Monday, November 02, 2009

[But does riding your bike really prevent bad weather?]: Clock ticks as negotiators eye a plan to fight climate change
Denmark's Ambassador to Spain Lars Thuesen rides past the Royal Palace with a boy yesterday in Madrid. Hundreds of cyclists rode through the city to highlight the need to act on the issue of climate change.
Barangaroo to be climate pioneer
The project is aiming to become “climate positive”, by producing more water than it uses, being carbon neutral and generating zero waste, with the potential to clean up more waste than it produces.
Australians care less about climate change - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A new international survey has found Australians no longer care about climate change as much as they do about domestic issues and the financial crisis.

The survey looks at attitudes towards climate change in 12 different countries and found concern in Australia dropped in the past year by 14 per cent - the largest drop among the developed nations surveyed.
Climate [hoax] bill faces cooler reception in Senate - Juliet Eilperin
WASHINGTON — The climate change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate faces a stark political reality when it is read in committee this week: with Democrats deeply divided on the issue, unless some Republican lawmakers risk the backlash for signing on to the climate change legislation, there is almost no hope for passage.

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