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 Ross Gelbspan |
   Tell Us When It Becomes An Emergency23 May 07
Human activities are wiping out three animal or plant species every hour and the world must do more to slow the worst spate of extinctions since the dinosaurs by 2010, the United Nations said.
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Ross Gelbspan |
Reality Swamps IPCC's "Worst Case Scenario"22 May 07
Global emissions of carbon dioxide are growing at a faster clip than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports. From 2000 to 2004, CO2 emissions rates almost tripled to 3 percent a year – higher than any rate used in emissions scenarios for the reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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 Kevin Grandia |
 Working Group III Summary: before and after4 May 07
I am working on a comparison of the Working Group three report released to the public today, with a copy of the draft that was submitted by scientists. Should have it up soon. In the meantime, attached is copy of the summary as submitted by scientists for negotiation and a copy of the final official summary released today in Bangkok. |
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Kevin Grandia |
 IPCC summary report culled and it's the deniers who claim censorship?10 Apr 07
It's clear that the United States, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia flexed their collective United Nations muscle in negotiating the final version of the IPCC's summary for policymakers released in Brussels on Friday. But don't let the global warming deniers tell you that the report was somehow played up by the "alarmist" UN and "their socialist group of scientists bent on new world order." The exact opposite occurred. |
 Bill Miller |
 Global warming is an issue of “particular urgency” says UN chief5 Mar 07
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a conference despite our best intentions and some admirable efforts, degradation of the global environment continues unabated, and the world's natural resource base is being used in an unsustainable manner. On the bright side, however, awareness is growing in industrialized countries. |
