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Taking Stock of New York for 'Climate Week'
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 9/21/2009
Taking Stock of New York for 'Climate Week'
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As business executives and world leaders descend on New York City for Climate Week N.Y.C. and the Clinton Global Initiative, it's worth asking: just how green is New York?
vimeo.com - 9/21/2009
"SPECIAL EDITION" NEW YORK POST on Vimeo
— vimeo.com — "WE'RE SCREWED": MEDIA HEIST BLANKETS CITY WITH "SPECIAL EDITION" NEW YORK POST Tabloid Tells Truth About Climate Change and How It Will Affect City, World Early this morning, nearly a million New Yorkers were stunned by the appearance of a "special ... (more) "SPECIAL EDITION" NEW YORK POST on Vimeo

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nytimes.com - 9/16/2009
Tackling Climate Change Could Earn Africa $1.5bn
— nytimes.com — LONDON (Reuters) - Using Africa's vast agricultural resources to help tackle climate change could earn the continent $1.5 billion (909.4 million pounds) a year, a World Bank head said on Tuesday. The region should also tap its underexploited ... (more) Tackling Climate Change Could Earn Africa $1.5bn

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reuters.com - 9/22/2009
U.S. court reinstates emissions suit vs. utilities | Green Business
— reuters.com — Grant McCool NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Appeals Court reinstated on Monday a 2004 lawsuit by eight states and the city of New York against five of the largest U.S. utilities over their carbon dioxide emissions. The lawsuit was dismissed ... (more) U.S. court reinstates emissions suit vs. utilities | ...

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The Understory : Understory.RAN.org:  Climate Week: What Dr. Hansen Thinks of President Obama and the Climate

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Climate Week: What Dr. Hansen Thinks of President Obama and the Climate
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org — Recently, I interviewed leading climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, for Earth Island Journal on why he hates coal, what he thinks of the President, the current climate bill and global climate negotiations, as well as his take on Ghandian Civil Resistance. As we enter climate week, with President Obama poised to give his first big speech on climate change, and just before climate negotiations in Bangkok, i thought it might be a good idea to see what the ‘father of global warming’ thinks about our Administration and all things climate. ...

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