Blame Game Leads to Climate [Swindle] Deadlock in Bonn | Environment | AlterNet

Gone are the days when U.S. special climate envoy Todd Stern received thundering applause for simply showing up at the UN negotiating table. The U.S. is quickly losing political capital as governments and civil society organizations question where the ambitious leadership promised during Obama's campaign and early days in office has gone.

US cities may have to be bulldozed [with hybrid bulldozers?] in order to survive - Telegraph

Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.

UN Says Bonn Talks Are a Step Closer to Copenhagen Climate Treaty

Bonn chairman said talks had been 'surprisingly good-humored' while green campaigners said no major issues were resolved
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The UN's top climate [fraud] official today insisted that international talks ending today had made significant progess towards a new treaty on global warming.

Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said: "A big achievement of this meeting is that governments have made it clearer what they want to see in the Copenhagen agreed outcome."

The meeting in Bonn, Germany, discussed draft negotiating texts that will form the basis for a new agreement on climate change to replace the Kyoto Protocol. The UN says it expects the deal to be "clinched" at a meeting in Copenhagen in December.

De Boer added: "In my view, an ambitious and effective agreed outcome in Copenhagen is in sight."

We're saved!: Hip Hop Caucus Fights Poverty and Climate Change by 'Greening the Block'

Urban poverty and climate change significantly affect low-income and minority communities. A new Hip Hop Caucus campaign, Green The Block, aims to educate and mobilize urban and low-income youth to push public policies that address poverty and climate change at the same time.