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 US And China To Reduce Emissions Author: Arthur Max, Associated Press Source: Boston Globe (MA) Title: US AND CHINA TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, BUT NOT ENOUGH Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming. Still, emission promises by the two countries, the world's biggest polluters, added much-needed momentum as governments began final preparations for the 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, where parameters will be set for a new climate change agreement. From Beijing to Trinidad, governments huddled Friday to plan their negotiating strategies. China hosted India and other major developing countries a day after announcing that Beijing would cut "carbon intensity," a measure of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of production, by 40 to 45 percent by 2020, compared with levels in 2005. | |
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| I Find Myself Worried | Nov 30th. at 7:17:21 am EST |
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Eran Rathan (Old Town, Maine) - Email Me that this is too little, too late. and regardless of the hacked emails, I've done enough of my own studying to realize that climate change is a huge problem for our current world culture, and whether or not it is human influenced is immaterial. The questions one needs to ask are: how soon will the tipping point be (if we haven't passed it already, and I'm not convinced that we haven't) and how badly will it tip? [Web LINK] Eran Rathan O16/O18 cycles, sedimentology records, ELA... |
| Not Much... | Nov 28th. at 6:48:41 am EST |
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Laura C. (Weston, Florida) - Email Me ...but it's a start. I think a major change in Americans' attitudes is what we need most, frankly. Yesterday was Black Friday--a day devoted by many to consumer greed and the idea that BUYING things for others is somehow more meaningful than DOING things for others. We talk about the new must-have tech toys and the best new cars and designer purses, the newest social networking sites. But all too few people bother to reconnect with Nature, to see the new flowers that bloomed here or the fresh snowfall there, or the birds that have begun nesting in that tree in the yard. Mindless consumerism is a disease that is killing our planet. From factories that pollute and create more greenhouse gases, to ridiculous amounts of packaging that end up in the landfill, to the unceremonious dumping of the old for the new as soon as your purchase becomes unstylish or less than state-of-the-art. It's wasteful, and it distracts people from the things and people in their lives who really matter. Government regulations, however modest, are a step in the right direction primarily because they get people talking about what's happening to our planet and what we can do about it. And hopefully, people will start to transition from talking to doing, turning eco-consciousness from a mere trend to a long-term way of life. |
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web I thought Beijing had "magic mist" and not "smog..." |
| Why The Media Ignores Climategate | Nov 27th. at 8:19:33 pm EST |
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Zodiac (Waverly, Nebraska) - Email Me "The problem with assigning an environmental reporter to this story is the entire problem of environmental reporting: It is seen as advocacy journalism rather than objective reporting. Too often environmental reporters want to educate the public, rather than simply inform. The excuse is that these are complicated issues. Not really. It is the old flim-flam. I suggest that instead of “All the President’s Men” journalism schools show their students “Absence Of Malice” ir better yet, “Slap Shot” for M. Emmet Walsh’s portrayal of sportswriter Dickie Dunn. The “climate scientists” are caught doing unscientific things as part of a political campaign in which they have a pecuniary interest in. They are funded after all by governments that would love to expand their power through fears of global warming. I am sorry but environmentalist reporters are just too darned naive to cover this story. They need a cops reporter to cut through the crap. Say, wasn’t that what Carl Bernstein was doing in 1972 for the Washington Post?" -UK Daily Mail |
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