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11.29.2011

Exposing the Massive Gap Between Words & Action on Climate Change GreenBiz.com

Exposing the Massive Gap Between Words & Action on Climate Change

GreenBiz.com (blog) -
Rhetoric: Virtually every world leader and CEO says anthropogenic climate change is a serious problem. Thousands have traveled in Durban to talk, interminably, about climate justice, climate finance, post-Kyoto, etc.

11.28.2011

UN boss cries over climate petition 28 November 2011 - 08:48 By Sapa

http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radio-news?oid=1468499&sn=Detail&pid=490476&UN-climate-boss-touched-by-religious-organisations--contribution
UN boss cries over climate petition
28 November 2011 - 08:48
By Sapa

United Nations climate change boss Christiana Figueres cried when she thanked religious organisations for their contribution to fighting climate change. 

D135 D-27 'Great fatigue, 'old age' setting in.' SL

'Netanyahu exposes ugly face of Zionism' Press TV


'Netanyahu exposes ugly face of Zionism'

Press TV -
The West is furious of 'liar' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because he is revealing “the ugly face of Zionism” and their role of supporting his illegal activities in the occupied territory, an analyst tells Press TV.

Europeans hold 60 'Boycott Israel' actions in 10 countries International Middle East Media Center


Europeans hold 60 'Boycott Israel' actions in 10 countries

International Middle East Media Center -
Organizers of the campaign claim that fruit and vegetable imports from Israeli settlements facilitate violations of Palestinian rights and international law. The campaign is focused on leading Israeli fruit and vegetable exporters Mehadrin and Agrexco, ...

Wood fires fuel climate change – UN The Guardian


Wood fires fuel climate change – UN

The Guardian -
As a United Nations report has just uncovered, wood burning and diesel vehicles are two of the biggest culprits in the developed world in generating the black carbon - soot - that is a major cause of climate change. "It's nice to sit in front of a wood ...

Extreme weather due to global warming pushes millions into 'hunger, poverty ... Newstrack India


Extreme weather due to global warming pushes millions into 'hunger, poverty ...

Newstrack India -
London, Nov 28(ANI): Extreme weather due to global warming is pushing up food prices and putting the world's most poor people at risk, Oxfam has warned.

11.27.2011

Invasive species nibble away at your wallet USA Today

D135 D-29 'SL'S FAILURE TOTAL W HUNGER STRIKES.'' SL

Climate change, dirty air plague Yellowstone, says report Winnipeg Free Press


Climate change, dirty air plague Yellowstone, says report

Winnipeg Free Press -
By: AP The Natural Resource Vital Signs report measures park health based on the condition of 25 natural resources in 2010. It was authored by Yellowstone National Park.

The Dangerous Psychology of Ongoing Climate Change Denial Forbes


Climategate-gate: The Dangerous Psychology of Ongoing Climate Change Denial

Forbes -
On November 28th, in Durban, South Africa, a two-week conference about global climate change begins. There's a lot at stake: the future of the Kyoto Protocol, relations between industrial and developing nations, our global ability to address looming ...

Oxfam urges climate action to help poor Ninemsn


Oxfam urges climate action to help poor

Ninemsn -
Failure to take strong action at the Durban climate change negotiations would risk plunging millions of people further into hunger and poverty, Oxfam says.

We must take action now on climate change The Journal News


We must take action now on climate change

The Journal News | LoHud.com -
Yet scientific evidence increasingly points to a link between climate change and extreme weather trends. In other words, these may not be just random weather events.

We must take action now on climate change The Journal News


We must take action now on climate change

The Journal News | LoHud.com -
Yet scientific evidence increasingly points to a link between climate change and extreme weather trends. In other words, these may not be just random weather events.

11.25.2011

Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time Los Angeles Times

Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time

Los Angeles Times -
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse at the United Nations global warming talks. Electricity from the wind, sun, waves and biomass ...

Alaska village alleges climate change cover-up by Exxon, other energy companies Alaska Dispatch - ‎47 minutes ago‎ The battle between some of the world's most powerful energy companies and an Alaska village that's losing ground to climate change heads to federal appeals court on Monday. Nine Kivalina residents, having survived the recent mega-storm that walloped ...

Alaska village alleges climate change cover-up by Exxon, other energy companies

Alaska Dispatch -
The battle between some of the world's most powerful energy companies and an Alaska village that's losing ground to climate change heads to federal appeals court on Monday. Nine Kivalina residents, having survived the recent mega-storm that walloped ...

Netanyahu attacks nature of Arab Spring's discontent Sydney Morning Herald - ‎3 hours ago‎ ISRAEL'S Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched a scathing attack on the uprisings across the Arab world, saying countries are ''moving not forward, but backward'' and support from the US and European countries was naive. Related Hamas » Mahmoud Abbas » Mashaal: Netanyahu threats don't scare usYnetnews Israel and Egypt have mutual interest in peace but Netanyahu calls for an end ...Middle East Monitor From Egypt:Together despite pressureAhram Online

Netanyahu attacks nature of Arab Spring's discontent

Sydney Morning Herald -
ISRAEL'S Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched a scathing attack on the uprisings across the Arab world, saying countries are ''moving not forward, but backward'' and support from the US and European countries was naive.

US professor: Pro-gay Israeli stance “conceals Palestinian human rights ... PinkNews.co.uk

US professor: Pro-gay Israeli stance “conceals Palestinian human rights ...

PinkNews.co.uk -
A New York professor has said the promotion of gay rights in Israel may be “blinding” people to human rights violations in Palestine through “pinkwashing”. In an Op-Ed Sarah Schulman wrote for the New York Times, ...

Mitt Romney and Rick Perry accused of blatant untruths about Barack Obama The Guardian

Mitt Romney and Rick Perry accused of blatant untruths about Barack Obama

The Guardian -
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry have been accused of telling TV viewers blatant untruths about Barack Obama. The men deny their TV commercials are deceitful and dishonest but both ads selectively quote the president to ...

Huntsman believes in global warming Chicago Tribune

Huntsman believes in global warming

Chicago Tribune -
Huntsman stands out as the only Republican presidential candidate who acknowledges that global warming is taking place. With carbon emissions growing faster in 2010 than even the worst case scenario outlined by climate scientists, the problem of ...

Climate change misery at our door Independent Online

Climate change misery at our door

Independent Online -
Protesters at the 2005 National Climate Change Conference at Gallagher Estate in Midrand make the point that is still at the heart of international climate change negotiations: poor people, in particular poor Africans, will bear the brunt ...

Authorities say woman saved from burning car in Md. by 2 men passing by on ... Washington Post

Authorities say woman saved from burning car in Md. by 2 men passing by on ...

Washington Post -
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - Authorities in Prince George's County say a woman trapped in a burning car after a crash in Upper Marlboro was saved by two men who pulled her out.

11.23.2011

Thumbnail 10:16 D135 D-33 'OCCUPY - EACH ISSUE SELFISH, PETTY, SMALL - JUST MORE OF THE VIRUS - AFFLOHOLISM.' SL

'Grateful to be alive': Teen rescues woman from fire msnbc.com Staff

Arctic sea ice decline 'unprecedented' in last 1400 years USA Today

Israeli desert plan would uproot 30000 Bedouin msnbc.com

Israeli desert plan would uproot 30000 Bedouin

msnbc.com -
The plan to demolish more Bedouin homes in the southern Negev region and move 30000 people to government-authorized villages connected to power and water lines has been hailed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "historic opportunity" to improve ...

Renewables Becoming Cost-Competitive Without “Specific Economic Support”

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 06:20 AM PST
Other stories below: Climategate 2, a Weak Sequel; States Surpass Feds in Renewable Energy

Renewable energy becoming cost competitive, IEA says

Google Phases Out Clean Energy R&D in Favor of Deployment, Citing the “Compelling” Cost Reductions in Solar PV

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:16 AM PST

Media wrongly claim Google is abandoning renewables. In fact, the company is increasing clean energy investments.

Egypt says human shield will implement a 'truce' CNN International

Egypt says human shield will implement a 'truce'

CNN International - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Cairo (CNN) -- A "human shield" was marching toward a major Cairo road to implement a truce Wednesday, Egyptian state television announced.
What's next for Egypt? Christian Science Monitor
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