Will Church Bells Toll for the Climate?

The bells of world’s churches are set to toll on Sunday afternoon in a bid to raise awareness about climate change but in Switzerland, many will stay silent.
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According to the agreed text, Christians across Switzerland should pray on December 13 for an agreement in Copenhagen so that “threatened life on the planet can breathe a sigh of relief”.

Stephen Schneider: Climate Scientist Harassed, Verbally Attacked At UN Press Conference (VIDEO)

Dr. Schneider, an outspoken proponent of climate legislation, was announcing his latest book, "Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate , " when an unidentified man jumped on stage and began to intensely interrogate Schneider. The man became angry after Schneider addressed the leak email controversy from The University of East Anglia's world renowned Climate Research Unit. He repeatedly shouted, "do you approve of deleting data, Dr. Schneider? Do you approve of deleting data?" The man then accused the professor of attempting to censor the press. (Read Dr. Schneider's blog for HuffPost Green)

YouTube - COPENHAGEN DISPATCH 1

Day 1 at the Copenhagen climate conference. Olivia Zaleski's first dispatch featuring a discussion with Nobel Peace Prize-winning Climatologist Dr. Stephen Schneider.

YouTube - Lord Monckton: "Greenhouse gasses are harmless"

Infamous climate denier Lord Christopher Monckton debates climate change activists at COP15, saying CO2 is harmless and encouraging poor countries to burn *more* fossil fuels.

YouTube - Boarding up windows amidst high security in Copenhagen

From our partners at the Copenhagen Voice: Live cellphone footage of downtown businesses being boarded up in preparation for demonstrations and actions scheduled for 10am Friday, December 11. Police were seen searching downtown businesses Thursday night.

[Australians becoming more skeptical]

Australian views about Global Warming are slowly changing with 50% (down 2% since November 2009 and down 14% since 2008) saying “If we don’t act now it will be too late” and a consistent minority (14%, unchanged since November, and unchanged since 2008) of Australians saying “It is already too late,” whilst 31% (up 1% since November, 2009 and up 12% since 2008) say “Concerns are exaggerated’ and 5% (up 1%) can’t say according to a special telephone Morgan Poll conducted over the nights of December 4-9, 2009.

How to break the climate impasse - The Globe and Mail

We should not get our hopes up that the Copenhagen climate-change summit will produce anything resembling a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions

Jessy Tolkan: Youth Must Use Our Unique Position in Copenhagen's Week Two

Since our movement is about justice, it's where our core supporters who have been fighting so long for a clean and just energy future must step up. It's time for youth to declare that we will fight for the justice of all people.

STUDY: No Climate Change in Any Region of Africa - Associated Content

In the first part of this series, it was established that between 1995 and 2009 no statistically significant climate change occurred in any of the ten most populated cities in the United States. The following represents the second part of this continuing series—an analysis of
the continent of Africa.

As established in the correlation study below, between 1995 and 2009, no statistically significant climate change occurred in any region of the continent of Africa: (1) Algiers, Algeria (North); Capetown, South Africa (South); Dakar, Senegal (East); or Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (West).

Washington Times - The tip of the Climategate iceberg

Professor William Gray of Colorado State University, often described as the world's most famous hurricane expert, warned this week that Climategate is "but the tip of a giant iceberg of a well-organized international climate-warming conspiracy." Before Mr. Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency commit trillions of dollars of American wealth to his pet political causes, his administration might want to consider some real science in its decisions. That would be a refreshing change from the White House.