Climate [scam] summit flop feared

Hotel reservation cancellations spark failure fears for the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen

The Foreign Ministry has cancelled 20,000 overnight hotel reservations meant for people attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December.
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The two-week conference in December is expected to attract between 12,000 and 15,000 participants.
The ministry described the cancellations as a natural ‘adjustment’.

But Thomas Færgeman, the director of environmental think tank Concito, was concerned the government had lost confidence that it could broker a ground-breaking climate and had therefore lowered expectations as to how many participants were expected.

UN summit on climate change [swindle] under fire - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009

The much-ballyhooed UN summit on climate change, scheduled to take place on September 22 in New York, is mired in controversy even before it gets off the ground.
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According to current plans, only a limited number of world leaders will be speaking at the summit while a "working dinner" to be hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is being confined to only 25 of the 192 world leaders who are expected to be present at the summit.
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The summit, which is expected to be attended by virtually all Western leaders including US President Barack Obama, is being advanced as a high-profile one-day political meeting, just ahead of the high-level segment on the opening day of the General Assembly sessions.

Cool summer produced fat arctic bears

Hedman said polar bears stay on the Hudson Bay ice for as long as possible so they can feed, adding this year the ice was so thick that the bears stayed out for an extra two weeks.

That's resulted in fatter, healthier bears this summer, Hedman said, adding the development is not likely a long-term trend.

"It's probably a blip," Hedman said of the thicker ice and cooler temperatures.