C.I.A. Climate [Hoax] Center Irks Barrasso - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Senator John Barrasso, a conservative freshman Republican from Wyoming, said on Tuesday that he would try to stop the Central Intelligence Agency from opening a new climate change center by choking off its funding.

“The C.I.A. is responsible for gathering foreign intelligence information for the United States,” Mr. Barrasso said in announcing an amendment to a 2010 spending bill to block any money being spent by the agency on the new office. “I don’t believe creating a center on climate change is going to prevent terrorist attacks.”

Ugandans demand for fair deal on climate

“We want global justice. It’s time for leaders to make a fair deal that will consider vulnerable communities and force rich counties that have got profits from degrading the environment to finance adoption and mitigations,” Mr Twinomugisha said. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change will hit the poorest and most vulnerable the hardest though everyone will be affected.
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In Uganda, the country’s climate status is declining daily due to incessant degradation of the environment. It is estimated that the country’s forest cover that was at 11 million in 1990, has now reduced to about four million.

Boxer hopeful for climate bill this year despite drawn-out health debate - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

The chief sponsor of climate change legislation in the Senate said she's hopeful to pass her bill this year, all the while cautioning that a protracted heatlhcare debate could push back action on the climate bill.

International Energy Agency Sees Gains in China - NYTimes.com

“The cost of addressing climate change is manageable,” Yvo de Boer, the executive director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said in a foreword to the report. “The cost of not doing so is unaffordable.”