Here’s the transcript of Bill’s firey speech at Power Shift 2011, the 10,000 person climate conference and training in Washington, DC. Enjoy — and please spread the word! For video, wwhttp://www.350.org/powershift-speech All right, listen up. Very few people can ever say that they are in the single most important place they could possibly be doing [...]
A study published in the journal Science reports that the current level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere – about 390 parts per million – is higher today than at any time in measurable history — at least the last 2.1 million years. Previous peaks of CO2 were never more than 300 ppm over [...]
Mark Lynas guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 December 2009 Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful “deal” so western [...]
Barack Obama stepped into the chaotic final hours of the Copenhagen summit today saying he was convinced the world could act “boldly and decisively” on climate change. But his speech offered no indication America was ready to embrace bold measures, after world leaders had been working desperately against the clock to try to paper over [...]
Delegates from 193 nations are in Copenhagen to negotiate an agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, in order to prevent dangerous climate change. Developing nations want rich nations to cut emissions by at least 25% by 2020 – rich nations are reluctant to go so far and want developing countries to curb emissions too. The [...]
By DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD and JULIET EILPERIN The Washington Post Friday, December 18, 2009 What the heck is all this? This is a United Nations-run conference that was — originally — supposed to produce a new global agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions because what happens after 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol is uncertain. There is [...]
(CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Copenhagen early Thursday morning amid concerns that time is running out at the climate change summit for world leaders to agree a deal to combat global warming. Yvo de Boer, the U.N.’s top climate official, admitted Wednesday evening that negotiations had unexpectedly stalled and said [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen on Thursday to help secure a U.N. climate pact, staking his credibility on an as yet elusive deal that has ramifications for him at home and on the world stage. Obama is expected to arrive in the Danish capital on Friday morning, joining about 120 other [...]
