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New York Times:
Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show a climate science conspiracy.
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ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we report on President Obama's (non)-use of Twitter, take a look at the past decade in the media industry, review the latest statistics about blogging, question if Oxford Dictionary should've chosen "unfriend" as its word of the (Read More)
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The Guardian:
Investment bank under fire again as investors protest at record bonuses of $717,000 eachGoldman Sachs has had to defend itself from angry taxpayers, regulators, the government – and now its own shareholders.Some of the US investment bank's largest investors are furious about the New York-based firm paying record bonuses to (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Another skirmish has broken out in the long-running battle between climate scientists and so-called sceptics, and this one is likely to lead to more public confusionAnother skirmish has broken out in the long-running battle between climate scientists and so-called sceptics, with the hacking of email messages between some of (Read More)
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New York Times:
The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argument?It's breakfast time in the biggest of Copenhagen's Scandic hotels. Over the obligatory croissan (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
They keep our homes warm in style, and are a renewable energy source to boot. What's not to like about wood-burning stoves, asks Dominic Murphy Why buy one? It's potentially carbon neutral. Although burning logs releases CO2, this is the same amount as was absorbed while the wood was growing. If a new tree is planted for ea (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
Writer John Harris and Guardian photographer Martin Argles shadowed the energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, for 40 hours during his trip to an intergovernmental meeting in Copenhagen ahead of the main conference there in December
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
When international climate negotiators convene next month in Copenhagen, Brazilian politician Marina Silva will serve as the conference's unofficial philosopher-activist. A native Amazonian who grew up in a community of rubber-tappers, Silva worked with murdered Amazonian activist Chico Mendes, won...
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
Last October, the president of the island nation of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, made all his ministers put on diving gear and held the first underwater cabinet meeting in history. His point? If nothing is done to slow global warming at next month's United Nations climate-change conference in Copen...
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TreeHugger:
Image credit: Cedar ConsultingContradictory science is nothing new within the green movement—from those who claim that solar energy could power the world to those who argue that nuclear power could solve the energy crisis, from those extolling biochar for carbon sequestration and soil improvement to those who say it could (Read More)
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Daily Kos:
This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt.  In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control.  We also need to place a greater emphasis on exports that we can bui (Read More)
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
For some people, climate change is a tough cause to rally 'round--even those who understand that it's happening and that it's human-caused get distracted by things like eating, working, having sex, watching TV, or watching people on TV have sex.While social scientists ponder the best ways to get the message out and motivate (Read More)
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TreeHugger:
It's friday and we know you need something to keep you busy for the weekend, so here's the perfect thing. As the efficiency (and business case) for nano-based solar technology continues to ascend, isn't time you got in the game? Don't worry, it's not as easy as it sounds; in addition to powdered donuts, you'll need some Pas (Read More)
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
Here's a story of two presidents, Barack Obama of the United States and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives.
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Topics:
change,
Climate Change
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