Naomi Klein tear gassed « Canadians for Climate Change Action

1/3: News from the COP15 in Copenhagen: Just was VJing in "Christiana", a zone free from police activity since the late 60s, and Naomi Klein had just finished a speech, when we all got tear gassed. We had to leave the tent where this was happening, and dogs, helicopter, and police with lights were all around.

Forestry Deal Could End Up High Point in Copenhagen - NYTimes.com

COPENHAGEN — Negotiators here are closing in on a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests and, perhaps ultimately, other natural landscapes like peat soils, swamps and fields that play a crucial role in curbing climate change.

Jose Antonio Vargas: TRANSCRIPT: Q&A with Al Gore

JAV: Which specific bloggers and Web sites have been important to the rise of the left in the past few years? What do you read?

AG: Oh gosh. Well I have a custom-designed iGoogle page that has lots of different sites on it that I scan all the time. Some of them come and go, but a lot of them stick around...

JAV: Like Daily Kos?

AG: I think it's a great site, and I think it serves a great role. But I read sites that probably I know for a fact people don't. RealClimate.org. I wish more people read it.
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JAV: Has the Internet helped or hurt the ability to get your argument out, this argument that you've made all these years?

AG: I think it has helped enormously, of course.