New [Completely Bogus] "Survey" Finds US and 37 Other Countries Demand More Aggressive Climate Change Action than Congress or Copenhagen Envision | Reuters

-- 90% of U. S. participants say it is urgent to reach a tough, new agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December and not punt to subsequent meetings; -- 89% said by 2020 emissions should be cut 25-40% below 1990 levels (the Kerry Boxer Senate bill would cut US emissions 20% below 2005 levels); -- 71% want nations that fail to meet their obligations under a new agreement to be penalized severely or significantly; -- 69% believe the price of fossil fuels should be increased.
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WWViews gathered its data from daylong citizen deliberations in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, as well as in cities throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America...."Our deliberative method yielded very different results from polls, which purport to show much more diffident attitudes to climate change, and even some skepticism about it. But I'd argue our data is much more accurate " said Dr. Richard Worthington, WWViews U.S. coordinator.

[But if you live in a semi-desert, should you be surprised if you "face drought"?]: Africa: Pastoralists Face Climate Change Threat

Many eke out a living in the Sahel, a semi-desert belt that stretches from Senegal to Sudan, and other pastoralists struggle similarly in the horn of Africa and in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and parts of southern Africa.

Today these pastoralists face drought, desertification, and disruptions in water supplies because worldwide precipitation is shifting away from the equator towards the poles, warming the polar regions while parching countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Freakonomics without the facts | Kate Sheppard | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner managed to pull together just over 43 pages on science they clearly don't understand, with contradictory assumptions, clichés and gimmicky analogies.

Kate Sheppard | guardian.co.uk

Kate Sheppard is the political reporter for Grist.