New UN Talks in Bonn to Lay Out 2010 Climate Agenda

Photo via France 24 It appears many of the world’s nations are ready to cautiously dip their toes back into the realm of international talks–additional climate negotiations have just been added in Bonn, Germany. And what’s on the agenda?

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The Human Bee Pollinator: People in a Beeless World?

Image credit: Fashioning Tech It’s well known by now that much of the action at the failed climate talks in Copenhagen happened outside the convention center. From clashes with police to activists being banned from talks , some of the action was confrontational

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Keep Track of Nations’ Copenhagen Accord Commitments with US Climate Action Network

With ten days to go before countries have to submit their plans for reducing emissions and signing onto the thoroughly non-binding, it was the best we could do, trust us, Copenhagen Accord , none of the world’s major economies have actually done so. The United Nations has indicated that the Jan 31 deadline is now flexible–”soft” was the word the UN’s Yvo de Boer used

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Barack Obama and the UNFCCC

Image credit: Good The reaction to the COP15 conference has ranged from optimistic to desperate , but, mostly, the reaction has been one of uncertainty. If anything, the conference served to generate a lot of questions .

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Thinking About Art at COP16

Image credit: Good For better or worse, COP15 is over. It’s just in time, Good is saying, to start thinking about COP16 …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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This is About More Than Just Climate Change – It’s a War Over Decency & Sheer Bloody Selfishness (Video)

Back in December, as COP15 was approaching its endgame, George Monbiot spoke at the Fresh Air Center .

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The Week in Pictures: International Year of Biodiversity, Sweden Allows Wolf Hunting, Frog Eats Snake, Geoglyphs Discovered, and More (Slideshow)

From the news that a single bluefin tuna has been sold for the highest price in the past nine years at a Tokyo fish auction to the government of Sweden allowing wolf hunting after a 45-year ban to dwindle the population of 237 down to 210 wolves, a lot happened this week in green. The United Nations has declared 2010 the Year of Biodiversity, WWF has released a list of the top endangered species to watch in 2010, researchers in California discovered a new red fox subspecies in the midst of the hyper-developed Sacramento valley, a new strawberry crab has been discovered off the coast of Taiwan, and readers sent in photo…

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A Dangerous Quid Pro Quo? EPA To Give UP CO2 Regulation for A Climate Bill?

Sen. Lisa Mukowski Photo via Flickr Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will soon be allowed to offer an amendment to Senate debt legislation to strip the EPA of its ability, given to it under a Supreme Court decision and the Endangered Species Act, to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for one year.

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Canada Goes After Yes Men For Copenhagen Parody, Knocks Out 4500 Websites

During the Copenhagen conference the Yes Men had some fun at the expense of Canada, creating a fake website, inventing press secretary Felix Charlebois, and promising a 40 percent reduction in emissions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Canadian Prime Minister is not known for his sense of humour, and was not amused; Instead, Environment Canada went after the host of the parody website and demanded that it be taken down

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Brazil Signs Into Law Bill to Cut CO2 Emissions 39%

Photo via fredonia Strengthening the pledges made on the heals of COP15 earlier this month, Brazilian President Lula signed a bill into law on Tuesday that require his nation’s greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced 39 percent by 2020–called the National Policy on Climate Change. Despite the bold action made by

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