expanding efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But even if implemented successfully, the new efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have almost no impact on global warming ...
Opinion: Why Copenhagen Matters
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- This week's news will be dominated by headlines about the international climate talks in Copenhagen. It's one of the most important environmental gatherings in history, and while many will wonder what progress will be made, others may not be aware of just how important these climate talks are. We are on the edge of a dangerous precipice. Every nation in the world must take action to avoid the worst of global warming's effects. Already some areas are seeing its effects; the changing climate is causing more droughts, floods and other catastrophic weather events. As those events ...
Opinion: Five Myths About Fighting Global Warming
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- In the run-up to this week's U.N. global warming conference in Copenhagen, two events occurred that seemed to undermine the momentum toward a meaningful effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Last month, the Senate leadership announced that Congress wouldn't finish work on national emissions legislation in time for this week's U.N. conference in Copenhagen. Then, President Barack Obama decided to push a global treaty from this climate change summit to a later meeting in 2010. To some, these delays are a bad sign for efforts to mitigate greenhouse gases. Yet, that ...
New Green Scheme Fights Carbon Emissions With Condoms
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- At next week's U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, world leaders will discuss a range of strategies to cut carbon emissions, such as boosting funding for clean energy projects and providing greater protection for rain forests. But a British charity claims that a cheaper, more effective way to halt global warming has been left off the agenda: birth control. "Every human being has a carbon footprint," says David Burton, an environmental strategist and member of Optimum Population Trust (OPT), whose supporters include famed wildlife documentary maker Sir David Attenborough. ...
Opinion: Time to Go to Plan B on Climate Change
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 17) -- Facing fourth down and long odds, President Barack Obama's decision to punt on climate by pushing off a global treaty to a future U.N. summit is the smartest strategic move he's made on the issue so far this year. He knew the Senate was preparing to fumble, failing to advance effective emissions legislation. By convincing global leaders to opt for something less than a formal treaty, he reduces the likelihood of complete failure at December's Copenhagen negotiations followed by another defeat in Washington. By moving the goalposts at Copenhagen, Obama gives climate advocates an ...
California Considering Fuel Standards That Favor Petroleum
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe California Air Resources Board met today to consider methods of evaluating fuels, and many alternative fuel proponents are crying "Foul!"At issue are two competing methods of "carbon scoring" petroleum and alternative fuels. The first takes into account only the fuel's chemistry and means of production. It is he second method that's causing controversy: (from Andrew Gumbel at HuffPo)The second choice is to try to throw in considerations of broader economic and geopolitical realities. That's not a bad idea in and of itself. It's hard to assess the total environmental cost of importing oil ...
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