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A roundup of some stories that were supposed to be pretty big, but then seemed to fizzle out.

April '08: Gore to recruit 10m-strong green army | Environment | The Guardian

Al Gore yesterday launched a drive to mobilise 10 million volunteers to force politicians to act on climate change - twice as many as the number who marched against the Vietnam war or in support of civil rights during the heyday of US activism in the 1960s.

Activists seek tough UN climate pact in 100 days | Reuters

TckTckTck calls itself in a statement "the biggest ever climate change campaign".

"Cool UN" initiative

Due to the success of the "Cool UN" initiative implemented during the summer of 2008, the Secretary-General has announced that the programme will resume at Headquarters beginning on 15 June 2009 and continue for a period of three months. At UN Headquarters complex, the thermostat settings will be raised from 72 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit in offices and from 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit in the established conference rooms.

Sept 23, '09: UN's Ban sees climate deal in sight at Copenhagen

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that the "political momentum" had moved towards sealing a deal on climate change in Copenhagen this year and pointed to pledges by Japan and China.

Has Gisele Bündchen been prominently promoting climate fraud lately?

In an effort to revive the rapidly fading global warming climate scam, the UN has enlisted fossil fuel-guzzling supermodel Gisele Bündchen to lead the counter attack.

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions | LiveScience

In case the Y2K bug didn't do us in, global catastrophe was assured by Richard Noone, author of the 1997 book "5/5/2000 Ice: the Ultimate Disaster." According to Noone, the Antarctic ice mass would be three miles thick by May 5, 2000 — a date in which the planets would be aligned in the heavens, somehow resulting in a global icy death (or at least a lot of book sales). Perhaps global warming kept the ice age at bay.