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A Cry of Frustration at Delhi's Sustainable Summit
2013-02-01 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Once more, frustration with stymied efforts on climate change has emerged as a major theme at an international conference on the planets health. Opening the 13th annual Delhi Sustainable Development Summit conference this week, Indias prime minister noted that similar sentiments surfaced last year at the United Nations Rio+20 meeting, which marked the two-decade anniversary of a landmark Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Rio+20 was a poignant reminder that the ambitious goals that we had set...
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Laugh or Cry? Obama's New Commitment on Climate Change
2013-01-28 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In his inaugural address, President Obama spoke eloquently about his intent to address climate change, saying: "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." Following on, the right-wing deniers predictably flew into a frenzy of obnoxious blather, largely serving to clog up the media. Meanwhile the liberals, progressives and enviros cheered with glee, as if the mere mention of the word "climate" were a big happy...
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