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World on track for nearly 11-degree temperature rise, energy expert says (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post - Energy and Environment, 11/28/11) Report highlights Obama's broken environmental promises: Critics say White House office operates as 'one-stop wrecking machine' for important environmental protections (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 11/28/11) Killer Floods Strike Durban At Start Of Climate Talks (By Brad Johnson, ThinkProgress.org - Green Blog, 11/28/11) Nowhere Else in the World Do You See a Political Debate About Whether Climate Science Is Real: As Climate Talks Begin, America is "Not Bringing a Lot to the Table" (By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 11/28/11) How should we design the cities of our dreams? Americans are creating new urban spaces and choosing how we want to live. A new Salon column charts our progress (By Will Doig, Salon.com, 11/27/11) To Conservatives, Climate Change is Trojan Horse to Abolish Capitalism: Deniers have concluded that fighting climate change can only happen by reordering our economic and political systems in ways antithetical to their "free market" belief system. (By Naomi Klein, The Nation as reported by Alternet.org, 11/27/11) Rich nations accused of climate-change 'bullying' (By Jonathan Owen, The [UK] Independent, 11/27/11) UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project: Canadian interests and oil lobby win coalition's support for highly polluting process in runup to European fuel quality vote (By Damian Carrington, The [UK] Guardian, 11/27/11) Michael McCarthy: Climate change isn't a left-wing cause - the Iron Lady knew that (By Michael McCarthy, The [UK] Independent, 11/26/11) A Quiet Push to Grow Crops Under Cover of Trees (By Jim Robbins, The New York Times - Science, 11/21/11) |