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Obama May Go to Copenhagen

"President Obama may attend world climate talks in Copenhagen this December, marking the first visit to the annual U.N. conference by a sitting U.S. president since George H.W. Bush's 1992 trip to Rio de Janeiro."

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Source: Greenwire, 06/05/2009

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Oil Nears $70 Barrel

"Oil prices on Thursday set a new high for the year, buoyed by a weaker dollar and the first drop in unemployment since January."

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Source: AP, 06/05/2009

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"Forest Carbon Market Already Shows Cracks"

"It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and the international community backs it. But a plan to pay tropical countries not to chop down trees risks being discredited by opportunists even before it starts."

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Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

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"Small Islands Win UN Vote On Climate Change Security"

"Small Pacific islands vulnerable to rising sea levels won a symbolic victory at the United Nations on Wednesday with the passage of a resolution recognizing climate change as a possible threat to security."

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Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

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"U.S. Envoy Sees Climate Partnership With China"

"The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday."

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Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

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"Companies Not Disclosing Climate Risks: Studies"

"Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday."

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Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

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Climate-Change Skeptics In Europe? Mostly Missing In Action

By PAUL D. THACKER

Where are the global warming skeptics in Europe?

If you canvas a wide variety of news (what journalist doesn't?) and read some newspapers in Europe, you'll notice something about their coverage of global warming: no skeptics. That's right. The media coverage of high-profile global warming skeptics is pretty much an American phenomenon, according to some noted journalists who cover the issue outside the United States.

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"Spain’s High-Speed Rail Offers Guideposts for U.S."

The high-speed rail system in Spain is a huge success, and offers some lessons for Obama administration officials seeking to develop something similar in the U.S.

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Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009

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Column: "Few Rules for Recycling Electronics"

A company that collects used electronic equipment for "recycling" comes under fire from activists who say the waste is sent to developing countries and mishandled.

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Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009

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"Climate Deal Must Cover Acid Oceans: Scientists"

"The increasing acidity of the world's oceans due to global warming must not be left off the agenda at the United Nations Copenhagen climate negotiations in December, 70 of the world's science academies warned today."

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Source: ENS, 06/02/2009

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